Call for papers for Urban Transport 2008
The fourteenth International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century is calling for oral papers to be presented at the event.
| Who: | Wessex Institute of Technology |
| What: | Urban Transport Conference 2008 |
| When: | 1st – 3rd September |
| Where: | Ramla Bay Resort, Malta |
| Costs: |
€1380 (€980 reduced fee for authors) |
| URL: | www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/urban08/index.html |
Target audience
The conference will be held in Malta from 1st to 3rd September. It targets those involved with the planning and management of urban transport systems around the world. Delegates will include engineers, scientists and managers from industries, universities, research institutes and government organisations.
Aim
Conference Secretariat Rachel Creasey says, "The aim is to provide an update on the latest advances in the urban transport field, giving speakers the opportunity to present research in a specialist forum and collaborate with experts from across the globe on the planning of sustainable urban transport."
Topics
Topics to be covered at this year's conference include the following:
- Transport sustainability
- Urban transport planning and management
- Transport modelling and simulation
- Transport logistics and operations research
- Transport security and safety
- Transport technology
- Land use and transport integration
- Environmental and ecological considerations
- Intelligent transport systems
- Public transport systems
- Information systems and GPS applications
- Road pricing
- Intermodel passenger transport systems
- Transport automation
- Modality in freight
- Traffic management
Organisor: Wessex Institute of Technology
Organisers
The international advisory committee overseeing the event includes representatives from the universities of Aristotle (Greece), Split (Croatia), Salerno (Italy), Morgan State (USA) and Pretoria (South Africa), as well as panellists from major corporations, such as Germany’s Daimler AG and Latvia's Transport and Telecommunication Institute.
The conference was organised by the Wessex Institute of Technology (WIT).
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