TransportNET is also hostinga Course on Freight Transport & Logistics from 23 to 28 November 2015 at University of Lisbon, in Lisbon (Portugal). This course is open to professionalmanagers (from industry and public authorities) and academic researchers (professors, senior researchers, PhD students) from all kinds of backgrounds, research fields and interests, holding at least a Master’s degree or equivalent, on a first come first served basis.

The aim of the course is sevenfold:

• To develop basic competences on current EU Freight Transport Policy;

• To develop basic understanding about the freight transport market, logistics
         sector and supply chains;

• To understand the demand for freight transport services;

• To develop competences on transport economic (costs and pricing formation);

• To develop competences in the production of intermodal freight rail services;

• To develop competences in the monitoring and assessment of the performance
         (KPIs) of multimodal freight transport services;

• To develop awareness about freight transport and logistics sectors around the
         World.

The lectures of this 6-day course cover among others following topics:

• Trends in Supply Chains and Logistics
• Freight Transport Policy & Regulation
• Freight Transport Technology
• Information and Communication
• Freight Transport Infrastructure
• Niche markets: rail, seaports, airports, last-mile transport
• Specific markets: The Americas, Russia, India and Australia

The course offers participants an excellent opportunity to explore the key aspects of freight transport and logistics through interactions between academia and the business real world. Course participants will get an attendance certificate and a credit certificate upon successful completion of the evaluation. For doctoral programs, the whole course corresponds to 4.5 or 6 ECTS credits, depending on the assignments taken.

Participants can apply either for the whole program or for separate course days.

Full information, tariffs and registration possibilities are available through the course web page.

The course is open to participants on a first come-first served basis. The maximum number of attendants is limited.

TransportNET is supporting the annual Air Transport Colloquium hosted by the Department of Transport and Regional Economics (TPR) of the University of Antwerp, which will take place this year on Thursday 3 December 2015. The brand-new program is available online. As in the previous events,you can expect many interesting contributions from top-level academics as well as industry stakeholders. This year the program includes presentations by experts from academia and the aviation industry on the topic 'It's all about money. Growth, cash and profitability in the air transport sector'. The colloquium concludes with a panel discussion.

So register now for the Air Transport Colloquium 2015!