CONGRESS PROGRAMME
| 25 november 2007 |
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08:30-09:00 |
Welcome Coffee |
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09:00-10:30 |
Official opening of the First UITP Middle East and North Africa Congress and the Show Case Are |
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> Opening speeches:
- Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman, Roads and Transport Authority, Dubai, UAE
- Hans Rat, Secretary General, UITP, Brussels, Belgium
> Cultural interlude
> Keynote Speaker
H.E. Sultan Saeed Al Mansoori, Minister of Government Sector Business Development, United Arab Emirates |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee break (around Show Case) |
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11:00-12:30 |
Plenary 1 - Local host session |
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Public transport in Dubai: From vision to action
Chair: Mohammed Obaid Al-Mulla, CEO Public Transport, RTA, Dubai, UAE
> Director of Strategic Transport Planning Planning (name to be confirmed), RTA, Dubai, UAE
> AbdulMajid Al Khaja, CEO Rail Agency, RTA, Dubai, UAE
> Khalid Hashim, Director of Planning and Business Development, Public Transport Agency, RTA, Dubai, UAE
> AbdulAziz Malik, CEO Taxi Agency, RTA, Dubai, UAE
> Khalid Al Zahed, Director of Maritime Projects, Marine Agency, RTA, Dubai, UAE |
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12:30-14:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:00-15:30 |
Plenary 2 |
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A master plan for the city integrating transport modes and urban planning
Chair: Ton Kaper, General Manager, HTM, The Hague, The Netherlands
> Amer Moustapha, Associate Dean, School of Architecture and Design, AUS, Sharjah, UAE
> Sung Jick Eum, CEO, SMRT Corporation, Seoul, South Korea
> Carlos Cristobal Pinto, Head of Planning and Studies, CRTM, Madrid, Spain |
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15:30-16:00 |
Coffee break |
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16:00-17:30 |
Plenary 3 |
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The establishment of multi-modal transport organising authorities
Chair: Robert Olivier, Vice-President Planning and Innovations, Agence Metropolitaine des Transports, Montreal, Canada
> Abdallah Al-Zari, General Manager, Sharjah Transport, Sharjah, UAE
> Tom Magrath, Projects Director, CENTRO, Birmingham, UK
> Mohinder Singh, Director of Planning, Land Transport Authority, Singapore
> Bernie Carolan, CEO, Metlink Victoria, Melbourne, Australia |
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17:30 |
Welcome reception |
| 26 november 2007 |
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08:30-09:00 |
Registration and welcome coffee |
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09:00-10:30 |
Parallel Session 1 |
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Integration of taxi services in the urban public transport offer
Chair: Abdelaziz Malik, Chairperson of UITP MENA Assembly, CEO, Taxi Agency, Dubai, UAE
> Abdullah Sultan Al-Sabbagh, General Manager, Cars Taxi Services Company, Dubai, UAE
> Peter Kortenhorst, Chairman, Connexxion Holding, Hilversum, The Netherlands
> Jassem Al-Sulaiti, Chairman and Managing Director, Mowasalat, Doha, Qatar |
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09:00-10:30 |
Industry Forum 1 |
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Innovative rail solutions
Chair: Mohsen Hashemi, General Manager, Tehran Metro, Tehran, Iran
Speakers representing companies exhibiting in the showcase will present the latest development in rail industry. |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00-12:30 |
Parallel Session 2 |
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Connecting intercity bus operation to the public transport network
Chair: Majid Al-Mandhry, General Manager, Oman National Transport Co., Muscat, Oman
> Patrick Jeantet, Executive Vice-President, KEOLIS, Paris, France
> Yahia Sassi, CEO, SNTRI, Tunis, Tunisia *
> Karim Khwanda, Vice-President, Khwanda Group, Damascus, Syria *
> Jan Velleman, Secretary General, Eurolines Organisation, Brussels, Belgium
* Invited |
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11:00-12:30 |
Industry Forum 2 |
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How to establish public transport
