Friday, June 5
Moderator: Marc Maartens
09:30-10.00 Welcoming speech by Jasper Kuntzelaers, Deputy of the Province of Limburg for Culture and Heritage, Mobility, and Agriculture
10:00-10.15: Keynote
- Oana Gherghinescu, executive director of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA).
10:15-10:30: Keynote
- Henk Swarttouw, president of the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) on sustainable mobility on the local, regional and European level and organising users/passengers/citizens.
10.30-11.00: COFFEE BREAK
11:00-12.00: Public transport on the local and regional level
- Keynote by Gunta Anca, vice-president of the European Disability Forum (EDF).
- Public transport on the local and regional level as part of strategies of cities and regions for more and better public space with less cars and priority for walking and cycling: keeping cities and town centres accessible for workers, students, visitors for culture and shops.
12:00-13.00: Funding and financing sustainable mobility
- Keynote by Wouter Koolmees, CEO of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) on achieving structural funding and financing for a rapid transition to sustainable mobility, in the Member States and in the EU.
- Keynote by Giorgio Travaini, executive director of Europe’s Rail.
13:00-14:00: LUNCH BREAK
14:00-15.00: Break-out sessions:
- Youth Dialogue on Sustainable Mobility: students and young professionals in dialogue with Wouter Koolmees, CEO of NS, and Oana Gherghinescu, executive director of ERA.
- Through-ticketing by John Worth, independent railway commentator.
- GEMINI and UPPER Horizon Europe projects by EPF Office.
- other workshops TBA/open to apply.
15.00-15.30: COFFEE BREAK
15.30-16.30: Doubling international trains/passengers by 2030
- Keynote by Josef Doppelbauer, chairman of the new Sector Delivery Group (SDG) of the Platform on International Rail Passenger Transport (IRP) announcing the new SDG and sketching his view on what is needed for EU and member states to roll out a borderless Europe for public transport.
- Presentation by Márton Spohn and Matthieu Maeselle, RailNetEurope/EuroLink, representing EU railway infrastructure managers.
16:30-17:30: Drinks
19:00-21.00: Dinner
Saturday, June 6
Moderator: Marc Maartens
09:30-10.30: Welcoming speech and presentation by Josef Schneider, chairman of EPF
10:30-11:30: Ticketing and passengers’ rights
- Elisabeth Kotthaus (DG MOVE), Chiara Tomasi (Trainline), Georgia Whitaker (T&E)
11:30-12.00: COFFEE BREAK
12:00-13.00: Cross Border public transport
Presentation of the ‘three countries train’ and the ambitions for more cross border sustainable mobility in the EUregio Meuse-Rhine.
- Dominik Elsmann (Aachener Verkehrsverbund)
13:00-14.00: Signing of the Maastricht Manifesto
14:30: Excursion on the Drie Landen Trein: to Aachen or Liege