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We’re counting down the days until the next European Transport Forum which will take place on Tuesday October 18th, 2011. The ETF, which takes place at the Stanhope Hotel in Brussels’ European quarter, features two panel-debates. Some of our speakers include:
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Introduction by Jacki Davis, moderator |
| 09:10-10:30 | Towards a Pan-European Logistics System | |
| The need to make goods flows more resource-effective translates partly into the need for improved logistics, co- and intermodal operations. A significant amount of these developments will require new business concepts, new technologies as well as pan-European standrads and regulations developed in public-private collaboration. Invited speakers: |
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Lukasz Wojtas, head of Transport Policy - Polish Permanent Representation to the EU | |
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Magda Kopczynska , Head, Maritime and Transport Logistics - DG Move, European Commission | |
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Boguslaw Liberadzki, Member, Transport & Tourism Committee - European Parliament | |
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Carsten Hess, Head of the Brussels Corporate Representation - Deutsche Post DHL | |
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Jan-Eric Sundgren, Senior Vice-President, Volvo Group | |
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10:30-11:00
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Coffee Break | |
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| 11:00-12:30 | Towards a Single European Transport Area | |
| We need a Single European Transport Area to fully achieve two founding freedoms of the European Union: the free movement of persons and goods. In his report "A New Strategy for the Single Market at the Service of Europe's Economy and Society", presented in May 2010, Professor Mario Monti strongly stresses this issue. Invited speakers: |
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Keir Fitch, Deputy Head - Cabinet of Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas | |
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Kerstin Jorna - Deputy Head of Cabinet for Commissioner Michel Barnier, DG Single Market & Services | |
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Malcolm Harbour, Chairman, Internal Market Committee - European Parliament | |
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Brian Simpson, Chairman, Transport & Tourism Committee - European Parliament | |
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Mathieu Grosch, Rapporteur on the White Paper on the Future of the European Transport Policy - European Parliament | |
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Olof Persson, President & CEO - Volvo Group | |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Walking lunch | |
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