The Centre for Transportation Studies at Sauder hosts international conference on gateways and corridors in Vancouver
VANCOUVER, BC – The Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business is hosting an international conference exploring the economic and theoretical foundations of Canada’s Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor concept and providing a basis for future policy work. Over 30 renowned speakers from Canada, the United States, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, New Zealand, Australia, The Netherlands, Germany and the UK will present their studies.
Canada’s Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Research Consortium is a program focusing on the organization of an International Conference and supporting roundtables exploring the economic and theoretical foundations of Canada’s Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor concept. The objectives of the consortium are to focus national and international academic attention on the concept of international transportation gateways and corridors, to bring national and international experience to bear on the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor concept and to review the implications for transportation and infrastructure policies to realize gateway and corridor related development opportunities.
Papers commissioned and presented at the Roundtables and International Conference will explore the economic foundations of the Gateway and Corridor concept. The work is intended as the basis for future dialogues on the role of gateway and corridors in the field of transportation and regional economics. The Conference and Roundtables are designed to generate major, high quality, policy relevant discussions and academic study drawing on conclusions from the activities and dialogue and providing a basis for future policy direction.
The Conference is being held with financial assistance from Transport Canada under the Government of Canada’s Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative.
The Vancouver conference will be organized around six themes that have particular application to measurement of the impact of gateway and corridors and corridors. The Conference will take place May 2, 3 and 4, 2007 and will cover 2.5 days and include up to 26 presenters and speakers. The six themes are:
Theory of Gateway and Corridors: what are the underlying sources of productivity and efficiencies of gateway and corridors in enhancing trade flows?
Gateways, Corridors and Competitiveness: examines how gateways and corridors, and in particular the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor concept, can affect productivity and cost efficiency and enhance the competitiveness of Canadian firms and products.
Supply Chains and Gateway and Corridors: explore trends in supply chain management and how it might specifically affect the routing of traffic between Asia and North America.
Gateway and Corridors, Governance and Regulation: explore the institutional organization and environment of gateway and corridors, the issues with the current organizational forms, and how institutions might be shaped to favor the development and functioning of gateway and corridors.
Land use/Urban Planning and the Environmental Footprint of Gateway and Corridors: examines the potential for differences of views between local priorities and national considerations when developing gateway and corridors with particular reference to land use planning.
Security, Risk and Information Management: explores the significance of the role of information in supporting the development of gateway and corridors, facilitating trade flows in the presence of border security and in efficiently allocating risk among the various parties.
For more information, contact:
David Gillen
Sauder School of Business
2053 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z2
Tel: 604-822-8352
david.gillen@sauder.ubc.ca
Lorra Ward
Centre for Transportation Studies
Tel: 604-822-4150
lorra.ward@sauder.ubc.ca
Derek Moscato
Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604-822-8345
Cell: 604-306-7137
derek.moscato@sauder.ubc.ca
Leanna Yip
Director, Marketing and Communications
Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604-822-0229
Cell: 604-616-0400