Annual Conference 2010 of the North Sea Region Programme
June 16 – 18, 2010
Stavanger, Norway

The conference is the main annual event of the North Sea Region Programme and the North Sea Commission. As in previous years, it is arranged and hosted by the two organisations in cooperation. The aim of the conference is to collect different expectations and to formulate key challenges stakeholders foresee in the development of the North Sea Region towards 20202.
In order to achieve the aim of the conference this year a participative approach has been chosen to include all stakeholders and to give room for interaction. There will be five “Cluster Cafés”:

• Climate Café

• Culture & Tourism Café

• Innovation Café

• Maritime Management Café

• Sustainable Communities Café

For more information refer to the Interreg website

International Maritime Conference 2010
April 13-15, 2010
Mariehamn, Finland

The International Maritime Conference on the global shipping industry, with central theme on "Dynamics and Transformative Capacity", will address research and strategies for current challenges of transformation in global shipping and the innovative responses to these challenges. This conference, accomodates researchers, regulators, maritime companies and cargo owners, will be held in two pararrel sessions, namely for academic research and for practitioner from maritime industry.

This conference is organised by Åland International Institute of Comparative Island Studies (AICIS),  Centre for Shipping Economics and Innovation (CENSEI), Copenhagen Business School, The Maritime Development Centre of Europe (MDCE), and The Danish Shipowners’ Association.

For further details please visit the official website: www.aicis.ax

IAME 2010
July 7-9, 2010
Lisbon, Portugal

Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) is an international forum for the exchange of research and information among those interested in maritime and maritime-related issues.

The IAME Conference covers the numerous areas related to the shipping and port industries such as shipping and port economics, shipping and port finance, maritime and port policies, and last but not the least logistics.

The environmental background and the economic changes that led to the globalization of the world economy has fostered the theme of the 2010 Annual Conference IAME to be “The quest for sustainable shipping and port industries”.  This is a unique chance for the international shipping community to come together and discuss the never ending issues of shipping, ports and logistics, since this international forum provides the opportunity to discuss the present issues, recent trends, technological, operational and legislative developments and the challenges to be faced by the shipping industry in the future.

For more information, please visit IAME 2010 website.

World Conference on Transport Research 2010
July 11-15, 2010
Lisbon, Portugal

The World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR) is organized every three years under the authority of the WCTR Society. It brings together managers, policy analysts, advisers, operators and academics, all with a common interest in promoting state of the art and state of the practice in all areas of transport research.

The objective of the WCTRS is to provide a forum for the interchange of ideas among transportation researchers, managers, policy makers, and educators from all over the world, from a perspective which is multi-modal, multi-disciplinary, and multi-sectoral. The Society has become a primary forum for such international exchanges in transportation; the World Conferences are the place where leading transportation professionals from all countries convene to learn from one another.

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Multimodal 2010
April 27-29, 2010
Birmingham, United Kingdom

Multimodal is the UK's biggest Transport & Logistics Event and the only event that covers the whole range of freight transportation and logistics. Whether you are an equipment supplier, port, haulier, shipping line or forwarder, Multimodal 2010 will offer you valuable face-to-face contact with shippers, retailers, wholesalers, importers and exporters from the UK and further afield. Exhibiting organizations of 2010 include shipping lines, ports, Inland/ Intermodal/ Railfreight Terminals, Terminal Operating Companies,  IT/Information Suppliers, Government/Associations.

Fur further information, please  visit the official website: www.multimodal.org.uk