Dear all,
Please join us for a unique gathering of academia, practitioners, and
government officials to discuss practices in and approaches to improving
Public-Private Partnership in infrastructure development worldwide.
Conference participants will share advancements in tools and methodologies,
best practices, successful examples, and lessons learned. The conference is
co-hosted by Dalian University of Technology and The University of Texas at
Austin during August 5-7, 2013 at Dalian, China. For more information,
please check out the conference website.
You are invited to submit papers online according to the deadline given
below. Papers accepted by the Conference will appear in the Conference
Proceedings published by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and
made available to registered participants.
Important Dates:
09/15/2012 Abstract due
09/30/2012 Notification of acceptance or rejection of abstracts
12/31/2012 Full paper due
02/15/2013 Notification of acceptance or rejection of papers
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
I. Financing Policies
Overall financing mechanisms
Impact of financial crisis on financing policies
Strategies to cope with financial crisis
Trend of revenues for infrastructure
Future directions of infrastructure financing
II: Financial Viability and Risk Analysis of PPP Projects
Criteria for financial viability
Risk sharing and robust maintenance policies
Impact of uncertainties
Life-cycle costs analysis
Optimization of toll rates
Risk sharing and robust maintenance policies
III: Design, Construction, and Operation of Infrastructure
Feasibility study
Design standards
Construction of managed lanes with existing right-of-way
Traffic control and management
Toll collection methods and facilities
Traffic prediction
Transportation logistics
IV: Legal Issues Related to PPPs
Review of existing laws and regulations for consistency with PPPs
Legal implications of PPPs
Changes needed
Issues pertinent to specific regions/countries
Thank you,
Zhong Wang, Ph.D. P.E.
Associate Professor, School of Transportation and Logistics
Dalia University of Technology
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