I was grateful for the opportunity to chair the Inaugural Scientific Advisory Board Meeting for the TUMCREATE project "Towards the Ultimate Public Transport System" in Singapore on November 30, 2017. TUMCREATE is a joint interdisciplinary research program between TEchnische Universitat Munchen (TUM) in Germany and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. Other board members include: Prof. Hideo Inoue, Kanagawa University, Japan; Prof. Reinhard Haas, University of Vienna, Austria; Prof. Julian Gardner, Warwick University, UK; and Prof. Alois Fercha, University of Linz, Austria.