Final Programme - IT-TRANS

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Wednesday | 15 February 2012
09:30 -10:30 | Entrance hall
Session 1 | OPENING – Keynote
Moderation: Alessandra Gorini, Youth Project Coordinator, UITP,
Brussels, Belgium
Welcoming addresses
Britta Wirtz, Speaker of the Management Board KMK (Karlsruher Messeund
Kongress-GmbH), Karlsruhe, Germany
Alain Flausch, Secretary General, UITP (International Association of Public
Transport), Brussels, Belgium
Margret Mergen, First Mayoress of the City of Karlsruhe, Germany
Dr. Veit Steinle, Director-General, Environmental Policy and Infrastructure,
Department Policy Issues, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and
Urban Development, Berlin, Germany
Representative of Dr. Peter Ramsauer, German Federal Minister of Transport,
Building and Urban Development, Berlin, Germany
Opening address from Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the European Commission,
Commissioner for Transport, Brussels, Belgium,
delivered by Max Strotmann, Member of the Cabinet, Brussels, Belgium
Keynote speech: The Incentive-Zone. How to seduce people to use more
sustainable modes of transport
Marcel Meeuwissen, Senior Consultant Mobility and Accessibility, City of
Enschede, Netherlands
COFFEE BREAK
11:00 -12:30 | Sessions room, hall 1
Session 2 | World – International best practices
Chair: Frithjof Struye, Senior Advisor, Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH,
Mönchengladbach, Germany
• Is there a best practice for journey planning? A survey of European
journey planners reveals best practice in usability and fulfilling user
demands.
Birgitte Woolridge, Marketing Manager, Rejseplanen A/S, Copenhagen,
Denmark
• The latest IT systems to improve subway management of SMRT
Su Min Hong, Manager, Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation,
Seoul, Korea
• A critical view on a promising EMV approach. To what extent is EMV
a solution for interoperability, and is this only the beginning of true
ID-based ticketing?
Michael Leach, CEO, ITSO Limited, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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Natural disasters and their impact on IT systems. Last March, an earthquake
and subsequent tsunami hit Japan hard. We examine how it affected
the railway IT system and what we must learn!
Kazuhiko Aida, Deputy Director, East Japan Railway Company (France),
Paris, France
LUNCH BREAK (hall 1)