IRU-VDA-ACEA Symposium: “Efficiency in road transport”

Welcome and introduction
Matthias Wissmann, President, German Association of the Automotive Industrie (VDA)
Janusz Lacny, President, International RoadTransport Union (IRU)

Efficient and sustainable freight transport as goal of European transport policy
Ben Van Houtte, Head of Unit Logistics, Innovation and Co-modality, DG TREN, European Commission

Innovative Vehicle Concepts as a means of efficiency improvement
Prof. Dr. Hans-Christian Pflug, Daimler AG

Longer vehicles to promote co-modality efficiently
Marten Johansson, Director Technical Affairs, Sveriges Akeriföretag

Efficiency increase – a shipper’s perspective
Albert Blum, Head of Corporate Traffic Management, BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH

IT on the road – Telematics as a means of efficiency increase
Frank Felten, VP Marketing & Product Management Logistics, PTV AG

Panel discussion with participants

Concluding remarks
Ivan Hodac, Secretary General of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA)

End of the event – followed by a light lunch

Conference languages: German, English

Registration form
(PDF Format)

Hotel reservation: Travel 2 Fairs
Europa Allee 7, D-30521 Hanover

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