Future Conferences and Invited talks
“Walkability and health promoting urban environments” - Invited Speaker.
Global Summit on Public Health and Preventive Medicine (GSPHPM2022).
Munich, Germany, 26-28 May 2022.
https://www.thescientistt.com/public-health-preventive-medicine/2022/
Plenary, Keynote and invited talks
“Walkability and health promoting urban environments” (forthcoming). Global Summit on Public Health and Preventive Medicine (GSPHPM2022), Munich, Germany, 2022, May 26-28 . Invited Speaker. https://www.thescientistt.com/public-health-preventive-medicine/2022/
"Defining Research Agenda: Social networks and travel behaviour", Mobile Tartu conference, University of Tartu, Estonia, July 2014. The Tartu Conference is a biannual, major European conference on human mobility networks. Keynote speaker. http://www.tu1305.eu/sites/default/files/Mobile-Tartu-program_2014.pdf https://mobilitylab.ut.ee/mobiletartu/2014/#:~:text=Mobile%20Tartu%202014%20proposes%20special,School%20in%20Economics%20and%20Innovation.
“Data Driven Innovation in a Connected World”, The 10th European Innovation Summit, European Parliament, Brussels, November 2018. Invited talk.
“Social Networks and Travel Behaviour”, Workshop for Romanian Transport Authorities, Grand Hotel Continental, Bucharest, May 2016. Invited talk.
"Social Networks and Travel Behaviour : The Transport Transition in the Digital Age", in The Cities of Tomorrow , European COST Association conference, Scuola Holden, Torino, Italy, September 2014. Invited talk.
“Walking Patterns of Older Adults in Public Urban Spaces”, China_ Israel Workshop, University of Nanjing, China, August 2019.
“A New Model for Transport Services”, China – Israel 2nd Conference, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion. April 2018.
“Social Networks and Travel Behaviour among Students in the EU”, Final Conference of EU COST Action TU1305 on Social Networks and Travel Behaviour, University of Milano Bicocca, February 2018.
“Smart Cities, Smart People, Smart Decisions”- China-Israel 1st Conference, Nanjing University, China. December 2016.
“Smart and Virtual Mobility - Big Data in Mind-Sets”, Workshop – European MIND-Sets Project, Brussels, September 2016.
"The Contribution of Internet Use to Social Disparities in Obesity among Adults", in International Research Workshop on " Inequalities in Health Promoting Environments: Physical Activity and Diet". Funded by the Israel Science Foundation (ISF) Workshop, University of Haifa, Israel, June 2015.
“Urban Planning and Energy Savings: Where Do they Meet?”, Symposium on Alternative Energy Sources and Spatial Planning – an International Comparative Perspective (convened by Professor Rachelle Alterman). Workshop Conducted at The Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion, December 2010.
“Goals and Objectives for Light Rail Transit,” Panel Discussant, International Workshop on “Planning the Light Rail System for the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area”. Initiated by NETA- the Tel-Aviv Metropolitan Transit Authority, Tel-Aviv, January 2005.
"Framework for Evaluation of Sustainable Development: Integrated Planning of Land Use and Transportation," Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies - Center for Environmental Policy, Roundtable (Pnina Plaut and Daniel Shefer). June 2004
“The Relations between Social Networks Meeting Locations and Travel Behaviour”, Department of Geography, Tel Aviv University, January 2018.
"Social Networks and Travel Behaviour", University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), December 2014.
"Do Plans Matter? The Tel Aviv Light Rail System and Housing Prices near Stations During the Planning Period", Seminar given at the National Center for Smart Growth Education and Research, University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland, August 2008.
"Developing Public Transportation - the Israeli Experience: Light Rail Transit in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa", Roundtable, Institute for Public Administration and Delaware Center for Transportation, University of Delaware, August 2008.
"Impact of Investments in Infrastructure on Land Values", Conference on Real Estate and Environment, Haifa University, July 2008.
“Transit-Oriented Development,” Seminar in Environment and Geographic Studies, Ben-Gurion University, May 2005.
“The Price Structure of Multi-centered Housing Gradients,” Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley, (Pnina Plaut and Steven E. Plaut), May 1998.
“The Analysis of Multicentered Metropolitan Areas,” Economics Department, University of California at Irvine, April 1998.
“Transportation-Telecommunications and Urban Structure,” Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California at Irvine, February 1998.
