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Sustainable Urban Transport in Europe? 6th Annual General Meeting and Conference of the European Passengers' Federation March 15th 2008, Tube Lines offices, 15 Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf, London E14 |
| 18:00: | Welcome dinner at a restaurant, details will be sent out with the conference documents. |
| 08:30: | Reception |
| 09:30: | Welcome and announcements: Trevor Garrod, Chairman EPF |
| 09:40: | Welcome to London: Brian Cooke, Chairman London TravelWatch |
| 09:45: | Dave Wetzel, Vice Chair, Transport for London 'What has been achieved since Transport for London was set up in 2000 and what is its vision for the future?' |
| 10:05: | Questions chaired by Kurt Hultgren, Member Administrative Council EPF |
| 10:15: | Keynote speaker Jacques Barrot, Vice President of the European Commission European Green Paper on Urban mobility |
| 10:45: | Discussion led by Pau Noy, Member Administrative Council, EPF |
| 11:30: | Tea and coffee |
| 11:50: | 'The Mayor and heavy rail' Ian Brown, Managing Director, TfL Rail will talk about the impact on transport in London to date and the future proposals for the Mayor of London’s involvement in the delivery of heavy rail services in and around London. |
| 12:20: | Discussion led by Rufus Barnes, Member Administrative Council EPF |
| 12:30: | Lunch (courtesy of Tube Lines) |
| 14:00: | 'Eurostar – the St Pancras factor' Nick Mercer, Commercial Director, Eurostar will talk about the Eurostar success story. |
| 14:30: | Discussion led by Jean-Paul Jacquot, Member Administrative Council, EPF |
| 15:00: | 'The National Passengers Survey' Anthony Smith, Chief Executive, Passenger Focus will talk about the largest survey in the world of passenger views on the rail services they use. |
| 15:30: | Questions chaired by Trevor Garrod Chairman EPF |
| 16:15: | Conference round up and close: Trevor Garrod |
| 16:30: | Conference ends |
| 17:00: | European Passengers' Federation Annual General Meeting |
| 18:00: | Close |
| 10:00: | A tour of Docklands Light Railway Beckton depot and London City Airport Station (courtesy of Docklands Light Railway) |
| 10:00: | A visit to the Kings Cross integrated signal box (courtesy of First Capital Connext and Network Rail) (Numbers limited) |
European Passengers' Federation would like to thank Tube Lines for hosting the conference and for providing refreshments, Eurostar (UK) for subsidising the conference dinner on Friday March 14th, Docklands Light Railway and First Capital Connect/Network Rail for hosting study visits on Sunday March 16th and Transport for London, Rail for providing delegates for free 3-day TravelCards.
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60 € 15 € |
The TravelCard will only be issued at the dinner on Friday evening or at the conference reception on Saturday morning.
To register, you can fill out the online registration form. Alternatively, you can print out the this form and send it to the EPF secretariat via the regular post or fax as soon as possible. Full details will be sent or e-mailed to you 2 weeks before the conference.
There are three payment options:
We recommend you to book a hotel as soon as possible, please look at www.visitlondon.com. Good prices are currently being offered by the Travel Lodges in the vicinity, but their prices go up as the Lodges fill up. They can be found at www.travelodge.co.uk and the ones to look for are London City Road, London Liverpool Street and London City Airport.
EPF comprises 26 associations or bodies in 15 European countries, whose individual members are welcome to attend the annual general meeting and conference. Only official EPF delegates are allowed to vote on internal matters. Visitors are welcome at the Conference.
The speakers and discussion should enable EPF and its constituent bodies to strengthen their work representing rail and other public transport customers over the coming year. The event also provides excellent opportunities for members from across Europe to network and learn from each other's experiences.
I look forward to meet you in London and to an interesting event.
Trevor Garrod, Chairman