GAMUT International Conference 2010
The Governance and Management of Urban Transport (GAMUT) research centre is holding its annual International Conference on 2-4 June 2010. The theme for this year's event will be Sustainable Transport in the Asia-Indo-Pacific: Varied Contexts - Common Aims.
This conference will discuss methods to raise the priority of environmental sustainability and social justice in planning for urban transportation in different national contexts in the Asia-Indo-Pacific region. This is considered a prerequisite for the long term economic and political security of the region and the world.
Keynote speaker include;
- Dr Lee Schipper (Senior Research Engineer, The Precourt Energy Efficiency Centre, Stanford University; Project Scientist,Global Met Studies, University of California, Berkeley; formerly Director of Research, EMBARQ; founder of the World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport)
- Professor Jiang Yulin (Director of the China Urban Sustainable Research Center CUSTReC in Beijing)
- Professor Geetam Tiwari (Transport Research and Injury Prevention Program Chair in Transport Planning, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi)
A registration form is attached along with a conference program. For further details on the conference, including conference topics, papers, and contact details, see the GAMUT website.
