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    CONFERENCE
    Public service contracts in the European Union
    & contractual relationships
    Current experiences and Future Developments, 23 OCTOBER 2007, BARCELONA

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    PROGRAMME

     

    22 October 2007
       
       

      

    		 Welcome cocktail
     


            Hosted by TMB

    Starts at 07.30 pm


     

    23 October 2007
       
       

    08:30 

    		 Registration
       
       

    09:00 

    		 Opening of the Conference
     


    Jordi HEREU, Mayor of Barcelona
    Hans RAT, Secretary General of UITP
    Guido     DEL MESE, President of the UITP EU Committee


       

    09:15 

    		 Workshop 1: The national legal frameworks - What will change due to the European regulation?
     


    Moderator    : Josep GUARDIA CANELA,  Director de l’Assessoria Juridica, TMB, Barcelona

     

    Jean-Marc VANDENBROUCKE, Belgium

    Bruno GAZEAU, France

    Adolf MULLER HELLMANN, Germany

    Attila ANTAL Hungary

    Alberto RHO, Italy

    Willem LELY, Netherlands

    Francisco de SEABRA FERREIRA, Portugal

    Steve NEWSOME, United Kingdom 


       

    11:00 

    		 Coffee Break
       
       

    11:30 

    		 Workshop 2: Main consequences of the new regulation on public service obligations:
     

     

    Moderator: Brigitte OLLIER, Director of UITP-EuroTeam

    Concrete distinction between public procurement and concessions as covered by the regulation on Public Service Obligations
    The example of France

    Valérie BEAUDOUIN, Head of the legal department, UTP, the French  association of public transport undertakings

     

    Transformation process of a public operator (with direct award) into an operator active on the European market
    The example of Lérida (Spain)

    Miguel MARTÍ ESCURSELL, Consejero Delegado del Grupo SARBUS


     

    The new regulation within the context of stricter national legislation
    The example of Italy

    Alessia NICOTERA, Head of legal and general affairs service of ASSTRA, the Italian association of public transport undertakings

     


    High quality public transport – how to achieve it by tendering?
    The example of Sweden

    Bernt NIELSEN, Senior adviser of SLTF, the Swedish association of organising authorities


       

    13:00 

    		 Lunch
       
       

    14:30 

    		 Workshop 3: Innovative contracts from the operator's perspective
     


    Moderador    : Constantí SERRALLONGA TINTORE, Councillor Delegate, TMB


    New infrastructure development and operation through private operators – concession contracts and BOT
    François-Xavier PERIN, Deputy director general, Transdev

     

    Integrated network coordination and operation by a private operator
    the example of Limburg (Netherlands),

    René DE BEER, Chief Operating Officer, Veolia.

     

    How can the entrepreneurial spirit and innovation capacity of operators be best fostered to the advantage of passengers?–what is important?
    The example of rail tendering/contracts,

    Veit SALZMANN, Director, Hessische Landesbahn, Germany

     

    Developing public transport services without financial compensation
    The example of     Krakow (Poland),

    Zbigniew PALENICA, Vice-President of the Board & Finance Manager, Miejskie Przedsiebiorstwo Komunikacyjne SA (MPK)


       

    16:00 

    		 Workshop 4: What share of responsibility between the authority and the operator?
     


    Moderador    : (Philippe SEGRETAIN, Honorary President of UITP EU-Committee)


    Short film/interview from 


    -Peter BATCHELOR, Transport Minister of the state of Victoria- Australia,  
    -Bernie CAROLAN, Director of Metlink.

    Reaction from


    - Claudio MASI, President of the Organising Authorities Committee of UITP and President and CEO of the Mobility and Environment Agency of Milan 
    - Keith BASTOW, Director New Business Development, ARRIVA Plc


    Discussion and adoption of a recommendation from operator’s side (from the conference participants)


       

    17:00 

    		 Conclusion and closure
     


    - Josep GUARDIA CANELA, Director de l’Assessoria Juridica,     TMB
    -     Guido DEL MESE, President of the UITP EU-Committee


       

    17:30 

    		 End of conference
       
     

    24 October 2007
       
       

      

    		 Technical visit
     

    Option 1: Visit to the depot of the Metro and Bus “El Triangle Ferroviari”

     

    Option 2: Visit to the operating of the Tourist Bus → visit to the depot and route around Barcelona.

     

    NB. To register for the technical visit, please contact Alessandra Tranquilli, alessandra.tranquilli@uitp.org