Conference on

‘Sustainable development of new transport and green technologies in urban regions’

16th May 2011 Sofia,  Bulgaria

Grand Hotel Sofia ‘Sustainable development of new transport and green technologies in urban regions’16th May 2011 , Sofia,  Bulgaria, Grand Hotel Sofia

AGENDA

10.00h Opening: Prof. K. Petkov, chairman of the Organizational CommitteeGreetings:? Bisser Kolev, Chairman of SUOB? Plamen Nankov, Executive secretary of Confederation of Independent Unions in Bulgaria     ? Mihail Shishkov – Chairman of Independent union of consumers of Bulgaria ? Radoslav Toshev, Chairman of the Committee on Transport in Sofia Municipal Council ? H. E. Gerhard Reiweger, The Amabassador of  the Republic of Austria in Bulgaria

10.30h Key notes? Michael Gschnitzer – Kapsch TrafficCom AG – ‘Urban Mobility – 10 years later;? Eric Schamp – Government of Brussels, Department of Environment;

11.00h Coffee Break

11.15h  First Panel: ‘Best Practices  - reports & decisions’ – I HallModerator: Prof. Austin Smyth., Westminster University? Dietrich Leihs (Kapsch TrafficCom), “Solutions for Access Control in Urban Areas”;? Roman Egorov -Inspectra / KAZAN, Russia / Traffic Management System – Implementation and Perspectives;? Josef Dechant, Municipality of Salzburg – The approach of Salzburg for the city congestion.

12.00 h Discussion

11.15 -12.00 h  Second / parallel / Panel:  II HallBest Practices in the use of green technologies for sustainable development of regions and municipalities in EU countriesModerators, Rada Petrova, Prof. Jacques VilrokxWith the participation of His Excellency , The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belguim in Bulgaria – Marc Mihelsen.

- Stefan Munster, Water Perspective – Biotechnologies-Belgium: „Advanced Bio-technologies for water treatment“;- Zdravko Kolev EKOKEM, Finland:  “Waste management and waste treatment: Ekokem’s concepts and technologies;- Gerolf Jacobs, GREEN BUSINESS, France:” Green technologies for agriculture and energy production”; 12.00 h Discussion

12.30h Lunch12.30- 13.00h Press Conference of the organisers and foreign participants, Grand Hotel Sofia

13.45h First panel continued:An integrated approach to sustainable urban mobility, commitment to communityModerator: Austin Smyth, Prof., Westminster University? Eva Povedano, Economic and Commercial Office of Spain in SOFIA, The experience of Spain in the sustainable development of  the  urban transport;? Dietrich Leihs (Kapsch TrafficCom), “Energy efficient management of urban transport as part of ICT for or a” low carbon economy and intelligent mobility “;? Caroline Visser, International Road Federation ‘”Urban road networks – advantages of the PPP approach;? Ventzislav Trifonov, Technical University of Sofia – Intelligent information and communication networks for efficient urban transport

15.00h Coffee Break

15.30h General DiscussionModerator: Austin Smyth, Prof. Westminster

15.30 – 16.00 h Stefan Sofiyanski, ex-Pri and ex-Mayor of Sofia: Decentralizationof the financing of activities and innovative projects in municipalities

16.00-16.30 h  Discussion on “Creation of a national think-tank”

Closing remarks