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| ITF experts present at Transportation
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Experts from the ITF are contributing to the global debate on better
transport in various ways at 93rd Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting in
Washington, D.C., USA, on 12-16 January:
- ITF Economist Jari
Kauppila presents on "Changes in Investment Appraisals:
Shifting the Focus to Productivity, Jobs, and Growth" as part of the
session on "Transportation Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis",
13:30-16:30 on 12 January at Hilton, Columbia Hall 3 (Workshop 209).
- Mr Kauppila reviews the OECD Task Force Report on "Valuing
Transportation in other Developed Countries" at the session on "Value of
Transportation Infrastructure", 08:00-09:45 on 13 January at Hilton,
Columbia Hall 7 (Session 245).
- ITF's Head of Research Stephen
Perkins presents an "Overview of Road Safety in 2012 in IRTAD
Countries" at the panel on "International Benchmarking on Road Safety",
presided by Fred Wegman, Chairman of IRTAD, 10:15-12:00 on 14 January.
- ITF Secretary-General José Viegas and Head of Policy and Summit
Preparation Mary Crass will also be participating in TRB Committee and other meetings.
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| Shifting Economic Mass to Emerging Economies Shown in Global Freight Data |
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The latest update of global freight data collected by ITF through September 2013 reinforces the observation of a shift of economic mass to emerging economies:
- USA and EU27 exports increase strongly and imports decline markedly, reflecting weak domestic demand and stronger performance of emerging economies;
- EU external trade by air, considered as a lead indicator, rebounds above pre-crisis peak, indicating a potential improvement of the economic outlook;
- Road and rail
freight data continue to
point out weak domestic
demand especially in the
EU area.
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| Registration for 2014 Annual Summit Opens 15 January |
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Registration for ITF's Annual Summit on 21-23 May 2014
in Leipzig, Germany will open on
15 January 2014 at
www.internationaltransportforum.org/2014. The theme is "Transport for a Changing World:
Understanding Trends - Shaping Responses". The preliminary
programme of the Summit is already online. Early discounts on
registration will be available until 16 April.
Go to
the preliminary Summit programme
Expressions of interest
to hold Summit Side Events
are welcome until 20 January. These provide important opportunities for transport
stakeholders to present recent work, foster debate on key issues, or
conduct technical and policy discussions.
Go to more information on
Summit Side Events
Details on sponsorship opportunities and
participation in the Summit exhibition are now available online.
Early booking rates for exhibitors are available until
31 January 2014.
Go to more information on Summit opportunities
Applications for the ITF Awards remain open until
7 February.
Three Awards will be presented at the 2014 Summit in the presence of
ministers of transport from around the world:
Transport Achievement Award
for innovations between two and five years old;
Promising
Transport Innovation Award for innovations that are less than two years old;
Young Researcher of
the Year Award for researchers under 35 years of age.
Go to more information on the ITF Awards
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The chairperson of Korea's National Research
Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences (NRCS), Dr Se Young Ahn, led a
high-level delegation to ITF aimed at promoting joint research work on
global issues and information sharing on 16 December 2013. The Korean NCRS is a public
institution under responsibility of the prime minister and regroups 23
affiliated research institutes. ITF has been working closely with the
Korean Transport Institute (KOTI), Korea's official transport research
agency, which belongs to NCRS.
Pictured (l-r): Yi Gyo Kim, NCRS
Director of Evaluation Office, Mary Crass, ITF Head of Policy and Summit
Preparation, José Viegas, ITF Secretary-General, Se Young Ahn, NCRS
Chairperson, Yeon Myung Kim, ITF Visiting Fellow.
Presentations from the
ITF Roundtable on the Economics of High-Speed
Rail held in New Delhi, India on 18-19 December are now available
along with the related Discussion Papers.
Go to more information on the Roundtable
A mission by
Secretary-General Viegas to ITF member country Turkey on 19-20 December
included a keynote speech on "Recent Trends in Freight Transport and Logistics"
at the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB).
Meetings with government officials focused on the importance of research
to support good policy making and road transport issues concerning the
Multilateral Quota System for road haulage.
ITF Economist Jari Kauppila gave a presentation at the International
Road Federation's Summit 2013 on "Bringing Policy and Practice Together"
in Geneva, Switzerland on 11-12 December. Mr Kauppila's presentation
focused on sustainable road funding.
Véronique Feypell,
ITF's road safety expert, was interviewed by South African radio station
567 Cape Talk on how to reduce road deaths in South Africa.
1376 people were killed on South Africa's roads over the festive season
alone.
ITF is
very pleased to welcome two new transport researchers to the
research centre; Marie Castaing and Antigoni-Aikaterini Lykotrafiti.
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