Young Researcher’s Conference
The WCTRS Young Researcher’s Conference is a one-day conference which will be held on May 26, 2019 - the first day of the World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR), at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
Dedicated to the next generation of professionals and experts, the WCTR-Y aims to bring together PhD students, post-doctoral fellows and young researchers, to highlight their work and achievements, giving them the opportunity to play a part in the scientific progress, to discuss new research developments and foster the exchange of ideas in the field of transportation studies.
In addition to the presentation of conference articles, the 2019 Edition of the WCTRS-Y will include special sessions targeted towards the academic and professional development of young researchers during which they will be able to interact and learn from their seniors.
Topics
The theme of WCTR-Y 2019 is ‘The Future of Transportation’. Sample topics welcomed by the conference include but are not limited to:
- Smart Cities and Future Mobility
- Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
- Green Transport
- Active Transportation
- Integrated Planning for Transportation (Including Freight Transportation) and Resilient Transport Systems
- Advanced Traffic Management, Operations, and Safety
Eligibility conditions
- Papers should be exclusively authored and presented by young members.
- Young members are under 35 years before 26 May 2019, or have completed their PhD no more than four years prior to this date.
- WCTRS-Y participants have to register to the main WCTR by 25 January 2019. No extra fee is required. There is no day delegate registration.
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Registration
Conference registration is via the main WCTR conference registration system
Delegates interested in attending the WCTR-Y Conference, please send your attendance confirmation to wctry2019@gmail.com with the following details:
Name:
Affiliation:
Email id:
Note: No separate registration payment is required for WCTR-Y conference. Delegates need to have registered for the main WCTRS conference to attend WCTR-Y
Submission of extended abstracts
Extended abstracts are invited and should summarise the research study in no more than 1,500 words, state clearly its objectives, methodology and present and discuss the results. There is no template for extended abstracts. The first page should inform only title and author details, while the abstract itself should start from the second page. Abstracts should be submitted in Word format.
Extended abstracts should be sent by email to Digvijay S Pawar, PhD (dspawar@iith.ac.in) with copies to Milena Janjevic, PhD (mjanjevi@mit.edu) and Thiago Guimarães (tstger@leeds.ac.uk). (Please note email addresses are provided to enable abstract submission only. Please do not email credit card information under any circumstances.).
Publications and awards
Papers will be peer-reviewed using the same criteria as the ones used in the WCTR conference. The best papers will automatically qualify for the nominations to the WCTR prizes such as the Young Author Best Paper prize, and for special issues of academic journals from the WCTR conference.
Important dates
Deadline for submission of extended abstracts: 30 August 2018
Notification of acceptance of abstracts: 05 October 2018
Deadline for submission of full-length papers: 30 November 2018
Notification of acceptance of papers: 4 January 2019
Author registration deadline: 25 January 2019
Submission of final papers: 15 February 2019
Location
The WCTRS Young Researchers’ Conference will be held at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay). Details on the venue and accommodation options are available via the main WCTR Conference venue pages.
Organisers
For any questions, do not hesitate to contact the WCTR-Y 2019 organisers;
Digvijay S Pawar, PhD, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India, dspawar@iith.ac.in
Milena Janjevic, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, mjanjevi@mit.edu
Thiago Guimarães, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, UK, tstger@leeds.ac.uk
Sara Abd Alla, PhD candidate - Energy & Transport Studies, University of Genoa. Research Group: DIME-TEC, Italy
Adrien Beziat, PhD, Postdoctoral associate, Transport Urban Planning Economics Laboratory (LAET), Lyon, France
(Please note email addresses are provided for enquires only. Please do not email credit card information under any circumstances.)
WCTRS-Y
For more information on the WCTRS Young Researchers’ Initiative please visit the WCTRS web pages below.
WCTRS-Y: General Overview
