Abstract submission is not required. Participants interested in paper presentation are requested to submit the full-length paper directly. English is the official language for writing paper and presentation. Please download the paper format here.

The topic of the papers could be categorized into seven groups as follows.

Group 1: Transportation development

• Transportation user related issues
• Transportation operations related issues
• Transportation facilities related issues
• Environmentally sound technology on transportation development
• Economic, social and environmental issues of transportation development
• Energy related issues on transportation development

Group 2: Freight transportation

• Transportation of hazardous goods
• Vehicle/carrier technology and related issues  
• Impacts of freight transportation

Group 3: Public transportation

• Impacts of land/sea/air traffic operations
• Roles of public transport and para-transit

Group 4: Transportation safety

• Road safety
• Traffic accidents
• Mitigation strategies and policy

Group 5: Evaluation of environmental-impact measures

• Environmental awareness program
• Environmental impacts assessment (EIA)
• Mitigation measures for reducing adverse environmental impacts
• Measures to reduce adverse environmental impacts
• Control of transport-related air pollution, noise, vibration etc

Group 6: Transportation management

• Benefits of traffic management systems
• Policy and management related issues  
• Demand management in road transport
• Transportation and land use development

Group 7: Pavement engineering and material

• Recycling pavement technology
• Use of waste material in road construction

The Scientific Committee of this conference is as follows

• Professor Fwa Tien Fang (National University of Singapore)
• Professor Pichai Taneerananon (Prince of Songkla University, Thailand)
• Professor Zhou Wei (China Academy of Transportation Sciences, China)
• Professor S. S. Jain (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India)
• Professor Yoshitsugu Hayashi (Nagoya University, Japan)
• Professor Arun Kumar (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
• Professor S. C. Wong (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)