[sustran] TRANSED 2004 call for papers
Barter, Paul
paulbarter at nus.edu.sg
Sat Jul 12 11:38:06 JST 2003
http://www.icat-ciat.org/outreachdesk.htm
TRANSED 2004
10th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled People
Theme: Universal Transportation and Road Design: Strategies for Success
Conference in: Hamamatsu Japan May 23 May 26, 2004
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND INVITATION TO PRE-REGISTER
The 10th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for
Elderly and Disabled People is being organized under the general
auspices of the Transportation Research Board.
The International Centre for Accessible Transportation (ICAT) is
designated as the Official TRANSED 2004 Outreach Desk. If you
need assistance in English, French, Spanish, German and Chinese,
please send your enquiries by e-mail to ICAT at access at icat-ciat.org
quoting TRANSED 2004 Enquiry as the E-mail subject title.
A. TRANSED BACKGROUND
The TRANSED series of conferences has taken place every three years since
1978 in England (3 times), USA, Canada, Sweden, France and Australia. The
last conference, held in Warsaw Poland, had over 200 participants from 29
countries and 5 continents. 81 papers were presented and 21 posters were
exhibited. Considerable progress has been made in improving the lives of people
with mobility handicaps. Progress now must be made to improve the lives of
people who are visually, cognitively or hearing impaired.
This is the first time the conference will be held in the Asia Pacific region. The
organisers of TRANSED 2004 hope that the 10th International Conference in
Japan will attract a greater number of delegates from the countries of Eastern
and Southern Asia than before, which will result in increased number of
participants.
Universal transportation and road design: strategies for success
Previous TRANSED conferences have promoted national and local
transportation and development policies to include objectives relating to the
needs of people with mobility handicaps. The 10th International Conference on
Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled People is designed to help to turn
these objectives into action. As the conference motto "Universal Transportation
and Road Design: Strategies For Success" implies, TRANSED 2004 serves the
purpose of enabling international delegates to exchange experiences of
strategies. By reporting on successful accessible transportation strategies, plans,
and implementations for all, all participants will be able to apply this knowledge to
their own country. Being the first TRANSED conference ever held in Asia, this
milestone event will act as a catalyst to accelerate developments of accessible
transportation and road design in Asian countries. Innovative strategies and
plans for Asia will be expected and encouraged from participants in the Pacific
region.
B. TOPICS
The following topics will be given particular importance in the discussions:
-Policies and Strategies
1. Policies and strategies for social/ environmental /economic sustainability
-Planning, Design and Maintenance
2. Universal, inclusive and accessible design in public transportation
3. Universal, inclusive and accessible design on roads, signals and vehicles
4. Standardization and advanced universal design
-Mobility
5. Local mobility, community transportation like taxis, buses & Special Transport Service
6. Accessible tourism, major events: Olympics, expositions and conventions
7. Safe mobility for the seniors and drivers
-Advanced Technology
8. Advanced technologies for accessible transportation and road design
-Partnership
9. Public/Private/NPO・NGO partnership
-Area wide, Comprehensive and Integrated
10. Area wide, comprehensive and integrated transportation planning
-Asian development
11. Policies and strategies for accessible transportation and road design in Asia.
The conference language is English. The debates will be interpreted
simultaniously into Japanese.
See http://www.icat-ciat.org/outreachdesk.htm for more information and relevant application forms.
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