HONG KONG 2018

ITEA ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND SCHOOL ON TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS

25-29 June 2018

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

School: 25-27 Jun・Conference: 27-29 Jun

Conference Starts in:

We are pleased to announce that the 2018 Annual School and Conference of the International Transportation Economics Association, ITEA, will be held in Hong Kong, June 25-29. We believe that Hong Kong is an ideal place to discuss and think about transportation because transportation is such an important part of the city. For instance, a 42 km bridge-and-tunnel system is currently under construction that will connect Hong Kong with Macau and the city of Zhuhai. Hong Kong’s metro system doesn’t require subsidies but rather generates profits. Hong Kong airport is the world number one airport in terms of international air cargo. And, Hong Kong is close to Mainland China, which is expected to overtake the US and become the largest domestic air passenger market in the world in less than 10 years. The high-speed rail system in China is already bigger than all high-speed rail systems outside China together and will be doubled in the future. Finally, the Chinese government has launched the so-called Belt-and-Road initiative with a fund of 40 billion USD to develop the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. The objective of this initiative is to promote economic co-operation among countries along the proposed Belt and Road routes covering Asia, Africa and Europe. All these examples illustrate the role of transport for Hong Kong and the region as a whole.

The conference and school will be hosted by the Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies at the Faculty of Business of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The two and a half-day School is held on June 25-27, just before the Conference. Its aim is to provide young researchers, graduate students and policy analysts a high quality introduction to academic research on transport economics, including many recent advances in the field. The School’s program consists of a series of lectures and tutorials; all faculty are among the most prominent researchers in the field.

The aim of the Conference is to promote scientific excellence in the field of transport economics and to provide a forum for scientific exchange. Research presented at the Conference covers both theory and empirical work, and it includes all transport modes. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to transport pricing and investment, competition policy, transport decisions under uncertainty, agglomeration effects, valuation of intangibles, privatization, the economics of new transport technologies, sharing economics, the political economy of transport decisions, the Belt-and-Road initiative of the Chinese government, etc.

The call for papers and important dates will be published in the beginning of next year, 2018. More details will soon be available on the conference website: www.lms.polyu.edu.hk/itea2018. If you have any question regarding the school or the conference, please do not hesitate to contact us at itea.2018@polyu.edu.hk. Please check the ITEA website http://iteaweb.org/ for more information.

Timetable

School: 25-27 June 2018

Conference: 27-29 June 2018

 Monday
25 June
 Tuesday
26 June
 Wednesday
27 June
 Thursday
28 June
 Friday
29 June
08.30 – 09.00 School Registration Starts  Session 13-18  ITEA Executive Committee
09.00 – 09.30  School Lecture 1  School Lecture 5  School Lecture 8
09.30 – 10.00  Session 19-23   Session 47-51
10.00 – 10.30
10.30 – 11.00  Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.30  School Lecture 2  School Lecture 6  School Lecture 9  Session 24-28   Session 52-55
11.30 – 12.00
12.00 – 12.30  Session 29-33  Session 56-59
12.30 – 13.00 Lunch  Conference Registration Starts
13.00 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.00  School Lecture 3  School Lecture 7
14.00 – 14.30  Session 1-5  Session 34-39  ITEA General Assembly
14.30 – 15.00
15.00 – 15.30  Coffee Break  Session 6-11  Session 40-44   Session 61-65
15.30 – 16.00 School Lecture 4  School Tutorial II
16.00 – 16.30  Coffee Break
16.30 – 17.00  Keynote Lecture and Paper Awards  International Transport Forum   Session 66-69
17.00 – 17.30 Coffee break
17.30 – 18.00  School Tutorial I   Session 70-71
18.00 – 18.30
18.30 – 19.00

Venue

Getting to PolyU

PolyU is located at the centre of the city, it is easily accessible by various means of public transport.

 

  • Railway

Take the Airport Express Line from Hong Kong International Airport to Kowloon Station. Then interchange to Airport Express Shuttle Bus (Route K1) for Hung Hom Station. A footbridge at Hung Hom Station Exit A1 leads you to the campus.

  • Bus

Take City Flyers Route A21 to Hung Hom MTR Station, get off at the stop at the entrance/exit of the Tunnel on the Kowloon side. A footbridge at Hung Hom Station Exit A1 leads you to the campus.

  • Taxi

Pick-up and drop-off at the entrance on Cheong Wan Road.

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