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Thematic focus:
The movement of goods in urban areas is well organised by private companies whilst recently European municipalities have started to develop policies to change urban transport towards sustainable solutions. In this area of tension between established traditional transport structures and the objectives of cleaner, safer and more attractive Cities there are many innovations taking place European wide. The interest in being informed about interesting solutions and experiences in city logistics is growing. This BESTUFS Conference gave highlight recent innovative examples and presented main development directions and common problems faced as seen by transport operators, public bodies, retailers and domain experts.
| Thursday, 24th of May 2007 | |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Registration and Coffee |
| 09:15 - 09:30 | Welcome from the City of Warsaw by Mieczyslaw Reksins |
| 09:30 - 09:40 | Evaluation of the Impact of a Pilot Evening Distribution System in Stockholm by Stig Franzen, Chalmers Industriteknik |
| 09:40 - 10:10 | Evaluation of the Impact of No-Car Lanes in Tyneside by Corinne Mulley, TORG, Newcastle University |
| 10:10 - 10:50 | PIEK "An overview of noise reduction techniques for urban delivery"by Robert Govaers, Senter Novem |
| 10:50 | Coffee break |
| 11:20 - 12:00 | Space Management and Night Delivery by Julio Garcia Ramon, Barcelona |
| 12:00 - 12:40 | Central City Access in Prague by Zdenek Suta, City of Prague |
| 12:40 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 14:40 | START "Sustainable city logistics in collaboration with transport industryby Blaz Jemensek, Prometni Institut in Ljubljana |
| 14:40 - 15:20 | Urban logistics in Polish cities by Jacek Szoltysek, The Karol Adamiecki Institute |
| 15:20 | Coffee break |
| 16.00 - 16.40 | Italian initiatives in urban logistics by Guido Firelli, Regione Emilia Romane |
| 16:40 - 17:20 | Problems in freight distribution in Vienna by Peter Kunisch, Wirtschaftskammer Wien |
| 18.30 | Common dinner |
| Friday 25th of May 2007 | |
| 09:00 - 09:40 | EU Logistics Policy by John Berry, EC |
| 09:40 - 10:20 | Rail freight for urban logistics "Dream of reality?"by Stane Bozicnik, University of Maribor |
| 10:20 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 11:10 | New & Innovative Concepts for Helping European Transport Sustainability by Wojciech Sucharzewski, NICHES |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Update on the London Freight Plan by Stephen Steele, Transport for London |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Conference Summary and Conclusions by Laurence Douvin |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 - 18:00 | Technical Visit |
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