The event is organised by the European Liberal Forum with the support of NEOS Lab and ALDE Party. This event is part of a series of Expert Forums organised around Europe on topical matters and challenges facing the European Union and will be conducted as the ALDE Party considers its manifesto for the 2019 elections to the European Parliament. This forum will be particularly focus on mobility and infrastructure – currently shaped by trends in Digitalisation, Automatisation and Decarbobisation. Understanding ongoing changes, emerging trends and their potential implications are important to ensure sustainable mobility for the 21st century across Europe. Three important pillars in this debate cover the digitalization of transport, cross-border mobility and cross-border infrastructure, which will be covered in our expert forum.
14:00 – 14:05 Introduction to European liberal Forum Josef Lentsch, Member of the Board
14:05 – 14:15 Welcome Speech, Angelika Mlinar MEP, ALDE Party Vice-President
14:15 – 15:15 PANEL 1: Cross-border Infrastructure
Franz Hörhager, Expert of private infrastructure investments
Gesine Meissner MEP, Member of the TRAN Committee AND Substitute Member of the ENVI and ITRE Committee
Alfred Pitnik, Head of Public & International Affairs Rail Cargo Group
15:15 – 16:15 PANEL 2: Cross-border Mobility
Prof. Elmar Fürst, Vienna University of Economics and Business – Institute for Transport and Logistics
Andreas Sernetz, Founder and CEO Fairplane
Bart Vink, D66, Member of the City Council of Amsterdam and Board Member Dutch Thinktank on Mobility and Spatial Development
16:15 – 17:15 PANEL 3: Digitalisation of Transport
Stefan Blachfellner, BCSSS, Managing Director
Stefan Gara, NEOS, Member of the Vienna City Council and Parliament
Irene Rivera Andrés MP, Ciudadanos, Spanish Chamber of Deputies Member of the Commission on Road Safety and sustainable mobility
Representative from Uber
17:15 closing remarks Dr. Christopher Gohl, Member of the ALDE Party Manifesto Drafting Committee
Moderated by Manfred Mühlberger
