CODATU XVI conference, organised by CODATU in partnership with İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi (İTÜ), will take place in Istanbul on February the 2^nd to the 5^th, 2015. The topic of the conference is: “Energy, climate and air quality challenges: the role of urban transport policies in developing countries and emerging economies”.

Presentation

CODATU XVI conference, organised by CODATU in partnership with İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi (İTÜ), will take place in Istanbul on February the 2^nd to the 5^th, 2015. The topic of the conference is: “Energy, climate and air quality challenges: the role of urban transport policies in developing countries and emerging economies”. Turning around climate issues linked to urban transport, the debates and presentations will make the conference a milestone on the way to COP21 in Paris in December 2015.

This event, that will gather some 400 decision makers and experts on urban mobility, is organized in two major moments:

(1) A political symposium : a political momentum  to make urban transport major field of action on mitigating climate change (cf website)

(2)  A scientific conference : that aims to increase awareness about the contribution of urban transport to climate change and present solutions

On-line and registrations are open

Registration fees

REGISTRATION TYPE	REGISTRATION FEES
	EARLY REGISTRATION (Before or on September 1, 2014)	LATE REGISTRATION (Between or on September 2, 2014- January 23, 2015)	ON-SITE REGISTRATION
Regular - High / Medium Income Countries	600 €	675 €	750 €
Regular - Low Income Countries1	350 €	400 €	500 €
Student - High / Medium Income Countries2	300 €	300 €	300 €
Student - Low Income Countries1,2	175 €	175 €	175 €
Local Registration	350 €	350 €	425 €
Accompanying Person	175 €	175 €	175 €

CODATU members have right to reduced fees. For more information please contact: contact@codatu.org

Registration will be confirmed after receiving full payment. Those who do not receive a confirmation notice before the symposium are requested to contact the registration secretariat at registration@codatu2015.org . Only participants who complete their registration will be included in the programme.

The date of payment is decisive for the registration fee. Even if the registration form is received before the early bird or late registration deadlines, it will not be considered as early or late registration if the payment has not been received before the deadlines.

Registration Fees include 18% VAT.

Coopération pour le Développement et l'Amélioration des Transport Urbains et Périurbains (CODATU) plans to take photographs and video material at the symposium in Istanbul, Turkey and reproduce them in educational, news or promotional material, whether in print, electronic or other media, including the CODATU XVI and CODATU websites. By participating at the symposium in Istanbul, Turkey, you grant CODATU the right to use your name, photograph and biography for such purposes. All postings become the property of CODATU. Postings may be displayed, distributed or used by CODATU for any purpose. .

1 Below 5000USD according to World Bank GDP per capita Report 2012.

2 To be eligible for the student rates, students are required to produce documentary evidence of their status. Without this documentation, regular fees will be applied. You may send necessary document by fax at +90 212 347 63 63 or via e-mail to registration@codatu2015.org.

Programme

Day 2 - Tuesday, February 3rd

9:00-10:30 – SCIENTIFIC OPENING PLENARY

Chair: Christian Philip, CODATU Secretary General

• Sanjivi Sundar, Distinguished Fellow, The Energy Research Institute (TERI), India - Assessment and Valuation of Externalities of Transport as Related to Energy and Environment
• David Banister, Professor, University of Oxford, UK - Climate Change, Transport, and Cities
• Ela Babalik-Sutcliff and Dave Munder, Co-chairs of the International Scientific Committee of the Conference

10:30-11:00 – Coffee break

11:00-12:30 – S1 ENERGY, CLIMATE AND AIR QUALITY (POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES)

Chair: Oliver Lah, Project Coordinator, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany

11:00-12:30 – S2 HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS (TECHNIQUES/APPLICATION)

Chair: Varameth Vichiensan, Assistant Professor, Kasetsart University, Thailand

11:00-12:30 – S3 BUS RAPID TRANSIT (ISSUES AND APPLICATIONS)

Chair: Rosario Macario, Assistant Professor, Instituto Superior Técnico - Lisbon Technical University

11:00-12:30 – ROUND TABLE: CODATU, WCTRS & EAST

Chair: Name, Position, Institution (To be confirmed)

• Yoshi Hayashi, President of WCTRS, Title to be confirmed
• Ali Huzayyin, Vice-president of CODATU, Title to be confirmed
• Cheng-Min Feng, President of EASTS, Title to be confirmed

12:30-14:00 - Lunch

14:00-15:30 – POSTER SESSION

14:00-15:30 – ROUND TABLE: FINANCING LOW CARBON TRANSPORT

Chair: Cornie Huizenga, Secretary General, SLoCaT
Open round table dialogue on the development of recommendation for a funding and financing framework for sustainable low carbon transport to effectively achieve the targets on improved urban access from the SLoCaT Results Framework on Sustainable Transport, while improving road safety, air quality and reducing GHG emiss from transport

15:30-16:00 – Coffee break

16:00-17:30 – S4 TRANSPORT POLICY (SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY, POLICY ASSESSMENT AND CHALLENGES)

Chair: Dario Hidalgo, Director of Research and Practice, EMBARQ

16:00-17:30 – S5 NON-MOTORISED TRANSPORT (ACCESS AND USER ATTITUDES)

Chair: Tatenda Mbara, Lecturer, University of Johannesburg, South-Africa

16:00-17:30 – S6 LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT (FEASIBILITY AND IMPACT)

Chair: Laetitia Dablanc, Director of Research, French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks (IFSTTAR), France

16:00-17:30 – SPECIAL SESSION: WCTRS SIG H5 “URBAN TRANSPORT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES”

Chair: Kazuaki Miyamoto, Professor, Tokyo City University & Varameth Vichiensan, Research Fellow, Kasetsart University

