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Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am pleased to note that the second Preliminary Programme for
the 2010 International Transport Forum is now available. "Transport and Innovation: Unleashing the
Potential" is the theme, and we have a truly impressive line-up of speakers for this exciting event
to take place in Leipzig from May 26-28. The keynote will be delivered by Swiss explorer and
inventor Bertrand Piccard, who is aspiring to circle the globe in an airplane solely
powered by solar energy – an exciting endeavour that highlights the enormous potential for innovation
in transport. Of course, Transport Ministers from our 52 member countries will be there
and participating in policy panels. The recent air transport crisis in the wake of the volcano eruption
in Iceland is only one issue that policy makers will have an opportunity to discuss in Leipzig, and at
a global level. Here is a selection of only some of the top-level speakers you will be able to hear in
Leipzig at this year’s International Transport Forum: |
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There will also be an impressive exhibition of technology, as well as many opportunities for networking, in what promises to be the event of the year for the transport sector. Please visit our web site, at http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/2010/index.html, for more detailed information, including on registration. Lower registration rates apply until 30 April, so I encourage you to reserve as early as possible. I look forward to seeing you in Leipzig. |
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Forum 2010: Side Events | |
As in past years, the 2010 International Transport Forum will be enriched by a number of very interesting side events that we would like to draw your attention to, among them:
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Statistics: New Website | |
In time for the 2010 Forum, the International Transport Forum has created a completely new page on its website dedicated to transport statistics. It provides free and easy access to all latest ITF statistics on transport. The data include:
The ITF statistics page also presents seasonally adjusted quarterly transport statistics for the
latest analysis of transport trends. |
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Statistics: New Transport Facts | |
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Research: Innovative Truck Technology | |
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Forum 2010: Background and Analysis | |
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Inside ITF: New Head of Communications | |
ITF has a new Head of Communications. Michael Kloth joined the ITF team on 15 April and is already in full swing, trying to drive international media attention for the 2010 Forum. Michael has spent 15 years in journalism, most of this as a politics editor with German news magazine DER SPIEGEL. From 2007 he was responsible for developing and then running SPIEGEL ONLINE’s prize-winning Web 2.0 portal, einestages.de. In 2004-5 he was an APSA Congressional fellow in Washington DC, where he worked in the office of U.S. Representative Brad Miller from North Carolina. Michael is looking forward to being in touch with all interested in the work of ITF and can be reached at Michael.KLOTH@oecd.org and +33-1-45 24 95 96 |
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