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The article presents information about an international conference, Transportation Research Forum and the College of Europe, to be held at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium, from June 18-22, 1973. The theme of the conference will be "Current Issues in Multi-Modal Transportation," and will focus primarily on matters of inter-modal and international significance. The issues to be discussed will span all modes of transportation and their inter-modal relationships, and will concern both passenger and freight movements. The issues will reflect the perspectives of the public and of the private sectors, and will concern research, policy and planning, as well as operations. Descriptive outlines of proposed papers, in English (300-400 words), should be submitted before December 1, 1972 to: Professor Marvin L. Manheim, Room 1-138, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States; or Dr. H. Brugmans, Rector, College of Europe, 8000-Bruges, Belgium.