Chair: Huub Hendrickx, Managing Director, Voith Turbo, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Speakers representing companies exhibiting in the showcase will present their experience in setting-up new public transport systems and projects. |
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12:30-14:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:00-15:30 |
Parallel Session 3 |
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Integrating school transport and public transport
Chair: Mansour Al-Saed, Chairman, KGL Transport, Kuwait
> Jasim Al Marzooqi, Head of Operations Development Section, Emirates Transport, UAE
> Khaled Al Hogail, CEO, SAPTCO, Ryiadh, Saudi Arabia *
> Stefania Di Serio, Head of Special Projects Department, Trambus, Rome, Italy
> Linda Howard, Managing Director, FirstStudent, United Kingdom
* Invited |
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14:00-15:30 |
Industry Forum 3 |
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Information technologies for public transport operations and services
Chair: Robert Huber, Chaiperson of UITP Industry Assembly, Managing Director, AESYS, Germany
Speakers representing companies exhibiting in the showcase will present the latest development in the field of new information technologies for public transport. |
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15:30-16:00 |
Coffee break |
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16:00-17:30 |
Parallel session 4 |
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Efficient corporate management
Chair: Sylviane Delmas, Service Relations, RATP, Paris, France
> Glenn Frommer, Sustainability Development Manager, MTR Corporation, Hong Kong
> Upendra Tripathy, Managing Director, Bangalore MTC, Bangalore, India
> Alain Flausch, CEO, STIB, Brussels, Belgium
> Hans Brouwer, Learning Consultant, BCI, Breda, The Netherlands |
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16:00-17:30 |
Industry Forum 4 |
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Innovative bus solutions and technologies
Chair: Kerem Tas, General Manager, DaimlerChrysler Middle-East, Dubai, UAE
Speakers representing companies exhibiting in the showcase will present the latest development in bus industry. |
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Official dinner |
| 27 november 2007 |
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08:30-09:00 |
Resgistration and welcome coffee |
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09:00-10:30 |
Plenary 4 |
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How information technologies can guarantee seamless travel experience
Chair: Abdulsattar Abu Hassan, Managing Director, Mesk Transport, Amman, Jordan
> Gert Staal, Director, 9292, Utrecht, The Netherlands *
> Hideharu Igarashi, Manager, International Department, East Japan Railway Company, Tokyo, Japan
> Prudence Chan, CEO, Octopus Cards, Hong Kong
> Jarl Eliassen, General Manager, Trafikanten AS, Oslo, Norway
* Invited |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee break (around Show Case) |
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11:00-12:00 |
Plenary 5 |
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Integrated public transport systems
Chair: Albert Busquets, Director Business Development & International Affairs, TMB, Barcelona, Spain
> Chedly Hajri, CEO, STT, Tunis, Tunisia
> Michael Lichtenegger, General Manager, Wiener Linien, Vienna, Austria
> Matti Lahdenranta, Managing Director, HKL, Helsinki, Finland |
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12:00-13:00 |
Closing ceremony |
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Round table on the challenges of public transport in the MENA region
Moderator: Hans Rat, Secretary General, UITP, Brussels, Belgium
Panellists:
Mohsen Hashemi, General Manager, Tehran Metro, Tehran, Iran
Khamis Al Ghamdi, Director Public Transport, Ministry of Transport, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Chedly Hajri, CEO, STT, Tunis, Tunisia
Amer Moustapha, Associate Dean, School of Architecture and Design, AUS, Sharjah, UAE
Cultural interlude
Closing speeches:
Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman, RTA, Dubai, UAE
Roberto Cavalieri, President, UITP, Brussels, Belgium |
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13:00-14:30 |
Farewell Coktail and Lunch |
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14:30-17:30 |
Technical visits |
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- Metro construction site: Union station
- Al Saif marine dock
- Palm Jumeirah |
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