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10th BESTUFS I Workshop

Thematic focus:
National Research Programmes Addressing Commercial Urban Transport

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Wednesday, 28th of April 2003
10:00 - 10:10Welcome and introduction
by Dieter Wild, PTV AG and the Officer of Royal Irish Academy
10:10 - 10:20Presentation on EPTR & on Workshop
Role & Purpose, Objectives
by James Caffrey,Department of Transport
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10:20 - 10:40Presentation on BESTUFS Thematic Network
Role & Purpose, Objectives
by Dieter Wild,PTV AG
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10:40 - 10:50Overview of Studies & Research Initiatives in Commercial Urban Transport in Ireland
by James Caffrey, Deptartment of Transport
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10:50 - 11:00Moving Goods within an Integrated Transport Strategy
by Michael Aherne, Dublin Transportation Office
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11:00Coffee break
11:20 - 12:00Freight Distribution in a Congested Urban Centre
by Dr. Margaret O'Mahony & Hugh Finlay, Trinity College Dublin
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12:00 - 12:20Optimising Transport in the Waste and Recycling Sectors
by Ulrich Schueller, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Oliver Althoff, TÜV
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12:20 - 12:40INVENT -Traffic Management in Transport and Logistics
by Dieter Wild, PTV AG
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12:40 - 13:00FOPS- The German Research Programme on Urban Transpor
Integrated Urban Freight Transport : Questions and Answers
by Heinrich Nöthe, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing (BMVBW)
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13:00Lunch
14:00 - 15:40Country Presentations
Ongoing or planned research programmes including funding instruments used
 "National research programmes addressing commercial urban transport in Belgium"
by Wanda Debauche, Belgian Road Research Centre
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 "Commercial urban transport, country presentation Finland"
by Ismo Makinen, Consello Consulting Ltd
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 "Research and city logistics in Hungary"
by Zsolt Berki/Zoltan Bokor, Transman Ltd
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 "Commercial urban transport- Norway"
by Toril Presttun, National Public Road Administration
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 "National research programmes adressing commercial urban transport, country presentation Sweden"
by John Landborn, Vinnova
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15:40Coffee break
16:00 - 17:00Country Presentations
Ongoing or planned research programmes including funding instruments used
 "National research programmes adressing commercial urban transport, country presentation Switzerland"
by Martin Ruesch, Rapp Trans
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 "National research programmes adressing commercial urban transport, country presentation United Kingdom"
by Roger Worth, Department for Transport
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 "Urban freight transport in the Netherlands"
by Nico Anten, Connekt
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17:00 - 17:20Synthesis of Programme types, Project types & Funding Instruments Used
Inventory of Programmes, Projects, Funding Approaches & Other Initiatives
by John Landborn, Vinnova
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18:00Common dinner
Trinity College Dublin (University experience)
19:30Technical visit
facilitated by Dublin City Council (Presentation on Port Tunnel)

 

Thursday, 29th of April 2003
09:00 - 09:30Results of the BESTUFS clustering analysis
by Tom Zunder, ARRC, University of Sheffield
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09:30 - 10:00Presentation by European Commission
Expectations of research co-operation
by Christos Tokamanis, DG-RESEARCH
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10:00Coffee break
10:20 - 12:30Discussion on Co-operation and Co-ordination Initiatives
12:30 - 13:00Concluding remarks: Actions arising from workshop
13:00Lunch
14:00Optional tour of Trinity College Dublin
by Hugh Finlay, Trinity College Dublin