The Global Transportation Professional Networking Group in collaboration with Institute for Urban Research, Morgan State University (MSU), USA (part of the strategic goal on smart innovation and sustainable staff development initiatives for expanding Morgan’s international footprint) is organizing the 9^th International Conference on Sustainable Transportation & Smart Innovations (ICTA 2024) to be held from July 29^th – 31^st  2024 at Gran Melia Hotels & Resorts, Arusha, Tanzania under the Theme "Safe, Smart and Sustainable Transport Systems for Global Economic Growth" 

The “Global Transportation Professional Networking Group” with America, Botswana, and Nigeria as the Regional Centres and International Secretariat is made up of transport professionals from the academic, business, and government sector with a commitment to proffer solutions to critical challenges facing transportation. (https://ictatransportprofessionals.org/)

The objective of the 9^th International Conference on Sustainable Transportation & Smart Innovations is to build capacity to transport sector stakeholders on Safe, Smart and Sustainable Transport Systems for Global Economic Growth through sharing knowledge, experiences and best practices. 

This 9th edition of the international conference on sustainable transportation  is being hosted by international stakeholders worldwide, the Tanzania Roads Association (TARA) which is also a National Committee of the World Road Association (PIARC) for Tanzania under the Ministry of Works in Tanzania, the Tanzania Transportation Technology Transfer (TanT² Centre), Tanzania National Roads Agency (TANROADS), Tanzania Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA), the International Road Federation (IRF) Geneva, the African Road Maintenance Funds Association (ARMFA), the Association of Southern Africa National Roads Agencies (ASANRA), and other local and international institutions.

In collaboration with Transport Stakeholders, Universities, and Transport Professionals in Africa, the Group has been organizing annual International Transportation Conferences in African countries and America. The 1st and 2nd editions were held at Gaborone, Botswana (ICTA 2014) with University of Botswana and Ministry of Transport & Communications, Botswana as co-host; and at Palapye, Botswana (ICTA 2015) with Botswana International University of Science and Technology as the co-host; the 3rd edition was held at Accra, Ghana (ICTA 2016) with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology as the co-host. The 4th edition (ICTA 2017) took place from at Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria while the 5^th (ICTA 2019), 6^th (ICTA 2021), and 7^th (ICTA 2022) editions of the African American International Conference on Sustainable Transportation were held at Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA as the co-host. 8th International Conference on Sustainable Transportation (ICTA2023) was hosted by Zambian Road Development Agency, June 26th–28th, 2023. AVANI Victoria Falls Resort, Livingstone, Zambia.

The ICTA 2024, 9th International Conference on Sustainable Transportation with Tanzania Roads Association as the co-host will be held on July 29th – 31st, 2024 at Gran Melia Hotels & Resorts, Arusha, Tanzania which will focus on how to optimally engage over 200 delegates and all stakeholders involved in the transport sector from America, African Countries, Australia, Asia, and Europe to provide “safe, smart and sustainable transport systems for global economic growth”.