Modern transportation has contribute to the rapid development of social economy, and the improvement of life quality, but it has also become one of the pollution sources, which led to a number of negative impacts to the environment. It is high time now to conduct extensive and in-depth researches on the sustainable development for transportation.
The 4th conference and International Exhibition will be held in Xi'an, China, 8-10 November 2005, following the successful format of the 2nd conference held in Beijing 2000. The objective of this conference is to promote the technical progress and implementation of sustainable development strategies in transportation field in developing countries of Asia-Pacific area, and to present the advanced technologies, new materials, new equipments and new techniques in transportation and environment field across the world. This conference will be a golden chance for the technical exchanges and trade negotiation for specialists, experts and businessmen in transportation industry in international community.
Topics of the Conference include: operation and management of all transportation modes; the relationship between planning and construction of transportation infrastructure and environment protection; energy related issue in transportation; environmental impacts assessment in transportation; the technologies to reduce the noise and emission pollution of transportation and their environment impact assessments; transportation safety and advanced technologies in all categories of transportation conveyances and loading and unloading equipments. The typical topics covered by conference papers are as follows:
- Highway transportation and management
- Railway transportation and management
- Air transportation and management
- City transportation and management
- Operation and management of infrastructures including highway, waterway, port, railway and airport
- Application of industrial waste in infrastructure construction
- Pavement reconstruction, bridge inspection and reinforcement
- Energy conservation and alternative fuel in transportation
- Environment impact assessment on construction of transportation infrastructure
- Environment impact assessment on transportation operation
- City planning and transportation
- Intelligent Transportation System
- Assessment on transportation noise, emission and rejection and the abatement technologies
- Technologies to handle with transportation disaster
- Technologies to handle with oil pollution in ocean
- Cost of environment protection and its charges
- Transportation safety
- Transportation of hazardous goods
- Advanced technologies, new materials and techniques in manufacture of transportation conveyances and loading and unloading equipments
April 1, 2005
Deadline of abstract submission - Abstracts between 300 to 500 words in length should be send to Conference Secretariat by email or by post. Detailed contact information of the author is required.
April 30, 2005
Notification of acceptance of abstracts and paper format
July 30, 2005
Deadline for submission of full papers (by email or by post)
Sept. 20, 2005
Notification of acceptance of papers and invitation letter
The organization committee will arrange technical visit to related universities, institutions or projects during the conference.
City tour in Xi'an and nearby cities will be arranged for accompanying guests during the conference. And 3 to 5 tour routes will be arranged after the conference according to requirements of conference delegates.
International Exhibition on Transportation Technologies and Equipments of Sustainable Development will be hosted during the same time of the Conference. Technical seminars, trade negotiation and other business promotion activities will be arranged.
A. Civil Engineering
A01. Planning and design of roads, waterways, ports, railways and airports
A02. Instruments and equipments for survey of roads, waterways, ports, railways and airports
A03. Machinery and materials in construction of roads, waterways, ports, railways and airports
A04. Maintenance and repair of roads, waterways, ports, railways and airports
A05. Instruments and equipments for inspection of roads, waterways, ports, railways and airports
A06. Design and survey of bridges and culverts
A07. Materials, machinery and safety facilities of bridges and culverts
B. Transportation engineering and communication and navigation
B01. Markings and lines of roads, ports and airports;
B02. Lightening system of roads, ports and airports
B03. Monitoring, communication and navigation system, and emergency facilities of roads, ports and airports;
B04. Protection and separation fences, and glarefoils of high-grade highways
B05. Tolling system of high-grade highways
C. Vehicles, vessels and airplanes
C01. All kinds of vehicles, vessels and airplanes
C02. Materials of vehicles, vessels and airplanes
C03. Inspection and maintenance equipments of vehicles, vessels and airplanes
C04. Energy conservation technologies, alternative fuels and equipments of vehicles, vessels and airplanes
D. Environment Protection
D01. Environment sound facilities of roads, ports, railways and airports
D02. Assessment on automobile noise and emission, and their abatement technologies
D03. Technologies to handle with dust pollution of ports
D04. Technologies to handle with oil pollution in ocean
Xi'an, having been capital of several Dynasties in ancient China, is one of the most ancient cities in China. You will find here the relics of four ancient dynasties; the Sha'an Xi History Museum with over 100,000 precious culture relics; the Qin's terra-cotta warriors, the Eighth Miracle in the World; Banpo Ruins of a neolithic matriarchal community 6,000 years ago; and many other intact traditional buildings and Chinese cultures. Xi'an is the city you should not miss in China.
Address:
Conference Secretariat of 4th APTE
Huixinli 240, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100029
P.R. China
Tel: 86-10-6492-5562; 86-10-6491-4809
Fax: 86-10-6491-8204
Website: http://www.jtzx.net.cn/apte
Email: tcs@iicc.ac.cn or apte@jtzx.net.cn
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