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 Program:

Please note: All presenters and scheduled times are subject to change. Registered attendees will automatically receive updates regarding Venues and Speakers.

TUESDAY December 8

5:00-7:30

WEDNESDAY

December 9th

All activities Wednesday and Thursday are at Malmö University, main lecture hall

9:00

9:00

9:40

10:25

10:50

11:10

11:30

11:50

12:10

1:10

1:30

1:55

2:20

2:45

3:00

3:20

3:45

4:00

4:20

4:40

7:30

Press conference (special press room available until 13.30)

Coffee and Registration & Exhibitor Display

Moderator & Management presentation, KOMPASS, Sponsors

Official opening - Hans Lindqvist, KOMPASS Moderator

Christer Lindstrom and Magnus Hunhammar, Institute for Sustainable Transportation

Malin Björns, Green Party, Skane and Anders Rubin, City of Malmo

Åsa Torstensson, Minister of Communications Sweden

MORNING THEME – State of World Mass Transportation and Possibilities

The Nano Car – Mobility Opportunity or Challenge – V Sumantran, India

Peak Oil and Transportation – Debbie Cook, ASPO, USA

Swedish Podcar Cities – K. Dahlström, Swedish Ministry of Enterprise former)

The Silicon Valley Challenge - Hans Larsen, San Jose, USA

Industrial Outlook for Podcars - Nick Ford, Frost & Sullivan, UK

***** Lunch *****

AFTERNOON THEME – Implementation, Operation and Research

ULTra at Heathrow – Malcolm Buchanan, Colin Buchanan Ltd.

Podcars at Masdar – Robbert Lohmann, 2Getthere Netherlands 

Vectus system in Uppsala – Jörgen Gustafsson, Vectus Sweden

Morgantown 35 years of operations, Vishakha Maskey, WVU USA

Panel debate – Moderated by Larry Fabian, ATRA

Exhibitors Display & Coffee

The Solar Transportation - Ron Swenson, USA & Bengt Gustafsson, Beamways

Modeling travel data- Goran Tegner, WSP Sweden

Modeling and Software Innovation – Prof. Ingmar Andréasson, Sweden

Uppsala Virtual Travel Center – Darrell Musick Encitra / Prof CJ Engström USA/Sweden

Day 1 Panel Discussion - Moderator David Muyres, CWR USA

DINNER / Julbord - Dinner Speeches by: Åke Thörner, Doctors for the Environment, and Anna Carin Thomer, Consulate General of Sweden, Information on the Memorandum of understanding between Sweden and California 

THURSDAY

December 10th

Thursday’s program is divided into two break-out sessions and a vendor display. At 1:10 pm, all sessions will convene together at the the main lecture hall again.

 9:00

  until

 12:00

1:10

1:35

2:00

2:25

2:50

3:00

3:30

TRACK S 9:00-12:00 KOMPASS & Real Estate invitation to attending Cities

TRACK R 9:00-12:00 ATRA Program: Innovation and Research Program

9:00    Introduction -  prof. Ingmar Andreasson, KTH Inst. of Technology
9:10    Overcoming Headway Limitations in PRT Systems
           Prof. em. J. Edward Anderson
9:35     RUF Dualmode Network Considerations
           Palle R. Jensen, RUF Denmark

10:00    Value Increase of Real Estate - Case Study in the Port of Rotterdam
            prof. em. Henk van Zuylen

10:20  * Break for Tea and Coffee *

10:50     Simulation modelling of PRT and other advanced transit concepts in  

             CityMobil - Prof. David Jeffery, University of Southampton

11:15    Podcars From a Sustainability Perspective
            prof. Lars Johansson, TFK Sweden

11:35    Personal Rapid Transit; Focusing on the Beginning Rather Than the  End

            prof. Alain Kornhauser, Princeton University

***** Time for lunch - chose your own restaurant for group meetings *****

AFTERNOON THEME – Synergies: Podcars, Rail & Real Estate 

Sao Paolo Brazil - Rail systems, Real Estate and Podcars in a Mega City

Rail Station development from Real Estate Perspective – Ann Wiberg, Jernhusen

California Program for High Speed Rail  - Rod Diridon, MTI USA

Swedish Rail Inititives, Bo Olsson, Swedish Rail

Let's work together – Christer Lindström & Magnus Hunhammar

Exhibitors Display & Coffee

FINAL PANEL DISCUSSION – Moderator Hans Lindqvist, KOMPASS