International Transport Forum 2020

A worldwide debate builds the Summit programme

Every year, we invite ITF international organisation stakeholders to exchange with us on the theme of the upcoming Summit. Our Annual Consultation Day brings together representative organisations of users, authorities, operators, and manufacturers across the different modes of transport.

Our international organisation stakeholders provide their perspectives on the Summit theme in plenaries and breakout groups that help identify the most pertinent and pressing issues transport faces. The Annual Consultation Day is central ensuring Summit sessions reflect the cutting edge of today’s policy debates and have maximum relevance for policymakers and transport leaders.

The Annual Consultation Day 2021 takes place on 10 February 2021 in a virtual format. Building on last year’s discussions, it will focus on refining the 2021 Summit theme “Transport Innovation for Sustainable Development: Reshaping Mobility in the Wake of Covid-19”. A separate consultation meeting on “Gender in Transport” takes place on 11 February.

Participation in the consultation meetings is by invitation, but we welcome additional input from interested representative bodies to further enrich the Summit debates. Please participate in our Twitter polls on 10 February 2021, or send us an email with your organisation’s input.

Your 2021 Summit team

The Event

The Annual Summit of the International Transport Forum (ITF) is the premier global transport policy event. Since 2008, the Summit brings together ministers from around the world to share policy perspectives with CEOs, heads of international organisations, thought leaders from civil society and academia, and media. The Summit addresses strategic and topical issues across all transport modes where participants can engage in the debate through a variety of session formats.

Summit Sessions

The Summit offers a rich programme of inspiring keynote addresses, interactive sessions featuring transport ministers and other ITF stakeholders to debate policy responses to the sector challenges. A broad range of discussion formats offer many opportunities to exchange ideas. These range from the official Ministerial Session via panel discussions, workshops and demonstrations to informal presentations in the Summit's Open Stage Café.

2021 ITF Annual Consultations

The ITF Annual Consultations are an important opportunity for the ITF and its international organisation partners to engage in a dialogue around the main themes of the ITF Summit as well as topics related to gender issues in transport that could be further highlighted in the Summit programme.

2021 ITF Compendium on “Gender in Transport”

2021 ITF Compendium Transport Innovation for Sustainable Development: A Gender Perspective

2021 ITF Consultation on “Gender in Transport”

Each year the ITF Consultation on “Gender in Transport” brings together key ITF stakeholders to discuss topics related to gender issues in transport that could be further highlighted in the Summit programme.

Become a Partner

The ITF Summit is an ideal platform to engage with a broad range of stakeholders - business, civil society, academia and media - in a debate on global social and economic challenges and opportunities for transport and mobility.