Physics and the City

BOLOGNA 15 - 17 DECEMBER 2005 CAPPELLA FARNESE, Piazza Maggiore 6 AULA G. PRODI, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2 The conference is promoted by the University of Bologna - UniboCultura together with Volvo Auto Italia, and organized by the Complex Systems Group of the Physics Department. The aim of the conference is to present to an interdisciplinary audience the main recent ideas of the science of complexity, the applications to the urban mobility problems and the future problems of modeling complex urban systems in relation with the governance of mobility. The conference features three main topics: 1) Complexity in Sciences, 2) Modelling Urban Mobility, 3) European Mobility Governance. It will be emphasized the contributions from different disciplines with a particular attention to model complex urban systems. Volvo Italia shares and supports the conference aims by accepting to become partner of the project. Presentation by Volvo Auto Italia. The support of Volvo Auto Italia to the Mobilis project is part of a larger collaboration with University of Bologna and UniboCultura. The engagement to support the environment is one of the core values of Volvo Trademark. At Camarillo (California) the Volvo Monitoring and Concept Center foresees the elements that contribute to the definition of a future Sustainable Mobility. The main idea is to guarantee at the same time the minimum environmental impact and the maximal individual freedom of movement. Contacts: [url=mailto:giuseppina.melchiorre@bo.infn.it]mailto:giuseppina.melchiorre@bo.infn.it[/url] Tel. +39.051.2091198 (Prof. Armando Bazzani) Adria Congrex Bologna Via A. Tiarini, 22 - 40129 Bologna, Italy [url=mailto:acxbo2@adriacongrex.it]mailto:acxbo2@adriacongrex.it[/url] Tel. +39.051.7457070 http://www.physycom.unibo.it or http://www.adriacongrex.it/physicsandthecity