The Transport Planning Society and the Institution of Highways & Transportation are launching their new professional transport planning qualification. The qualification is designed to recognise the technical and managerial competence of transport planners at levels comparable to Chartered Engineer.

The launch will take place on Monday 3 March 2008 in the Wellcome Trust Lecture Hall, The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG commencing at 3.30pm and closing at 6.30pm. It is hoped that a Minister will open the event. There will be three presentations covering the background to the qualification, its content and the method by which candidates will be assessed. The programme will conclude with a Q&A session followed by a wine reception.