Press Invitation: International Transport Forum 2008: High Ranking Transport
Summit
PARIS, May 15 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
German Federal Chancellor, Angela Merkel, Transport Ministers From More Than 50 Countries,
Rajendra Pachauri, Yvo de Boer, Thomas Enders, Hartmut Mehdorn and Other Distinguished
Participants...
"Transport and Energy: The Challenge of Climate Change"
28-30 May 2008 in Leipzig -- Programme Highlights
28 May 2008: Stakeholders' Day
Participants include: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Scandia, Volkswagen, the World
Bank, Michelin, Toyota Europe, Technical University of Berlin, GTZ, International Energy Agency.
29 May 2008: Main Political day
09:00 Opening Session with Jack Short, Secretary General, International Transport Forum
(ITF)
Anu Vehvilainen, Finnish Minister of Transport
Wolfgang Tiefensee, Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development
9:30 Keynotes
Rajendra Pachauri, Nobel Peace Prize winner and chairman of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC
Pekka Himanen, University of Helsinki
Panel discussion chaired by the Minister of Transport of the Netherlands, Camiel Eurlings
with Thomas Enders, Airbus; Thierry Morin, Valeo; Jack Jacometti, Shell
12:30 German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel
Photo with Transport Ministers from more than 50 countries
15:00 Panel discussions
Hartmut Mehdorn, Deutsche Bahn AG; Julia King, Aston University; Scott Price, DHL
Express Europe; Andre Navarri, Bombardier Transportation
30 May 2008: Key Messages
13:00 Press conference
To register for press accreditation and obtain more programme details please consult
The International Transport Forum, part of the OECD family, is a global platform and meeting
place at the highest level for transport, logistics and mobility with more than 50 member countries
worldwide. Key figures from government and politics, business and industry, research and civil
society will meet at the annual conference in Leipzig, the "Transport Summit of the Year". The first
ITF summit is "Transport and Energy: the Challenge of Climate Change".
If you would like to arrange an interview with the ITF Secretary General, Jack Short, please
contact:
Michael Zirpel
Director of Communications
International Transport Forum
Postal address: OECD/ITF, 2 rue Andre Pascal, F-75775 Paris Cedex 16
Office Address: 5th floor, 2-4 rue Louis David, 75016 Paris, France
Tel. +33-1-45-24-95-96
Fax. +33(0)1-45-24-13-22
michael.zirpel@oecd.org
If you would like to arrange an interview with the ITF Secretary General, Jack Short, please
contact: Michael Zirpel, Director of Communications, International Transport Forum, Postal address:
OECD/ITF, 2 rue Andre Pascal, F-75775 Paris Cedex 16; Office Address: 5th floor, 2-4 rue Louis
David, 75016 Paris, France; Tel. +33-1-45-24-95-96, Fax. +33(0)1-45-24-13-22,
michael.zirpel@oecd.org
SOURCE International Transport Forum
CONTACT: Michael Zirpel, Director of Communications, International Transport Forum, +33-1-
45-24-95-96, Fax. +33(0)1-45-24-13-22, michael.zirpel@oecd.org
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