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  ECOMM 2009 - Programme at a glance  
     
 

Over 60 speakers have been allocated across 27 parallel sessions and interactive workshops to share practical experiences on all aspects of Mobility Management, including:
  • Evaluation and Cost Benefit
  • Urban Planning
  • Winning back public spaces Local Access
  • The renaissance of Cycling
  • Health
  • Leisure, Tourism

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Contacts
Keynotespeakers
Conference Fees


Programme, TUESDAY 12 May

Programm, WEDNESDAY 13 May

Programm, THURSDAY 14 May

Programm, FRIDAY 15 May

Programm, SATURDAY 16 May

Leisure Programme

Contacts


Conference details and on-line registration:
http://www.ecomm2009.eu

Registration enquiries:
Txaro Mardaratz Nájera
Phone: + 34 945 14 84 42
Fax: + 34 945 14 37 13
Mobile: + 34 635 72 22 63
Mail: eventos@2ados.es

Programme, sponsorship or exhibition opportunities:
Txaro Mardaratz Nájera
Phone: + 34 945 14 84 42
Fax: + 34 945 14 37 13
Mobile: + 34 635 72 22 63
Mail: eventos@2ados.es

Travel, accommodation, general enquiries:
Viajes Mundo Tres - City Center
Miriam de Santiago
Phone: +34 943 43 05 69
Fax: +34 943 43 10 69
Mail: mdesantiago@viajesmundotres.es
List of Hotels
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Keynote speakers at ECOMM 2009 include:


  • Gilles Savary (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur on the Action Plan on Urban Mobility
  • Eric Schreffler, Transport Consultant, USA
  • Lisa Rücker, Vice Mayor and Mobility Councillor of the City of Graz
  • Robert Thaler, leader of the Austrian Klima-aktiv Programme
  • The Mayor of Bukarest (invited)
  • The Mayor of Irun
  • A representative from IDAE (Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving)
  • Representatives from Donostia-San Sebastian City Council

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Conference Fees

Reduced rate delegates from EPOMM Member States* and EU New Member States**:
Early Registration (until 15 April): 295 Euros
Late Registration: (until 1 May) 395 Euros

Full Rate (delegates from all other states)
Early Registration (until 15 April) 395 Euros
Late Registration (until 1May) 495 Euros

Speakers’ Rate:
100 Euros

Last date for registration: 1 May

*) Austria, Germany, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
**) Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovenia

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TUESDAY 12 May

Technical visit to Bilbao (optional)
  • 14:00 Meeting at Kursaal Palace and trip to Bilbao.
  • 15:30 - 17:30 Visit organised by Bilbao Ria 2000. Public company responsible for the urban regeneration of metropolitan Bilbao. More information at: www.bilbaoria2000.com
  • 19:00 Arrival to San Sebastian

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WEDNESDAY 13 May

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TechnicalVisit: 10.00-13.00
San Sebastian Walking (10:00 a.m. Meet in front of the Kursaal)
We will go for a walk around San Sebastian city centre. We will know at place the most significant urban actions of the last years.

Registration: 13.00-15.30
Welcome Session - Official Inauguration 16.00-16.30

  • Excmo. Sr. Odón Elorza, Mayor of Donostia-San Sebastián.
  • Sr. D. Neil Scales, President of EPOMM, European Platform on Mobility Management.
  • Ilma. Sra. Dńa. Arantza Tapia, Councillor for Mobility and Territorial Planning in the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa.
  • Sr. D. Ángel Aparicio Mourelo, General Director of CEDEX - Ministry of Promotion
  • Sr. D. Juan Luis Plá de la Rosa, Director of Transport Department IDAE (Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving).

Key Note speakers, Panel Discussion: 16.30-18.00

The Politics and Policy Implications of MM Evaluation:
Jesús Torquemada will chair the session
  • Ernesto Gasco, Councillor for Public Safety in the City Council of Donostia-San Sebastian.
  • Juan Luis Plá de la Rosa, Director of Transport Department IDAE (Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving).
  • Eric Schreffler, Transportation Consultant.

