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European Transport Conference 2017 - call for papers

The European Transport Conference (ETC), which takes place 4-6 October 2017 in Barcelona, is inviting abstracts for papers on: Resilience of cities - security, safety and the effects of weather; Equity in transport; Disruptive technologies; Mobility as a Service; How to get from innovative ideas to implementation in the real world - lessons to be learnt from innovation Contributors are particularly encouraged to offer abstracts under heading including: Modelling the above; Skills and resourc
December 22, 2016 Read time: 1 min
The European Transport Conference (ETC), which takes place 4-6 October 2017 in Barcelona, is inviting abstracts for papers on:

Resilience of cities - security, safety and the effects of weather;

Equity in transport; Disruptive technologies;

Mobility as a Service;

How to get from innovative ideas to implementation in the real world - lessons to be learnt from innovation

Contributors are particularly encouraged to offer abstracts under heading including: Modelling the above; Skills and resources – educating the next generation of good, future-proof professionals

Each Programme Committee has also devised its own Call for Abstracts and more information can be found on the %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal ETC website Visit EYTC Website false http://etcproceedings.org/page/open/title/Call+for+Papers false false%>.

The deadline for abstract submission is 8 February 2017.

In addition to contributions to the conference programme, the organisers are keen to offer a home to project meetings and dissemination seminars. Further details can be obtained from Sally Scarlett: %$Linker: 2 Email <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkEmail [email protected] email [email protected] false mailto:[email protected] true false%>

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