Workshop 7 - What Future for Alpine Transport?

September 22nd & 23rd 2003, Brussels, Belgium

Will disseminate and deliberate the results of ALP-NET and seek the establishment of a framework for the continuation of the concertation among relevant actors from science, policy, the economy and society more generally.

Monday, September 22nd 2003

Session I Consolidated ALP-NET/CAFT Alpine Data Report Chair: Michael Schmidt - ICCR
09:30 - 09:40:	Chair’s Introduction
09:30 - 09:40:	Chair’s Introduction
09:40 - 10:10:	Keynote: The Consolidated Alpine Data Report based on the Cross-Alpine Freight Transport Survey Christian Reynaud - NESTEAR & Adrian Vilcan - NEA
10:10 - 10:30:	National Statements on Joint CAFT/ALP-NET Report Michel Houée - French Ministry of Transport Thomas Spiegel - Austrian Ministry of Transport Yvonne Achermannt - Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development
10:30 - 10:40:	The Swiss-EU Alpine Observatory Anna Panagopoulou - European Commission, DG TREN
10:40 - 11:00:	Discussion
11:00 - 11:20:	Coffee Break
Session II Intermodal Transport and Alternative Routes Chair: Alain Rathery - ECMT
11:20 - 11:30:	Chair’s introduction
11:30 - 12:00:	Keynote: Intermodal Trans-Alpine Transport and Alternative Routes or Solutions Antonio Musso - DITS, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’
12:00 - 12:10:	Policy Developments in the Framework of EU Stefan Tostmann - European Commission, DG TREN
12:10 - 12:20:	The Recent policy Development on the Motorways of the Sea as part of the TEN Transport Network Anna Panagopoulou - European Commission, DG TREN
12:20 - 12:30:	Combined Road-Air Transport Across the Alps Theodor Allemann - International Union of Combined Road-Air Transport Companies
12:30 - 13:00:	Discussion
13:00 - 14:30:	Lunch
Session III Infrastructure Pricing and Trans-Alpine Transport Policy Chair: Panos Tzieropoulos - EPFL, Lausanne
14:30 - 14:40:	Chair’s introduction
14:40 - 15:10:	Keynote Presentation: Pricing and Financing of Infrastructure in the Alpine Areas Florian Gubler - ECOPLAN
15:10 - 15:20:	The New Directive on the Pricing of Road Infrastructure Dirk van Vreckem - European Commission, DG TREN
15:20 - 15:30:	EU Research and Policies on Pricing Catharina Sikow - European Commission, DG TREN (to be confirmed)
15:30 - 16:10:	Discussion
16:10 - 16:40:	Coffee Break
16:40 - 17:10:	Contradictions and Opportunities in Alpine Transport Policy Liana Giorgi & Michael Schmidt - ICCR
17:10 - 17:30:	Discussion
20:00:	Workshop Dinner

Tuesday, 23rd September 2003

Session IV What Future for Trans-Alpine Transport? The Way Forward Chair: Christian Reynaud - NESTEAR
09:30 - 09:40:	Chair’s introduction
09:40 - 10:00:	The Van Miert Report on the TEN-T Network and its Implications for Trans-Alpine Transport Alfonso Gonzales-Finat - European Commission, DG TREN
10:00 - 10:20:	Results and Recommendations from ALP-NET Network Michael Schmidt - ICCR
10:20 - 11:20:	Roundtable Discussion Heinz Hilbrecht - European Commission, DG TREN Noël Lebel - Alpine Convention Uelo Balmer - Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development Fabio Croccolo - Italian Ministry of Transport Markus Liechti - T&E - Transport and Environment Thomas Glöckel - Austrian Ministry of Transport
12:20 - 12:30:	Open Discussion with Questions from the Floor
12:30:	End of Workshop

Venue

Centre Borschette
Ground Floor, Room 0B
Rue Froissart 36
1040 Brussels, Belgium