Reception offered by Donostia-San Sebastian City Hall at Miramar Palace: 19:30
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THURSDAY 14 May

Welcome and Coffee 09.30-10.00

Parallel Sessions 1: 10:00-11.30

1 How to involve senior citizens in mobility Management (training)
Jan Christiaens, Lies Lambert: MESsAGE: Mobility and the Elderly

2 Sustainable mobility plans and public funding in Spain
Chaired by Mikel Gargallo
  • Fidel Angulo: Ayudas a la Movilidad Sostenible
  • E. de Diego, V. Mascarell, C. Molinero: Gandia
  • Gerardo Lertxundi: CIVITAS at Donostia - San Sebastián

3 Evaluation methodologies for Mobility Management
Chaired by Wim van Tilburg
  • Timo Finke: Guidelines for the evaluation of Mobility Management programmes
  • Friso Metz: Standardized evaluation of Mobility Management
  • Anna-Lena Söderlind, Catrin Wallinder: Follow-up and evaluation with SARA and SUMO

4 Convincing campaigns
Chaired by Annemie van Uyten
  • Bodil Dürebrandt: Successful collaboration - Evaluation of the European Mobility Week in Gävle 2008
  • Luca Lucietti, Caroline Mattson: Campaigning the Campaign
  • Satoshi Fujii, Atsushi Koike: From car to sustainable travel mode: personally beneficial ?

5 Integrated approach for urban planning
Chaired by Roberto de Tommasi
  • Masahiko Moritomo: Comprehensive MM measures and cost-benefit performance in urban areas
  • Janina Welsch: Cross-national comparisons of integrating MM and land use planning in the EU
  • José Manuel Barrios: Moving forward a sustainable urban mobility

6 The renaissance of cycling
Chaired by Pascal J.W. van den Noort
  • Miguel Bea, Esther Anaya: Cost-benefit evaluation of Bicing
  • Francis Dominic: Dr Bike event analysis
  • Sophie Tyler: Managing the cycling renaissance in Bankside

7 Health benefits by Mobility Management
Chaired by Gudrun Uranitsch
  • Alex Bulmer, Paul Osborne: Bike it - Increasing cycling to school
  • Janet Klara Djomba: LIFE CYCLE - Promotion of healthy mobility behaviour throughout the entire life time
  • Arlene Finn, Finola O'Driscoll: Counting the benefits - Linking Health & Transport to benefit Business

Coffee Break 11.30-12.00

Parallel Sessions 2: 12.00-13.30

8 How to evaluate MM with the new standard for evaluation: MAX SUMO ? (training)
Pernilla Hyllenius, Annika Nilsson: MaxSUMO ECOMM training session

9 EPOMM Award workshop 1
Chaired by Nathalie Granes
Presentation of the shortlisted best EPOMM award projects for best mobility plans (Part one)
The shortlisted to be present in this session are:

Category Public Authorities
  • SELTRANS (South East London Transport Strategy) (UK)
  • Provincia di Asti (Italy)
  • WestTrans Travel Plans (UK)

Category Networks
  • Association de Développement du Commerce de Lyon, 7čme Arrondissement (France)
  • Aéroport International de Genčve (AIG) (Switzerland)
  • London Borough of Sutton (UK)

10 Mobility management experiences in Spain
Chaired by Antonio Lucio Gil
  • José Felix Basozabal, Iker Maguregi: Foro de concertacion sobre de gestion de la demanda de movilidad
  • Arantza Arocena: La autoridad territorial de transporte de Gipuzkoa
  • Rafael Requena Valiente: Movilidad en la Universitad A. de Barcelona

11 Sustainable Urban Transport Plans (SUTP) to enhance life quality
Chaired by Karen Vancluysen
  • Frank Bus, Jaap Kik, Rogier Groenewegen: Mobility Management in harbour redevelopment
  • David Knight: Travel plan target setting and evaluation: getting it right!
  • Christelle Merkez, Fréd Predalii, Dom. Riou: Dealing with MM within the Reg Masterplan and the Reg Tr Plan of Ile-de France

