Local Transport Days 2011

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Topic: Innovations in tariff and distribution

Venue: Kongress Palais Kassel

Date: October 13/14, 2011

 

Thursday, October 13, 2011

 

Welcome and introduction

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Carsten Sommer, Head of the Department of Transport Planning and Transport Systems, University of Kassel

12:00 p.m.

Registration and refreshments

12:30 p.m.

Welcome address

Prof. Dr. Carsten Sommer
Bernhard Maßberg, Head of the Mobility and Transport Department,
Hessian Ministry of Economics, Transport and Regional Development

1:00 p.m.

Future of public transport
Dr. Claus Doll, Dr. Michael Krail, Competence Center Sustainability and Infrastructure Systems, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI

1:30 p.m.

Fares and distribution from the passenger's perspective
Iko Tönjes, North Rhine-Westphalia Regional Board, Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD)

14:00 hrs

Current developments in fares and sales
Dr. Till Ackermann, Head of Economics, Marketing, Fares and Sales, Association of German Transport Companies (VDV)

14:30 hrs

Coffee break

Innovative developments in sales

Moderation: Michael Kluger, Head of Mobility, Regional Management North Hesse

15:00 hrs

eTicket Germany - a vision becomes reality
Prof. Knut Ringat, Spokesman of the Management Board, Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund

3:30 p.m.

Touch&Travel on the road to the future
Birgit Wirth, Project Manager Touch&Travel, DB Mobility Logistics AG

16:00 hrs

Direct marketing in public transport
Dr. Thorsten Ebert, Board Member, Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft

18:00 hrs

Supporting program

 

 

Friday, October 14, 2011

Current questions on the tariff

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Uwe Köhler, VKT

9:30 a.m.

Senior citizen fares - a must for an ageing society?
Heinz Hauschildt, Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr

10:00 a.m.

Increasing passenger numbers and revenue through target group-specific fare offers
Jochen Sauer, Head of Public Transport Surveys, WVI Prof. Dr. Wermuth Verkehrsforschung und Infrastrukturplanung GmbH

10:30 a.m.

The GVH social ticket - introduction and evaluation of a social tariff for public transport in the Hannover region
Ulf Mattern, Managing Director, Großraum-Verkehr Hannover (GVH)

11:00 a.m.

Coffee break

New possibilities for pricing

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Carsten Sommer

11:30 a.m.

eTicket in Münster - The marketing approach of the multifunctional PlusCard
Reinhard Schulte, Head of Local Transport Management, Stadtwerke Münster

12:00 p.m.

Electronic fares
Dr.-Ing. Torsten Gründel, Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (IVI)

12:30 p.m.

Intermodal fares
Claudia Witte, Department of Transport Planning and Transport Systems, University of Kassel

13:00 hrs

Refreshments

End of the event