Towards more Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Mobility

The Symposium on Transport Systems and Mobility, part of the 6th Doctoral Congress in Engineering (DCE25), will take place at FEUP, Porto, Portugal, on June 30th and 1st of July 2025.

This Symposium is organized by PhD students of the Doctoral Program in Transport Systems (PDST) at FEUP.

The Symposium Organizing Committee is pleased to invite everyone interested in expanding and sharing their knowledge and expertise in the field of transport systems engineering to submit their work. This invitation is open to PhD and MSc students, as well as other researchers and professionals in this field.

Topics for submission include (but are not limited to):

  • Global Trends Impacting Transport
  • Transport Policy
  • Public Transport
  • Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Transport
  • Transport information
  • Sustainable Urban Mobility
  • User Centred Mobility
  • Inclusive Mobility and Transport Poverty
  • Transport Safety
  • Active Travel Modes
  • Shared Mobility Solutions
  • Mobility as a Service
  • Green Mobility and Decarbonization
  • Sustainable Land Use and Transport
  • Freight Transport and Logistics
  • Urban Logistics
  • Circular Economy
  • Transport Infrastructures and Physical Assets
  • Transport Networks and Supply-Chains
  • Airports and aviation
  • Seaports and maritime transport
  • Railways and rail transport
  • Automated Mobility and Connected Transport Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics in Transport
  • Decision Support Systems for Transport and mobility

Submissions

Format: Oral communications

Please follow the abstract template (maximum 1 page) according to the Instruction for Authors available under the Registration page.

The submission must be done through the SCI-MEET platform.

For more information, please click HERE.

Registration & Payment

Registration is mandatory for all participants through the SCI-MEET platform.

Abstracts will be included in the Book of Abstracts only if at least one author of each accepted abstract is registered and has paid the registration fee (attended the event).

Please note that at least one author per submitted abstract must register for the Congress as soon as possible to secure participation.

Program

|| The full program will be available soon ||

Communications

Oral communication:

  • Prepare a PowerPoint presentation to support your talk.
  • An editable PowerPoint template will be available soon.
  • Language: Presentations and slides must be in English.

Publications

All accepted abstracts, with at least one author registered in the Congress with a paid fee, will be included in the event’s program and the Symposium Book of Abstracts.

|| The Book of Abstracts will be available soon ||

Symposium Committees

Symposium Chairs:

  • Jorge Manuel Pinho de Sousa, FEUP
  • António José Fidalgo do Couto, FEUP

Symposium Organizing Committee:

  • António José Fidalgo do Couto, FEUP
  • António Manuel Cabral Vieira Lobo, FEUP
  • Catarina Moreira Marques, INESC TEC
  • Joana Maria Ferreira Alvura da Hora, FEUP
  • Jorge Manuel Pinho de Sousa, FEUP
  • Maria Teresa Galvão Dias, FEUP
  • Marta Maria Campos Ferreira, FEUP
  • Sérgio Pedro de Matos Duarte, FEUP
  • Armando Teles Dauer, PhD Student PDST, FEUP
  • Carmen Cristina dos Santos Lima, PhD Student PDST, FEUP
  • Catarina Coelho Carvalho, PhD Student PDST, FEUP
  • Juliana Carvalho Cortes Silva, PhD Student PDST, FEUP
  • Leandro Lopes de Carvalho, PhD Student PDST, FEUP
  • Vasco Nunes Loureiro Silva, PhD Student PDEGI, FEUP

Symposium Scientific Committee:

  • Álvaro Fernando de Oliveira Costa, FEUP
  • Ana Luísa Correia Dias Loureiro, FEUP
  • Ana Maria Rodrigues, INESC TEC
  • António José Fidalgo do Couto, FEUP
  • António Manuel Cabral Vieira Lobo, FEUP
  • Catarina Moreira Marques, INESC TEC
  • Cecília do Carmo Ferreira da Silva, FEUP
  • Joana Maria Ferreira Alvura da Hora, FEUP
  • João Bernardo de Sena Esteves Falcão e Cunha, FEUP
  • João Filipe de Sousa Teixeira, FEUP
  • Jorge Manuel Pinho de Sousa, FEUP
  • Jorge Rui Guimarães Freire de Sousa, FEUP
  • José Pedro Maia Pimentel Tavares, FEUP
  • Maria Beatriz Brito Oliveira, FEUP
  • Maria Teresa Galvão Dias, FEUP
  • Marta Maria Campos Ferreira, FEUP
  • Sara Maria Pinho Ferreira, FEUP
  • Sérgio Pedro de Matos Duarte, FEUP
  • Tânia Daniela Fontes, INESC TEC