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      2nd Sustainable Development Conference
    Making tomorrow today
    22-24 October 2008, Milan, Italy

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    CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

     

    Wednesday 22 October 2008

       
       

    19:00 

    Local Host Welcome cocktail
     

    Palazzo Marino, kindly hosted by the Municipality of Milan


     

    Thursday 23 October 2008

       
       

    09:00-10:00

    Opening Ceremony
     

    Welcome from the City of Milan

    Letizia Moratti, Mayor of Milan, Italy

     

    Welcome From Local Host

    Elio Catania, President of ATM, Milan, Italy

     

    Welcome from UITP

    Hans Rat, UITP Secretary General, Brussels, Belgium

     

    Keynote Speaker

    José María Figueres, Former President of Costa Rica and former Managing Director of the World Economic Forum (invited)


       

    10:00-11:10

    Strategic Thinking for sustainable economic development
     

    Sustainable Development is part of a wider commitment to change at city level and all those that contriute to a city’s performance

    Chair : Heather Allen
    Senior Sustainable Development Manager, UITP, Brussels, Belgium

    Making Munich a leading city
    Lord Mayor Hep Monatzeder, Munich, Germany
     
    The Covenant of Mayors and Milan’s commitment to change
    Edoardo Croci, Milan, Italy
     
    A leading company recognizes its responsibility to its shareholders and the communities it serves
    Glenn Frommer, Sustainable Development Manager, MTR, Hong Kong

    Title to be confirmed
    Marrcello Panettoni, President of Asstra, Rome, Italy

       

    11:10-11:30

    Coffee break and Poster zone visit
       
       

    11:30-12:30

    General Managers Round Table
     

    Moderator: John Inglish
    CEO, Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

     

    Support for a more sustainable approach has to come from the highest level – listening to these ‘agents of change’ will inspire you to do more!

    An international round table panel debate where General Managers from
    Milan, Salt Lake City, New York City, Seoul, Lisbon, Karlsruhe and Barcelona will share their vision and how they are getting there.


       

    12:30-12:45

    Charter signing Ceremony
     

    New pledge and full signatories will show their commitment to sustainable development by signing UITP’s sustainable development charter.


       

    12:45-14:00

    LUNCH
       
       

    14:00-15:00

    How to finance greener and cleaner?
     
    Little can be achieved without the proper funding and financing mechanisms being in place. New and innovative ways of financing the extra capital costs of greener and cleaner technologies and how to justify these costs are at the heart of this session
     
    Chair : Eric Terrier
    Responsable Qualité, TRANSDEV SA, Lyon, France

    Could public transport be a good partner for some of the new innovative carbon based funds? 
    Paul Clements-Hunt, UNEP Finance Initiative (Invited )  
     
    Looking at the economic impact of making Europe’s public transport cleaner and greener
    Guido del Mese, General Director and Chairman of the UITP EU Committee, ASSTRA, Rome, Italy
      
    Justifying higher investments in public transport for sustainability
    Arnulf Schuchmann, Managing Director, S2R Consulting
     
    Sustainable Public Transport Operations – looking closely at value for money
    Markus Wiedemann, Unternehmensbereichsleiter Kraftfahrzeugwerkstätten SSB Stuttgart

       

    14:00-15:00

    Parallel session: Breath Easy
     
    Please keep in mind that no interpretation is provided for the parallel sessions

    Chair: Bernard D'Amour
    Director of Public Affairs, Canadian Urban Transit Association(CUTA), Toronto, Canada
     
    Journey Planning for Cycling: making non motorized transport (NMT) a more useful ally for public transport
    Petteri Sipilä, Planner, Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council(YTV), Finland
     
    Moving people within an extraordinary environment
    Gabriella Bianconi, Communication and Quality Manager, Azienda Perugina della Mobilità(APM), Italy
      
    Substitute trolleybuses by diesel or gas buses? Debate and recent decisions in Switzerland
    Mario Keller, INFRAS, Bern, Switzerland
      
    Reduction of GHG emissions and improving air quality by introducing of CNG and non motorized vehicles in Dhaka, Bangladesh
    Hasibul Hasan Hasib, Enforcement Officer, Air quality management project, Department of Environment, Bangladesh

       

    15:00-15:30

    Coffee break and Poster zone visit
       
       

    15:30-17:00

    Can communication change behaviours?
     

    Communicating sustainability internally and externally is a key issue.

    Best practices on this hot topic will help focus the discussion on how to get people to make public transport their preferred mobility mode .

     

    Chair: Eveline Branders

    Joint Chair of the UITP Climate Change Communications Working Group and Sustainable Development Manager, Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles(STIB), Brussels, Belgium

    An insight into communicating sustainability

    Mike Longhurst, Senior Vice President, Business Development EMEA, McCann & Erickson, London, United Kingdom 

     

    Sustainability in Carris – Act Today… Save Tomorrow
    Inês Matos, Marketing Technician, Carris, Lisbon, Portugal
     

    Excellence through effective communication systems

    K.N. Ingalagi, Chief Manager, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation, India  

     

    STIB comes to the aid of the poles

    Jean-Pierre Alvin, Communication Director, Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles(STIB), Brussels, Belgium


       

    15:30-17:00

    Parallel session: Cities World Café
     

    Please keep in mind that no interpretation is provided for the parallel sessions

    Learning experiences from cities

     

    Chair: Elaine Seagriff

    Strategy and Policy Manager, Transport for London, United Kingdom

    The “DUO auto+bus” program: a sustainable approach to urban flexible mobility

    Marco Viviani, Development and public relations director, Communauto, Montreal, Canada

     

    SAMOT (Service And Marketing Oriented Transport research)

    Mikael Johnson, Professor, Karlstad University, Sweden

     

    The experience of the Province of Bologna in integrating urban and mobility sustainable planning into local climate action plans.

