Picture report

Day 1 (Oct 1st) * Day 2

 

 

 

TILLSAMMANS = TOGETHER!

 

Christer Lindström, Institute for
Sustainable Transportation founder
(IST) , expressed it well in his speech
during the Castle dinner.

He emphasised that the whole
Uppsala event is something
we do Together, (Tillsammans
in Swedish).

 

Of cource there are different vendors, different systems, different authorities, researchers etc and there certainly is competition!   But nevertheless, a general feeling of togetherness was there, that corresponded to Lindströms plea.   All involved in the podcar movement have a common interest in promoting the whole concept. The market potentials are enormous, thus it can be something in it for everyone.

 

Exterior of the BMC in Uppsala the,
location of the Podcar City event.

 

Mingle

 

Enthusiastic gathering in the morning October 1st

 

Britta Eskils helps delegates, assisted by, to the far right Joakim Fjälling and Marcus Svensson, all acting as IST hosts

 

The Vectus team, lead by its CEO Young Lee, was of special interest to the media.

 

 

Here the Vectus team studied the danish RUF dual mode concept.	Magnus Hunhammar CEO of IST gives an interview for the Uppsala newspaper.

 

Here Dr Lee gets aquainted to Christoffer Perkins at the american Sky Tran

 

Transport and infrastructue Journalist Ulo Maasing heads for an interview with Ollie Mikosza,
MIST-ER, Poland. Right: the latter gives a presentation for Gus Ayer from Orange County US.

 

Public Service Swedish television interviews Uppsalas Carl-Johan Engström.

 

Håkan Jansson from the Ministry of Entrerprise, Energy and Communication…chats with entrepreneur an local Lidingö politician Jan Nowacki and transport researcher Göran Tegnér.	Delegates sign for presentations and Vectus visits

 

 

The conference starts

 

Russel Johnsson chariman of IST greets everyone welcome

 

Magnus Hunhammar CEO IST, tells about the program of the event

 

 

Official opening by Mayor of Uppsala Gunnar Hedberg from the conservative party	Followed by a presentation of Erik Pelling, from the Social democrats in Uppsala.

 

Kjell Dahlström, General Director of SIKA presented the General Transportatio System	After trains and cars, will podcars be the next innovation boom in transportation?

 

A row of presentations followed.

 

Larry Fabian from ATRA told about experiences from the american podcar scene.

 

 

Malcolm Buchanan, Daventry	Jan van Dijke, City Mobile	Gus Ayer, Orange County

 

 

Presentations from the Vendors was an important part of the first day

Never has such a row of podcar vendors (yes, still all men...), been gathered at the same place:

Malcolm Buchanan, Mike Lester Sky web express, Palle Jensen, RUF, Robbert Lohmann Cyber Cab,

Ollie Mikosza, MIST-ER, Per Ribbing, Flyway, Christoffer Perkins, Sky Tran, John Cole, Dr Lee Vectus,

Larry Fabian ATRA and Magnus Hunhammar.

 

 

Questions to them from the floor took place. Kjell Dahlström, Director General asked the
panel if they were ready to participate in some kind of a tournament for the optimal podcar/PRT
solution, where IST or a similar body was a jury. All answered yes!

 

 

Other picture reports from the event:

 

Conference Day 2 * Vectus show *Ice breaker * Castle dinner