“The Role of Transportation and Telecommunications in European Integration,” Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California at Irvine, December 1997.
“Transportation-Communications Relationships in Industry,” Department of City and Regional Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May 1997.
“Smart Cities in Israel and Worldwide”, Annual Conference of The Israeli Association of Surveyors, Hotel Dan Panorama, Tel Aviv, May 2018. Plenary talk.
“Smart and Virtual Mobility - Big Data in Mind-Sets”, Joint Conference MIND-Sets and Mobility4EU, Brussels May 2017. Invited talk.
“Walkability and Active Living- Evidence from Two Neighborhoods in Haifa”, Conference on “Active and Healthy Cities”. Large national conference convened by Haifa City to gauge the state of the art. Conducted at the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion (Pnina Plaut and Michal Mitrany), March 2012. Invited talk
"Evaluating the Impact of the Tel-Aviv Light Rail Transit on the Prices of Residential Apartments", NETA, Tel-Aviv, Roundtable (Pnina Plaut and Dalya Assis), December 2007
Invited talk.
“Transportation Aspects in Urban Planning,” Israel National Conference for Building and Infrastructure, Tel Aviv, November 2005. Invited talk.
Contributed Talks at Academic Conferences
“Smart Cities in Israel and Worldwide”, Annual Conference of The Israeli Association of Surveyors, Hotel Dan Panorama, Tel Aviv, May 2018. Plenary talk.
“Understanding Potential Users’ Perspectives on Shared Mobility in the Autonomous Vehicle Era” (with Fabian Israel), the Sustainability and Emerging Transportation Technology (SETT) Virtual Forum Series, (virtual conference due to COVID-19 situation). October 2020.
“Evaluating Planning Framework for Sustaining Places: A Network Approach” (with Yuval Rubinstein), 60th ERSA (European Regional Science Association) Congress. ERSA 2020 Web Conference features ‘Spatial Challenges for the New World’ (virtual conference due to COVID-19 situation), August 2020.
“Evaluating Bluetooth sensors as a tool for collecting pedestrians` flow data” (with Avital Angel, Achituv Cohen and Sagi Dalyot), Mobile Tartu 2020 Conference, Tartu, Estonia, (virtual conference due to COVID-19 situation), June 2020.
“Understanding Social Considerations on Carpooling in the Autonomous Vehicle Era”, (with Fabian Israel), 59th ERSA (European Regional Science Association) Congress, Lyon, France, August 2019.
“Walking Patterns of Older Adults in Public Urban Spaces”, (with Shach-Pinsly D., Kizony, R., and Schreuer, N.), AESOP (Association of European Schools of Planning) Conference, Venice, Italy. July 2019.
“Participation in Outdoor Activities of Older Adults: Comparison between Cities with Different Characteristics, (with Schreuer N., Rotenberg S., Sinoff G., Kizony R., and Shach-Pinsly, D.) IFA 14th Global Conference on Ageing, Toronto, Canada, (Appeared in proceeding), August 2018.
“Big Data and Travel Behaviour_ The Impact of Social Networks on Travel Mode Choice”, ESOF- EuroScience Open Forum 2018, Toulouse, France, July 2018.
“The Impact of Social Networks on Travel Mode Choice among Students from EU Countries”, The 5th European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans, Nicosia, Cyprus, May 2018.
"Feld's Foci theory and the relations between meeting locations and travel behaviour" (Na'amah Hagiladi and Pnina Plaut) , hEART 2017: 6th Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation, Technion, Haifa, Israel
Sept. 2017.
"Shared-private transportation and social media: the role of social media as platform for ridesharing: developing an alternative model" (Oded Gal* and Pnina Plaut). Mobile Tartu Conference, Tartu, Estonia, June 2016.
"The linkage among social networks, travel behavior and spatial configuration" (Pnina Plaut and Eftihia Nathanail). The 3rd Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility (CSUM), Volos, Greece, May 2016.
" Feld's Foci theory and the relations between meeting locations and travel behaviour", (Na'amah Hagiladi and Pnina Plaut). The 14th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR), Windsor, UK, July 2015
“The socioeconomic and spatial dimensions of adolescents' overweight and obesity: The case of Arab and Jewish towns in Israel”,(Baron-Epel, O., Moran, M., Goldblat, R., Plaut, P., Endevelt, R..). ISF International research workshop on Inequalities in health promoting environments and behaviors: Physical activity and diet, The University of Haifa, June 2015.