    Tommaso Bonino, Technical director, SRM, Bologna, Italy

     

    Novel visualisations of sustainability performance metrics – using Sydney as an example

    Ken Doust, Doctoral Candidate and Analyst in RailCorp, University of New South Wales, Australia

     

     


       

    18:30-20:00

    Charter Signatories networking cocktail in the Poster Zone
     


     (kindly hosted by TRANSDEV)


       

    20:00 

    GALA DINNER
       
     

    Friday 24 October 2008

       
       

    09:00-10:30

    Climate Change Round Table
     

    The present global focus on climate change presents public transport with a huge opportunity but is the sector well positioned to benefit, and do we know enough about it? Experts bring examples and challenges that still need to be resolved.  

    Chair : Michel Bourbonnière
    Gestionnaire corporatif - Développement durable, Société des Transports de Montréal, Canada

    How to assess the CO2 emissions avoided by PT?
    Dominique Delis, Sustainable Development director, Veolia Transport, Paris, France
     
    An integrated transport strategy for a better environmental protection and local well being
    Anne Vicenzotti, Project Officer, Nantes Métropole, Nantes, France
     
    Measures to Alleviate Global Warming
    Seiji Shima, Deputy General Manager, East Japan Railway Company, Tokyo, Japan
     
    Small Scale rapeseed oil production for buses in local PT
    Ylva Cohn, Responsible of environmental issues, Upplands Localtrafik, Sweden

       

    10:30-11:00

    Coffee break and Poster zone visit
       
       

    11:00-12:30

    More people now live in cities than ever before and the role of local authorities is increasingly important.
     

    This session supported by the UITP Organising Authorities Committee covers the different roles and partnerships required for sustainable communities.  

    Chair : Claudio Masi
    CEO and Chair of UITP Organising Authority Committee, Agenzia Mobilita E Ambiente, Milan, Italy
     
    Promoting sustainability in the local context: The experience of the PT authority of Madrid
    Carlos Cristobal-Pinto, Head of studies and planning department, Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid, Spain  
     
    Clean and sustainable mobility in the Province of Gelderland
    Coen Volp, Province Gelderland, Arnhem, The Netherlands  
     
    Milan Strategy and measures for Sustainable Mobility and its Eco pass
    Claudio Masi, President and CEO, Agenzia Mobilita’ e Ambiente s.r.l., Milan, Italy
     
    Brussels: a new mobility plan
    Thierry Duquenne, Chief Engineer, Brussels Mobility Plan, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 
     
    Le rôle d’une agence métropolitaine dans l’élaboration et le leadership d’une politique de développement durable. Le cas de Montréal
    Robert Olivier, Vice-President Planning and Innovation, Agence Métropolitaine de Transport, Montreal, Canada

       

    11:00-12:30

    Parallel session: Sharing Lessons from other Sectors
     
    Please keep in mind that no interpretation is provided for the parallel sessions
     
    Chair: Oliver Glaser
    Projektleiter, Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Masdar, a zero carbon on zero waste community
    Fabio Casiroli, Systematica, Milan, Italy 
     
    Logistics and Public Transport – Natural allies in sustainable transport
    Héloïse Boyer, Chargée de Développement Durable, TNT Express, Lyon, France

       

    12:30-14:00

    LUNCH
       
       

    14:00-15:30

    People, profit and planet! As the world's population now tips 6 billion, the social dimension of sustainability cannot be neglected.
     

    This session will cover health, social inclusion and the role of transport organisations within the social context.

     
    Chair: Manuel Barriga
    Director Desarrollo Personal Y Politica Social, Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB), Spain

    Making the links between transport, Health and Environment
    Francesca Racioppi, Acting Head of Unit, World Health Organisiation, Transport (WHO), Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (The PEP), Rome, Italy
      
    Transport, Social exclusion and well-being: some evidence
    John Stanley, Bus association Victoria, Australia

    How to build sustainable partnerships with employees and citizens
    Peter Müller-Marschhausen, Geschäftsbereichsleiter Personal und Organisation, Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe, Germany

       

    15:30-16:30

    Closing Ceremony
     

    Closing speech
    Roberto Cavalieri

    CEO and UITP President, Metro Roma, Italy

    Window on the future - Youth Parliament Report 

    YOUTH

    Sustainable Development is all about safeguarding the planet for future generations and UITP fully recognizes the importance of incorporating the views of young people in the ongoing debate about public transport. A panel of young people will attend the sessions and present a report in the closing session. This action is part of UITP’s wider outreach to young people and upcoming report at the World Congress in Vienna (June 2009).

     


       

    16:30 

    Farewell drink
     


    Conference Programme Committee members

     
    Chairman:   Eric Terrier, Transdev, France 
    Members:   Manuel Barriga, Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, Spain
                      Eveline Branders, Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles, Belgium
                      Marie-Xavière Wauquiez, Keolis, France                
                      Glenn Frommer, Mass Transit Railway Corporation Ltd. Hong Kong
                      Gunnar Heipp, Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft Germany    
                      Elena Montafia, Azienda Trasporti Milanesi, Italy
                      Elaine Seagriff, Transport for London, United Kingdom