Bloglines - Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons (TRANSED), June 18-21, 2007

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Rolling Rains Report: Precipitating Dialogue on Travel, Disability, and Universal Design

Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons (TRANSED), June 18-21, 2007 By rollingrains on News Canada is proud to host the 11th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons (TRANSED), to be held June 18-21, 2007, at the Palais des Congrès in Montréal under the theme Benchmarking, Evaluation and Vision for the Future. The conference will review advances in research, evoke international break throughs and explore perspectives for technological innovations in order to respond to the mobility challenges of an aging population and of persons with disabilities, as part of an inclusive society. The conferences are held triennially under the auspices of the U.S. Transportation Research Board, and are extremely important in the field of accessible transportation, attracting researchers, policy-makers and other specialists to share innovation and best practices. The conference will offer an exhibition where participants will have an overview of the deployment of innovation in the field of accessible transportation. The conference will include plenary and parallel sessions that may take a variety of forms, including roundtables, panels and tutorials. The structure will be based on the number of contributed papers and symposia accepted. Canada is delighted to host the 11th edition of TRANSED and welcomes you to attend!