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<p style="margin: 12pt 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: 110%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-size: 9pt;"><font face="Calibri">we are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for this conference jointly hosted by TU Darmstadt and TU
Dortmund. The 3<sup>rd</sup> ICPLT will be held in Darmstadt, Germany. The conference will start at 10 a.m. on Monday
<b>September 25<sup>th</sup>, 2017 </b>and will continue until 4 p.m.<b> September 26<sup>th</sup>, 2017
</b>on Tuesday.</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 12pt 0cm 8pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 110%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-size: 9pt;"><font face="Calibri">The conference addresses an audience concerned with the disciplines production, logistics and traffic,
including spatial and transport planning, which is interested in discussing scientific and application-oriented approaches. Practitioners, politicians, representatives of public authorities and researchers from production, logistics and traffic are invited
to benefit from the conference as a platform for knowledge-exchange and transfer.</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 12pt 0cm 8pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 110%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-size: 9pt;"><font face="Calibri">During the two-day conference, distinguished speakers will address selected interdisciplinary topics
in key notes. Designated innovative research and practice approaches will be presented in 30-minute talks during parallel sessions. In addition, the best contributions to the conference will be awarded. Furthermore, there is plenty of opportunity to network,
especially at the conference dinner which will be hosted at the end of the first conference day.
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<p style="margin: 12pt 0cm 8pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 110%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-size: 9pt;"><font face="Calibri">The focus of the conference is on (but not limited to) the following interdisciplinary topics related
to Production, Logistics and Traffic:</font></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-family: Charter; font-size: 9pt;">Intermodal transport and logistics hubs</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-family: Charter; font-size: 9pt;">Supply chain and supply network management</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-family: Charter; font-size: 9pt;">Production management</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-family: Charter; font-size: 9pt;">Logistics systems</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-family: Charter; font-size: 9pt;">Intralogistics and warehousing</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-family: Charter; font-size: 9pt;">Transport policy and governance principles</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-family: Charter; font-size: 9pt;">Freight transport demand modelling/management</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-family: Charter; font-size: 9pt;">Traffic control and management</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-family: Charter; font-size: 9pt;">Humanitarian logistics</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-family: Charter; font-size: 9pt;">Commercial transport</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 110%;"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-size: 9pt;">Senior scientists, PhD students and experts in the fields of Production, Logistics and Traffic are invited
to submit their contributions. Therefore, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 110%; font-size: 9pt;">contributors are requested to submit a short abstract between
<b>1<sup>st</sup> November, 2016 </b>and <b>January 15<sup>th</sup>, 2017</b>.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-size: 9pt;"> These short abstracts should contain no more than 3.000 characters (not counting spaces). The short abstracts
will be reviewed by a Scientific Committee by means of a single-blind procedure</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-size: 9pt;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 110%; font-size: 9pt;">until <b>March 31<sup>st</sup>, 2017</b>. By this date, the authors of accepted contributions will be informed and conference registration will be possible.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-size: 9pt;">The deadline for submission of the extended abstracts, with a maximum length of 10.000 characters, is
</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 110%; font-size: 9pt;">June 30<sup>th</sup>, 2017</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 110%; font-size: 9pt;">. The language of the abstracts has to be English.</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin: 12pt 0cm 8pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 110%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-size: 9pt;"><font face="Calibri">The selected extended abstracts will be made available for all attendees in a conference proceeding.
We welcome submissions from advanced experts in this field but at the same time encourage PhD students to contribute to a successful conference.</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 12pt 0cm 8pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 110%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-size: 9pt;"><font face="Calibri">We are looking forward to receiving your outstanding abstract and having the opportunity to welcome you
in Darmstadt!</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 12pt 0cm 8pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 110%;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-size: 9pt;"><font face="Calibri">Prof. Dr. Ralf Ebert, Chair of Management and Logistics, TU Darmstadt</font></span></i></p>
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<p style="margin: 12pt 0cm 8pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 110%;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 110%; font-size: 9pt;"><font face="Calibri">Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Boltze, Chair of Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering, TU Darmstadt</font></span></i></p>
<font face="Times New Roman"></font><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Clausen, Institute of Transport Logistics, TU Dortmund</span></i><span id="ms-rterangepaste-end"></span><br>
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