Conference

update: September 30, 2004

Provisional programme EU-conference 'Energy in Motion'

"How can Europe bring about a clean and climate-neutral road transport system in such a way as to secure its future energy supply and boost the innovativeness of its economy?"

PROGRAMME 19 OCTOBER 2004
venue: Renaissance Hotel, Amsterdam

Towards a common understanding on challenges and an inspiring European perspective on energy and sustainable mobility.

11.45 Registration and check-in  
  Lunch buffet 
13.15 Opening and welcome
    Word of welcome Karla Peijs; Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, The Netherlands.
Chair's opening speech Simon Upton; OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development.
13.30 Introductory speeches 
    Challenges for the European Union François Lamoureux; Director-General Transport and Energy, European Commission.
Driving forces for Japan Yukihiro Ezaka; Director for Environmentally Friendly Vehicles, Ministry of Transport.
Driving forces for the United States Tyler Duvall; Deputy Assistant Secretary, US Department of Transportation.
14.30 Working on Sustainable mobility: Recent experiences indicate the challenges ahead  
  What happens when global companies formulate challenges and next steps with respect to sustainable mobility? Charles Nicholson; Chair of the Energy & Climate Group of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and Group Senior Advisor BP.
Improving communications between car manufacturers and government is necessary to overcome market barriers affecting the shift towards new vehicles and fuels. Greg Archer; Director Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership, United Kingdom.
Car-dating, Park & Ride, road pricing, taxi & train, peak-hour-lanes, free train-transport for students... Successes and failures in Dutch experiences with innovations in the transport sector. Jeroen van den Bergh; Professor of environmental economics, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Spatial Economics & Institute for Environmental Studies, Free University Amsterdam.
15.30
Parallel sessions: towards a common European approach  
1

Public/private leadership: taking 12 multinationals up on their offer.

Introductory speech:Steve Howard; The Climate Group.

Round table discussion moderated by: Anders Wijkman; member European Parliament.

2

Tackling the challenges: looking for a common understanding on the sense of urgency and the role of the transport sector.

Introductory speeches: Corrado Clini; Ministry of Environment, Italy, Jacqueline McGlade; European Environmental Agency.

Round table discussion moderated by: Richard Gilbert; Centre for Sustainable Transportation, Toronto.

3 Fuels and power trains: looking for a viable range of promising options.

Introductory speeches: Matthias von Randow; Federal Ministry of Transport, Germany, Bruno Costes; Peugeot-Citroën S.A. (PSA), France, Peter Tjan; European Petroleum Industry Association.

Round table discussion moderated by: Lee Schipper, Embarq, USA.

17:00 Discussion and chair's conclusions  
19.00 Social programme
   Transfer by boat, evening tour of Amsterdam canals  
Dinner at Hotel The Grand Speech by Job Cohen; Mayor of Amsterdam.
22:00 End of social programme
  Transfer by boat to Renaissance Hotel

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PROGRAMME 20 OCTOBER 2004
venue: Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam

How to move on? Exploring possible 'next steps' towards sustainable mobility.

  Breakfast at the Renaissance Hotel and check out 
08.30 Transfer by environmentally friendly buses to the Westergasfabriek
09.30 Working on sustainable mobility: what can we do now? 
      Opening Pieter van Geel; State Secretary of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment, The Netherlands.
Next steps for clean and climate neutral fuels Rein Willems; President Director Shell The Netherlands BV.
CO2 emission reductions, status and way forward Ivan Hodac; Secretary General of ACEA, the EU Automobile Manufacturers Association.
Toyota's Innovations to Sustainable Mobility Tadashi Yamashina; Managing Officer, Toyota Motor Corporation.
150 Years of experience in innovation - infrastructures for the future Martin van Pernis; Chief Executive Officer Siemens Nederland BV.
10.45 Parallel sessions: looking at the work at hand 
4
Improving energy efficiency: a no-regret option for making short term progress

Introductory speeches: Neville Jackson, Ricardo, United Kingdom, Government representative from Hungary (invited), Dick van den Broek Humphreij; EVO, The Netherlands.

Round table discussion moderated by: Malcolm Fergusson; Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), United Kingdom.

 5
Kickstarting markets: breaking the chicken-and-egg dilemma

Introductory speech: Per Carstedt; BioAlcohol Fuel Foundation, Sweden.

Round table discussion moderated by: Adnan Rahman; Rand Europe.

6
Sustainable urban transport: clean vehicles for healthy cities

Introductory speeches: Robert Thaler; Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Enrico Zanelli; POLIS, Speaker from Policy Advisory Committee CIVITAS cities (invited).

Round table discussion moderated by: Udo Becker; University of Technology Dresden, Germany.

12.15 Lunch & exhibition 
  Exhibition and demonstration of environmentally friendly vehicles Hydrogen, hybrid, electrical, gas and light weight cars, vans, garbage trucks, buses and scooters. Test drives can be made with the fuel cell car of General Motors, the Toyota Prius and Lexus RX400H from Toyota, the Fiësta micro Hybride from Ford and the Berlingo eleqtrique from Citroën.

14.30

Chair's conclusions, joint perspectives and next steps for Europe
   Forum discussion
Handing over recommendations to Dutch goverment representatives
16.00 Cocktail hour at the exhibition
17:00 End of Conference  
  Transfer to Renaissance Hotel and/or Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 

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