International organisation
Steering committee
The organisation is led by a secretary general, Mrs Chantal DUCHÈNE, Managing Director of GART – Group of Transport Authorities –.
- Pays de la Loire Region
- Mr. Jacques AUXIETTE, President of the Regional Council
- Mr. Jean-Claude ANTONINI, Vice President of the Regional Council and President of the “Planning, Infrastructure, Transport and Mobility” commission
- Mr. Gilles BONTEMPS, Vice President of the Regional Council, in
charge of Transport
- City of Nantes
- Mr. Jean-Marc AYRAULT, President
- Mr. Camille DURAND, Vice President, in charge of Transport
- GGroup of Transport Authorities (GART)
- Mr. Michel DESTOT, President
- World Bank
- Mrs Maryvonne PLESSIS-FRAISSAR, Advisor to the Vice-President, Head of Transport and Urban Development
- European Investment Bank (EIB)
- Mr. Henry MARTY-GAUQUIE, Managing Director - Liaison with International Organisations
- Directorate General for Energy and Transport, European Commission
- Mr. Matthias RUETE Director General
- International Union of Public Transport (IUPT)
- Mr. André NIEMEGEERS, Director Knowledge & Membership services
- « Coopération pour le Développement et l’Amélioration des Transports Urbains et Périurbains » (CODATU)
- Mr. Christian PHILIP, President
- Association for European Transport (AET)
- Mr. Rob SHELDON, Chairman
- United Cities and Local Governments(UCLG)
- Mrs. Elisabeth GATEAU, Secretary General
- United Cities and Local Governments(UCLG)
- Mrs Elisabeth GATEAU, Secretary General
- Mr. Gino Van BEGIN, Directeur ICLEI Europe
- Cities for Mobility network
- Mr. Wolfgang SCHUSTER
- SCE Memoris group
- Mr. Jean-Philippe LESTANG, in charge of International Development
- Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Sécurité (INRETS)
- Sr. Guy BOURGEOIS, Managing Director
Scientific committee
- Mr. David BANISTER, Director of Research at the Bartlett School of Planning at University College London
- Mr. Yves CROZET, Professor, Faculté des sciences économiques et de gestion et directeur du Laboratoire d’Economie des Transports, Lyon 2 University
- Mr. Sandeep DASH, Expert in Transport, City of Bangalore (India)
- Mr. Thierry DELARBRE, Managing Director of the Competitiveness cluster “Cities and Sustainable Mobility”
- Mrs Dominique DRON, Professor, Ecole des Mines, Paris
- Mr. Philippe de FONTAINE VIVE CURTAZ, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), represented by Mr. Henry Marty-Gauquie
- Mr. Ralph GAKENHEIMER, Professor Urban Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Mr. Vincent KAUFMANN, Managing Director, Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne
- Mr. Jean-Philippe LESTANG, in charge of International Development, SCE Memoris
- Mr. Klaus MANDEL, Geographer, Regionalreferent, Verband Region Rhein-Neckar
- Mr. Marc-Antoine MARTIN, Secretary General of FFEM (Fonds Français pour l’Environnement Mondial)
- Mr.Patrick MORAND, Deputy Director, Professional Training Department, Nantes University
- Mrs Claire NICLAUSE, Deputy Director, European and International Affairs, Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Sécurité (INRETS)
- Mr. Daniel TARDY, President of FIEC (European Construction Industry Federation)
- Mr. Cesar Augusto RUIZ, Transport Director, City of Bogota
- Mr. Jack SHORT, Secretary General of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Methodology
The aim is to encourage and maintain a strong research dynamic on mobility by emphasizing the formulation of problems, constraints and experiences on the one hand and the current objectives as well as the fruits of public and private research on the other hand. This should permit to bring out the priorities in terms of investment and define new investigation areas.
The forum is structured around 3 stages devoted to expression and dialogue:- a time to share experiences and formulate questions. This moment will be devoted to local and regional authorities in charge of mobility in cities and territories… . Well-known cities, new towns and territories will present their experience to their counterparts, researchers and the public.
- a time to assess the mobility policies that have been implemented and the research and cooperation programmes in the field of mobility. Researchers and civilians will present the results and conclusions of their work to other researchers and participants in charge of mobility policies.
- a time for cross reflection during scheduled informal meetings amongst the present actors. These meetings should initiate new types of cooperation between a city and a local authority or between several authorities and researchers or research managers.
The Forum is expected to generate new types of international cooperation between local authorities and researchers, based on the identification of unsatisfied expectations, on themes that have not been treated and on unexploited research avenues.
This international meeting will also be an opportunity to assess, every two years, the results of the implemented cooperation, research programmes, policies, actions and practices.
