following spain japan will preside over the international transport forum and its annual summit in the summit on seamless transport making connections will take place on may in leipzig germany our first duty as those responsible for this sector is to respond to this challenge in an appropriate manner the panel sessions and discussions at the summit again provided ample proof of this the range of issues which the forum has been working on since its creation and on which it has given interesting recommendations reflect the challenges faced by transport in relation to societys demands