The Third Workshop on Transport Statistics in East Asian Countries

Last Update 2011.10.20

In order to conduct research works for realization of the concept of the Seamless Asia, which is stated in "The New National Land Sustainability Plan (National Plan)", improvement of statistics of traffic and transportation is the major issue.
The first and the second workshops on transport statistics in East Asian counties were held in March and November 2008 and current data issues of traffic and transportation statistics were discussed. In the workshop, importance of commoditization and standardization of traffic and transportation statistics was identified, and the course of action to be taken was proposed.
This time, the presentation of country reports and free discussion for desirable transportation statistics will be organized, with experts of transport statistics from East Asian countries, in order to deepen discussions in the first and the second workshops.

Organizer of the Workshop

• National Land Policy Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)

Co-organizer of the Workshop

• Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University

Supporting Organization

• Kinki Regional Development Bureau, MLIT
• Kobe City (Municipal Government)
• EASTS IRG17

Date & Venue

15th and 16th November, 2011
Kobe University at FUKAE; UMEKI Memorial Hall
5-1-1 Fukae Minamimachi, Higashi Nada-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture

Language

English

Admission Fee

The admission to the workshop is free of charge.

Program

The First Day: 15th November, 2011 (Tuesday)
13:30 - 14:00	Registration
14:00	Opening of the Workshop
14:00 - 14:10	Opening Address by Organizer Mr. Masao KAWAKAMI, Deputy Director General of National Land Policy Bureau, MLIT, Japan
14:10 - 14:15	Welcome Speech Prof. Keiji ODA, Dean of Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University
14:15 - 15:15	Keynote Speech
	(1) Prof. Tien Fang FWA		Issues in Developing Database for Transportation Statistics in East Asia Countries
	(2) Mr. Tsutomu SUDO		Current Status of Transport Statistics in East Asian Countries
15:15 - 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 - 17:00	Session 1 ( Outline of Existing Transport Statistics and System) Facilitator: Prof. Mikio Takebayashi, Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University (1) Country Reports on Transportation Statistics
	a) China: Prof. Lixin MIAO		The Current and Future of Transport Statistics in China
	b) ROK: Dr. Young-in KWON Dr. MOON		Transport Statistics and Related Policy of Transport Statistics in Korea
	c) Taiwan: Dr. Kuan-Cheung HUANG		The Transport Statistics and Major Issues in Taiwan
	(2) Free Discussion
	(3) Summarization of the Session 1 by Facilitator
18:30 - 20:30	Welcome Reception at Kobe Airport
The Second Day: 16th November, 2011 (Wednesday)
9:00 - 10:20	Session 2 ( Outline of Existing Transport Statistics and Problems) Facilitator: Associate Prof. Shinya HANAOKA, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (1) Country Reports on Transport Statistics and Major Issues
	a) Cambodia: Mr. Ouk Somethy		Transportation Structure in Cambodia and Statistics of Sihanouville Autonomous Port
	b) Philippines: Ms. Sheila Flor Dominguez JAVIER		Philippine Transportation Statistics (2001-2010)
	c) Thailand: Dr. Sompong SIRISOPONSILP		Issues and Challenges in Collecting Freight Transportation Statistics in Thailand
	d) Viet Nam: Mr. Tran-Minh PHUONG		Current Status of Transport Statistics in Vietnam
10:20 - 10:35	Coffee break
10:35 - 11:15	(2) Free Discussion (3) Summarization of the Session 2 by Facilitator
11:15 - 11:35	Final comment on the Workshop Prof. Eiichi TANIGUCHI. Graduates School of Engineering, Kyoto University
11:35 - 12:00	Closing Remarks Dr. Kenji ONO, Deputy Director General, Kinki Regional Development Bureau, MLIT
12:00	Closing of the Workshop
13:00 - 17:00	Site Trip (Kobe Port, Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution, etc.) General audiences can attend this site trip without charges. However, admission fee should be paid by an audience for only entering the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution.

Participants from Overseas

(1) Prof. Tien Fang FWA	Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore
(2) Prof. Lixin MIAO	Tsinghua University, China
(3) Dr. Young-in KWON Dr. MOON	Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)
(4) Dr. Kuan-Cheung HUANG	Assistant Professor, National Chiao Tung University Department of Transportation Technology and Management, Taiwan
(5) Mr. Ouk SOMETHY	Chief of Statistics and communication Planning and Statistics Department, Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS), Kingdom of Cambodia
(6) Ms. Sheila Flor Dominguez JAVIER	University Extension Specialist, University of the Philippines - National Center for Transportation Studies, The Philippines
(7) Dr. Sompong SIRISOPONSILP	Associate Professor, Transportation Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Kingdom of Thailand
(8) Mr. Tran-Minh PHUONG	Vice Chief of General Plan and Statistic Section, Department of Investment Plan of Viet Nam, Ministry of Transport, Viet Nam

Application to the Workshop

If you are interested in the workshop, please send an e-mail to the secretariat of the Workshop. The secretariat will send an application form. The deadline of submission of the application is 4th November, 2011.

Enquiry

If you have any enquiry for the Workshop, please contact the secretariat by above mentioned e-mail or FAX.
   
   FAX No. 03-5117-1089
   Person in charge: Nishimura, Fujita

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