Georgia's Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Vera Kobalia talks with International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu at the Opening Plenary: From Here to Seamlessness - Defining the Roadmap for 21st Century Transport.

Michael Browne, Professor, Westminster University, UK speaking at the session on Rethinking the Last Mile: New Approaches to Urban Logistics during the the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.

Walmart Vice President of International Logistics Jeff Langenfeld listens to a speaker at the panel From Supply Chain to Supply Stream: Creating Seamless Logistics at the 2012 Summit.

Andreas Scheuer, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Germany, posing with his F-Cell car at the International Transport Forum's Pre-Summit Media Lunch in Berlin, 26 March 2012

Planning Commission of the Government of India Transport Advisor Manoj Singh and Leipzig Mayor Burkhard Jung exchange a few words at the Mayor's reception during the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 4 May 2012.

Japan's Senior Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Osamu Yoshida, Central Japan Railway Company Chairman and Representative Director Yoshiyuki Kasai along with other delegates at the session Transport for Growth: Developing Connectivity at the 2012 Summit Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.

Director of the UNECE Transport Division Eva Molnar at the Side Event E-Documents for Co-modal Transport of Goods, jointly organised by FIATA and CLECAT at the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.

Journalist Melinda Crane kicks off the Gala Dinner at the International Transport Forum's 2012 Summit "Seamless Transport: Making Connections" in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.

The open Ministerial Session: Connections Between Air, Shipping and Rail seen from above in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.

Australia's Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Anthony Albanese speaks at the session Investing in connectivity: Where, Why, When, How? at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 03 May 2012.

President of The Federal Association of German air transport industry Klaus-Peter Siegloch (left) talks with Norway's State Secretary Lars Erik Bartnes (right) at the Ministers’ Roundtable: Volcanic Ash and other Crises: Ensuring continuity and mitigating economic impact at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 03 May 2012.

Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, Koji Sekimizu (left) with Anthony Albanese, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Australia at the Ministers` Dinner during the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.

The Chilean Minister for Transport and Telecommunications, Pedro Pablo Errázuriz Domínguez on panel at the session on The Future of Travel: E-Ticketing, Smart Phones, Data Sharing, at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 03 May 2012.

Peter Ramsauer, Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Germany and Doris Leuthard, Federal Councillor, Federal Department of Environment and Transports, Switzerland respond to journalists after the Follow-up Zurich Process - Meeting of the Ministers of the Alpine Region during the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.

Germany's Federal Ministry of Transport Parliamentary State Secretary Andreas Scheuer at the Ministers' Roundtable: The Automotive Future at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.

Panellists discuss Collaboration in Connectivity: Focus on Regions at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 4 May 2012.

International Automobile Federation President Jean Todt (left), Chadchart Sittipunt, Deputy Minister, Transport, Thailand and Germany's Federal Ministry of Transport Parliamentary State Secretary Andreas Scheuer at the Ministers' Roundtable: The Automotive Future at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.

Deutsche Bahn Chairman and CEO Rüdiger Grube talks at the session Transport for Growth: Developing Connectivity at the 2012 Summit in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.

Moderator Melinda Crane opens the session Transport for Growth: Developing Connectivity at the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.

Robert Wright, International Journalist, moderating at the session on Rethinking the Last Mile: New Approaches to Urban Logistics during the the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.

Asian Institute of Transport Development Chairman, K.L. Thapar follows the presentations during the Facilitating Global Trade: Connectivity Across Borders Session of the International Transport Forum's Summit 2012, in Leipzig, Germany

Peter Ramsauer (centre), Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Germany at the Follow-up Zurich Process - Meeting of the Ministers of the Alpine Region during the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.

(l-r) Pedro Pablo Errázuriz Domínguez, Scott Belcher, Mitsuo Higashi, Monika Jones, Thom Brenner, Youngwook Park and John Verity form the panel of the session on The Future of Travel: E-Ticketing, Smart Phones, Data Sharing at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 03 May 2012.

Borys Kolesnikov (centre), Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Infrastructure and Peter Ramsauer, Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Germany at the Ministers` Dinner during the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.

DEKRA Technical Control Centre Director Arndt Birkigt (left), Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) President Jean Todt, Germany's Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development's Parliamentary Secretary Jan Mücke and International Transport Forum Acting-Secretary General Michael Kloth hold up FIA road safety rules at the Children's University at the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 2 May 2012.

