PROGRAMME

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Opening session:

Welcome address: José BLANCO. Spanish Minister of Transport (ES)

Welcome address: Richard THIVIERGE. Transport Canada (CA), Chair of JTRC Committee.

Welcome address: Jack SHORT, Secretary General, ITF

Keynote speech: How transport costs shape the spatial pattern of economic activity Jacques THISSE, Université Catholique de Louvain (BE)

Discussion

Topic 1 : “Trends and developments in inter-urban passenger transport”
Chair: Teófilo SERRANO, President, RENFE (ES)

- The prospects for inter-urban travel demand - Yves CROZET - Laboratoire d'Economie des Transports Lyon (FR)

- International air transport in the future David GILLEN, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (CA)

Discussion

Topic 2 : Adapting the intermodal network to the passenger market : Long-term planning and assessment
Chair: Richard LAFERRIÈRE, Transport Canada (CA)

– When to invest in high-speed rail links and networks? Chris NASH, University of Leeds (UK)

– High-speed inter-city transport systems in Japan: Past, present and the future Katsuhiro YAMAGUCHI / Kiyoshi YAMASAKI, University of Tokyo (JP)

– Inter-urban passenger transport: Economic assessment of major infrastructure projects Gines DE RUS, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ES)

Discussion

Topic 3 : Competition and regulation of interurban travel: towards new regulatory frameworks?
Chair: José VIEGAS, TIS - Transportes, Inovaçâo e Sistemas (PT)

– Competition or cooperation in public transport Botond ABA, KTI, Budapest (HU)

– Governance and regulation Clifford WINSTON, Brookings Institute, Washington (US)

– Long-distance bus services in Europe: concessions or free market? Didier VAN DE VELDE, Delft University of Technology (NL)

Discussion

– Long-Distance Passenger Rail Services in Europe: Market Access Models and Implications for Germany Thorsten BECKERS and Christian VON HIRSCHHAUSEN, Technische Universität Berlin Fabian HAUNERLAND and Matthias WALTER, Dresden University of Technology, Germany

– Competition for long distance passenger rail services: the emerging evidence John PRESTON, University of Southampton (UK)

Discussion

Topic 4 : Transport System Interactions and Innovation
Chair: Panos TZIEROPOULOS, Laboratory for Intermodality and Transport Planning, EPFL (CH)

– When should we provide separate auto and truck roadways? Robert POOLE, Reason Foundation, Los Angeles (US)

– Dedicated lanes, tolls and ITS technology Robin LINDSEY, University of Alberta (CA)

Discussion

- The informed and oriented transport system user Peter ZIMMERMANN, Management Consultant, Munich (DE)

Potential economic impacts of technological and organizational innovation in intermodal access to major passenger terminals

- Francisco TAPIADOR, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo (ES) Jordi MARTI HENNEBERG, Universidad de Lleida (ES)

Discussion

Special Poster Session

Topic 5 : Sustainable inter-urban mobility
Chair: Peter FORSYTH, Monash University, Victoria (AU)

– Managing environmental impacts Per KAGESON, Nature Associates, Stockholm (SE)

– The economics of CO₂ emissions trading for aviation - Peter MORRELL - Cranfield University (UK)

Discussion

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Rodrigo JILIBERTO, TAU Consultora Ambiental, Madrid (Chile)

– Does SEA change outcomes? Maria Rosario PARTIDARIO, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon (PT)

Discussion

Final session:
Chair: Francesc ROBUSTÉ, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya and CENIT, Barcelona (ES)

- Sustainable mobility: Research and politics Cristina NARBONA RUIZ, Ambassador (ES) Concepción GUTIÉRREZ del Castillo , Secretary of State for Transport (ES) Paolo COSTA, President, Venice Port Authority (I), Member of the International Transport Forum Advisory Board

Transfer to Chamartin Railway Station
Visit to Segovia by High Speed Train