SUMMIT 2009 Preparation 
This section posts resources that may be useful for you to engage with prior to the summit, including background materials and calls for proposals. More material will be posted as the conference draws closer so please visit again!
SAPIENS Special Issue on the Future of Transport and Mobility
Call for Papers
Surveys and Perspectives Integrating Environment and Society (S.A.P.I.EN.S) is a new peer-reviewed, Open Access, multidisciplinary journal focused on integrating scientific knowledge for sustainability. S.A.P.I.EN.S provides readers with clear access to recent advances in scientific areas other than their own, and fosters multidisciplinary approaches in realms such as development, urbanization, health, agriculture, natural resource management, energy policy, epistemology, environmental ethics etc.
The journals website is http://sapiens.revues.org/.
S.A.P.I.EN.S intends to release a special issue in April 2010 with a focus on the Future of Transport and Mobility. Articles may address the theme of the future of transport and mobility from a variety of perspectives. The following topics are offered as stimulus for potential authors:
Comparison of prospective scenarios
Review of policy frameworks
Innovative financing models for large infrastructures
New business models and employment creation related to the emerging New Mobility Industry
Innovation and transition to a low-carbon economy value, rewards and pitfalls
Integrating modes, services, technology and design for the sustainable door-to-door trip
Social implications and approaches related to hypermobility and its antithesis
Potential effects of ageing and migration
Key trends affecting and affected by transportation in an increasingly urbanized world
Moving goods sustainably in an urbanizing world
Implications of telework, tele-shopping and other trip-reducing telecommunications on sustainable transportation and accessibility
The role of design and urban planning in the future creation of integrated & efficient urban transportation
The role of design in social integration and sustainable economic development
Evolving a new vision and aspiration for integrated urban mobility and accessibility
Increased competition: a driver of innovation and quality for tomorrows transportation?
More information equals more mobility?: future perspectives
Etc
S.A.P.I.EN.S seeks review articles and essays which explore this theme at length. We recommend that cases from developed and less developed countries be clearly separated. Although many of the topics will be common across these two prisms, the specific economic contexts and urbanization pathways may result in a dramatically different perspective on how these concerns must be addressed.
Potential contributors who require clarification or wish to enquire if the topic of their submission fits within the scope of the special issue may contact the editor by email at editor@sapiens-journal.org.
Please provide a synopsis describing the topic and potential title in any enquiries.
The synopsis should mention the section it is submitted to (see http://sapiens.revues.org/index279.php).
THINK: Transformative Infrastructure
This issue of THINK tackles one of the most challenging questions leaders are facing across America: How do we leverage our existing infrastructure to achieve a new level of quality and efficiency?
Click here to read the full issue.
Carlota Perez
Watch Towards a Sustainable Global Golden Age: Reshaping Globalization and redesigning well being. CUD Global Conference 2008 presented by Carlota Perez Venezuelan researcher, lecturer and international consultant,
specialized in the social and economic impact of technical change and
in the historically changing conditions for growth, development and competitiveness.