Germany's Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development Peter Ramsauer and the International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu take part in the Ministers' Roundtable: Ship Safety at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.

The Chilean Minister for Transport and Telecommunications, Pedro Pablo Errázuriz Domínguez on panel at the session on The Future of Travel: E-Ticketing, Smart Phones, Data Sharing, at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 03 May 2012.

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Executive Director John Horsley addresses fellow panellists at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 4 May 2012.

Cintra Project Director Gabriel Gutierrez listens to a speaker at the Advisory Board Meeting at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.

Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile President Jean Todt poses with a child at the Children's University at the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 2 May 2012.

Journalist Melinda Crane and European Intermodal Assocation Secretary General at the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.

Panel are (l-r) Roel Janssens, Economic Adviser, Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, OSCE, Alexey Stukalo, Deputy Co-ordinator/ Head, Economic Activities, OSCE, Eva Molnar, Director, Transport Division, UNECE, Didem Dìrlìk, Head of Department, Ministry of Customs and Trade of the Republic of Turkey and Igor Makhovikov, Head of Department, State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus at the Side Event: Best Practice at Border Crossings: A Trade and Transport Facilitation Perspective - by OSCE and UNECE during the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 03 May 2012.

The Side Event: Future Requirements and Needs for Humanitarian Air Services - by Airbus takes place at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” on 3 May 2012.

Cintra Project Director Gabriel Gutierrez speaks at the Advisory Board Meeting at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.

Dr Albert Veenstra, Senior Scientist, TNO - Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research presents at the Side Event: Synchromodal Transport: Modal shift is mental shift - by Dinalog during the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 03 May 2012.

Pannelist Andreas Kopp, World Bank Lead Transport Economist, at the Facilitating Global Trade: Connectivity Across Borders Session of the International Transport Forum's Summit 2012, in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.

International Journalist Monika Jones (left) and Saxony's State Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport Sven Morlok (right) at the session: Collaboration in Connectivity: Focus on Regions at the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 04 May 2012.

Turku School of Economics Professor Lauri Ojala gives a talk at the Side Event: Logistics Performance Measurement at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 2 May 2012.

Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile President Jean Todt and a group of children give a thumbs-up at the Children's University at the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 2 May 2012.

European Cyclists' Federation stand at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany, 2-4 May 2012.

Cruise Lines International Association Executive Vice President Michael Crye (left), International Chamber of Shipping Secretary-General Peter Hinchliffe and President of the European Cruiser Association Stefan Jaeger attend the Ministers' roundtable: Ship Safety during the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.

Professor José Manuel Viegas (left) shakes hands with Nicolas Cole (centre) from the International Tranpsort Forum following his election as Secretary-General-elect of the International Transport Forum at the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 03 May 2012.

Michelin Senior Vice-President, Strategic Anticipation and Sustainable Development Patrick Oliva greets Germany's Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development Peter Ramsauer at the start of the Gala Dinner on Day 2 of the International Transport Forum's 2012 Summit "Seamless Transport: Making Connections" in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.

The tour is part of the the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 04 May 2012

Switzerland's Doris Leuthard, Federal Councillor Federal Department of Environment and Transports with Peter Ramsauer, German Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Developmentat the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 03 May 2012

Manoj Singh, Transport Advisor Planning Commission of the Government of India and Asian Institute of Transport Development Chairman, K.L.Thapar chat with the International Transport Forum's Mary Crass at the Opening Plenary: From Here to Seamlessness - Defining the Roadmap for 21st Century Transport in Leipzig,Germany on 2 May 2012.

Michelin Senior Vice-President, Strategic Anticipation and Sustainable Development, Patrick Oliva listens attentively to a speaker at Smart Grids: Powering the E-Mobility Future in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.

Wing Yee Winnie Lam (left), winner of the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Young Researcher of the Year Award and Economist Michel Violland at the session on Transport for Growth: Developing Connectivity at the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD.

Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Assistant Vice-Minister for International Affairs Kazuo Inaba and France's Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and the Sea Project Co-ordinator Philippe Maler exchange greetings at the end of the open Ministerial Session: Connections Between Air, Shipping and Rail at the International Transport Forum's 2012 Summit "Seamless Transport: making connections" in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.

International Journalist Conny Czymoch at the session Investing in connectivity: Where, Why, When, How? at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 03 May 2012.