SITCE 2024’s Post

The Chief Economist of the CAREC Institute, Dr. Hans Holzhacker, presented at the 21st Transport Sector Coordinating Committee Meeting in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on the CAREC Institute’s activities related to transport corridors in the CAREC region. He presented CAREC Institute’s research activities in the area of transport connectivity with a focus on the CAREC Corridors Performance, Measurement and Monitoring, Restoration and Development of Air Transport between China and Six Selected CAREC Countries, and intended new research on containerization, as well Institute’s capacity building activities on Road Asset Management and Road Safety. Dr. Holzhacker’s participation underscores the commitment of the #CARECInstitute to fostering knowledge-sharing and collaboration among stakeholders in the transport sector. The CAREC transport corridors play a substantial role for promoting economic growth, trade facilitation, and regional connectivity and a deeper understanding of the economic benefits and challenges associated with transport development initiatives in the CAREC region and the topic is one of the core areas of the CAREC Institutes research and capacity building activities. https://lnkd.in/g-mQgy4F

ICYMI: Last week we posted our blog post "BPA Conference 2023 - The View from MarRI-UK" which talks about our favourite memories and insights that came out of the British Ports Association 2023 conference. Interested in finding out more? Then click the link below! #marriuk #innovation #bpa2023

[AVI Commentary] This article argues that Cambodia needs Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Magazines due to the government's and citizens' growing adoption of digitalisation. A nascent STI Magazine, named STI Focus, established under the National Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation (NISTI) of the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation (MISTI), will enhance STI knowledge and development in Cambodia. Read PDF: https://lnkd.in/g2CMz5wd

We’re proud to share the great results of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme! The CEF projects: GreenMov - Green Mobility data models and services for smart ecosystems, ODALA: Open Source Data Lakes for Smart Cities, and CEF-INTERSTAT joined forces to deploy Digital Service Infrastructures (DSIs), create a European ecosystem for public administrations and private companies and make the Digital Single Market work in practice. #FIWARE played a significant role providing #FIWAREContextBroker as a core for technological implementation for each of these EU projects. Impressive results were presented at the Closing Event of the CEF Projects at the #FIWARESummit23, 12-13 June, Vienna. The project leaders showcased the remarkable achievements and groundbreaking solutions developed through GreenMov, ODALA, and INTERSTAT. Would you like to know more? The CEF projects have developed services and products that are easily deployable by public administrations, thanks to the funding from the CEF program, which focuses on Open Data initiatives. CEF opens up new avenues for leveraging these innovations to address societal challenges and enhance services for citizens. Find out all data on: www.data.europa.eu Benjamin Ditel, Carmen Perea Escribano, Martino Maggio Ulrich Ahle, Stefano De Panfilis, Cristina Brandtstetter, Oleg Korneev, Kseniia Chernikova, Anastasiia Holub, Karen Montero, Lydia Montandon, Andrii Baidak, Karen Vega, Ángeles Tejado Sánchez, Rosemah Zia

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How did the regionalization of international postal cooperation come about?🤔 At the UPU’s historians' colloquium, we asked Sabrina Proschmann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, about the reasons behind the creation of the European Postal and Telecommunications Union and how it changed the European postal sector 👇 #UPU150

🔴The deadline for Abstract Submissions has been extended to May 10, 2024, for the IRF Europe & Central Asia Regional Congress & XVIIth Bulgarian National Transport Infrastructure Conference on September 24-27, 2024, in Plovdiv, #Bulgaria. This premier regional event, dedicated to discussing and shaping the future of #mobility and #roadinfrastructure, will cover a broad spectrum of critical issues in the sector. Experts and leading authorities will explore various subjects, including the integration of #artificialintelligence in transportation systems, the advancement of #transportation equity, the adoption of cutting-edge safety practices, the implementation of Intelligent Transportation Systems (#ITS), and the development of green and durable #pavement technologies. Additionally, strategic discussions will encompass financial models, focusing on Road User Charging (#RUC), and the nuances of transportation financing. Don't miss out – mark your calendars and submit your abstract at www.IRF.global/eca before May 10, 2024. We are looking forward to meeting in Bulgaria.

At the World Road Congress held in #Prague from 2 to 6 October 2023, PIARC awarded prizes for the most outstanding papers in eight different categories. The aim of the PIARC - World Road Association Prizes is to encourage innovation, recognize professional competence, highlight topics of particular interest, promote the interests of developing countries and encourage long-term thinking about the future of transport systems. As part of the 27th World Road Congress, a major call for papers was launched on 49 themes that complemented the themes of the Technical Committees. More than 700 authors responded to this call and presented their work during the Congress. Eight authors were awarded a PIARC prize for the best papers in each of the following categories: - #Young-Professionals (under 35), sponsored by Canada-Québec - Authors from #LMICs (low- and middle-income countries), sponsored by Japan - #Road-Design, Construction, #Maintenance and Operation, sponsored by Germany - #RoadSafety, sponsored by the United States - #ClimateChange and Resilience, sponsored by Australia and New Zealand - #Sustainable-Mobility, sponsored by Spain - Best #Innovation, sponsored by Belgium - #Organisation and #Administration, sponsored by South Korea The international jury was made up of the General Secretariat, the Communications Commission, the PIARC Strategic Plan Commission and a representative from each country sponsoring an award: The winners: Pedro Fernández (Spain), Etienne Willam (Belgium), Whe Kyoung Kim (South Korea), Geoff Allan, Jim Betts and Nicole Rosie (Australia and New Zealand), Yasuhiro Ishihara (Japan), Michael Puschel (Germany), Frédéric Pellerin (Canada-Quebec) and Gloria Shepherd (United States). More details on the papers: https://lnkd.in/dQT-Ftu8

The Association of Hungarian Logistics Service Centres MLSZKSZ hereby invites you to the Eastern European Intermodal Conference --- UIRR supports the conference! A day in Budapest when the topic is intermodal transport, where we can get to know world-class innovations, where professionals find each other, where we can ask questions and receive answers, where we speak the same professional language, where we understand each other and where we plan and learn, where we can get perspective, vision and hints about how to proceed. Those who will deliver presentations belong to the cream of domestic and international transport and have been practicing their profession very successfully for many years. The information that they will share is based on many years of experience and can be put to good use in practice. Main topics: - compliance with EU climate policy, - encouraging intermodal transport, - establishment of additional intermodal terminals in Hungary, - reducing the additional load on public roads   The target audience of our conference: clients (producers and issuers of goods), freight forwarders and road transport companies - not only from Hungary. Language of the conference: Hungarian and English with simultaneous interpretation. The programme of the conference and conditions for application can be seen at the following link: https://lnkd.in/eW72pnyx   Conference film: https://lnkd.in/etARjJ5m Don’t miss out on the unique experience - early bird registrations until – 15 September!