Programme

Combined with the financial squeeze on local authorities, the challenges of climate change mean that the public transport sector must have higher and higher ambitions. Are existing technical resources capable of enabling them to achieve these? Is innovation the inescapable route to the future? On the basis of work by 33 countries done as part of the European Bus System of the Future project (EBSF) and analysis of research into multimodal transport systems (tram-train, etc), industrial players, operators and elected officials are together defining a toolkit for tomorrow's public transport in Europe.

Chair: Pascal Le Guern, journalist
Participants:

• Ezio Castagna, Chairman, UITP Bus Committee
• Valéry Cervantes, Director of Public Affairs and Regulations, Irisbus Iveco
• Giovanni De Nicola, Vice-President of Federmobilita, Public Transport Councilor for Milan administration
• José Maria Diez, Head of Project, Strategic Plan Association, City of Burgos
• Elios Pascual, Strategic Advisor for EBSF
• Philippe Peyroux, Deputy Mayor of Arcachon, Vice-President of the Arcachon Sud Urban District
• Hubert Peugeot, Managing Director, Alstom Transport France

New customer expectations of urban and inter-urban mobility

Participants:

• Lucas Calzado Arija, Directeur des réseaux urbains et interurbains des Cercanias
• Magdalena Bodelón Alonso, Directrice des Cercanias de Madrid
• Angel Matesanz Sancho, Responsable des systèmes d'information des Cercanias
• Alain Krakovitch, Directeur des lignes D et R de Transilien
• Benjamin Weyer, Responsable information voyageurs des lignes D et R de Transilien
• Christian Cochet, Directeur délégué de Transilien

The first of a new generation of public/private transport partnerships in France - presentation of a successful experience by stakeholders in the Rhônexpress project

Participants:

• Yves Perillat, Président - RHONEXPRESS
• Nicolas Notebaert, Président - VINCI Airport
• Rémy Sermier, Avocat à la Cour - BRANDFORD-GRIFFITH & ASSOCIES
• Patrick Vandevoorde, Directeur Général Délégué - CDC Infrastructure
• Georges Barriol, Vice-président chargé des transports, Département du Rhône
• Patrick Dieny, Directeur Général Adjoint Pôle Infrastructures et Déplacements, Département du Rhône
• Patrick Corral, Directeur Centre Est et Suisse - VEOLIA TRANSPORT

Following the Copenhagen Summit - and ahead of the forthcoming United Nations Conference on climate change - what are major cities across Europe doing to address the challenges of global warming? To what extent have they taken the issues raised at Copenhagen on board in the design of environmentally-friendly mobility using public transport at the local level? During this debate, politicians and operators will be asked about the resources they are deploying to fulfil a dual objective: doubling passenger numbers by 2025 whilst remaining faithful to the development of green mobility (planning policy, equitable allocation of road space to various modes of transport, revisiting the notion of mobility and so on).

Introduction: Hervé Le Treut, Climatologist, Contributor to the latest IPCC report, Nobel Prize Winner (2007)
Moderator: Alain Flausch, President, UITP
Participants:

• Joël Lebreton, CEP, Transdev, Chairman of GIE Objectif transport public
• José Manuel Pradillo Pombo, Managing Director, Consercio Regional de Transportes, Madrid
• Paolo PISSARELLO, Gènes
• Patrice Plojoux, Chairman of the Board, Geneva Public Transport Authority
• Roland Ries, Senator and Mayor of Strasbourg; Chairman, GART
• Rudolf Schicker, Vice-Mayor of Vienna with responsibility for transport
• José Manuel Silva Rodrigues, Chairman of the Board, Companhia Carris de Ferro, Lisbon
• Bernard Soulage, Vice-President, Rhône-Alpes Regional Council, with responsibility for Europe and International Relations and member of the European Committee of Regions

Presentation of Navibus, the first navigation system for public transport.

Euro Asia Public Transport Forum

Participants:

• Jean-François Janin, Ingénieur en chef des Ponts et Chaussées, mission Transport intelligents
• Li Shuqing, Deputy Director of Transport Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, China
• Patrick Botto, Accidentologiste, TCP Conseil
• Zhang Guangmin, Director Europe & North America Business, Yutong Bus Group, Zhengzhou, China

Transport on demand in the Netherlands: the keys to the success of Transdev and Connexxion, the European leader in this sector

Participant:

• Hubert Guyot - CEO - CONNEXXION

Rising to the challenge set by elected officials, European operators will be presenting their responses in terms of new products, systems and the emergence of new mobility concepts. Showcasing the very best in European practices, this debate will highlight both the requirements of organising authorities and the creativity of companies as they seek to fulfil these using their technological, marketing, economic and social expertise.

