[sustran] Re: {Spam?} MIT China Planning Network Urban Transport Congress

[Gina Anderson]

Excuse me, where are the sustainable transportation experts and  
professionals?  Or is this more a large-scale introduction for western  
professionals to be able to gain consulting work in China?

Gina Anderson
-- 
Regina Anderson, AICP
WholeChoice Master Planning, Pedestrian Design, Sustainability
Singapore
phone +65 6467-6594


Quoting Eric Britton <eric.britton at ecoplan.org>:

> 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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