Technology - strategy - leadership

Programme

Thursday 17 November

16:00 Registration

17:00 Afternoon tea

17:30 Kick-off session

Dipl .Ing. Christoph Huss

Organising Committee Chairman, BMW Group

Ms. Eva Molnar

Director - Transport Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Prof. Jeff Kenworthy

The CUSP Institute, Curtin University of Technology & Guest Professor, Goethe University

Dr. Lawrence D. Burns

University of Michigan and Retired Corporate VP of R&D and Strategic Planning, General Motors

19:30 Dinner and networking reception in Fort Malakoff

23:00 Close

Friday 18 November

08:30 Introductory Remarks

Moderator: Prof. Dr-Ing. Ulrich Seiffert

08:40 Plenary: Urbanisation - shaping mobility in the cities of the future

Ms. Ann Flemer

Deputy Director, Metropolitan Transportation Commission California

Prof. Luis Antonio Lindau

President Director, EMBARQ Brasil

Prof. Noboru Harata

University of Tokyo, Dept of Urban Engineering & Transport Planning

09:40 Plenary: Driving forces behind mobility demand

Dr. Andreas Kopp

Lead Transport Economist, The World Bank

Ms. Robin Chase

CEO, Buzzcar

10:20 Coffee break

10:50 Plenary: Overcoming the barriers to future mobility

Mr. Kalman Gyimesi

Automotive and Industrial Practice Leader, IBM Institute for Business Value

Mr. Patrick Martinoli

Head of Innovation Program, Car Services, Orange

Mr. Peter Madden

Chief Executive, Forum for the Future

11:50 Panel Discussion

Moderator: Prof. Dr-Ing. Ulrich Seiffert

12:30 Lunch

13:45 Workshops

WS1: Do cars shape cities or do cities shape cars?

WS2: Do city dwellers drive because they need to, or because they can?

WS3: Can the automobile survive in the megacity?

15:30 Coffee break

16:00 Wrap-up session

Mr. J.E. Robertson FSAE, P.Eng

FISITA President, Magna International

16:30 Close

“A line-up of excellent speakers and the workshop discussion I attended was also very lively and insightful.”

Michele Pittini
UK Committee on Climate Change