Chair: Régis de Closets, journalist
Participants:

• Charlie Beaumont, Deputy CEO, International Operations, Transdev
• David Evans, Director for Mainland Europe, Arriva
• Patrick Jeantet, International Managing Director, Keolis
• Philippe Martin, Managing Director for Transport and Maintenance, RATP
• Bernard Rivalta, Chairman, SYTRAL
• Andreas Winter, Deputy Regional Manager North and East, Veolia Verkehr, Germany

Veolia Transport: a sought-after rail partner

Energy efficiency - new solutions from ABB

Participants:

• Pierre Garin, Responsable ferroviaire ABB
• José-Antonio Cano, Responsable commercial région ABB

Transport policy: the Operations Assistance and Passenger Information System occupies a key place in the relationship between Transport Organising Authorities and Operators

Participant:

• Guillaume Bres, Directeur Innovation et Recherche - INEO SYSTRANS

Stations lie at the intersection of passenger flows and merchandise, both in city centres and in the country. Within the requirements of urban planning and especially rail installations, how are stations are dealing with the increase in rail traffic and ambitious objectives in terms of expanding passenger traffic? At a time when passenger transport is being deregulated, this is a look at how stations are adapting to fulfil all their functions - welcoming, being accessible, informing, directing, dispatching, transferring, selling, renting and more.

Chair: Jean Dumonteil, journalist
Participants:

• Sophie Boissard, Director, Stations and Connections, SNCF
• Brian Kogan, Deputy Director Railway Markets and Economics, Office of Rail Regulation (UK)
• Fabienne Keller, Senator, Bas-Rhin
• Jochen Schulz, Head of infrastructures, LVS Schleswig-Holstein, Allemagne

Accessibility: an innovative approach to ticketing systems

Participant:

• Philippe Millet - Directeur Systèmes Transport PARKEON

The future of transport lies in the development of innovative practices and the establishment of a mobility chain which is suitable for urban and periurban environments. The development of public transport goes hand in hand with a whole host of new mobility services such as car-pooling, car-sharing, cycling, transport on demand and so on, which need to fit together smoothly into a mobility chain. Is there a trend towards an intermodal chain? Is there a trend in Europe towards the development of an end-to-end offering?

Chair: Robert Viennet, journalist
Participants:

• Eric Chareyron, Head of Marketing, Keolis
• Yves Contassot, President, SAEMES, Paris City Councillor
• Yannick Laurens, Deputy Regional Director, Veolia Transport Méditerranée, CEO, ST2N Nice
• Jean-Noël Loury, Vice-president of Yonne Département Council, Mayor of Val de Mercy
• Marcello Panettoni, Chairman of Asstra (Italy)
• François Saglier, Head of Metro Space and Services Department, RATP

The tram-train: a new mobility offering and a new approach to planning

The rise in the use of 'active mode' transport - walking and cycling - lies at the crossroads of major trends and challenges for our society: combating inactiveness and related health issues; sustainable development; urban quality of life; access to mobility for all, and more.
More than ever before, active modes are emerging as an effective resource for policies relating to both mobility and public health.
What roles should local authorities, public transport operators and healthcare stakeholders be playing in the development of active mobility, and how can they benefit?

Chair: Nicolas Duffour, journalist
Participants:

• Georges Amar, Head of Forward Planning, RATP
• Bernadette Caillard-Humeau, Deputy Mayor of Angers
• Jean-Marie Grellier, Head of mobility and transport, La Rochelle Urban District
• Sonia Lavadinho, Research scientist, Ecole Polytechnique fédérale, Lausanne
• Caroline Paul
• Hubert Peigné, Inter-ministry coordinator for the promotion of bicycle use - A representative from the French Ministry of Health

Bikes in the Netherlands - much more than simply a sustainable option!
Participant:

• Hans Voerknecht, Conseiller international Fietsberaad (Centre de connaissances pour la politique cycliste)

Amid dwindling local authority resources, what alternative modes of funding exist? Could users be asked to pay more, or is the cost of transport in danger of putting the brakes on increased passenger numbers? If so, is this measurable? One of the alternative funding solutions involves making car-based mobility more expensive (carbon tax, congestion charges, decentralisation of parking and parking charges reform). What lessons can be learned from environments which discourage the use of cars? Feedback from across Europe.

Chair: Pierre Kupferman
Participants:

• Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, President of Cascais Town Council, former Transport Minister, Portugal
• Jean-Pierre Farandou, Managing Director, SNCF Proximités
• Guido del Mese, CEO, ASSTRA (Italy)
• Louis Nègre, Senator, Alpes-Maritimes, Vice-Chairman, GART
• Cyrille du Peloux, CEO, Veolia Transport, Chairman of UTP