08:30 Registration. Welcome coffee offered by the Municipality of Mendrisio

Introduction to the EnergyCity Label

Claudio Caccia – Area responsible of SwissEnergy for Municipalities

Experiences of Coldrerio and Chiasso, Municipalities candidates for the Label

Oliver Camponovo – Minister for the Environment of the Municipality of Chiasso

Corrado Solcà – Mayor of Coldrerio

Experiences of Mendrisio, Label owner

Carlo Croci – Mayor of Mendrisio

Official handover of the Label to the Municipality of Mendrisio by Mr. Marco Borradori, State Minister of Canton Ticino

Questions from the audience

10:00 Opening of Mendrisio MobiliTI

Claudio Blotti – Head of Mobility Section of Canton Ticino, chairman of the day

10:10 Official Welcome Speeches

Carlo Croci - Mayor of Mendrisio and President AssoVEL2
Marco Borradori – Head of Territory Department of Canton Ticino and vice-President AssoVEL2

Roberto Cavalieri – President of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and CEO of Metropolitane di Roma SpA

10:45 Sustainable Technologies for Public Transport

Traditional collectors and innovative vehicles for public transport. Experiences with technologies intended to extend the range: inductive recharge, microturbine, supercaps and fuel cells
Riccardo Genova – Engineer, University Research Center on Transport, University of Genua, Italy

Overview of clean public transport solutions
Valéry Cervantes – Head of Public relations, Irisbus, Saint-Priest, France

Natural gas busses in Bern – A success story?

Werner Künzler – Former management member (Sales and Marketing), Energie Wasser Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Mobility Highlights, Supercaps storages and Innovative Hybrid Concepts of the CC IIEE Lucerne: The TOHYCO-Rider bus and Other Projects
Vinzenz Härri – Head of the Center of Competence IIEE, Efficient Energy Systems, Lucerne, Switzerland

 
Questions from the audience

12:15 Business lunch
13:15 Personalized Collective Mobility

Commuter Network Stuttgart – Website for the Organization of Carpooling

Regina Lüdert – Responsible for mobility management, City of Stuttgart, Germany

Proposals for the Collective Company Transport in Mendrisio Area
Paolo Della Bruna – Mobility Expert of SwissEnergy, Studi Associati SA, Lugano, Switzerland

Collective Flexible Taxi in Granada metropolitan Area

Economical Sustainability of Elastibus and other additional services in Trento Province: from Schoolbus to Bus Lines
Roberto Andreatta – Head of Transport Services, Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy

Questions from the audience

14:45 Coffee Break
15:15 Innovative Solutions for Public Transport

Getting car-users on to the bus by direct marketing. Is it possible?

Caroline Almgren - Market analyst, Västtrafik, Göteborg, Sweden

Public Transport and Cycling: Enemies or Friends?
Ruud Hegger – Strategy and Policy Consultant, HTM, The Hague, Netherlands

Fastrack – Integrating Public Transport and Urban Planning in a Growth Area
David George – Fastrack Project manager, Kent Thameside Delivery Board, England, United Kingdom

New Technologies – New Mobilities, in Portugal and Elsewhere
Robert Stüssi – Mobility Consultant, President of the European Association for Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Road Vehicles (AVERE)

Questions from the audience

 
16:45 Closing Speech

Claudio Blotti - Chairman

Speeches are in Italian, German and English. Simultaneous translation to all three languages upon reservation (availability limited).