CONFERENCE SCOPE

The Fourth International Conference on "Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics" is aimed at scientific exchange for scientists, experts and practitioners of various fields of pedestrian and evacuation dynamics, like human behaviour research, modeling and simulation of pedestrian or animal motion, safety design, building regulations, safety consultants, simulation of evacuation processes, etc.

The conference is scheduled to run three days, from 27th - 29th February 2008, at the University of Wuppertal, Germany.

The main topics discussed will be:

	Human behaviour in emergency and non-emergency situations, focused on psychology, influence of design, wayfinding, etc.
	Modeling of pedestrian dynamics
	Animation of pedestrian movement
	Evacuation simulation in different surroundings, like buildings, ships, trains, tunnels, etc.
	Experiments on pedestrian and evacuation dynamics
	Modeling and simulation of animal motion
	etc...

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Important data about the conference:

	Welcome Reception: Tuesday, 26th February 2008, in the evenings
	Official Conference Start: Wednesday, 27th February 2008, 8:30 a. m.
	Social Event: Thursday, 28th February 2008, 12:00 noon (12:00 a. m.)
	Conference Dinner: Thursday, 28th February 2008, in the evenings
	Confernce End: Friday, 29th February 2008, 15:30 (3:30 p. m.)

NEWS:

	6th March 2008 Proceedings-Template ONLINE
	25th Jan. 2008 Last Update before Conference Bus-Shuttle Program
	25th Jan. 2008 Preliminary Program available, Poster list updated, informations for speakers and poster presenters are updated, Accomodation site updated, new site for software demonstration
	4 Dec. 2007 Registration form and preliminary list of talks/posters available. Social events updated
	3 Dec. 2007 Hotel Reservation Form online
	18 June 2007 Mail "Announcement PED 2008" sent
	5 June 2007 Website is online