EPTA Annual Conference 2002 on Transport and Mobility

PROGRAMME

Monday 21 October

10.00am Council meeting. Attended by EPTA Directors and Board members. (Macmillan Room, Portcullis House)

1.30pm Registration (Attlee Suite, Portcullis House)

2.00pm Conference starts, plenary session (Attlee Suite, Portcullis House)

Welcome, Lord Oxburgh KBE Member of the POST Board and Chair of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee

Road safety (Tore Tonnøe, Norwegian Board of Technology)
Norwegian and Swedish authorities have recently launched an ambitious 'zero vision' in order to drastically reduce the rate of accidents on the roads. Information and communication technologies could make a major contribution through, for example, automated speed adjustment, traffic adjusted cruise controls and systems that automatically react. These technological possibilities raise many questions about technological control, vulnerability and privacy.

Traffic telematics (Katrin Schneeberger, Centre for Technology Assessment, Switzerland)
In road, just as in rail transport, information and communication technologies are taking on an ever-increasing significance regarding aspects such as information systems, traffic management, road pricing, and ticketing. There is a wide range of potential applications for traffic telematics applications. These are considered in the context of social, economic and ecological and political issues.

Galileo satellite navigation system (Malcolm Harbour MEP, Scientific and Technological Options Assessment, European Parliament)
Satellite navigation and positioning systems offer the potential for major improvements to the safety and efficiency of transport systems. They also have application in a wide range of other activities, from agriculture to oil and gas exploration. However, the development of a European Global Navigation Satellite System, known as Galileo, has many implications for European Union strategic, political, economic, industrial, employment, security, and defence interests.

Transport systems and new technologies (Committee for Scientific and Technological Assessment, Italy)
The findings from a recent Parliamentary meeting will be presented.

Sustainable energy supplies for the mobility sector (Dr Reinhard Gruenwald, Office of Technology Assessment, Germany)
The general concept of "sustainable development" - with its three dimensions: ecology, economy and social equity - is widely endorsed as a guiding principle for future development. However it is not easy to derive from it concrete measures to reach this goal. The political instruments and measures for the implementation of sustainable development in the mobility sector will be considered.

4.30pm End. Free time.

5.30pm Bus leaves Portcullis House for the Swiss Ambassador’s Residence.

6.00pm Cocktail reception at the Swiss Ambassador’s residence, 21 Bryanston Square, W1H 2DR. The EPTA presidency will pass to Switzerland in 2003.

7.30pm Bus leaves the Swiss Ambassador’s residence for the Royal Society.

8.00pm Conference dinner.
The Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y 5AG. The Royal Society is a no smoking building.

Tuesday 22 October

Light railways (Professor Pia Koskenoja, Tampere University of Technology, Finland)
Light railways offer both advantages and disadvantages over other methods of transport. Their construction impacts on regional development in general and on mobility.

Urban mobility issues (Dirk Holemans MP, Flemish Institute for Science and Technology Assessment)

10.30am Parallel workshops.

Visions of the future: to explore how ‘the future’ is conceived and constructed by a range of institutions and consider how the concept could be better put into practice in technology assessment (Attlee Suite, Portcullis House)

Public trust and science: to explore the ongoing debate on the status and 'legitimacy' of science and technology and consider how Parliaments can respond to the challenges of public trust. (Room R, Portcullis House)

12.30pm Lunch

2.00pm Plenary session (Attlee Suite, Portcullis House)

Feedback from the workshops.

Discussion of how issues discussed at the conference might be expected to develop over the next year.

4.00pm Conference ends. Tea and coffee will be available.

5.00pm Access without Excess: cars, roads and the environment The 2002 AA lecture. Professor David Cope.

6.30pm Buffet meal

Wednesday 23 October

Either

9.00 am Visit to the Transport Research Laboratory, a centre of excellence providing world-class research, advice and solutions for all issues relating to land transport. See www.trl.co.uk for more information.
Please meet at the entrance to Portcullis House. The bus will depart (promptly) at 9am.
2.00pm End. A bus will return to Portcullis House. For any delegates who wish to make their own arrangements, the Transport Research Laboratory is based 30 minutes from Heathrow airport.

Or

10.20am Tour of the Houses of Parliament and the clock tower (Big Ben).
Please meet outside the Sovereign’s Entrance to the Parliament buildings. The Sovereign’s Entrance is at the end of the Houses of Parliament furthest from Portcullis House. If necessary, please ask the police for directions.
12.15 End


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