2nd European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans

2nd European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans

16 - 17 June 2015, Bucharest, Romania

The European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans is the principal annual event for the international community of practitioners, policy makers and academics from across Europe to come together to debate key issues, highlight developments in mobility planning and exchange ideas and experience.

Over 75% of available conference places are booked so register now to ensure you can attend.

Keynote speakers

We are delighted that a distinguished group of experts on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) policy, preparation and implementation will be sharing their knowledge with attendees at the event, including:

• Ms Andreja Kodrin, Cabinet Member, DG Mobility & Transport (MOVE) -  presenting the European Commission’s perspective on sustainable urban mobility planning progress and an update on initiatives.
• Ms Aura Raducu, Principal Manager, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development , Romania – setting out how the Regional Growth Poles Programme has created the impetus for Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan preparation in Romania.
• Professor Tom Rye, Edinburgh Napier University – providing a view on the value of SUMP preparation for public authorities, at a time of tightening budgets. Tom is an international expert in the field of mobility management and a member of the expert group that contributed to the preparation of the SUMP guidelines.
• Peter Håkansson and Andreas Nordin, Project Leaders, City of Malmö – setting out what has been achieved by the city following the preparation of the Transport and Environment Plan and how they are seeking to adapt and improve their planning processes.
• Marcel Rommerts, Head of Unit of Transport Research in the Innovation and Networks Agency (INEA). Marcel Rommerts is responsible for the Horizon 2020 projects in the field of transport and will be presenting on the decentralized implementation of transport (and energy) budgets.
• Isabelle Maes, Policy Officer at the European Commission DG Mobility & Transport (MOVE). Isabelle Maes will provide an overview of further European financial instruments available to cities.

“Sustainable mobility for everyone” - discussion and debate

Under the overall theme of the conference, “Sustainable mobility for everyone”, nine parallel sessions will explore topics as diverse as: Data collection to inform Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan preparation. How do we begin to address the problem of mobility poverty? And how should we adapt the approach to Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan preparation to be suitable for small cities with limited resources?

Each of these sessions will include presentations by experts on these subjects, case studies from across Europe, as well as facilitated discussions to ensure that all conference attendees are able to share their views and experience.

Special focus on Bucharest & Romania

Romania provides an inspiring and informative host country for the 2015 conference, as the government has been active in putting in place legislation for Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans and eight cities have recently embarked on preparing Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans through the Growth Poles Programme.

During the conference programme there will be the opportunity to hear about SUMP preparation for the Bucharest-Ilfov agglomeration, Timisoara, Cluj-Napoca, Brasov and Suceava.

Isabelle Maës
Policy Officer

European Commission
DG Mobility and Transport (MOVE)
Unit C.1 | Office 07/24
Rue Jean-André de Mot 28| 1049 Brussels
Tel: +32 2 296 53 50

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/