BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:iru.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6606d1fdeff93 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121110 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121111 URL:https://www.iru.org/join-us/events/5th-international-iru-taxi-forum-201 2-11-10 LOCATION:Cologne\, Germany X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS="Cologne, Germany";X-APPLE- RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=:geo:50.937531,6.960279 GEO:50.937531;6.960279 SUMMARY:5th International IRU Taxi Forum CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The 5th IRU International Taxi Forum confirms commitment and wi de support to taxi industry values of safety\, accessibility\, flexibility \, comfort\, and environmental sustainability in the provision of taxi ser vices\, as embodied in the IRU initiative “Taxi - Anytime! Anywhere!”\ n\nAgenda\nOpening with participants :\n\nPeter Zander\, President\, Europ äische Taximesse\;\nThomas Grätz\, Managing Director\, BZP and Vice Pres ident IRU Taxi Group\;\nJordi Vila-Onses\, Fleet & LCV Corporate Sales Gen eral Manager\, Nissan Europe\;\n\n1st interactive session: Taxi – Anytim e\, Anywhere: Why?\n\n\nThe Customer First: Results and recommendations of the EuroTest survey on taxi service quality in 22 European\nLuca Pascotto \, Director of Mobility\, Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (F IA)\n\n\nThe Taxi as Part of the Public Transport Chain: Results of the “Collecto” night taxi service in Brussels and prospects for the future \nKristof De Mesmaeker\, Adviser\, Cabinet of Minister Brigitte Grouwels\, Public Works\, Transport\, Port of Brussels\, Information Policy\, Brusse ls-Capital Region\n\n\nTaxi - the flexibility champion: Best practices fro m around the world\nWim Faber\, Specialist journalist (taxis) and Director /Co-founder Taxi Research Network\n\n\n2nd interactive session: Taxi – A nytime\, Anywhere: How?\n\nAccess to the Profession: The UK and London rec ipe for high quality taxi services\nRoger J. Silvers\, MA\, LL.M\, \, RJS Management Services Limited\nProfessional Training: The royal path to qual ity of services\nPatrick Philipp\, Head\, IRU Training Academy\nThe Appeal of Technology: Opportunities and threats\nJames Cooper\, PhD\, Transport Research Institute\, Edinburgh Napier University\, Director\, Taxi Researc h Network\nRichard Darbéra\, Director of the IVM (Cities on the Move) Tax i Research Program\, Taxi Research Network\n\n3rd interactive session: Tax i – Anytime\, Anywhere: The role of authorities\n\nThe state’s policy in the field of taxis services regulation in Russia\nVyacheslav Lysakov\, Chairman of the Board\, National Taxi Council of Russia\, First Deputy Cha irman\, The State Duma Committee for Constitutional Legislation\nThe City and the Taxi: Combining industry initiative and business friendly regulati on\nProf. Dr. Mustafa Ilıcalı\, Senior Advisor to Lord Mayor of Istanbul \, and President of Bahçeşehir University Transportation Research Center \, Istanbul Turkey\nThe Law and the Taxi: The right regulatory mix – t he challenge of emerging technologies and smart phone applications\nMatthe w Daus\, President\, International Association of Transportation Regulator s (IATR)\n\nConclusions\n\nHubert Andela\, IRU Taxi Group President X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The 5th IRU International Taxi Forum confir ms commitment and wide support to taxi industry values of safety\, accessi bility\, flexibility\, comfort\, and environmental sustainability in the p rovision of taxi services\, as embodied in the IRU initiative “Taxi - An ytime! Anywhere!”
The Customer First: Results and recommendati
ons of the EuroTest survey on taxi service quality in 22 European
Luca
Pascotto\, Director of Mobility\, Fédération Internationale de l’Auto
mobile (FIA)
The Taxi as Part of the Public Transport Chain
: Results of the “Collecto” night taxi service in Brussels and prospec
ts for the future
Kristof De Mesmaeker\, Adviser\, Cabinet of Minister
Brigitte Grouwels\, Public Works\, Transport\, Port of Brussels\, Informa
tion Policy\, Brussels-Capital Region
Taxi - the flexibilit
y champion: Best practices from around the world
Wim Faber\, Specialis
t journalist (taxis) and Director/Co-founder Taxi Research Network