The 5th Workshop on Pedestrian Traffic and Evacuation Dynamics (2024) was held in Hefei, Anhui Province in China from December 13th to 15th. It was organized by Prof. Weiguo Song and Prof. Jun Zhang from the State Key Laboratory of Fire Science of University of Science and Technology of China to discuss new theories, new methods, new technologies and the trends in the research of pedestrian traffic and evacuation dynamics.

Group photo of the workshop.

110 scholars from 40 institutions including the University of Melbourne, Tsinghua University, Chongqing University, University of Science and Technology of China, Beijing Jiaotong University, Sun Yat-sen University, Wuhan University of Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University,University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai Maritime University, Jiangsu University, Fuzhou University, Nanjing University of Technology, Beihang University, the University of Tokyo, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and City University of Hong Kong participated.

Prof. Majid Sarvi (University of Melbourne in Australia), Prof. Tiejun Zhou (Chongqing University) and Prof. Tao Chen (Tsinghua University) gave plenary speeches at the workshop. Prof. Xiao Han (Beijing Jiaotong University), Associate Prof. Shuchao Cao (Jiangsu University), Associate Prof. Yao Xiao (Sun Yat-sen University), Prof. Ming Fu (the Hefei Institute of Public Safety at Tsinghua University) and Associate Prof. Qimiao Xie (Shanghai Maritime University) delivered keynote speeches. They shared the latest progress in experimental research, modeling, and application of new technologies in pedestrian traffic and emergency evacuation and provided prospects for the future development of this field.

Besides, 33 experts and scholars gave wonderful oral presentations. The attendees had in-depth exchanges and discussions on topics such as mixed traffic dynamics, pedestrian evacuation under disaster conditions, personnel safety protection technology, virtual reality technology, and personnel psychology. They shared their latest research results, experiences, and viewpoints, and actively explored new research directions and solutions.