12 New planning experiences
Chaired by Anette Enemark
  • Aljaz Plevnik: Mobility management and urban planning in EU new member states
  • Karl-Heinz Posch: Mobility guidebook for new city development in Vienna
  • Matthew Prince: A new way to plan - supporting local authorities and developers

13 Multimodality and accessibility
Chaired by Vanessa Holve
  • Robert Clavel: Carsharing in France: a strong potential development
  • Eva Martin-Diener: Integrated MM in Magglingen / Evilard
  • Mado Ruys: Train - Alternative in the A2 motorway corridor approach

14 Active travel for a healthier lifestyle
Chaired by Eva Kozak
  • Richard Armitage: Promoting active travel for healthier lifestyles in Wigan Borough
  • Sam Margolis: Tower Hamlets Active Travel

Lunch 13.30-15.00

Plenary Session 15:00-16:30

Interpretation: EN-ES-FR

15:00 - 15:15 Welcome address Adela Martinez-Cachá Martinez, Deputy Mayor Murcia City Council, VicePresident IEE Agency Murcia and Chair of the EUROCITIES Mobility Forum

15:15 - 16:15 Financing of urban transport: Flexibility and optimisation
Moderation: Gilles Savary, MEP (PSE, France)
  • Opening remarks, Gilles Savary, MEP (PSE, France)

- Discussion
  • Gilles Savary, MEP (PSE, France)
  • Reinhard Rack, MEP (EPP, Austria)
  • Sir Albert Bore, Committee of the Regions (Spain)
  • Roman Jakič , City Councillor of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
  • Adela Martinez-Cacha, Vice- Mayor of Murcia (Spain)
  • Lisa Rücker, Vice-Mayor of Graz (Austria)

16:15 - 16:30 Questions + Closing remarks
  • Gilles Savary, MEP (PSE, France)

Coffee Break 16:30-17:00

Parallel Sessions 3: 17.00-18.30

15 EPOMM Award workshop 2
Chaired by Fiona Glover
Presentation of the shortlisted best EPOMM award projects for best mobility plans (Part two)
The shortlisted to be present in this session are:

Category Employers
  • City of Göteborg, Traffic and Public Transport Authority (Sweden)
  • Meadowhall Shopping Centre (UK)
  • Merck Serono S.A. (Switzerland)
  • Siveco Romania SA (Romania)

16 MM affecting land use and transport policies in Spain
Chaired by Pedro Puig-Pey
  • Victor Sanchez: REACTIVA
  • Santiago Penalba, Loly Sierra: The impact of urban planning on Mobility Management

17 Tools and guidelines from the EU MAX project
Chaired by Sabine Nallinger
  • S. Basbas, P. Papaioannou, I. Politis: Can traffic simulation models contribute on Mobility Management evaluation? A conceptual analysis
  • Pernilla Hyllenius, Annika Nilsson: MaxSUMO: A common method for evaluation of MM
  • Annemie Van Uyten, Tom Tye: Mobility Management in EU cities: quality management based approach

18 Mobility Management as a process outcome
Chaired by Laurie Pickup
  • Aura Haidimoshi Innovator approach for the mobility plans implementation in Bucharest
  • Lars Lutje Schipolt: Successes of the private-public approach: the regional MM covenants
  • Magdalena Nillsson: Evaluation of 2 years regional co-operation centre for sustainable transport

19 Cycling: a matter of habital behaviour ?
Chaired by Anette Enemark
  • Thomas Stokell: Getting more people cycling - How do we achieve behaviour change ?
  • Gudrun Uranitsch: Behaviour change by communication and pedagogical strategies
  • Paul van Beek: The promotion of walking and cycling: Spanish and Dutch cities compared

20 Managing leisure and tourism
Chaired by Eric Schreffler
  • Doris Kammerer, Christian Steiner: Evaluacion y expansion del exitoso e innovada proyecto de movilidad en Tennengau
  • Rita Leimer: MM for recreational and tourist transport
  • Dominik Oetterli: Soccermobile

28 Exploring future strategies for Workplace Mobility Management
Tom Rye, Marcus Enoch, Marco Martens and Friso Metz
The intention of the workshop is to start a general discussion on effective approaches for Mobility Management, taking into account all recent experiences in The Netherlands and Great Britain.