• Rosario Macario, Energy Challenge in Transport Policy: Combined measures and decision-making
• M. Manoj, A. Verma, Mode choice behavior of non-workers and its impact on environment and energy
• Yoshitsugu Hayashi, Title to be confirmed
• N. Chollocoop et al., Impact of biofuel promotion policy on the road transport

Day 3 - Wednesday, February 4th

9:00-10:30 – PLENARY ON MEGACITIES

Chair: Haluk Gerçek, Professor, Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Turkey

• Pan Haixiao, Professor, Tonji University, China - Title to be confirmed
• Krishna Rao, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), India – Title to be confirmed

10:30-11:00 – Coffee break

11:00-12:30 – S7 TAXIS (OPERATION IN AFRICAN CITIES)

Chair: Valerie Ongolo Zogo, Professor, Université de Yaoundé, Cameroon

11:00-12:30 – S8 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT (METHODOLOGY/POLICY)

Chair: Charles Rivasplata, SFMTA, San Francisco, USA

11:00-12:30 – SPECIAL SESSION: WCTRS SIG G6 “DISASTER RESILIENCE IN TRANSPORT”

Chair: Huapu Lu, Professor, Tsinghua University & Ashish Verma, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore

11:00-12:30 – CODATU SESSION: URBAN MOBILITY IN INDIA

Chair: Etienne Lhomet, Indipendent consultant, Des villes et des hommes, France

• Name, KEOLIS - Title to be confirmed
• Name, TRANSDEV - Title to be confirmed
• O.P. Agarwal, Director of IUT (To be confirmed)

12:30-14:00 - Lunch

14:00-15:30 – S9 MOTORCYCLES (CHALLENGES, STRATEGIES AND EVALUATION)

Chair: Rao Krishna, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)

14:00-15:30 – S10 SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT POLICIES IN AFRICA (STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION)

Chair: Valerie Ongolo Zogo, Professor, Université de Yaoundé, Cameroon

14:00-15:30 – SPECIAL SESSION: ROAD SAFETY AND SECURITY IN CITIES (I)

Chair: Ramzi Salame, Rector, University Saint Joseph, Lebanon

• Rami Semaan, Researcher, University Saint Joseph - Beyrouth case study on « City center and Soft modes plan for the city
• Name, Institution - Tartous case study - The new waterfront
• Name, Institution - Tunis case study: the tramway project as an urban project

14:00-15:30 – CODATU SESSION: LRT AND MRT SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Chair: Bernard Rivalta, President, SYTRAL Urban transport authority of Lyon, France

• Jérémie Simon and Pierre Marx, EGIS - De l’importance du plan d’urbanisme sur le choix d’un réseau de tramway: exemples de Sfax (Tunisie) et de Tébessa (Algérie)
• Eric Marie, ALSTOM - AXONIS, Le nouveau système de transport urbain développé par ALSTOM pour les villes des pays en développement
• Cécile Féré, URBALYON - Les projets de TCSP dans les villes en développement : quelles dynamiques sur la structure urbaine, les projets urbains et le renouvellement de l'espace public ?
• Nicolas Prego, ARTELIA – Outils d’aide à la décision des acteurs publics : quels enjeux pour les transports urbains ?

15:30-16:00 – Coffee break

16:00-17:30 – S11 MASS RAPID TRANSIT (EVALUATION AND INTEGRATION)

Chair: Kevin McHenry, Consultant, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia

16:00-17:30 – S12 PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN ASIA (PLANNING AND IMPACTS)

Chair: Rao Krishna, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)

16:00-17:30 – SPECIAL SESSION: ROAD SAFETY AND SECURITY IN CITIES (II)

Chair: Ramzi Salame, Rector, Saint Joseph University, Beyrouth, Lebanon

• Name, Insitution, Barcelone case study: How to develop organize and exploit a bike network?
• Joel Yerpez, Director of Laboratory of Incidents Mechanisms – Title to be confirmed

16:00-17:30 – CODATU PSTC SESSION

Chair: Ali Huzayyin & Anthony May, Co-chairs of the Permanent Scientific and Technical Committee of CODATU

Day 4 - Thursday, February 5th

9:00-10:30 – S13 FREIGHT TRANSPORT (CHARACTERISTICS, MANAGEMENT AND EVALUATION)

• Chair: Laetitia Dablanc, Director of Research, French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks (IFSTTAR), France

9:00-10:30 – CODATU SESSION: URBAN MOBILITY IN AFRICA

Chair: Charles Rivasplata, SFMTA, San Francisco, USA

• Martin Stucki, Transitec – A policy paper for urban mobility in Africa
• Nico McLachlan, ODA, South Africa – Title to be confirmed
• Philippe Grand, IVECO France – Title to be confirmed

9:00-10:30 – SPECIAL SESSION: YOUNG ACADEMICS TURKEY (SESSION TO BE CONFIRMED)

Chair: Ela Babalik-Sutcliffe, Professor, University of Ankara, Turkey

10:30-11:00 – Coffee break

11:00-12:30 – CLOSING PLENARY

Chair: Matthew Jordan-Tank, Senior Transport Expert, EBRD, UK

• Matthew Jordan-Tank, Senior Transport Expert, EBRD – Tribute to Jean-Claude Ziv
• Name, Institution – Title (Students' viewpoint)
• Yucel Candemir, Professor, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Turkey
• Ela Babalik-Sutcliff, Dave Munder, Co-chairs of the International Scientific Committee of the Conference

12:30-14:00 – Lunch

Techinical Visits

• 14:00-16:30 – TV # 1: Istanbul public transport system in partnership with IETT
• 14:00-16:30 – TV # 2: Metro of Istanbul in partnership with Istanbul Ulasim and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
• 14:00-16:30 – TV # 3: Bike sharing project in Istanbul in partnership with EMBARQ