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From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On behalf of Ming Guo
Dear All,
The China Planning Network has undertaken to organize the CPN Urban Transportation Congress in Beijing, jointly organized by
o China Planning Network
o Massachusetts Institute of Technology
o China Association for Science and Technology
o China Xinhua News Agency
The Congress dates are Aug 2-4th, 2007. Beijing
The CPN Urban Transportation Congress will be the highest profile conference
ever held in China on urban transportation development. 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 National Development and Reform Commission，China Ministry of
Communication, China Ministry of Construction; and mayors, transportation
directors and planning directors from major Chinese cities; and transportation
professionals from private industries.
The parallel sessions include
o China National and Municipal Urban Transportation Policies
o Managing Urban Congestion: Policies and Practices
o Urban Transportation Planning: A Comparative Perspective-- Beijing, London,
New York, Chicago
o Public Transportation: New Paradigm in China
o Intelligent Transportation Systems and Urban Information Systems
o Integrating Land Use and Transportation
o Social Aspects of Urban Transportation
o Green Transport: Cars, Energy, and Environment
o Financing Urban Transportation Projects in China
o Mobile Media and Urban Transportation
o Mega Transportation Projects: International Experiences and Cooperation
o Interdisciplinary Transportation Education
Invited speakers include
o Prof. Joseph Sussman, MIT
o Prof. Nigel Wilson, MIT
o Prof. Ralph Gakenheimer, MIT
o Prof. Karen Polenske, MIT
o Prof. Joseph Ferreira, MIT
o Prof. Adele Santos, MIT
o Prof. Michael Meyer, Georgia Tech, Chairman of TRB
o Prof. Vukan Vuchic, University of Pennsylvania
o Mr. Dave Wetzel, Vice-Chair, Transport for London
o Mr. Kirk Steudle, Michigan Department of Transportation Director
o Dr. Deepak Bhattasali, Lead Economist, World Bank
o Prof. Stephen Glaister, Imperial College, UK
o Prof. Harry Dimitriou, University College London, UK
o Prof. Robert Cervero, UC Berkeley
o Mr. Sam Casella, Former President of APA, AICP
o Prof. Randall Crane, UCLA
o Prof. Hugo Priemus, TU Delft, the Netherlands
o Dr. Andres Rabinowicz, Vice President, Caliper Corporation
o Mr. Michael Woo, Los Angeles City Planning Commissioner
o Prof. Ming Zhang, University of Texas at Austin
o Prof. Zhong-Ren Peng, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
o Mr. Daniel Yang, Chief Transportation Planner in Austin's Capital Area
Metropolitan Planning Organization
o Ms. Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director of the Energy Technology Innovation
Project, KSG, Harvard University
o Mr. Sam Zimmerman, Urban Transport Advisor, World Bank
o Prof. Frank Moss, Director of Media Lab, MIT (tbc)
o Chancellor Phillip Clay, MIT (tbc)
o Mr. John Flora, PIDG, Former Director of Urban Transport, World Bank (tbc)
o Mr. Neil D. Schuster, President and CEO, ITS America (tbc)
o ……
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.
Please visit the CPN Congress website http://www.ChinaUrbanTransport.com/ for
more information. The conference online registration will be open on May 18th,
2007.
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.
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, [log in to unmask]
Zhan Guo, [log in to unmask]
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, [log in to unmask]
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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