Lidia Zakowska, Ph.D., Professor on transport engineering at Cracow University of Technology, Civil Engineering Faculty, Transport Systems Chair. Her international research activities concentrate on the following topics: engineering for sustainable development, mobility and accessibility of transport users, equity and equality in transportation, environmental protection and climate change, safety studies in road transport, perception of safety, visualization in transportation, senior’s mobility and life quality. She is an author of over 100 research publications. She has led numerous Research Grants and Projects, on national and international levels. Member of Editorial Board of some prominent international journals, lays also as referee of the top journals in transportation and civil engineering sector. She is a Founding member of WIE (Woman in Engineering) Standing Committee at World Federation of Engineering Associations WFEO. Active member of the Polish Federation NOT and past President of the Polish Association of Engineers and Technicians of Transportation SITK RP in Krakow. As a founding member of WIEmy, Women in Engineering Network at Cracow University of Technology, she works for equality of women engineers in their career development. As co-founderl of the WOMENVAI platform, she is engaged in activities that bring new technologies at the heart of environmental problems. She trust that adapting to climate change is possible, at local and international levels, if engineers and scientists, men and women are working together with policy makers and the industry on large innovative projects with the advanced technologies developed in the 21st century for a long‑term sustainable planet.