MOBILITY IN PROGRAM Moderator: CONTACT METROPOLITAN REGIONS – Kai Rüsberg Journalist (WDR et al.) TOKYO AND THE AREA 16.00 PANEL DISCUSSION Kai Rüsberg The 20th annual East Asia Day will focus on Moderation ­mobility in two metropolitan areas: Greater Tokyo J. Alexander Schmidt and the Ruhrgebiet. Panelists: André Sorensen Despite being quite different in size, structure J. Alexander Schmidt Mamoru Taniguchi and historical development, they also share University of -, quite a few similarities: Both are the biggest Hans-Werner Wehling Professor of City Planning and economic areas in their respective countries ­Urban Design, Director Main ­Research Area Urban Systems with a rapidly aging population. The two regions 18.00–20.00 RECEPTION face the enormous challenge of organizing the transportation of goods and people in a sustain- André Sorensen able manner. The combustion engine driven car 15.00 REGISTRATION University of Toronto Scarborough as most important mean of transport has al- Professor of Urban Geography ready reached its limits. 15.00–20.00 SUPPORTING PROGRAM – 20th DUISBURG EAST ASIA DAY EXPERIENCING­ THE MOBILITY The panelists, all renowned scholars in their OF THE FUTURE: field, will address the following questions: How • Driving Simulator (Mechatronik, UDE) / is the transport of people and goods organized? Mamoru Taniguchi assisted driving MOBILITY IN What does the public and private transport infra­ Tsukuba University, structure look like and how further developed? • Exoskeleton (Cyberdyne Care Robotics) Professor of Policy and Planning METROPOLITAN REGIONS – Sciences TOKYO AND THE RUHR AREA How are new and old means of transport linked? • Age Simulation Suit GERT How do the various players in the transportation • Rickshaw (Initiative Radeln ohne Alter) Please register by November 14, 2016 Institute of East Asian Studies IN-EAST sector coordinate and cooperate with each other? • Cargo bike Dein-RUDOLF.de (in cooperation Friday, November 18, 2016 | 16.00 –20.00 h Stefanie Ridder, Event Management How do inhabitants cope with (and survive) the with Zentrum für Logistik & Verkehr, UDE), Hans-Werner Wehling Fraunhofer-InHaus-Zentrum growth in the volume of transport? How will fac- University of Duisburg-Essen, Forsthausweg | 47057 Duisburg • “Bicycle Highway Ruhr” – Radschnellweg Forsthausweg 1 tors such as structural economic change, the Professor of Geography – Geogra- T 0203 379-1945 Ruhr – RS 1 (Metropoleruhr). Campus Duisburg aging population, new technical ­developments phy of Old Industrialized Regions E [email protected] • Match the Maps Registration and Supporting Program and environmental needs change mobility in Venue: from 15.00 h metropolitan ­areas? Fraunhofer-InHaus-Zentrum Forsthausweg 1 | 47057 Duisburg Bus 933 or 924 to Universität or Bus 926 to Uni-Nord/Lotharstraße