European Road Safety Day

09h00 – 10h00 Reception of the participants

10h00 – 10h45 Introduction

Presentation of the day by Ms Véronique Auger, Chief editor of theEuropean editorial department of the TV station "France 3";moderator of the day

Mr. Dominique Bussereau, State Secretary, responsible for Transporton behalf of the French Presidency of the European Union

Mr. Antonio Tajani, Vice-president of the European Commission,responsible for Transport

Mr Jacques Barrot, Vice-president of the European Commission,responsible for Justice, Freedom and Security

10h45 – 11h15 Press Conference

10h45 – 11h15 State of play

Ms Isabelle Kardacz, Head of the Road Safety Unit of the EuropeanCommission: general results on road safety in Europe and focus onthe situation in the cities of the European Union

Ms Michèle Merli, Head of Road Safety Department: the situation inFrance

11h15 – 12h15 Panel 1: Road safety in cities: opinion of the "vulnerable users"

"Grand Témoin" : M. Klaus Bondam, Mayor ofCopenhagen (Denmark) representing Eurocities

Ms Filomena Araújo

Mr. Jacques Compagne, Secretary General of ACEM – TheMotorcycle Industry in Europe

Mr. Jesper Christensen, Secretary General of the Swedish Motorcyclist Association (Sweden)

M. Bernhard Ensink, Secretary General of the European CyclistsFederation –ECF-

Ms Jill Allen-King, Chairperson of the Mobility and Access toTransport Commission of the European Blind Union, (UnitedKingdom)

12h15 – 12h30 Open debate and conclusion of the session by the "grand Témoin"

12h30 – 14h15 Lunch

14h15 – 15h15 Panel 2: How to adapt our cities in order to improve road safety: casestudies

Grand Témoin: Mr. Pélissard, Chairman of the Association of Mayors of France

Mr. Klaus Goedejohann, Mayor of Bohmte, experience of sharedspace (Germany)

Ms Suzanne Andersson, Coordinator of road safety in Göteborg(Sweden)

Ms Pascale Buch, Deputy-Director of the Road Safety Department(France)

Mr. Fabio Nussio, Head of International Cooperation Department ofthe "Mobility Agency" of the City of Rome (Italy)

Mr. Jaroslav Mach, Transport Department, City of Prague(Czech Republic)

15h15 – 15h30 Open debate and conclusion of the session by the "grand Témoin"

15h30 – 16h00 Coffee break

16h00 – 17h00 Panel 3: How to change the behaviour of the European citizens: Towards a new culture for preventive road safety measures in particular in cities

Grand témoin : Mr Sergio Marchi, Deputy-Mayor of Rome (Italy)

Ms Agota Berces, External Relations – City of Budapest (Hungary)

M. Ulrick Merrild, Representing the company See-mi (Denmark)

M. Pascal Smet, Minister of Mobility of the Region Brussels-Capitalin Belgium (Belgium)

Ms Anna Wasilewska, Vice Mayor of the City of Olsztyn (Poland)

Ms Pfeiffer, Expert in the field of road safety and mobility (Austria)

Mr. Gino-Theodor Bosman, Deputy-Director of the Traffic Police –Bucarest (Romania)

17h00 – 17h15 Open debate and conclusion of the session by the grand Témoin

17h15 – 17h40 Concluding panel discussion

Mr. Dominique Bussereau, State Secretary, responsible for Transport

Mr. Altero Matteoli, Minister of Transport (Italy)

Mr. Antonio Tajani, Vice-president of the European Commission

17h40 – 18h30 Cocktails (alcohol free)