"The relationship between the built environment and active living among children" (Pnina Plaut, Mika Moran and Orna Baron-Epel). World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research, Delft, The Netherlands, June 2014.
“The relationship between the built environment and active living among children” (Baron-Epel, O., Moran, M., & Plaut, P.). The International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) Annual Conference. San Diego, California, USA, May 2014.
"Socio-spatial mobility and sorting dynamics in light of rising housing prices in the Tel-Aviv metropolitan area" (Tal Modai and Pnina Plaut). Regional Science Association, The 5th Bi-national workshop - Israeli and Dutch sections, Groningen, The Netherlands, October 2013.
"Factors affecting willingness of households to rent housing" (Pnina Plaut and Steven Plaut). The American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association Annual International Meeting, Jerusalem, June 2013.
" Socio-spatial mobility of Former Soviet Union immigrants: The trade-off between immigrant concentration level and socio-economic status of the neighborhood" (Pnina Plaut and Tal Modai). International Conference on Migration and Well-Being: Research Frontiers. Organized jointly by Tel Aviv University and The International Sociological Association. Tel Aviv University, January 2013
“Socioeconomic integration in the geographic space” (Pnina Plaut and Tal Modai), The 2nd Rupin International Conference on Immigration and Social Integration: New Frontiers in Research and Policy-Making, Rupin Academic Center, Israel, May 2012.
"Walking and Walkability: promoting health-enhancing-physical-activity through environmental change" (Pnina Plaut, Mika Moran and Orna Baron-Epel), WCESS 2010, Wingate Congress of Exercise and Sport Sciences, Zinman College of Physical Education & Sport Sciences at the Wingate Institute, Israel, June 2010.
"The Decision to Renovate vs. The Decision to Move" (Pnina Plaut and Steven Plaut), 3rd Israel-Netherlands Workshop in Regional Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, November 2008.
"The Demand for ' Gatedness" – Are Gated Communities Really Refuges for the Privileged?" (Pnina Plaut and Steven Plaut), 2nd Technion-TAU-UBC-UCLA Israel Real Estate and Urban Economics Symposium, Tel- Aviv, Israel, July 2008.
"A Discriminant Methodology for Analysis of Regional and Urban Structure" (Pnina Plaut and Steven Plaut), 5th Israeli-British/Irish Workshop, Regional Science Association International, Ramat Gan, Israel, April 2007.
"Local Effects of Highway Bypass Projects" (Elizabeth Deakin and Pnina Plaut), ACSP Annual Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, October 2005.
“Framework for Evaluation of Sustainable Development: Combined Transportation and Land Use Planning,” (Pnina Plaut, Daniel Shefer and Gilad Hazan), European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE), June 2005.
“Trip Chaining Behavior at Fringe Malls in Prague,” (G. Newmark and P. Plaut), Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 2005.
"The Demand for Gatedness," American Real Estate and Urban Economics Annual Meetings, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, July 2004.
“Changes in Shopping Travel Behavior in an Era of Rapid Economic Transition: Evidence from Newly-Built Malls in Prague” (G. Newmark, P. Plaut, and Y.Garb),Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 2004.
“Opportunities and Obstacles to Deliberative Planning Processes – A Comparative Dialogue,” (Deborah Shmueli and Pnina Plaut), Third Joint Conference, Associate of Collegiate Schools of Planning/Association of European Schools of Planning (ACSP/AESOP), Leuven, Belgium, July 2003.
“A Discriminant Methodology for Analysis of Regional and Urban Structure,” Eighth Asian Real Estate Society (AsRES) International Conference, Hong Kong, July 2003.
"Warehousing and the Efficiency of the Transportation System," International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies - ICTTS, Guilin, China. Also served as chairperson of the session on Transportation Logistics. July 2002.
"Discriminant Methodology in Urban Structure Analysis," International Real Estate Society conference, Girdwood, Alaska, July 2001.
"Hedonic Prices and the Value of Neighborhood Design" (Pnina Plaut and Marlon Boarnet), The AREUEA/ENHR Conference, Gavle, Sweden, June 2000.
“Towards a Methodology for Analyzing Multi-Centered Metropolitan Areas,” (Pnina Plaut and Steven E. Plaut), American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, Allied Social Science Association, Chicago, January 1998.
