China Planning Network (CPN)

CPN Urban Transport Congress

Beijing July 19, 2008

Congress Theme:

The CPN Urban Transport Congress 2008 aims to bring together academics, government officials and industrial leaders from both the West and in China to discuss the critical urban transport issues in China. We would like to present to China 1) the various models in which urban transportation are managed in world cities and their corresponding implications on accessibility, affordability, social inclusion, urban structure, life style, energy consumption etc; and 2) the cutting edge thinking on transport research, technology, financing and policies. We also want to present to the West: the latest development and challenges in China's urban transport and the chances these development has brought to the world's community and the opportunities that policy innovations can be implemented in China.

The discussion themes include Transport Policy and Planning, Infrastructure Financing and Partnership, Transport, Land Use and Urban Structure, Learning from Western Experiences etc.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Alain Bertaud, independent consultant, former Principal Urban Planner, World Bank
• Robert B. Cervero, Chair and Professor of City and Regional Planning, Department
  of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley
• Bernard Cohen, Secretary of Transportation, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Randall Crane, Acting Director and Professor of Urban Planning, Institute of
  Transportation Studies, UCLA
• Joseph Ferreira Jr, Professor of Urban Planning and Operations Research, Head of UIS, MIT, Former President of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)
• Ralph Gakenheimer, Professor of Urban Planning, MIT, Chair, International Scientific Committee of CODATU (Collaborative on Urban Transport Improvement in the Developing World)
• Lawrence Hannah, Former Lead Economist, World Bank
• Martin de Jong, Associate professor of public management, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of TPM
• Klaus Kunzmann, Jean Monnet professor for European Spatial Planning,  School of Planning, Universität Dortmund, Germany, founder President of the Association of European Schools of Planning
• Hugo Priemus, Professor and former Dean, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management,
  Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
• Jingjing Qian, Director for China Sustainable Cities Project, Natural Resources Defense Council
• Robert Vale, Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, University of Auckland, Honorary Professor, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney
• Robin Visser, Assistant Professor, Department of Asian Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Dave Wetzel, Consultant - "Transforming Communities". Former Vice-Chair Transport for London. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.
• Michael Woo, Los Angeles Planning Commissioner, adjunct professor,  School of Policy, Planning, and Development, University of South California
• Ming Zhang, Assistant Prof, University of Texas at Austin

Panel Discussion on Chengdu Metropolitan Comprehensive Transport Planning:

All the speakers in the Transport Congress are also invited to attend the Roundtable with Chengdu's Transport Commission, learning and discussing Chengdu's Metropolitan Comprehensive Transport Planning. The Roundtable will be held on July 18, 2009 in Chengdu, as part of the CPN Sichuen Fieldtrip and Chengdu Forum.

CPN China Week 2008
The CPN Urban Transport Congress will be held as part of the CPN China Week 2008, the 5th year continuation of CPN’s effort to fuse western knowledge on urban development with China’s unprecedented experience. CPN China Week 2008 will be held in Beijing on July 14-19, including six main activities:

• CPN Urban Housing Conference 2008...July 14-15 (detail)
• CPN World Planning School Open House...July 15 (detail)
• CPN Cross-Cultural Education Roundtable...July 15 (detail)
• CPN City Resilience Roundtable: Rebuilding and Restoration After Sichuan Earthquake..July 16 (detail)
• CPN Sichuan Field Trip and Chengdu Forum...July 17-18 (detail)
• CPN Urban Transport Congress 2008...July 19 (detail)

CPN Urban Transport Congress 2007

The CPN Urban Transport Congress 2008 is built on the success of the 1st China Urban Transport Congress held in Beijing in 2007 with the widest support from MIT, TRB, UITP, WCTRS, Elsevier, AGS, World Bank, UNDP, ACSP, APA, TfL, CTA, APTA and four ministries from China. The three day congress welcomed over 80 presentations in the plenary conference and 10 parallel sessions. All the speaker bios and presentations are available online:

• Speakers
• Presentations
• Photos
• Videos

Venue and hotel
The CPN China Week will be held in Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing, China. The guest hotel is Wenjin Hotel, which is 10 minutes walk away from Tsinghua campus.
Wenjin Hotel
Tsinghua Science Park, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Tel: +86-10-62525566
http://www.hotelwenjin.com

Welcome to attend the CPN China Week and thank you very much for your continued support to China Planning Network!

Best,
Ming Guo, Zhan Guo, Jinhua Zhao
Executive Commissioners
China Planning Network
http://www.ChinaPlanningNetwork.org/

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

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

About CPN
China Planning Network (CPN) was established in 2004 and has since advanced from simply an academic interest group to become an independent voice that affects the education, research, practice and policies in China’s urban development. CPN has moved forward on its mission to systematically introduce western knowledge and experiences to China and more importantly CPN has started pursuing its vision of cultivating China's own discourse on urban development. As MIT President Susan Hockfield wrote in 2006: "Through the efforts of the China Planning Network, MIT and the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 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, please visit: www.ChinaPlanningNetwork.org

The official CPN website: http://ChinaPlanningNetwork.org
About CPN: http://chinaplanningnetwork.org/english/about.htm
CPN 2004: http://mit.edu/dusp/chinaplanning/cpn2004/
CPN 2005: http://mit.edu/dusp/chinaplanning/cpn2005/program.htm
CPN 2006: http://chinaplanningnetwork.org/english/CPN3rdAnnual.htm
CPN 2007: http://www.chinaurbantransport.com/english/fur_ppt.htm

Contact Methods:
Organizing Committee MIT Office:
Jinhua Zhao: jinhua@mit.edu Tel: (857) 350-0079
Zhan Guo: guozhan@mit.edu Tel: (617) 230-4090
Room 7-337, the Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139 U.S.A.

Organizing Committee Beijing Office:
Ming Guo: guoming@mit.edu Tel: +86-(0)10-82150296 Fax: +86-(0)10-82150269
Block A, Room 607, Building 8, Science Park Tower
Tsinghua Science Park, Beijing, China