• Role of the Hinterland
• Strategies & operations
• Optimization & modelling
• Configuration & Design
• Efficiency & Performance measurement
• Evaluation & benchmarking
• Hinterland aspect in Planning multimodal terminal networks
• Risk assessment & prioritization
• Information technology
• Decision support systems
• Environmental and social political aspects
• Future aspects: challenges & opportunities
• Revising the concept of hinterland transport

Nevertheless different topics concerning Multimodal Transports: Hinterland Terminals are welcome. Authors are kindly invited to include in their papers and presentations all the research works, case studies and application both theoretical and applied.