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Partner meeting and site visits
24 and 25 April 2012
Partner meeting and site visits Transcoast in Blankenberge, Belgium.
Conference Key Developments in the Port and Maritime Sector
21 and 22 May 2012
“Conference Key Developments in the Port and Maritime Sector” - Antwerp
On 21 and 22 May 2012 – changed dates! - the Special Interest Group 2 (Ports and Maritime) of the World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS), co-chaired by Prof. Eddy Van de Voorde (Department of Transport and Regional Economics - University of Antwerp / TransportNET) and Prof. Enrico Musso (Department of Quantitative Methods - University of Genova / TransportNET), will host a two-day international conference under the title ‘Key Developments in the Port and Maritime Sector’. It will be held at the Department of Transport and Regional Economics, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
The conference will be open to free submissions of any interested academic or business responsible active in the maritime and port field. Abstracts should be one page long, including full affiliation and should deal with a topic that can be considered to be at current a key development in the port and maritime business, either at management, operational or policy level. Specific topics can be either in the field of maritime, port or hinterland economics, environmental issues, maritime engineering, investment and finance, cost optimisation, chain optimisation, human resources and employment and legal issues. From the conference, a selection of papers will be made for joint publication in a number of scientific journals.
This conference is therefore not just a conference, but has a number of specific features.
- Finished research and as well ‘research in process’ can be presented and discussed;
- A meeting between scientists and practitioners;
- Stress on interdisciplinarity, i.e. all disciplines will be treated (engineering, economy, legal, mathematic,…);
- The subject is about theory and empiry, secondly derived products;
- New research areas and business opportunities will be dealt with.
The schedule of the conference is the following:
- Abstract: December 15, 2011
- Decision concerning abstract: January 20, 2012
- Full paper (if ready and to be considered for publication): April 15, 2012
Abstract submission is possible through the abstract submission page. If you have not received a confirmation within two days after your submission, please retry your submission.
More practical details on the conference will be communicated upon registration. Conference participation will include access to all sessions, a technical visit, all public conference catering and library and other facilities.
Partner meeting and site visits
09 and 10 October 2012
Transcoast partner meeting and site visits in Dunkirk, France.
Littoral 2012 - Coasts of Tomorrow
27-29 November 2012
The City of Oostende, at the heart of Belgium’s coast, will proudly host the 11th Littoral Conference from 27-29 November 2012. We warmly welcome you to sign up for the conference and save the dates in your agenda!
With increasing pressure from both land and sea, understanding coastal processes and adapting governance and management to present and future challenges is crucial. In coastal regions, typically a large number of users and functions come together. Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) has been developed over the past two decades to combine functions, users and decision levels in a sustainable way. However, with the acceleration of global change, the economic crisis and the demographic shift, a new and improved ICZM is needed to safeguard our coasts of tomorrow.
For further details please visit the link below
