Sustainable Transport Events at the Ninth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF9)

Please see below an overview of sustainable transport events at the Ninth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF9). Should you wish to have more information regarding a specific event, you can reach out to the relevant contact person listed in the tables below.

During the WUF9, MobiliseYourCity Partnership will have a permanent booth in the exhibition zone where you can learn more about sustainable mobility. UN-Habitat will display innovative cycling data at the Urban Brains Bamboo Pavilion from the 8th to 12th February.

If you are interested in organizing a transport event, please contact Mark Major: mark.major@slocatpartnership.org.

February 8, 2018

• 09:00 – 11:00 What Does Inclusive Transit-Oriented Development Mean to You? ITDP, Room 410, Ramon Cruz, ramon.cruz@itdp.org
• 13:00-14:00 Towards Integrated Transportation in Cairo: A story of Partnership, Process and Piloting ITDP, Govt of Egypt, UN-Habitat-Cairo, GOPP, Room 407, Ramon Cruz, ramon.cruz@itdp.org
• 17:00-18:00 How walkable Is your city ? New methods in measuring walkability at the city, neighborhood, and street level ITDP, Room 410, Ramon Cruz, ramon.cruz@itdp.org

February 9, 2018

• 08:00  Cycling Kuala Lumpur, Urbanice, UN-Habitat, High level Event, TBD, Stefanie Holzwarth, stefanie.holzwarth@un.org
• 09:00 – 11:00 Achieving slower cities towards the new urban agenda Despacio, Room 405, Carlosfelipe Pardo, pardo@despacio.org
• 11:00 – 12:00 Presentation of the UITP-WB Campaign on Gender in Public Transport UITP & World Bank, SPAD Booth, Kaan Yildizgoz, kaan.yildizgoz@uitp.org
• 11:00 – 12:00 Linking urban planning with mobility planning in Douala, Cameroon MobiliseYourCity Partnership, French Pavillon, Contact@MobiliseYourCity.ne
• 14:00 – 15:00 Delivering sustainable urban mobility for all SLoCaT Partnership, Room 305, Mark Major, mark.major@slocatpartnership.org
• 16:00 – 16:45 Get to know the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative TUMI – Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative, German Pavilion Event German Pavilion, Armin Wagner, armin.wagner@giz.de

February 11, 2018

• 9:00 – 11:00 Capacity building to deliver sustainable urban mobility for all SLoCaT Partnership, Room 305, Mark Major, mark.major@slocatpartnership.org
• 11:00 – 13:00 Urban energy, mobility and resource management UN Habitat & Wuppertal Institute, AFINUA Room, Oliver Lah, oliver.lah@fu-berlin.de
• 11:00 – 14:00 Innovative clean transport business models: training for public officials WRI, Room 407, Angela Enriquez, aenriquez@wri.org
• 13:00 – 18:30 Thriving Cities, Prosperous Countries: From Agenda to Implementation WRI, TBC, Angela Enriquez, aenriquez@wri.org
• 14:30 – 16:30 Urban mobility and safe and accessible transport for all  WUF9, Conference Hall 2
• 17:00 – 19:00 Multilateral Development Banks’ Regional and Thematic Initiatives toward the NUA EIB, AFINUA Room, Meryn Martens, m.martens@eib.org

February 12, 2018

• 11:00 – 13:00 Urban pathways – Supporting Low carbon plans for Urban Basic Services, Wuppertal Institute, UN-Habitat, UN Environment, Urban Pathways project, AFINUA Room, Oliver Lah, oliver.lah@fu-berlin.de, Stefanie Holzwarth, stefanie.holzwarth@un.org
•  11:00 – 14:00 Shaping urban mobility – An integrated approach by the TUMI initiative, TUMI – Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative, Room 402, Armin Wagner, armin.wagner@giz.de
• 14:00 – 14:45 Integrated & Sustainable Urban Mobility: Effective sector transformation through connecting institutional and policy frameworks with planning & investment MobiliseYourCity Partnership, German Pavilion, Markus D. Delfs, markus.delfs@giz.de  
• 14:00 – 15:00 Measuring and managing expanding urban public transport in support of the New Urban Agenda UITP & WhereIsMyTransport, Room 401, Philip Turner, philip.turner@uitp.org
• 17:00 – 18:00 Urban Cable Cars as a new dimension to Sustainable Urban Transport Doppelmayr, Room 405, Carmen Hobitsch, Carmen.Hobitsch@doppelmayr.com