International Transportation (71) 1 | 2019 51 Events FORUM European Transport Conference Preview: The 47 th ETC conference will take place from 9 to 11 October 2019 in the Dublin Castle, Dublin (IE) T he Association for European Transport (AET) is the leading European organisation for transport professionals and academics, and is committed to the development of young professionals in the transport industry and in academic fields. AET promotes networking and exchange of ideas, information and opportunities amongst members. It organises Europe’s oldest multi-disciplinary, multi-stream annual transport conference, the European Transport Conference (ETC). In general members are encouraged to play an active role in the Association by joining the Programme Committees which put together the programme for ETC, acting as Session Chairs during the Conference, mentoring young and first-time presenters and joining the panel of experts to peer review a selection of papers presented at the Conference. Members of the Association are currently drawn from more than 35 countries and about 200 Organisation and Individual Members. The full 3-day conference programme covers major themes including: • Autonomous vehicles - looking beyond the technology. What are the implications for accessibility, equity, traffic management, business models? • Climate change • Aviation • Big data - its use in, and implications for, network resilience, control centres, cities, climate change, emissions, mobility as a service, smart cities • System dynamics representation of complex systems in modelling without detailed data Themes covered by the Programme committees can be found in detail at aetransport.org/ html_82. More details about ETC are available online: https: / / aetransport.org Tradition and Progress - Railways in the Digital Age Preview: The 4th International Conference InnoRail Budapest takes place from 12 to 14 November 2019, Budapest (HU) I nnoRail Budapest, a series of professional conferences for the railway industry is organized in Budapest once every second year. The conference was called into being by Hungarian professionals committed to rail transport with the objective of thinking together about the present of rail transport, in order to foster its future development. This tradition-creating event achieved its objective and created a veritable forum for an exchange of views between different professional fields, for the discussion of practical issues and for presenting novel innovative developments, tools and methods. Creation of a safe, modern and integrated railway network that can make rail transport more competitive remains one of the highest priorities of the European Union. Development of railway infrastructure is also progressing in Hungary at a rate not seen for a very long while before. One can witness a veritable generation change in track, train control systems and vehicles alike. As increasing the utilization of railways entails additional tasks for rail professionals throughout Europe, further competitive development efforts are needed in our industry, an industry that is environment friendly, decreases the burden on public roads and offers the backbone of community transport. The professional program of the conference The first day of the conference will feature plenary sessions while the other two days will be organized into parallel section meetings. The topics: • Transport policy directions; strategies, regulatory environment and financial issues in rail infrastructure development • Structure, construction, maintenance and operation of track networks • Intelligent solutions in rail infrastructure • Risks, safety and reliability in the operation of rail infrastructure • Intelligent solutions in passenger services • Environmental awareness in traction: up-to-date energy supply and drive systems Infrastructure and vehicle operators from Hungary and abroad, industrial partners, researchers, designers and theoretical and practical experts are most welcome to the conference. Official conference languages are English, Hungarian and German. More information: http: / / innorail2019.hu International Transportation (71) 1 | 2019 52 FORUM Media Hypermotion 2019: Pioneering Mobility &-Logistics Preview: The Hypermotion takes place from 26 to 28 November 2019, Frankfurt am Main (DE) H ypermotion brings together providers and users who set new standards for tomorrow‘s mobility and logistics. Hypermotion is the first independent platform to show smart, intermodal mobility and logistics solutions. At the exhibition, large corporations, small to medium sized companies and start-ups meet with representatives of science, politics and the associations. In the Hypermotion Lab, young mobility and logistics companies present their business ideas and projects. Start-ups, a new generation of mobility and logistics specialists, demonstrate their conceptual abilities with innovative products, services and apps. enowned conference partners offer inspiration with an exclusive programme for the exchange of knowledge and networking. Focus themes are: mobility, logistics and big data • Smart & digital regions - how can tomorrow’s cities and regions be developed intelligently to meet both global and individual expectations? • Digital & urban logistics - how can a synchronous, customer-oriented value chain be made intermodal and efficient from the first to the last mile? • Data analytics & security - how can integrated mobility and logistics processes be made transparent and secure in the future? In addition Hypermotion participants can look forward to an extensive conference programme on all three days of the event. The Stuva Conference, the international forum for tunnels and infrastructure, will take place parallel to Hypermotion from 26-28 November 2019 in hall 5 at the fair ground of Messe Frankfurt. This year also marks the first time that the German Mobility Congress (DMK) will be taking place as part of Hypermotion. The theme of this congress is ‘Mobility in conurbations - opportunities and challenges’. Other conferences on the programme include ‘EXCHAiNGE’, a prestigious international event focusing on supply chain management, and the ‘Logistics Digital Conference’ (LDC), an event that covers topics such as the future of freight transport. At the ‘smart mobility conference’ (smc), on the other hand, it is sustainable urban mobility concepts and digital networking that are in the spotlight. Detailled information: www.hypermotion-frankfurt.com Photo: Messe Frankfurt / Marc Jacquemin Mega Cities - Mega Challenge Informal Dynamics of Global Change. Insights from Dhaka, Bangladesh and Pearl River Delta, China Frauke Kraas; Kirsten Hackenbroch; Harald Sterly; Jost Heintzenberg; Peter Herrle; Volker Kreibich 2019. 227 pages, 43 figures, 17x24 cm, English ISBN 978-3-443-01103-1, bound EUR 29.90 Megacities are gaining importance as hubs of globalisation processes in a world increasingly dominated by cities. A deeper understanding of the multiple causes and drivers of their development is needed in order to shape the global urban transformation towards sustainability. The interdisciplinary research programme “Megacities - Megachallenge: Informal Dynamics of Global Change” aimed at understanding the connections between informal mega-urban processes and global change by investigating the situation in the two mega-urban areas of the Pearl River Delta/ China and Dhaka/ Bangladesh. The research focused on processes and interactions in four fields with high development dynamics and social relevance: new forms of governance and self-organisation, differentiation of urban economies, dynamics of matter and resource flows, and informal settlement development.