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.

China's Vice Minister of Transport Zhenglin Feng addresses delegates at the session Transport for Growth: Developing Connectivity at the 2012 Summit in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.

Germany's Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development Peter Ramsauer (left) meets with Dr. Urs Vogler (rigt) at the VIP Exhibition at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 03 May 2012.

Vice-President of Nokia Applications, Thom Brenner speaking 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

Director of Georgia Institute of Technology's Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development, USA, Catherine L. Ross addresses the audience 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.

Germany's Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development Peter Ramsauer (right) talks with the Head of Communications at Toll Collect Martin Rickmann (right) at the VIP Exhibition at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 03 May 2012.

Chile's Minister of Transport and Telecommunications Pedro Pablo Errázuriz Domínguez and Canada's Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Denis Lebel attend the open Ministerial Session: Connections Between Air, Shipping and Rail at the Summit in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.

International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu listens attentively at 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.

Duleep Gopalakrishnan (foreground), President of HD Systems, Sheila Watson, Executive Secretary at GFEI, and Kurt Van Dender (background), Chief Economist at International Transport Forum, participating in the Global Fuel Economy Initiative side-event organised by the Global Fuel Economy Initiative 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 Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development Peter Ramsauer gestures to delegates at the Opening Plenary: From Here to Seamlessness - Defining the Roadmap for 21st Century Transport.

University College London, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis Lecturer Martin Austwick entertains and enlightens delegates on the theme of visualising transport data during the Transport Innovation Talks during the International Transport Forum's 2012 Summit "Seamless Transport: making connections" in Leipzig, Germany.

Moderator Melinda Crane introduces 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.

Management Board Member at Bombardier Transportation, Germany, Michael Clausecker 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.

Germany's Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development Peter Ramsauer (left) discusses details of electronic tolling systems with Marketing & sales director at AGES Dr. Ludger Linnemann (centre) and another participant at the VIP Exhibition at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 03 May 2012.

ITO World Ltd, UK, CEO Peter Miller talks about "new mapping tools" during Transport Innovation Talks during the International Transport Forum's 2012 Summit "Seamless Transport: making connections" in Leipzig, Germany.

Luxembourg's Conseiller de Direction 1e Classe Guy Staus at the Closed Ministerial Session at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría (left) talks to with Deutsche Bahn Chairman and CEO Rüdiger Grube at 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.

Moderator Monika Jones speaks as Toyota Motor Corporation's Chairman ITS Japan and Senior Technical Executive Hiroyuki Watanabe listens at the Ministers' Roundtable: The Automotive Future at the Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.

ITO World Ltd, UK, CEO Peter Miller talks about "new mapping tools" during Transport Innovation Talks during the International Transport Forum's 2012 Summit "Seamless Transport: making connections" in Leipzig, Germany.

Delegates listen during the session on Urban Connectivity: Improving the Door-to-Door Journey, during the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.

Journalist Monika Jones and Leipzig Mayor Burkhard Jung 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.

Germany's Saxony State Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport Sven Morlock speaks during a panel discussion while American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Executive Director John Horsley looks on in Leipzig, Germany on 4 May 2012.

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

Meyer Werft GmbH Managing Director Bernard Meyer participates 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.

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría launches the Transport Outlook 2012 during the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 03 May 2012.

Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: Professor Emeritus, Peter Klaus making a presentation at the Side Event: Logistics Performance Measurement at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” on 2 May 2012.

Manfred Neun, President, European Cyclists’ Federation talks last mile logistics during the the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Executive Director John Horsley speaks to Germany's Saxony State Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport Sven Morlock at the panel 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.

Deutsche Bahn Chairman and CEO Rüdiger Grube (left), International Transport Forum Acting Secretary-General Michael Kloth and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría attend the panel Transport for Growth: Developing Connectivity at the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD.

Nina Maier and Robert Jahn in action at the Leipzig by bicycle tour during the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 04 May 2012

International Transport Forum Secretary-General-elect José Viegas greets Germany's Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development Peter Ramsauer and his wife Susanne at 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.

Squeezable model vehicles at the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 2 May 2012.

Director of Georgia Institute of Technology's Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development, USA, Catherine L. Ross speaks 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.

Michael Kloth (left), Acting Secretary-General of the International Transport Forum with Peter Ramsauer, 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.

Indonesia's Minister of Transport Evert Erenst Mangindaan (left), Korea's Minister of Land, Transportation and Maritime Affairs Do-Youp Kwon and US Department of Transportation Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs Susan Kurland exchange business cards at the Opening Plenary of the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 2 May 2012.

Peter Ramsauer (right), 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.

Leipzig Mayor Burkhard Jung and American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Executive Director, John Horsley attend 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.

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.

US Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs Department of Transportation Susan Kurland addresses delegates at the session Transport for Growth: Developing Connectivity at the 2012 Summit in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.

Mayor of Leipzig Burkhard Jung readies the crowd for the Leipzig by bicycle tour during the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 04 May 2012

Director of the International Department, East Japan Railway Company, Japan, Mitsuo Higashi 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.

Romania's ambassador to Germany Lazar Comanescu attends the Closed Ministerial Session at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” on 3 May 2012.

Expert Leader at Environment - Energy - Strategic Raw Materials, Renault, Philippe Schulz, speaks at the Side Event: Global Fuel Economy Initiative 2012-2015, organised by the Global Fuel Economy Initiative 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 Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development Peter Ramsauer addresses delegates at the Opening Plenary: From Here to Seamlessness - Defining the Roadmap for 21st Century Transport during the International Transport Forum's 2012 Summit in Leipzig, Germany on 2 May 2012.

Moderator Pat Cox speaks at the Opening Plenary: From Here to Seamlessness - Defining the Roadmap for 21st Century Transport at the

International Transport Forum's 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 2 May 2012.

Sweden's Minister for Infrastructure Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd attends the the Closed Ministerial Session at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” on 3 May 2012.

Didem Dìrlìk, Head of Department, Ministry of Customs and Trade of the Republic of Turkey 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.

Macquarie Bank Chairman Lord Gus MacDonald raises an issue with delegates at the session Transport for Growth: Developing Connectivity at the 2012 Summit in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.

President of the European Cruiser Association Stefan Jaeger listens to a speaker at 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.

Toyota Motor Corporation's Chairman ITS Japan and Senior Technical Executive Hiroyuki Watanabe exchanges business cards with International Automobile Federation President Jean Todt at the Ministers' Roundtable: The Automotive Future at the Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.