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    1st International Conference on Corporate Management
    and Human Resources in Public Transport


    Changing the Culture in Public Transport: Moving from Production Industry
    to Service Provider in a Cost Conscious Business
    4-6 March 2009, Bremen, Germany

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    Photo
    awards


    CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

    Download the programme (format PDF)

     

    Wednesday 4 March 2009

       
       

    15:00-17:00

    Technical Visit
     


    Visit the site of the Bremer Straßenbahn AG; insight into drivers dispatching and maintenance workshops including Hybridbus; Presentation of Health and Environmental management system and mobility management including car-sharing deals.


       

    18:30 

    Welcome reception
       
     

    Thursday 5 March 2009

       
       

    09:30 

    Registration - Welcome coffee
       
       

    10:30-12:00

    Opening Session
     


    Welcoming remarks and introduction to the conference

    Chairperson: Hans Rat, Secretary General, UITP, Brussels, Belgium

     

    Official opening
    Sylviane Delmas, Relation de Services, RATP, Paris, France and Chairperson of the UITP Human Resources Commission
     
    Ingrid Lieten, General Director, De Lijn -Vlaamse Vervoermaatschappij, Mechelen, Belgium and Chairperson of the UITP Corporate Management Commission
     
    Local host speeches 
    Karoline Linnert, Bürgermeisterin un Senatorin für Finanzen, Freie Hansestadt Bremen, Germany
     
    Georg Drechsler, Vorstandsvorsitzender, BSAG, Bremen, Germany
     
    Michael Hünig, Arbeitsdirektor, BSAG, Bremen, Germany
     
    Keynote speech
    Leading and managing effective change initiatives
    Hans Brouwer, Managing Director, Imago Groep, Breda, Netherlands and Cluster Leader on Corporate Management of the European Project Sputnic

     


       

    12:00-13:30

    Lunch
       
       

    13:30-15:45

    Session 1: Change Management
     


    Chairperson: Gabriele Bonfanti, Chief of the Human Resources, GTT S.p.A,
    Torino, Italy and Vice-Chairperson of the UITP Human Resources Commission

    Keynote Speech
    Organizational Development and Cultural Change - Managing Customer Oriented Services
    Per Echeverri, Director, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden
     
    Which contribution of employees in restructuring processes?
    Stefan Heimlich, President of Urban Public Transport of ETF, VER.DI Bundesvorstand Bundesfachgruppenleiter, Berlin, Germany
     
    Innovative managerial practices to ensure performance and reactivity of staff
    Philippe Lenaerts, Directeur des Ressources Humaines, Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium
     
    How to make employees responsible and competent via leadership, cooperation and communication?
    Lothar Zweiniger, Vorstand Personal/ Soziales, BVG, Berlin, Germany
     
    Discussion

       

    15:45-16:15

    Coffee break
       
       

    16:15-17:15

    Session 2: Corporate Social Responsibility
     


    Chairperson: Ingrid Lieten, General Director, De Lijn - Vlaamse Vervoermaatschappij, Mechelen, Belgium and Chairperson of the UITP Corporate Management Commission

    LVB: Motivated staff and satisfied customers thanks to sustainable partnership actions
    Peter Müller-Marschhausen, Geschäftsbereichsleiter Personal, Organisation und IT, Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH, Leipzig, Germany
     
    TMB: Making diversity one of the assets of the company
    Maite Peris Colom, Directora of Corporate Promotion and Public Relations, TMB, Barcelona Spain
     
    Discussion

       

    17:15 

    End
       
       

    20:00 

    Official dinner
       
     

    Friday 6 March 2009

       





       

    09:00-11:00

    Session 3: Satisfaction and Motivation at Work
     

    Chairperson and keynote speaker:

    Staff behaviour guideline as a management tool
    Sylviane Delmas, Relation de Services, RATP, Paris, France and Chairperson of the UITP Human Resources Commission
     
    How to maintain employees’ motivation despite cuts in staffing levels?
    Wilhelm Lindenberg, Vorstandbetrieb und Personal, ÜSTRA Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe, Hannover, Germany
     
    Motivating career development plan to improve service relationship and building employees’ loyalty
    Christophe Vacheron, Directeur Général, Transport Public Annemassien (TP2A), Villela-Grand, France
     
    How to overcome resistance of staff facing important structural change?
    Ali Abdollahpour, Safety Manager, TUSRC, Teheran, Iran
     
    Being motivated even if there is a lot of stress at work
    Ralf Gottwald, Directeur Adjoint Ressources Humaines and Werner Nüchterlein, Responsable Sécurité, Véolia Transport, Paris, France
     
    Discussion

       

    11:00-11:30

    Coffee break
       
       

    11:30-12:30

    Session 4: Collective responsibilities towards sustainable development
     


    Chairperson : Sylviane Delmas, Relation de
    Services, RATP, Paris, France and Chairperson of the UITP Human Resources Commission

    Which responsibilities and role for Cities to ensure sustainable mobility?
    Folkert Kiepe, Beigeordneter des Deutschen Städtetages für Stadtentwicklung und Verkehr, CEMR German Section, KÖLN, Germany
     
    Signature of the Sustainable Development Charter (tbc)
    Photo Awards
    Hans Rat, Secretary General UITP and Ingrid Lieten, General Director, De Lijn
    In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the commissions on Human Resources and Corporate Management

       

    12:30-14:00

    Lunch
       
       

    14:00-16:00

    Session 5: Training and Attracting Young People
     


    Chairperson : Angelo Caragiuli, Responsible for Training, BSAG,
    Bremen, Germany

    Keynote Speech
    Professional vocational and continuous training as a contribution to employee workability
    Michael Weber-Wernz, Geschäftsführer VDVAkademie; Bereichsleiter Bildung, VDV, Köln, Germany
     
    Training to make new and young recruits provide attentive and personalised services to customers
    Patricia Le Berre, Chargée de Formation, RATP, Noisiel, France
     
    Overview on training in Europe
    Virginie Bussat, Chef de projet, AFT-IFTIM, Rantigny, France
     
    Transport Academy
    Anne Cambriel, Directrice Formation et Développement du Groupe KEOLIS et Directrice de l’Institut KEOLIS, Paris, France and Isabelle Lerin Basset, Human Ressources International Operations Manager, Keolis, Paris, France
     
    Discussion

       

    16:00-16:30

    Closing remarks
       
       

    16:30 

    Networking coffee
       

    Conference Programme Committee

    Co-Chair: Sylviane Delmas, Relation de Services, RATP, Chairperson of the UITP Commission on Human Resources, and Ingrid Lieten, General Director, De Lijn, Belgium, Chairperson of the UITP Commission on Corporate Management

    Gabriele Bonfanti, Chief of the Human Resources, GTT, Turin, Italy, and vice-chair of the Commission on Human Resources Angelo Caragiuli, Responsible for Training, Bremer Straßenbahn AG, Bremen, Germany and Local Host of the Conference

    Ralf Gottwald, Directeur Adjoint Ressources Humaines, Veolia transport, Nanterre, France

    Alan McCully, Personnel Manager, Translink, Belfast, United Kingdom

    Gisbert Schlotzhauer, Vorstand Personal Kommuni kation und Infrastruktur, Bogestra, Böchum, Germany

    Jean Dekindt, EuroTeam Expert, UITP, Brussels, Belgium

    Cécile Sadoux, Manager, UITP, Brussels, Belgium