Dear All,

As announced in the CPN 2006 summary and 2007 Prospect , the China Planning Network has undertaken to organize the CPN Urban Transportation Congress in Beijing. The Congress has obtained the widest support from the world transportation organizations including: MIT, TRB, UITP, ACSP, APA, WCTRS, Elsevier, AGS, WB, UN, TfL, CTA, LOCOG, APTA etc from the West and
·   National Development and Reform Commission
·   Ministry of Construction
·   Ministry of Communication, and
·   Ministry of Science and Technology from China.

The CPN Urban Transportation Congress will be the highest profile conference ever held in China on urban transportation development. The three day Congress will feature over 100 presentations in the plenary conference and 12 parallel sessions, and will welcome 1200~1500 participants, including academic scholars and students from universities and research institutes; government officials from the China Ministry of Communication, China Ministry of Construction, and National Development and Reform Commission; mayors, transportation directors and planning directors from major Chinese cities; and transportation professionals from private industries. The parallel sessions include

• China National and Municipal Urban Transportation Policies
• Managing Urban Congestion: Policies and Practices
• Urban Transportation Planning: A Comparative Perspective-- Beijing, London , New York , Chicago
• Public Transportation: New Paradigm in China
• Intelligent Transportation Systems and Urban Information Systems
• Integrating Land Use and Transportation
• Social Aspects of Urban Transportation
• Green Transport: Cars, Energy, and Environment
• Financing Urban Transportation Projects in China
• Mobile Media and Urban Transportation
• Mega Transportation Projects: International Experiences and Cooperation
• Interdisciplinary Transportation Education

Please see the details of the sessions at http://chinaurbantransport.com/english/themes.htm

The Congress has invited over 80 leading transportation scholars and professionals from all over the world to speak in the Congress, including:

• MIT: Prof. Joseph Sussman , Prof. Nigel Wilson, Prof. Ralph Gakenheimer , Prof. Karen Polenske , Prof. Joseph Ferreira , Prof. Adele Santos, Prof. Stephen Connors, Mr. Henry Holtzman
• Prof. Michael Meyer, Georgia Tech, TRB Chairman,
• Dr. Sung Jick EUM, UITP Vice President
• Prof. Werner Rothengatter, WCTRS President
• Prof. Mickey Lauria, ACSP President
• Ms.Molnau, Minnesota Lt Governor & Commissioner of Transportation
• Prof. Arnold Howitt, Executive Director, Taubman Center for State and Local Government, Harvard University
• Mr. Dave Wetzel, Transport for London Vice-Chair
• Prof. Stephen Glaister, Imperial College London
• Prof. Randall Crane, Acting Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, UCLA
• Prof. Harry Dimitriou, Professor of Planning Studies, UCL, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
• Mr. Wilben Short, Head of Transport, London 2012 Olympic Games
• Prof. Yoshitsugu Hayashi, Dean, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University ; Member, Science Council of Japan
• Ministry of Construction Vice Minister Qiu,
• Beijing Vice Mayor Mr. Chen
• China Association of Science and Technology Vice President Zhao
• Department of Transportation, National Development and Reform Commission, Director-General, Mr. Wang,
• China Academy of Transportation Science, President Zhou
• Chief Planner, Ministry of Construction, Ms. Chen,
• Chief Engineer, Ministry of Construction, Mr. Wang,
• Institute for Comprehensive Transportation, National Development and Reform Commission, Director, Mr. Guo
• Beijing Transportation Commission, Commissioner, Ms. Zhao
• BOCOG, Head of Transport, Mr. Yu
• China Academy of Urban Planning & Design, President Li
• Beijing Jiaotong University , Vice President Ning

Please see the full list of invited speakers at http://chinaurbantransport.com/english/scholars.htm

Congress Registration: You can register at the Congress online, by post or by fax. Please follow the instruction at: http://ChinaUrbanTransport.com/english/register.htm

The Congress dates are Aug 2-4th, 2007. The venues are: Plenary conference: Great Hall of People, Beijing and Parallel sessions: Beijing International Conference Center

Congress Hotel : Beijing Continental Grand Hotel, 8 Beichendong St. North Sihuan Rd. Beijing China 100101, Tel: +86-10- 84985588-72548

Congress Media Coverage: Xinhua News Agency, as partner of the Congress, has the fullest coverage of the Congress in its ten major newspapers and journals including Outlook Weekly, Globe Bi-weekly, Reference News, Xinhua Daily Telegraph etc; Financial Time Chinese and Elsevier also help promote the Congress.

Thank you very much for your support to China Planning Network. Please let us know if you have any further questions/suggestions to the CPN Urban Transportation Congress. We look forward to seeing you in Beijing this summer!

Best,
Ming Guo, Zhan Guo, Jinhua Zhao
Executive Commissioners China Planning Network

Faculty Advisor Lawrence J. Vale, Head and Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Department of Urban Studies and Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology

NOTE: The China Planning Network (CPN) has run three successful previous conferences at Harvard in 2004, at MIT in 2005, and in Beijing in 2006. Last year in Beijing , the China Planning Network 3rd Annual Conference featured 116 presentations and discussions in nine parallel tracks.  It welcomed over 1000 participants, including 100 scholars, 100 mayors and planning directors, a letter of congratulations from China 's Vice-Premier Mr. Zeng Peiyan, and a keynote speech by China Congress Vice-Chair Mr. Jiang Zhenhua.

As MIT President Susan Hockfield wrote in a congratulatory letter to CPN: "The China Planning Network has become a significant way for students, faculty, and practitioners from the west to engage with the rapidly changing development scene in China . Through the efforts of the China Planning Network, MIT and the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), continue to lead the world to bring the advanced knowledge on urban planning and development to bear on China 's urbanization challenges." For information about CPN and the previous conferences, please visit: www.ChinaPlanningNetwork.org

CPN Urban Transportation Congress 3rd Announcement