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FISTS Conference successfully concluded
The FISTS Conference was successfully concluded on July 1, 2011. It brought together about 150 participants from 25 countries. The first day was opened by a keynote by Martin Wachs from the RAND Corp., University of California Los Angeles, who gave an overview on the different ways of and motivations for mobility around the globe, covering different viewpoints from the most industrialized to the least developed countries. This presentation has clearly shown that there is a huge misbalance on the possibilities of mobility and the means for mobility around the globe which could endanger a sustainable global economic development. This introductory keynote was followed by the viewpoint of the European Commission, presented by Paul Verhoef, and the perspective of the U.S. Department of Transport, Brian Cronin.
The first conference-day was split in four panels on the topics of Policy Issues, Strategies, Technology, and Integration and Logistical Issues for Sustainable Transportation. Thanks to the invited speakers who presented their viewpoints during the panel sessions, a lively discussion took place. It became obvious during the discussion that in fact there is a missing harmonization of the view of sustainability goals in the transport system between the three world regions: Europe, the U.S., and Asia-Pacific. Furthermore, there is a need for further discussion on to which extent the future impact of the transport system on the environment needs to be reduced.
The course of the second day was dedicated to present about 100 scientific papers in four parallel sessions and the Electronic Interactive Information Marketplace (EIIM), presenting issues in the broad range of sustainability within the global transportation system.
The third day was split in two parts, highlighting "Global Challenges - Global Actions" and "Roadmap Towards a Sustainable Transportation System". The discussions within these two sessions again have shown that there is further need to elaborate a more detailed agenda of measures and actions to achieve a common understanding around the globe of how to reach the goals of a sustainable transport system.
It was concluded at the end of the conference that there is obviously a need to discuss the goals of sustainable transportation from a global perspective. Therefore further discussions on this holistic topic are planned.
There is also a 10-page summary of the FISTS-Conference available.
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Important Dates - UPDATE!
| June 2010 | Call for Papers | |
| 15 February 2011 | Deadline for submission of papers extended! | |
| 29 April 2011 | Notification of Acceptance Date | |
| 26 May 2011 | Final Paper Submission and Final Program | |
| 31 May 2011 | End of Advance Registration (Reduced Registration Fee) | |
| 28 June 2011 | End of On-Line Registration (Full Registration Fee) | |
| 29 June - 1 July 2011 | Conference (Register On-site, Full Registration Fee) |
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