Welcome from Professor David Hensher
Co-founder and International Chair of the Thredbo Series
Director, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, The University of Sydney Business School, Australia
"Since the inaugural conference was held in Thredbo, Australia in 1989, (hence it becoming known as the Thredbo series) the series has established itself as the premier international forum dedicated to the analysis and debate of competition and ownership issues in land passenger transport. The series has attracted high quality participation and delivered a large portfolio of impressive material synthesising developments not only from developed economies but increasingly from developing economies. I invite you to participate in this influential forum".
Professor David Hensher discusses the importance of the Thredbo Series with Elsevier – Interview on YouTube
History of the Thredbo Series
The Thredbo Series was established in 1989 by Professor David Hensher and the late Professor Michael Beesley CBE. Since this time it has been held biennially in locations all over the world: Tampere, Finland, 1991; Toronto, Canada, 1993; Rotorua, New Zealand, 1995; Leeds, UK, 1997; Cape Town, South Africa, 1999; Molde, Norway, 2001; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2003; Lisbon, Portugal, 2005; Hamilton Island, Australia, 2007; Delft, The Netherlands, 2009; Durban, South Africa, 2011; Oxford, UK, 2013; Santiago, Chile, 2015; Stockholm, Sweden, 2017, Singapore, 2019 and Sydney, 2022.
The objective of the conference series is to provide an international forum to examine passenger transport competition and ownership issues, reporting on recent research and experience and developing conclusions on key issues. The focus is on determining the effects of different forms of competition, ownership and organisation for land-based passenger transport on operators, users, governments / funders and society as a whole. The conference series is directed towards a broad audience of policy makers, planners, decision makers on infrastructure and service operators, consultants, researchers, academics and students, and is recognised as one of the most important international forums for analysis and debate of competition and ownership issues in land passenger transport.
The conference typically features plenary sessions over four days and a series of intensive workshops based around keynote papers and a series of resource papers providing a range of international perspectives on each issue. There is a strong emphasis on what policy lessons can be learnt from recent experience internationally and what issues warrant further investigation.
International Steering Committee
- Professor David Hensher (Chair) Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Business School, Australia
- Dr Gunnar Alexandersson Stockholm School of Economics Institute for Research, Sweden
- Professor Maria Attard, University of Malta
- Brendan Finn European Transport and Telematics Systems Ltd, Dublin, Ireland
- Associate Professor Lisa Hansson, Molde University College, Norway
- Professor Rosário Macário Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
- Professor Rico Merkert Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Business School, Australia
- Professor Emerita Corinne Mulley Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Business School, Australia
- Professor Juan Carlos Muñoz Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
- Professor John Nelson, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Business School
- Professor John Preston University of Southampton, UK
- Professor Nobuhiro Sanko, Kobe University
- Didier Van de Velde Delft University of Technology and inno-V, The Netherlands
- Associate Professor Wijnand Veeneman, TU Delft, The Netherlands
- Emeritus Professor Roger Vickerman, University of Kent
- Professor Jackie Walters Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, Africa. University of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Dr Leong Wai Yan, Singapore Land Transport Authority
- Beccy Connell (Conference Series Manager) – Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Business School, Australia rebecca.connell@sydney.edu.au
- Ruth Steel (Conference Series Manager) – Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Business School, Australia info@thredbo-conference-series.org
Thredbo 17
Sunday 4 to Thursday 9 September, 2022
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Local Organising Committee (Thredbo 17)
- Professor David Hensher (Chair)
Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Business School - Professor Rico Merkert
Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Business School - Professor John Nelson
Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Business School - Professor Graham Currie
ITS Monash University - Professor Emerita Corinne Mulley
Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Business School - Dr Chinh Ho
Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Business School - Julie Gee
Transport for NSW - Matt Threlkleld
Executive Director of BusNSW - Rebecca Connell (Conference Secretariat)
Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Business School
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Thredbo 16
Sunday 25 to Thursday 29 August 2019
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Local Organising Committee
- Dr Leong Wai Yan, Singapore Land Transport Authority (Co-Chair)
- Dr Wong Yiik Diew, Nanyang Technological University (Co-Chair)
- Dr Tan Kang Hai, Nanyang Technological University
- Dr Evan Gwee, Singapore Land Transport Authority
- Dr Walter Theseira, Singapore University of Social Sciences
- Dr Timothy Wong, National University of Singapore
- Dr Michael Li, Nanyang Technological University
- Dr David Wang, Nanyang Technological University
Thredbo 15
Sunday 13 to Thursday 17 August 2017
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Local Organising Committee
- Dr Gunnar Alexandersson (Chair) - Thredbo 15 Conference Director; Senior Researcher, Stockholm School of Economics Institute for Research
- Anders Bondemark – Stockholm School of Economics Institute for Research
- Anna Grönlund - Deputy CEO, Swedish Bus and Coach Federation
- Dr Mattias Haraldsson - Research Director, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute
- Dr John Hultén, Director - K2 - The Swedish Knowledge Centre for Public Transport
- Associate Professor Staffan Hultén - Senior Researcher, Stockholm School of Economics Institute for Research
- Helena Leufstadius - CEO, Swedish Public Transport Association
- Dr Anders Ljungberg - Senior Adviser, Transport Analysis
- Andreas Vigren - PhD Student, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute
Sponsors
Thredbo 14
Sunday 30 August to Thursday 3 September 2015
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Local Organising Committee
- Juan Carlos Munoz, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
- Felipe Delgado, Pontificia, Universidad Católica de Chile
- Patricia Galilea, Pontificia, Universidad Católica de Chile
- Luis Gutiérrez, Asociación Latino-Americana de Sistemas Integrados y BRT
- Dario Hidalgo, Embarq
- Hector Moya, Asociación de Concesionarios de Transporte Urbano
- Laurel Paget-Seekins, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority
- Lake Sagaris, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Ciudad Viva
- Carolina Simonetti, Dirección de Transporte Público Meropolitano
- Ignacia Torres, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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Thredbo 13
Sunday 15 to Thursday 19 September 2013
The 13th International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport was held at St Anne's College, University of Oxford, UK from Sunday 15 to Thursday 19 September 2013. The highly successful conference was attended by more than 160 delegates from 26 countries around the world. The conference featured plenary sessions and a series of intensive workshops based around keynote papers and a series of resource papers providing a range of international perspectives on each issue. There was a strong emphasis on the policy lessons that can be learnt from recent experience internationally and what issues warrant further investigation.
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Local Organising Committee
Professor John Preston (Chair)
Maritime and Environmental Engineering and Science Unit, University of Southampton
Dr Karen Lucas
Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford
Professor John Nelson
Rural Digital Economy Research Hub, University of Aberdeen
Dr Andrew Smith
Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
Professor Peter White
Department of Transport Studies, University of Westminster
Thredbo 12
Sunday 11 to Thursday 15 September 2011
