PLENARY SESSION I

Sector integration and sustainable development 
by Catherine DAY, Director-General, Environment Directorate-General, European Commission

Beyond Helsinki - where are we and what's next?
by Flemming HANSEN, Minister of Transport, Denmark

Making integration work at the operational level
by Malcolm FERGUSSON, Institute for European Environmental Policy

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WORKSHOP 1a: Land use planning: Its use as an instrument to promote Environmentally Sustainable Transport

• Summary conclusions
• Land use planning and transport policy
  by Mr. Anthony D. MAY, Professor, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
• Planning to promote railway transport in the Helsinki-Hämeenlinna-Tampere zone, Finland
  by Mr. Pertti FAGERLUND, Director of Physical Planning, Council of Tampere Region
• Regional Spatial Plan for Long Term Urban Development in the Jæren Region, Norway
  by Mr. Per FRØYLAND PALLESEN, Chief Planning Officer, Rogaland Municipality
• Housing subsidies in promoting public transport in North-Rhine-Westfalia, Germany
  by Ms. Anka DERICHS, Fakultät Raumplanerung, Verkehrswesen u. Verkehrsplanerung, University of Dortmund, Germany

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WORKSHOP 1b: Intermodality: Overcoming modal thinking and breaking down barriers

• Summary conclusions
• Public-private partnership and networks as tools to create opportunities for intermodality
  by Mr.Klaus ANDERSEN, Deputy Head of Unit , Spatial Planning Department, Ministry of Environment, Denmark
• The TEGRI project - combined rail / short sea shipping in Italy and Spain
  by Mr. Jose Ignacio Aguado CELMA, International manager, Transporte Combinado RENFE (Spanish Railways), Spain
• The clean and clever intermodal connection France-Italy
  by Jean Claude BRUNIER, Chairman, T3M, France, Mr. Ascanio BORCHI, Engineer, Gavio Group, Italy, and Mr. Marco MORFINO, Director, Euro Combi, Italy
• Freight villages and intermodality: The Italian experience
  by Mr. Gilberto GALLONI, President of Europlatforms, Italy

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WORKSHOP 1c: Pricing of infrastructure: Taking environmental issues into account

• Summary conclusions
• Introductory presentation
  by Mr. Phil GOODWIN, Professor of Transport Policy, University of London, United Kingdom
• Environmentally differentiated fairway and harbour dues
  by Ms. Charlotte OTTOSSON, Policy Adviser, Swedish National Maritime Administration
• Environmentally differentiated landing charges
  by Mr. Emanuel FLEUTI, Zürich Airport, Switzerland
• Introduction of distance-related motorway user charges for heavy lorries
  by Mr. Dr. Gerhard SCHULZ, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing, Germany

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• Summary conclusions
• The Influence of Road Infrastructure on the Regional Economy
  by Derrick COFFEE, East SussexTransport 2000, United Kingdom
• Transport Impact Assessment for Infrastructure
  by Mr. Dipl.-Ing. Michael FREHN, Planersocietät - Stadtplanung, Verkehrplanung, Forschung, Germany
• Fiscal Responsibility and Decision Making for Public Transport Infrastracture: Practical Experience and Lessons to Learn
  by Mr. Ing. Dipl. ETH/SVI Willi HÜSLER, Ingenieurbüro für Verkehrsplanung IBV AG, Switzerland
• Improving public participation in UK transport planning & project delivery
  by Mr. Paul TOMLINSON, Head Environmental Assessment & Policy, TRL Limited, United Kingdom

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WORKSHOP 1e: Sensitive areas: Ways of reconciling demand for transport with the environment

