Keynote Speakers

Nagoya University, Japan

Toshiyuki Yamamoto is Professor of Transportation Planning and Vice Director of Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability at Nagoya University, Japan. Prior to Nagoya University, he served as Research Associate at Kyoto University, Japan, where he obtained Doctor of Engineering in 2000. His research interests are next-generation mobility, activity-travel behavior, traffic safety, etc. He is Principal Investigator of the project, Optimization of carbon emission management policy and low-carbon travel induction strategies for demand-responsive transportation systems, bilaterally funded by NSFC and JSPS. He serves as Associate Editor for the journal, Transportation, and International Steering Committee Member for International Conference on Transport Survey Method.

University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China

Christos Spitas is professor of Aerospace Engineering and head of the Department Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China (UNNC). Prior to this appointment he served as professor of Machine Design and head of the Space, Industry and Transportation Cluster at Nazarbayev University, professor of Embodiment Design and head of the Product Engineering Section in the Dept. of Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology, and in various positions in the industry up to Manager Research and Development, working with clients such as ESA, Thales, CERN, Toyota etc.

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Dr. Roberto Montemanni is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Sciences and Methods for Engineering of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy since 2019. Previously, he was a Full Professor at the Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence of the University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland. 
He received a Laurea Degree in Computer Science from the University of Bologna, Italy in 1999, and he obtained a Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Glamorgan, Wales, UK in 2002. In 2015 he spent time as a Visiting Professor at the South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
He is the author of over 240 scientific contributions on top Journals and Conferences, with algorithmic and mathematical modelling contributions in different fields such as bioinformatics, healthcare, industrial engineering, logistics and transportations, with emphasis on the last two domains. He recently received the prize for the Best Paper of year 2024 from the International Transactions in Operational Research for a work on the use of drones for logistics.