[sustran] MIT China Planning Network Urban Transport Congress
Eric Britton
eric.britton at ecoplan.org
Tue May 22 01:02:04 JST 2007
On Behalf Of Jinhua Zhao
MIT China Planning Network Urban Transportation Congress
Beijing, China
August 2-4, 2007
Call for Paper and Participation
Dear All,
With three quarters of the world's public transport capital investment
in the coming two decades and a similar proportion of severe transport
problems, China requires the best possible intellectual, political,
and industrial support for its urban transport needs. The China Planning
Network has undertaken to organize the CPN Urban Transportation Congress in
Beijing, jointly with
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
China Association for Science and Technology
China Xinhua News Agency
The Congress dates are Aug 2-4th, 2007. The venues are
Plenary conference: Great Hall of People, Beijing
Parallel sessions: Beijing International Conference Center
The CPN Urban Transportation Congress will be the highest profile conference
ever held in China on urban transportation. The three day Congress will
feature over 100 presentations in the plenary conference and 12 parallel
sessions, and will welcome 1200~1500 participants, including academic
scholars and students from universities and research institutes; government
officials from the China Ministry of Communication, China Ministry of
Construction, and National Development and Reform Commission; mayors,
transportation directors and planning directors from major Chinese cities;
and transportation professionals from private industries.
Please visit the CPN Congress website http://www.ChinaUrbanTransport.com/
for more information. The Congress media include
Xinhua News Agency.Outlook Weekly
Xinhua News Agency.Globe Biweekly
Financial Times, Chinese
Economic observer
The parallel sessions include
China National and Municipal Urban Transportation Policies
Managing Urban Congestion: Policies and Practices
Urban Transportation Planning: A Comparative Perspective-- Beijing,
London, New York, Chicago
Public Transportation: New Paradigm in China
Intelligent Transportation Systems and Urban Information Systems
Integrating Land Use and Transportation
Social Aspects of Urban Transportation
Green Transport: Cars, Energy, and Environment
Financing Urban Transportation Projects in China
Mobile Media and Urban Transportation
Mega Transportation Projects: International Experiences and
Cooperation
Interdisciplinary Transportation Education
Invited speakers include
Prof. Joseph Sussman, MIT
Prof. Nigel Wilson, MIT
Prof. Ralph Gakenheimer, MIT
Prof. Karen Polenske, MIT
Prof. Joseph Ferreira, MIT
Prof. Adele Santos, MIT
Prof. Stephen Connors, MIT
Prof. Michael Meyer, Georgia Tech, Chairman of TRB
Prof. Vukan Vuchic, University of Pennsylvania
Mr. Dave Wetzel, Vice-Chair, Transport for London
Mr. Kirk Steudle, Michigan Department of Transportation Director
Dr. Deepak Bhattasali, Lead Economist, World Bank
Prof. Stephen Glaister, Imperial College, UK
Prof. Harry Dimitriou, University College London, UK
Prof. Robert Cervero, UC Berkeley
Mr. Sam Casella, Former President of AICP
Prof. Randall Crane, UCLA
Prof. Hugo Priemus, TU Delft, the Netherlands
Ms. Pamela L. Boswell, Vice President, American Public
Transportation
Association
Dr. Andres Rabinowicz, Vice President, Caliper Corporation
Prof. Ming Zhang, University of Texas at Austin
Prof. Zhong-Ren Peng, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Mr. Daniel Yang, Austin's Capital Area Metropolitan Planning
Organization
Ms. Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director of the Energy Technology
Innovation
Project, KSG, Harvard University
Mr. Sam Zimmerman, Urban Transport Advisor, World Bank
Ms. Robin Chase, Founder and CEO of GoLoCo, Founder and Former CEO
of Zipcar
Prof. Frank Moss, Director of Media Lab, MIT (tbc)
Chancellor Phillip Clay, MIT (tbc)
Mr. John Flora, PIDG, Former Director of Urban Transport, World Bank
(tbc)
Mr. Neil D. Schuster, President and CEO, ITS America (tbc)
......
In addition to the presentations by the invited speakers, the Congress will
accommodate 25~35 presentations from the Call for Papers. You are welcome to
attend the conference and to submit an original and high quality paper
around the topics of the 12 parallel sessions. The deadline for submitting
the abstract (no more than 250 words) is June 5th, 2007, and the full paper
is due July 10th, 2007. The paper should be written in English, and should
be no more than 7,000 words. Papers will be selected by a review committee
for conference presentation and publication in the proceedings.
Together with the Congress, we are organizing 1) CPN World Transportation
School Admission Open House and 2) Roundtable Discussion with Beijing
Transportation Committee on Beijing 11th Five Year Transportation Planning
and 2020 Long term Plan. We will announce the details of the CPN Open House
and CPN Roundtable Discussion soon.
Thank you very much for your support to China Planning Network. Please let
us know if you have any further questions/suggestions to the CPN Urban
Transportation Congress. We look forward to seeing you in Beijing this
summer.
Best,
Ming Guo, Zhan Guo, Jinhua Zhao
Executive Commissioners
China Planning Network
Faculty Advisor
Lawrence J. Vale, Head and Professor of Urban Design and Planning
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NOTE:
The China Planning Network (CPN) has run three successful previous
conferences at Harvard in 2004, at MIT in 2005, and in Beijing in 2006. Last
year in Beijing, the China Planning Network 3rd Annual Conference featured
116 presentations and discussions in nine parallel tracks. It welcomed over
1000 participants, including 100 scholars, 100 mayors and planning
directors, a letter of congratulations from China's Vice-Premier Mr. Zeng
Peiyan, and a keynote speech by China Congress Vice-Chair Mr. Jiang Zhenhua.
As MIT President Susan Hockfield wrote in a congratulatory letter to CPN in
2006, "The China Planning Network has become a significant way for students,
faculty, and practitioners from the west to engage with the rapidly changing
development scene in China. Through the efforts of the China Planning
Network, MIT and the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP),
continue to lead the world to bring the advanced knowledge on urban planning
and development to bear on China's urbanization challenges."
For information about CPN and the previous conferences, please visit:
www.ChinaPlanningNetwork.org
Contact Methods:
Organizing Committee MIT Office:
Jinhua Zhao jinhua at mit.edu
Zhan Guo guozhan at mit.edu
Tel: (617) 230-4090
Room 7-337, the Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA, 02139
U.S.A.
Organizing Committee Beijing Office
Ming Guo Guoming at mit.edu
Tel: +86-(0)10-82150296
Fax: +86-(0)10-82150269
Block A, Room 505, Science Park Tower
Tsinghua Science Park
Beijing, China
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