The 3rd International Conference on Transportation and Logistics (T-LOG 2010) Date: September 6-8, 2010 Place: Nishijin Plaza, Kyushu University in Fukuoka City, Japan Introduction In the last three years, the environment surrounding international trade has changed drastically with the worldwide economic recession caused by the financial crisis. Furthermore, some other threats, such as piracy and terror attacks, have affected the international trade and transport. Under these situations, the importance of more advanced integrated transport and logistics system is increasing for the global economy. T-LOG 2010 will be a good opportunity for the professionals of transport and logistics to gather information and knowledge, address the problems related to transport and logistics system, and have further discussions to overcome these problems. The first International Conference on Transportation Logistics, T-LOG2005, was held in Singapore, and the second conference, T-LOG 2007, was held in Shenzhen, P.R. China, with more than 100 academic papers presented and these conferences were very successful. The third T-LOG conference will be held from 6 to 8 September 2010 in Fukuoka, Japan. Fukuoka has a nearly a-thousand-year history as an international trading city and has historically tight relations with Asian cities, especially northeast Asian cities. Fukuoka, with three international container ports and two international airports, is now developing as a gateway city connecting Asian cities and Japan, and is suitable as the host of the T-LOG 2010 conference. Objective T-LOG is to provide a technical forum considering current problems, solutions and the future development of transportation logistics. Practitioners and academics will gather to present, discuss and exchange their knowledge and experience in fostering ideas. It will provide an excellent opportunity for transportation and logistics professionals to exchange technical information and learn from each other's successes and experiences. Technical tours in Fukuoka will be arranged to visit transport facilities and factories which have notable technologies related to logistics. Topics Authors are invited to submit their original, previously unpublished papers focused on the themes of Transportation Logistics, including research, theory, development, and applications. Topics of interests include, but are not limited to, the following: Strategy and Planning Security Management for Logistics Reverse Logistics ITS and Logistics International Freight Transportation Freight Routing and Delivery Analysis Aviation Logistics Maritime Logistics City Logistics Development Advanced Technology Applications Terminal Operations Environment, Safety and Security Issues Location and Planning for Logistics Hubs Inter-Modal Logistics Operations Management Information Systems for Logistics Transportation Logistics and Supply Chain Management Statistics and Data on Logistics Military Logistics Any other topics regarding transportation and logistics Important Deadlines [Academic Papers(New date)] February 1st, 2010: Deadline for entry of academic papers (title, list of authors, and abstract are required.) March, 1st, 2010: Notification of abstract acceptance. May, 1st, 2010: Deadline for full paper submission of academic papers. July 1st-, 2010: Notification of paper acceptance. [Practical Papers] May 31th, 2010: Deadline for entry of practical papers (title, presenter, and abstract are required.) June 15th, 2010: Notification of presentation acceptance August 15th, 2010: Deadline for paper submission and/or presentation powerpoint file T-LOG Committee Member Universities and Representatives National University of Singapore (Founding Member): Prof. Tien Fang FWA Tsinghua University (Founding Member): Prof. Lixin MIAO University of Tokyo (Founding Member): Prof. Hitoshi IEDA Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology: Prof. Tetsuo HYODO Kobe University: Prof. Akio IMAI Chulalongkorn University: Dr. Sompong SIRISOPONSILP University of Indonesia: Prof. Sutanto SOEHODHO Kyushu University: Prof. Tomonori SUMI Kyoto University: Prof. Eiichi TANIGUCHI The University of Melbourne: Dr. Russell THOMPSON Host Organizer Prof. Hitoshi IEDA (University of Tokyo) Prof. Tomonori SUMI (Kyushu University) T-LOG International Scientific Committee Dr. Meng Qiang (National University of Singapore) Dr. Mikio TAKEBAYASHI (Kobe University) Dr. Qingqing XU (Tsinghua University) Contact Us WEB site: http://www.T-LOG2010.com Contact Address:secretary@t-log.info Contact Persons Mikio TAKEBAYASHI (Kobe University) Ryuichi SHIBASAKI (National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management)