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    Programme

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    7 June 2010

       
       

    08:30 

    Registration
       
       

    09:00 

    Welcome address
     

    Pierre Mongin, Chairman and CEO of RATP


       

    09:15 

    Opening of the conference
     

    Cyrille du Peloux, President of UTP


       

    09:30 

    Introduction
     

    Three years after the conference of Barcelona, why this conference?
    Josep D. Guardia Canela, former Director of Legal Affairs of TMB     (Barcelona)


       

    09:45 

    Current market developments
     
    • European overview
      Brigitte Ollier, Director of UITP EuroTeam
    • Focus on four countries
      • Sweden:
        Stenerik Ringqvist, Senior Advisor, EU Affairs,
        Svensk Kollektivtrafik
      • Portugal:
        Francisco de Seabra Ferreira, Senior Advisor to the
        Board Metropolitano de Lisboa
      • Poland:
        Robert Maczynski, International Affairs Advisor,
        MPK Poznan
      • Italy:
        Alessia Nicotera, Legal Affairs Director, ASSTRA
         
      • Discussion

       

    11:30 

    Coffee break
       
       

    12:00 

    Remaining issues with the application of PSO regulation
     
    • Still some uncertainties!
      Thomas Avanzata, Consultant
    • What is the European Commission doing to help?
      Salvatore D’Acunto, Head of Unit, DG MOVE,
      European Commission
       
    • Discussion

       

    13:00 

    Lunch
       
       

    14:30 

    Impact of the PSO regulation on the opening of the rail market in Europe
     
    • Bernhard Wewers, President of the Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Aufgabentraeger des SPNV (association of German competent authorities for regional rail transport)
    • Cyrille du Peloux, President of UTP
    • Discussion

       

    15:30 

    The PSO regulation: a tool to improve public transport?
     

    Facing the current crisis, public transport must make a better use of the resources currently at its disposal. Will the PSO Regulation be fruitful in improving the efficiency and quality of public transport services?

    Introduction
    The PSO regulation from an economical point of view
    Andrew Meaney, Managing Consultant, Oxera

    Round Table
    chaired by Alain Flausch, President of UITP

    • Michel Bleitrach, CEO of Keolis
    • Elio Cosimo Catania, CEO of ATM, Milan 
    • Tony Depledge, President of the UITP EU-Committee
    • Gilles Savary, former MEP, member of the TRAN
      Committee, and Vice-president of the Conseil Général
      of Gironde (tbc)
    • Coen Volp, President of the UITP assembly of
      Organising Authorities
       
    • Discussion

       

    17:00 

    Closure of the conference
       
       

    20:00 

    Dinner offered by UTP
     

    Musée des Arts Forains
    53, avenue des Terroirs de France
    75012 Paris