Transport for a Global Economy Challenges & Opportunities in the Downturn

The 2009 International Transport Forum, held 26-29 May in Leipzig, Germany, brought together more than 800 delegates from around the world, including Transport Ministers, industry leaders, and representatives of stakeholder groups, academia and civil society to discuss the impacts of the economic crisis on transport and the sector's role in recovery.  [read more]

Keynote Speakers Key Ministerial Messages Ministers at the Forum Panel 1: Transport and the Downturn Panel 2: Supply Chains and Gateways in Volatile Markets Panel 3: Infrastructure: Public and Private Roles after the Credit Crunch International Leaders' Roundtable - Moving the Agenda Forward Workshop 1: Intermodal Transport & Supply Chains Workshop 2: Social Impacts of International Transport Workshop 3: Strategic Transport Infrastructure Planning & Financing Workshop 4: Ensuring a Secure Global Transport System Workshop 5: Environmental Impacts of International Transport Modal Workshop: Gateway Airport Investment & Development of Airline Services IRU Workshop: Road Transport: Promoting Global Trade, Travel and Development CER Workshop: Railways in a Globalised World IMO/ICS Workshop: International Shipping: Global Regulation for a Global Industry Awards Transport for a Global Economy. Policy Reflections from the ITF Secretariat Publications Other Research Inputs Photos   --   Interviews and Webcast Keynote Speakers Jacques ATTALI Ray LAHOOD Antonio TAJANI Speech   -    Interview (in French) Speech -  Press Conference Speech  -  Interview (in French) Panel 1: Transport and the Downturn More photos     Panel Outline  --   Conclusions Session 1    --   Conclusions Session 2    --   Webcast Panel 2:  Supply Chains and Gateways in Volatile Markets   Etienne SCHOUPPE   More photos     Panel Outline  --  Conclusions    --   Webcast Panel 3:  Infrastructure: Public and Private Roles after the Credit Crunch       More photos     Panel Outline  --  Conclusions  --   Webcast International Leaders' Roundtable - Moving the Agenda Forward   Patrick DIXON, Moderator   More photos     Panel Outline  --  Conclusions   --   Webcast Workshop 1: Intermodal Transport & Supply Chains   Zoltan KAZATSAY, Chair   More photos     Background Documents   --  Workshop Conclusions  -  Russian        --   Webcast Workshop 2: Social Impacts of International Transport   Maurice BERNADET, Chair   More photos     Background Documents   --  Workshop Conclusions  -  Russian      --   Webcast Workshop 3: Strategic Transport Infrastructure Planning & Financing   Lord MACDONALD, Chair   More photos     Background Documents   --  Workshop Conclusions   -   Russian    --    Webcast Workshop 4: Ensuring a Secure Global Transport System   Axel GOEHR, Chair   More photos     Background Documents   --  Workshop Conclusions   -  Russian   --     Webcast Workshop 5: Environmental Impacts of International Transport   Anthony VENABLES, Chair   More photos     Background Documents   --  Workshop Conclusions   -  Russian   --   Webcast Modal Workshop: Gateway Airport Investment and Development of Airline Services   Jeff SHANE, Chair   More photos     Background Documents   --  Workshop Conclusions  -  Russian   --   Webcast IRU Workshop:  Road Transport: Promoting Global Trade, Travel and Development   Umberto DE PRETTO, Chair   More photos     Background Documents  --  Workshop Conclusions  - Russian        --  Webcast CER Workshop:  Railways in a Globalised World   Klaus THELEN, Chair   More photos      Workshop Outline and Conclusions   --   Webcast IMO/ICS Workshop:  International Shipping: Global Regulation for a Global Industry   Tom LEANDER, Chair   More photos     Background Documents   --  ICS/IMO Workshop Conclusions   --   Webcast Awards -- ITF Young Researcher Award -- ITF-CLECAT-FIATA Prize for Innovation in Transport and Logistics along the Global Supply Chain       Jérôme VERNY & Jack SHORT   More photos     Read Jérôme Verny's paper: Container Shipping on the Northern Sea Route Publications Transport Outlook 2009: Globalisation, Crisis and Transport JTRC Discussion Paper 2009-12 Research Findings on the Evolution of the World Economy and its Links with Transport ITF Secretariat Document, May 2009 Integration and Competition between Transport and Logistics Businesses Summary and Conclusions of Round Table Terrorism and International Transport: Towards Risk-Based Security Policy Round Table 144 Port Competition and Hinterland Connections Round Table 143 Intermodal Transport. National Peer Review: Turkey April 2009 Summary Document  --  also available in Turkish Key Transport Statistics 2008 Trends in the Transport Sector 1970-2007   Other Research Inputs Report on the Construction and Operation of the Road Freight Transport Market in Europe Maurice BERNADET, Laboratoire d'économie des transports, France Forum Paper No 2009-1 Liberalization in Maritime Transport Mary R. BROOKS, William A. Black Chair of Commerce, Dalhousie University, Canada Globalisation and Freight Transport Costs in Maritime Shipping and Aviation David HUMMELS Air Transport Liberalization and its Impacts on Airline Competition and Air Passenger Traffic Tae Hoon OUM, Air Transport Research Society and University of British Columbia, Canada; Xiaowen FU, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Anming ZHANG, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Globalization and its Impacts on Inland and Intermodal Transport Christian REYNAUD, NESTEAR, France Forum Paper No 2009-5 Liberalization and Commercialization of the World's Railways: Progress and Key Regulatory Issues Louis S. THOMPSON, Thompson, Galenson & Associates