Programme

The Road to achieve Enhanced Security
Cooperation, Information & Training
(Special Emphasis on Training in ADR)

Seminar organized by the IRU Academy, in partnership with VDA

29 September 2004, Hanover, Germany

Moderated by:

• Mr. Martin Sprynar, Secretary General, CESMAD BOHEMIA, Prague, Czech Republic

09:30 - 09:50

Welcome and Opening

• Mr. Paul Laeremans, IRU President, IRU
• Prof. Dr. Bernd Gottschalk, President, Verband der Automobilindustrie e.V. (VDA), Frankfurt/Main, Germany

09:50 - 10:20

How Road Transport Security improved in North-America post 9/11

• Mr. Martin Rojas, Executive Director for Safety, Security and Operations, American Trucking Associations, Inc. (ATA)

10:20 - 10:50

Global Initiatives to further Enhance Security

• Mr. Dietmar Jost, Senior Technical Officer, World Customs Organization (WCO)

10:50 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30

Ensuring Security in Multi-modal Transport Operations

• Mr. Philippe Crist, Chief Administrator, OECD-ECMT Research Centre
• Mr. Martin Burkhardt, Deputy Director General, International Union of combined Road-Rail transport companies (UIRR)

Moderated by:

• Mrs. Tatiana Minaeva, Chief of the ASMAP Training Centre, ASMAP, Moscow, Russian Federation

14:30 - 15:00

Overview of the Major Modifications in the 2005 ADR Agreement

• Mr. Olivier Kervella, Chief Dangerous Goods and Special Cargoes Section, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

15:00 - 15:30

An Inside View on the German Implementation of the 2005 ADR Agreement

• Mr. Klaus Laufhütte, Assistant Head of Division, Transport of Dangerous Goods Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing

15:30 - 16:00

Improving Security requires a Global ADR and Harmonised Training

• Mr. Terry Saward, Director, Cargo Training International Ltd.

16:00 - 16:40

Coffee Break

16:40 - 17:10

Proper Implementation of ADR; Key to Securing your Operations

• Mr. Paul Wauters, President IRU Group of Experts on Dangerous Goods (GEMD) and CEO of Wauters Tanktransport n.v.

17:10 - 17:40

No Enhanced Security without Proper Training … the Role of the IRU Academy

• Mr. Bruno Dingemans, Head - IRU Academy, IRU

17:40 - 17:50

Conclusions

• Mr. Paul Laeremans, IRU President, IRU

17:50 - 18:00

Invitation to the "2005 IRU Academy Training Seminar" in Istanbul, Turkey

• Mr. Talat Aydin, General Director of Land Transport, Turkish Ministry of Transport
• Mr. Haydar Özkan, Vice Chairman of the Executive Board, International Transporters' Association (UND), Turkey