IRU International Taxi Forum & Business Reception

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4 November 2016, 18:30

3rd IRU International Taxi Business Reception

5 November 2016, 09:30 – 13:30

• Moderator: John Kidd, Head - Communications & Events, IRU

Opening

• Peter ZANDER, President, Europäische Taximesse
• Thomas GRÄTZ, Vice President, IRU Group “Taxis and Hire Cars with Driver

Plenary session on “Which are the main global market access trends?”

• “Taxis, hire cars with driver and commercial transport intermediaries: global market access trends and principles for regulation”
  Matthew DAUS, President, International Association of Transportation Regulators (IATR);
• “The challenge of emerging technologies and smart phone applications: the Colombian approach”,
  Fredy Camilo GARCÍA MORENO, Executive Director, Consejo Superior del Transporte -Colombia;
• “The regional approach in the field of taxi regulation in Eurasia”,
  Irina ZARIPOVA, Director General, RNIC, Novosibirsk Region – Russia;
• “Same service, same rules: levelling the playing field”
  Hubert ANDELA, President, IRU Group “Taxis and Hire Cars with Driver”.

Coffee Break

Break-out session on “Green taxis: sustainability equals profitability”

• “Moscow’s strategy for green taxis”
  Dmitry PRONIN, Deputy Head of the Department of Transport, City of Moscow;
• “IRU Lighthouse for electric taxis”
  Monica GIANNINI, Project Manager, IRU Projects;
• “The European approach to electromobility: best practises”
  Bert WITKAMP, Secretary General, the European Association for Electromobility;
• “The taxis4smartcities initiative”
  Mr Hermann WALDNER, CEO, taxi.eu
• Moderator: Ivo Cré, Deputy Director, POLIS

Break-out session on “Taxis, as key element of MaaS”

• “Creating a one-stop mobility shop”
  Martin RÖHRLEEF, üstra Hannover – Germany;
• “Mobility as a service: requirements for taxi operators”
  Tuuli WILLGREN, Advisor, Suomen Taskiliito;
• “Legislation, an enabler for MaaS”
  Iida HUHTANEN, Senior Officer for Legal Affairs, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Finland;
• “UpTop, the IRU Global Taxi Network: taxis’ road to future mobility”
  Sonila METUSHI, Manager - Mobility of People & Taxis, IRU.

Coffee Break 

Plenary session on “What taxis do we want to see in 2030 and 2050?

• “Oman’s vision for smart mobility 2030”
  CEO, Ahmed Ali AL BULUSHI, CEO, Oman National Transport Company (Mwasalat);

• “Fit for the future: London’s plan for mobility”
  Peter BLAKE, Director of Service Operations, TfL Surface Transport;  

• “Taxi - vision for the future”
  Stanislav SHVAGERUS, Independent Expert, Russia;

• “Chile’s vision for smart mobility 2030”
  Alfredo STEINMEYER ESPINOSA, Legal Expert, Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, Chile;

• “IRU Taxi of the Future Initiative”
  Jørgen AARHAUG, Senior Research Economist, Institute of Transport Economics (TØI).

Conclusions and next steps

Note: Forum to be followed by networking lunch.