The Conference on Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics ’14 (PED 2014) brings together professionals and international researchers from  fields ranging from  computer sciences to sociology to operational management. The conference will  address both pedestrian and evacuation dynamics and associated human behaviour to provide answers for policy makers, designers, and operational management to solve real world problems. During PED 2014 both theory and application of knowledge concerning human movement behaviour will be discussed extensively.

The seventh edition will be held at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

http://www.citg.tudelft.nl/over-faculteit/afdelingen/transport-en-planning/congressen/ped2014/

The Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics (PED) conference is calling for papers that address both pedestrian and evacuation dynamics and associated human behaviour to provide answers for policy makers, designers, and operational management to solve real world problems. During PED 2014 both theory and application of knowledge concerning human movement behaviour will be discussed extensively. As such PED 2014 would like to offer scientists as well as practitioners the opportunity to highlight their findings, strategies, etc.

This PED conference will pay special attention to:

Crowd dynamics: Insights into the movement of pedestrians during high density situations in confined spaces.

Operational management of highly populated facilities: Practical insights into the management and operation of facilities which function fairly often at capacity.

Behavioural aspects of pedestrian motion: Understanding human decision making and human behaviour in both emergency and non-emergency scenarios.

Calibration and validation of pedestrian simulation models: Development of methods to calibrate and validate pedestrian and evacuation (simulation) models

Additional topics will include, but are not limited to:

• Data collection techniques

• Pedestrian behaviour during disasters: theories, analysis, conclusions

• Evacuation and pedestrian data collection from experiments and real events

• Large-scale modelling

• Model development and modelling methods

• Public transport transfer terminals

• Regional evacuation

This is a call for papers presenting research on the listed topics or related areas.  Posters and papers will NOT be considered separately.  All abstracts should be no longer than one page A4.A abstract template is provide at the conference website. Please submit abstracts for papers online via www.ped2014.nl. Submission details can be found at the conference website. The conference proceedings will include both the full paper as well as written submissions from accepted posters.

Deadline of submission:
March 28, 2014

If a submission gets accepted (notifications are going to be sent in June 2014) the final paper is due by October 2014.