Awards and Dinner 21:00

The dinner and the EPOMM award ceremony will take place in the Hotel Maria Christina (just opposite the Kursaal). The awarded winners will shortly present their projects and the City of Graz, hosting the ECOMM 2010, will be presented.
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FRIDAY 15 MAY


Welcome and Coffee 09.30-10.00

Parallel Sessions 4: 10:00-11.30

21 Eltis café: Value for money of Mobility Management
  • Walter Bien: A new approach for benefit-estimation of Mobility Management and other soft policies

22 How to better integrate Mobility Management with urban planning (training)
Roberto de Tommasi, Aljaz Plevnik, Tom Rye, Janina Welsch

23 Experience in evaluating mobility plans
Charide by Annika Nilsson
  • Nicolas Merle: Simultaneous evaluation of 6 mobility plans
  • Paloma Sánchez-Contador Escudero: Metodología para la evaluación de los planes de movilidad urbana
  • Erna van Balen, W.P. Jongeneel, B.A.M. Staatsen: Assessing health in mobility measures

24 Succes factors in Mobility Management / Cost benefit
Chaired by Christer Ljungberg
  • Paul Buchanan, Nathalie Gay: Smarter travel programmes - Estimating the financial savings to Transport for London
  • Haustein S., Welsch J., Baasch S., Bamberg S., Carreno M. : Evaluation of a theory-based intervention study to reduce individual car use
  • Ayu Miyakawa: Benefit of persuasive communication through mass media

25 Winning back public spaces
Chaired by Maria Alfayate
  • Paul Curtis: The ASTUTE project
  • Ayako Taniguchi: Persuasive common public transport oriented residential choice
  • Anna Thormann: PRO.MOTION and ADD-HOME - redesigning transportation in residential areas for liveable

26 Better local access through Mobility Management
Chaired by Jorge Silva
  • Roger Macket: Evaluating increases in accessibility for socially excluded
  • Marien Bakker: MORAT - from plan to action
  • Alfonso Sanz, Mŕrius Navazo: Environmental evaluation of mobility plans

27 Connecting health and mobility
Chaired by Sophie Tyler
  • Malin Gibrand, Pernilla Hyllenius: Long term effects of Health Cyclist in the County Council of Uppsala
  • Mathias Fiedler: Attaining energy efficient mobility in an ageing society
  • Lies Lambert: The cycling and walking value

Coffee break 11.30-12.00

Closing speeches and ECOMM 2010: 12.00-13.30


  • City Council of Donostia-San Sebastián (Mayor or Councillor)
  • Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa (Councillor or Mobility Director: Pilar Arana)
  • Conclusion of the Conference/ Outlook (Karl-Heinz Posch, EPOMM Coordinator)
  • ECOMM New member: Portugal (Jorge Silva)
  • ECOMM 2010: San Sebastian passes the baton to Graz (vice-mayor of Graz Lisa Rücker and Robert Thaler)

Lunch 13.30-15:00

Technical Visit: 15:00-16:30
Cycling tour
We will know by bike San Sebastian bidegorri (bicycle way net) and other services, like bicycle rent system net.More information

Bus Tour
We will use the local transport and also will know the central facilities and work of San Sebastian local bus service.
More information

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SATURDAY 16 MAY


Technical visit to Bilbao (optional)
08:00 Meeting at Kursaal Palace and trip to Bilbao.
09:00 - 11:00 Visit organised by Bilbao Ria 2000. Public company responsible for the urban regeneration of metropolitan Bilbao. More information at: bilbaoria2000.com
12:00 Arrival to San Sebastian

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Leisure programme:
  • Guided visit to Chillida Leku
  • Guided walk and pintxos degustation
  • San Sebastian and the Basque Coast
  • Dinner in a Cider House