“The Role of Telecommunications in European Integration,” International Conference on Telecommunications, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, June 1995.
“Gender Differences Concerning Conflict Resolution - Myth or Reality”, (Ariella Vranesky, Arza Churchman, and Pnina O. Plaut). The Sixth Conference of the International Association of Conflict Management (IACM) Hautlen, Belgium, June 1993.
"Electric bikes usage potential as a substitute for private car usage in Israel" (Pnina Plaut and Or Caspi). Regional Science Association International - The Israeli Section, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Also- Chair of Session 6 on Environmental and Social Aspects. February 2016.
"The Socioeconomic and Spatial Dimensions of Adolescents Overweight and Obesity: The Case of Arab and Jewish Towns in Israel" (with Baron-Epel, O., Moran, M., Goldblat, R., Quint Yaakov and., Endevelt, R.). GERTNER The 11th Annual Conference for Health Policy, Tel-Aviv, May 2015.
"Socio- spatial mobility: analysis of income sorting dynamics in Tel-Aviv Metropolitan Area" (Pnina Plaut and Tal Modai). Regional Science Association International - The Israeli Section, Technion, Israel, February 2015.
"Socio- spatial mobility: analysis of sorting dynamics in Tel-Aviv Metropolitan Area" (Pnina Plaut and Tal Modai). Israeli Association for Regional Studies, Annual Conference, Ben Gurion University, January 2013.
“The built environment from the viewpoint of residents- behavior and perception mapping” (Pnina Plaut and Mika Moran), Annual Conference, Israel Geographic Society, Tel Aviv University, December 2011.
“The relationship between walkability measures of the built environment and active living of children and their parents” (Pnina Plaut, Mika Moran and Orna Baron-Epel), 1st National Conference on Health Promoting Environments, University of Haifa, February 2011.
“Smart growth vs. urban sprawl: analysis of the Jerusalem development plan by ‘spatial profiles”, (Pnina Plaut with Gilad Hazan), Annual Conference, Israel Geographic Society, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, December 2010.
“Re-planning of rural cooperative settlements in Israel”, (Pnina Plaut, Peera Goldman, Danny Kedar and Michal Dor), 18th Annual Colloquium of the IGU Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems: Sustainability in Transition and the Changing Faces of Rural Areas: Environmental, Social, Cultural and Economic Dimensions. Bar-Ilan University, Ramat- Gan, Israel, July 2010.
"The Impact of the Tel Aviv Light Rail Transit on Residential Apartment Prices near Station Locations- The Ramat Gan Case" (Pnina Plaut and Dalya Assis), Israeli Association for Regional Studies, Annual Conference, Beer-Sheva University, April 2008.
“Development of a Model to Identify Influences of Urban Development upon Ecosystems using Fragmentation Measures,” (Pnina Plaut, Yohay Carmel and Ezer Fishler), Israeli Association for Regional Studies, Annual Conference, Bar-Ilan University, May 2006.
“Land Use Impacts of Highway Investments: Examining the Impact of the Cross-Israel Highway (HWY6) on Land Use Patterns at Interchanges” (Pnina Plaut, Daniel Shefer and Sharon Levy), Israeli Association for Regional Studies, Annual Conference, Bar-Ilan University, 2006.
“Framework for Evaluation of Sustainable Development in Metropolitan Areas”, (Pnina Plaut, Daniel Shefer and Gilad Hazan), Israeli Association for Regional Studies, Annual Conference, Haifa University, June 2005.
"Social and Economic Consequences of Bypass Roads: The Case of Israel," (Pnina Plaut, Daniel Shefer, Wafa Elias and Shalom Hakert), Israeli Association for Regional Studies Conference, Ben-Gurion University, June 2004.
"Non-Commuting and Regional Disparities: Spatial and Social Characteristics of Telecommuters," Israeli Association for Regional Studies Conference, Technion, May 2002.
“Sustainable Transport: A Comparison Across Three Countries,” (Pnina Plaut and Deborah Shmueli), Annual Meetings, Israel Geographic Society, December 1999.
“Transportation and Communications Relationships in Canada and Israel,” Association for Canadian Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, May 1996.
“Transportation, Telecommunications and Economic Development,” Annual Meetings of the Israel Geographic Association, Haifa, April 1995.