12th Annual Conference of the International Association for the
History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility (T2M)
The T2M 12th Annual Conference “Spinoffs of Mobility: Technology, Risk & Innovation”, took place at Drexel University in Philadelphia (USA) from September 18-21, 2014.
We warmly welcome you to Drexel University, and ask that you read the following registration information, followed by information on accomodation and travel.
Most conference events (including all panels) will take place in Drexel University’s Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building, at the corner of 33rd & Chestnut Street
(building 58 on this map: drexel.edu/about/directions/university-city-map/).
We are delighted to welcome the following Keynote Speakers:
Dr. Mei-Po Kwan, Professor of Geography at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and at Utrecht University; editor of the Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Associate Editor of Travel Behaviour and Society, and on the editorial board of the Journal of Transport Geography, amongst others (see meipokwan.org/).
Dr. Rae Zimmerman, Professor of Planning and Public Administration at New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Director of the Insitute for Civil Infrastructure Systems, and author of Transport, the Environment and Society (2012) amongst many other publications on environmental risk and urban infrastructure (see wagner.nyu.edu/zimmerman).
Ruth Oldenziel (www.oldenziel.com)
Program Committee:
Thiago Allis, Sao Pãulo
Hans Dienel, Berlin (ex officio)
Mathieu Flonneau, Paris
Anna Lipphardt, Freiburg
Peter Norton, Charlottesville
Tiago Saraiva, Philadelphia
Mimi Sheller, Philadelphia
Local Organizing Committee: Mimi Sheller, Kelly Joyce, Tiago Saraiva, Scott Knowles
Contact:
Mimi Sheller
Professor of Sociology & Director, Center for Mobilities Research and Policy
College of Arts and Sciences
For questions regarding local conference arrangements (hotel, travel, etc.) please contact Kathryn Vadell at kbt25@drexel.edu
Drexel University, 3250-60 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Tel: 215.571.3652 | Fax: 215.895.1333 | www.drexel.edu/mobilities