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The Centre for Sustainable Road Freight is inviting academics and practitioners to take part in an online debate on the implementation of policy measures to decarbonise freight transport in developing countries.

The conference will take place on 28 - 30 October 2020.

It aims to create an international network of interested parties working on all aspects of sustainable road freight transport, and to facilitate collaborative research amongst the specialists in the field.

The online workshop will be presented from 0800 to 1300 GMT each day.

Keynote speakers include Bernard Aritua, The World Bank; David Cebon, Cambridge University; Alan McKinnon, Kühne Logistics University – Germany; G Raghuram, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore; Boyong Wang, Smart Freight Centre China; Louise Naude, WWF South Africa.

Participants are invited to submit research investigating the sustainability of the freight transport sector. These should focus on recently completed research, be a maximum of 1000 words and be submitted by 19 June 2020.

For further information email SRF@hw.ac.uk.