Highlights

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MORNING SESSION – “Driver Shortage ...What do the Facts and Figures tell us?”
Moderated by: Tomislav Ivanchev, Chairman of the IRU Academy Accreditation Committee (AAC) and Director of the AEBTRI Training Centres, AEBTRI, Bulgaria

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	Opening Bruno Dingemans, Head – IRU Academy					more...
	Figures for Discussion ...Driver Employment, Migration of Drivers and Traffic Flows, Salaries, Public Perception, Driver Shortages Menno Menist, Managing Director, NEA, The Netherlands					more...
	ROUND TABLE: Shortage of Drivers ... Driver’s Wages, Social Benefits and Working Conditions
Pere Padrosa, President, Transports Padrosa, Spain		Mikhail Nizov, Vice-President, ASMAP, Russian Federation	Béatrice Hertogs, Political Secretary, European Transport Workers Federation (ETF)	J.M Sakesena, Advisor (NC) All India Transporters Welfare Association, India	Yves Mannaerts, Director, FBAA, Belgium

ROUND TABLE: How to make the Driver Profession Attractive Again ... An Exchange of Expert Views
Martin Rojas, Executive Director, Safety & Security Operations, American Trucking Associations (ATA), United States of America	Rolf Lehmann, Secretary General, International Union of Professional Drivers (UICR)	Martin Sanchez Zinny, President, FPT Training Institute, Argentina

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AFTERNOON SESSION – “Driver Training ... Blessing or Burden”
Moderated by: Martine-Sophie Fouvez, Chairman of the IRU Academy Advisory Committee (ADC) and Principal Administrator, International Transport Forum

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ROUND TABLE: Tomorrow’s Challenges in Driver Training ... From 2003/59/EC Implementation Concerns, to the Use of Simulators in Quality Training and the Genuine Recognition of Qualifications
Dominique Corbeel, General Manager to RC Manager European & Emerging Markets, DHL Worldwide Network, Belgium	Teppo Tenkanen, Managing Director, STC Simulator Training, Finland	Peter Cullum, Head International Affairs, Road Haulage Association, United Kingdom

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ROUND TABLE: ECO-driving and the Mandatory Professional Training of Drivers (2003/59/EC) ...Industry Cost or Benefit?
Paul Wauters, CEO of Wauters Tanktransport n.v., Belgium	Bohdan Szuskiewicz, Manager, ZMPD Training Centre, Poland	Jacques Marmy, Head – IRU Technical Affairs	Maria Jobenius, Senior Strategy Advisor, Scania, Sweden

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	A Legislative Update: Directive on Access to the Road Transport Market and the Profession Rémi Mayet, Deputy Head of Unit, Land Transport Policy, European Commission				more...
	Conclusions Yves Mannaerts, Director, FBAA, Belgium				more...
	Invitation to the “2008 IRU Academy Seminar” in Bulgaria Tomislav Ivanchev, Chairman of the IRU Academy Accreditation Committee (AAC) and Director of the AEBTRI Training Centres, Bulgaria