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AET Transport and Mobility Forum

The AET Transport and Mobility Forum promotes active engagement of AET members and member-groups with each other and with other like-minded transport organisations through supporting and hosting a range of activities including online webinars, seminars and discussions on a wide range of transport and transport related topics of interest. We welcome new members and new ideas about transport and how we talk about transport.

Upcoming webinar

Urban freight and last mile innovations (joint webinar with ECTRI Freight and Logistics Thematic Group)

FREE Webinar: Thursday 9 April 2026
11.00-12.00 CEST / 10.00-11.00 BST

In collaboration with the European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI), this webinar presents urban freight and last-mile innovations, focusing on on-demand urban warehousing enabled by digital platforms and blockchain, and on collaborative parcel locker networks, highlighting their potential to improve efficiency, transparency and sustainability in last-mile logistics, while addressing governance challenges.

• On-Demand Warehousing for Smarter Urban Logistics – Dimos Touloumidis (CERTH)
• The role of Open Parcel Lockers in Urban Logistics – Peter Bajor (KTI) 

This webinar will be hosted by Conall Mac Aongusa, chair of the AET Board. It will be moderated by Saskia Seidel (DLR), member of the AET Council and chair of ECTRI’s Freight and Logistics Thematic Group.

Speakers and moderator

Saskia Seidel

 

Saskia Seidel

DLR

Germany

 

Dr. Saskia Seidel is a senior researcher at the DLR Institute of Transport Research and serves as Strategy Coordinator for Freight Transport and Logistics. With an academic background in geography and a binational doctorate from Humboldt University of Berlin and Université Gustave Eiffel, she focuses on urban freight, last‑mile logistics and innovative concepts for sustainable delivery systems. She has led a wide range of national and international projects, including studies on retail distribution, electromobility pilots and new logistics concepts. She also chairs the ECTRI thematic group “Freight and Logistics”.

Touloumidis Dimos

Dimos Touloumidis

CERTH

Greece

Dimos Touloumidis has been a Research Associate at the Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT) of CERTH since 2021. In this role, he combines technical and project management expertise with proposal development for national and European initiatives in urban logistics and innovation.  
Peter Bajor KTI

Péter Bajor

KTI

Hungary

 

Péter Bajor is a Research Fellow at KTI Hungary, specialising in logistics modelling, synchromodal transport systems and sustainable urban freight solutions. He holds degrees in electrical engineering, engineering education and a PhD in transport sciences. His work covers areas such as wire‑supply network optimisation, modal shift strategies and electromobility. In addition to his research, he teaches at university level, where he develops board games and interactive simulation tools that support hands‑on learning in logistics and transport planning.

 

Future TMF Webinars and Events

Click on the title links to register for the webinars in Zoom. Please note all webinars and events are subject to change.

Date Topic/Theme
7 May 2026 Oslo - Car free city
4 June 2026 Joint webinar with the Journal of Urban Mobility
2 July 2026 tba

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