EPTA Conference on "Passenger and Freight Transport"

Thursday, 22nd September 1994
"Gästehaus Petersberg", Königswinter (near Bonn), Germany

EPTA Conference on Passenger and Freight Transport
Morning Session

11.00	Hans-Peter Voigt, Member of the German Federal Parliament, President of EPTA Welcome Address Herbert Paschen, Director of TAB (Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag) Introduction to the Conference
11.30	Rathenau Institute, Netherlands The True Costs of Passenger Traffic
12.15	TEKNOLOGIN ÆVNET / The Board of Technology, Denmark The Future of Car Transportation in Denmark
13.00	Lunch

Afternoon Session

14.00	Office Parlementaire d'Evaluation des Choix Scientifiques et Technologiques (OPECST), France Les Réponses Offertes par les Nouvelles Technologies de Transport aux Problèmes de la Saturation des Axes Routiers Nord/Sud
14.45	Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), United Kingdom Respiratory Disease and Pollution from Vehicles
15.30	Coffee Break
15.45	European Parliament, Scientific and Technological Options Assessment (STOA) The Technological City
16.30	Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB), Germany Entwicklung und Analyse von Optionen zur Entlastung des Verkehrsnetzes und zur Verlagerung des Straßenverkehrs auf umweltfreundlichere Verkehrsträger (Development and Analysis of Options to Relieve the Transport Network and to Shift Road Traffic to Environmentally Sounder Means of Transport)
17.15	General Discussion
18.00	Closing of the Conference
19.30	Dinner The Chairman of the Committee for Research, Technology and Technology Assessment of the German Bundestag, Wolf-Michael Catenhusen, invites the participants to dinner at the restaurant of the Parlamentarische Gesellschaft.

EPTA Council - Annual Meeting 1994

Friday, 23rd September 1994
"Gästehaus Petersberg", Königswinter (near Bonn), Germany

Agenda

09.00	Introductory remarks by the Chairman: Dr. Hans-Peter Voigt, Member of the German Federal Parliament
09.15	Rules for full EPTA membership and observer status The following texts will be submitted to the Council members before the meeting: letter sent to candidates for observer status and list of recipients of this letter draft of "Rules for full EPTA membership and observer status"
09.45	EPTA coordination and cooperation Oral statement by STOA (D. Holdsworth, A. Gay) Oral statement by H. Paschen (TAB) on the possibility of organizing a joint EPTA project Oral statement by M. Norton (POST) on the possibility of coordinating interest in assessing performence of the fourth Framework Programme activities in a timely manner
10.30	EPTA in relation to the 4th Framework Programme and the proposed ETAN (European Technology Assessment Network) Oral statement by Mr. J. Gabolde, DG XII, or Mr. P. Caracostas (adviser to Mr. Gabolde)
11.15	EPTA in relation to IATAFI (International Association for Technology Assessment and Forecasting Institutions) written statement to be submitted by R. Coenen (AFAS; chairman of the IATAFI Information Exchange Committee)
11.30	Updates on activities of EPTA institutions Brief oral statements by EPTA directors
12.00	Election of the new EPTA president
12.20	Any other business
12.30	Closing of the meeting

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