Barriers remain for foreign investors in Venezuela, but infrastructure is a government priority
RSSThe International Road Federation (1201 IRF Geneva), together with IRF India, is putting out this Call for Papers to invite authors to submit abstracts for presentation at the World Road Meeting (WRM) in 2017.
This conference will be of interest to professionals, academics, researchers, policy makers, and practitioners involved with road transport and mobility. The conference will take place place 14 to 17 November 2017 in Delhi, India.
Meeting these challenges requires action on many fronts: arranging the necessary financing, implementing appropriate policy, developing legal and regulatory frameworks to safeguard the public interest without inhibiting competition, ensuring the functioning of markets, stimulating technological innovation, developing effective instruments to steer and nudge the travel and trip behaviour and choices made by people on a daily basis, and collecting and safeguarding data to support the making of policy and to support the operation of this sophisticated and complex sector.
This conference is aimed at identifying and discussing the range of challenges that are faced in delivering safe, sustainable, and smart road transport and mobility at an affordable price; the legal, policy, and regulatory issues; instruments that are available to policy and decision-makers; new concepts and technologies for delivering transport and mobility; and the possibilities offered by 'big data' and technology to reshape the road transport and mobility system to face future challenges.
Thus, we invite authors to submit abstracts on one or more of the themes and sub-themes listed below.
Invitation to Authors to Submit Full Papers - 30 November, 2016
Deadline for Submission of Full Papers - 30 March, 2017
Deadline for Submission of Final Paper and Acceptance - 31 July, 2017
Instructions for submission of abstracts
Please use the online form for submission of abstracts (www.WRM2017.org/papers).The abstract should make clear the objective and relevance of the proposed contribution to one or more of the themes and sub-themes. The abstract should not exceed 2,200 characters.
2: Safe mobility
3: Mobility challenges
4: Managing road assets
5: Innovative road infrastructure
6: Institutional framework and capacity development
7: Sustainable and green transport infrastructure
8: Innovative road financing and procurement
9: Safer roads
10: Intelligent transport system
This conference will be of interest to professionals, academics, researchers, policy makers, and practitioners involved with road transport and mobility. The conference will take place place 14 to 17 November 2017 in Delhi, India.
Introduction
A properly functioning transport system provides access to markets, jobs, education, and healthcare, and does so as efficiently and as safely as possible, while minimising its adverse environmental impacts. Countries, regions, and cities face severe challenges in meeting the road transport and mobility needs of their populations. These challenges include expanding, developing, maintaining, and operating the transport infrastructure as efficiently and safely as possible, along with minimising the adverse environmental and other impacts of the sector.Meeting these challenges requires action on many fronts: arranging the necessary financing, implementing appropriate policy, developing legal and regulatory frameworks to safeguard the public interest without inhibiting competition, ensuring the functioning of markets, stimulating technological innovation, developing effective instruments to steer and nudge the travel and trip behaviour and choices made by people on a daily basis, and collecting and safeguarding data to support the making of policy and to support the operation of this sophisticated and complex sector.
This conference is aimed at identifying and discussing the range of challenges that are faced in delivering safe, sustainable, and smart road transport and mobility at an affordable price; the legal, policy, and regulatory issues; instruments that are available to policy and decision-makers; new concepts and technologies for delivering transport and mobility; and the possibilities offered by 'big data' and technology to reshape the road transport and mobility system to face future challenges.
Thus, we invite authors to submit abstracts on one or more of the themes and sub-themes listed below.
Important dates
Deadline for Submission of Abstracts - 30 September, 2016Invitation to Authors to Submit Full Papers - 30 November, 2016
Deadline for Submission of Full Papers - 30 March, 2017
Deadline for Submission of Final Paper and Acceptance - 31 July, 2017
Instructions for submission of abstracts
Please use the online form for submission of abstracts (www.WRM2017.org/papers).The abstract should make clear the objective and relevance of the proposed contribution to one or more of the themes and sub-themes. The abstract should not exceed 2,200 characters.
Themes
1: Safe roads for economic growth2: Safe mobility
3: Mobility challenges
4: Managing road assets
5: Innovative road infrastructure
6: Institutional framework and capacity development
7: Sustainable and green transport infrastructure
8: Innovative road financing and procurement
9: Safer roads
10: Intelligent transport system