• Summary conclusions
• Criteria Catalogue for Ecologically Particularly Sensitive Areas
  by Ms. Dipl.-Ing. Sibylla ZECH, STADTLAND, Austria
• Alpine Convention - Transport Protocol
  by Mr. Noël LEBEL, Ministère de l'Equipement, des Transports, du Logement, du Tourisme et de la Mer, France
• Alps mobility - Eco-mobility and Eco-tourism in the Sensitive Alpine Area
  by Mr. Dr. Peter BRANDAUER, Mayor, Werfenweng, Austria
• Sustainable Freight Transit Solutions in Sensitive Areas
  by Mr. Dr. Max FRIEDLI, Director, Federal Office of Transport (BAV), Switzerland
• HELCOM / Protection of the Baltic Sea
  by Ms. Anne Christine BRUSENDORFF, Professional Secretary, Secretariat of the Helsinki Commission
• Transport in Sensitive Areas - the example of the Lake Neusiedl/Fertö-tó Area
  by Mr. László BECKER, Ph.D, General Director, International Funding Department, Ministry for Environment and Water, Hungary
• Integration Transport, Environment and Health: The Challenge of Small Islands - the example of Malta
  by Ms. Dr. Lucianne LICARI, Dept. Of Health Policy and Planning, Malta
• Coastal Area - Environmental Plan for the Cinque Terre
  by Mr. Dr. Carlo TROZZI, Techne srl, Italy

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• Concepts to describe organisational integration
  by Claus H. SØRENSEN, Ph.D, Roskilde University, Denmark

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• Summary conclusions
• Common intersectoral strategic assessment for integration in transport policy of Kyoto and NEC directive requirements
  by Mr. Thierry VEXIAU, Chargé de mission environnement, Ministère de l'Equipement, des Transports, du Logement, du Tourisme et de la Mer, France
• Strategic environmental assessment of the Flemish transport policy plan
  by Ms. Tania VAN MIERLO, Environmental Department, Ministry of the Flemish Region, Belgium
• Experiences from 17 countries on the influence of SEA on decision making
  by Mr. Mikael HILDEN, Programme Director, Finnish Environment Institute
• Screening transport infrastructure projects - early identification of nature conservation conflicts
  by Mr. Dipl.-Ing. Dirk BERNOTAT, Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Leipzig, Germany

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• Summary conclusions (revised version)
• Making monitoring influencial for decision-makers: The experience of TERM
  by Mr. Domingo JIMÉNEZ-BELTRAN, former Director for the European Environment Agency
• Goals and indicators for natural and cultural environment
  by Mr. Lars NILSSON, National Road Administration, Sweden
• Monitoring of multimodal master plans of passenger and goods transport collective services
  by Mr. Alain SAUVANT, Ministère de l'Equipement, des Transports, du Logement, du Tourisme et de la Mer, France
• Targets and indicators for sustainable mobility within LA 21 processes
  by Mr. Dr. -Ing. Reinhold BAIER, BSV Büro für Stadt- und Verkehrsplanung, Germany

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• Summary conclusions
• 15 years of integration of environment into transport policy in the Netherlands
  by Mr. Martin KROON, Ministry of Environment, The Netherlands
• Good Practice Lessons from the Urban Traffic Project, Denmark
  by Mr. Bent FLYVBJERG, Professor, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Environmental guidelines for the Transport sector
  by Ms. Raisa VALLI, Ministry of Transport and Communication, Finland
• Local Public Transport in Poland
  by Mr. Zbigniew KOMAR, Ph.D, Deputy Director, Wroclaw Development Office, Municipality Wroclaw, Poland

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WORKSHOP 2d: Behavioural change and public acceptance: Achieving consensus about transport policy instruments linked to environment

• Summary conclusions
• The Mobility cell
  by Mr. François BEFAHY, General Manager, SNCB (Belgian Railways) and Mr.HINDRICQ, Director Client Strategy, STIB (Brussels' common transport company), Belgium
• The new-driving force (eco-driving) - movie (3MB)
  by Mr. Wim BAKKER, NOVEM, Dutch Agency for Energy and Environment, The Netherlands
• Public acceptance of road pricing schemes: The PRIMA
  project by Prof. Björn HÅRSMAN, INREGIA AB, Sweden
• Expanding Ways to Describe and Assess Aircraft Noise
  by Mr. David SOUTHGATE, Director, Environment Policy, Australian Federal Department of Transport and Regional Services