The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs will be organizing the day-long 13th Urban Mobility India Conference on November 9, 2020, through video conference.
The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Emerging Trends in Urban Mobility’. It will focus on the innovative measures taken at the international and national levels in order to address the challenges posed by the Coronavirus pandemic to provide convenient and accessible transport to the people.
The Union Minister Hardeep Singh will inaugurate the event and will deliver the inaugural address. While the founder and senior advisor of M/s. Gehl Architects, Prof. Jan Gehl will give the keynote address. Mr. Ghel is a renowned Danish architect, a professor, an urbanist as well as the founder of Modern Urban Planning.
Union Minister, @HardeepSPuri to inaugurate 13th Urban Mobility India Conference 2020
— MIB India 🇮🇳 #StayHome #StaySafe (@MIB_India) November 3, 2020
Prof. Jan Gehl, renowned Danish Architect, Urbanist, Professor & founder of Modern Urban Planning to deliver key note address.
Details: https://t.co/46CxPbCgri
Pleased to inform that Prof. Jan Gehl, world renowned Danish Architect, Urbanist, Professor and Writer will deliver Keynote Address between 2.30-3.30 pm on 9th Nov in Inaugural Session of UMI-2020. pic.twitter.com/NmLUjDScsf
— Durga Shanker Mishra (@Secretary_MoHUA) November 3, 2020
Previous events:
Until now, 12 events have been organized on a variety of themes which has also helped city authorities, state governments, and other stakeholders in gaining sustainability through participation in these conferences.
| Year | Theme |
| 2008 | Urban Mobility |
| 2009 | Sustainable Urban Transport |
| 2010 | Sustainable Cities |
| 2011 | Sustainable Mobility |
| 2012 | Smart Cities |
| 2013 | Transforming cities with Transportation |
| 2014 | Sustainable Transport for sustainable cities |
| 2015 | Transforming Mobility for Liveability |
| 2016 | Planning Mobility for the city’s sustainability |
| 2017 | Intelligent, Inclusive, and Sustainable Mobility |
| 2018 | Green Urban Mobility |
| 2019 | Accessible and Liveable cities |
About Urban Mobility India Conference:
The annual Urban Mobility Indian Conference is a flagship event which is organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, India. The genesis of the Urban Mobility Conference is from the National Urban Transport Policy of the Indian government, 2006. It lays an extremely strong emphasis on capacity building at the state and city levels for addressing the problems that are associated with Urban transport as well as undertakes the task to develop a sustainable urban transport system.
The major objective of the conference is to provide information to the cities, whose officials will be attending the conference. It also aims at helping them keep up to date with the best urban transport practices.
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