2012 CAETS/SATW Symposium on
Urban Development and Public Transportation
Improved Understanding of the Interdependencies
Swissôtel Zurich-Oerlikon, Aug. 30, 2012
Preliminary Program (July 31, 2012)
08:00 – 09:00 Registration, Welcome Coffee
Session I: Start
09:00 – 09:10 Opening
Prof. Dr. René Dändliker, President of CAETS 2012 and former President of SATW
09:10 – 09:20 Welcome Address
Dr. Mauro Dell’Ambrogio, State Secretary for Education and Research
09:20 – 09:30 Introduction to the Symposium
Prof. Dr. Ulrich W. Suter, President of SATW
Session IIa: Urbanisation, Land Use and Transport (Brownfield Development etc.)
Chair: Prof. Dr. Ulrich W. Suter, President of SATW
09:30 – 10:00 Keynote 1: Who is afraid of Learning from the History of Urban Design?
Prof. Dr. Ing. Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, Chair of urban design and director of the Institute for the history and theory of architecture
10:00 – 10:30 Keynote 2: Public Transport and the Production of Identity in Suburban Areas
Prof. Dr. Christian Schmid, Lecturer Sociology, ETH Zurich; co-director of the research project "SeDUT" (La Havanna – transport and sustainable urban development)
10:30 – 10:50 Coffee Break
Session IIb: Urbanisation, Land Use and Transport (Brownfield Development etc.) cont’ed
10:50 – 11:10 Presentation 1: The Future Cities Lab Singapore
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schmidt, Professor for Information Architecture, ETH Zurich; Director Singapore−ETH Center for Global Environmental Sustainability SEC (by video transmission from Singapore)
11:10 – 11:30 Presentation 2: Noise Mitigation: Possibilities for Quieter Cities in Europe
Prof. Dr. Tor Kihlman, The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA ; Chair, CAETS Noise Control Technology Committee; Chalmers University of Technology
Session III: Planning and Implementation of Public Transportation Systems
Chair: Dr. Markus Montigel, CEO Systransis Ltd. Train Information Systems, Zug, Switzerland
11:30 – 12:00 Keynote 3: Planning and Financing Public Transportation
Dr. José F. Albarrán Núñez, Secretary, Academy of Engineering (AI), Mexico
12:00 – 12:20 Presentation 3: The Gautrain Rapid Rail Link: Integration with Urban Development and other Public Transport
Olaus van Zyl, Fellow South African Academy of Engineering; Project Coordinator Gautrain Rapid Rail Link
12:20 – 12:40 Presentation 4: Planning and Implementation of BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) in India
Prof. Dr. Prabeer K. Sikdar, President, Intercontinental Consultants & Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Member of the Indian National Academy of Engineering INAE
12:40 – 13:50 Lunch Break
Session IV: Innovation in Transportation Systems
Chair: Prof. Dr. Otthein Herzog, Jacobs University Bremen and University of Bremen, Executive Board Member of acatech - National Academy of Science and Engineering, Germany
13:50 – 14:20 Keynote 4: High-end Intercity Links in China
Dr. He Huawu, Chief Engineer of Chinese Ministry of Railways
14:20 – 14:40 Presentation 5: Environmentally friendly and intelligent buses for the future
Prof. Dr. Nils-Olof Nylund, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
14:40 – 15:00 Presentation 6: European Train Control System ETCS
Prof. Dr. sc. techn. Peter Winter, RWTH Aachen; Consultant Swiss Federal Railways SBB
15:00 – 15:20 Presentation 7: Innovation in Transportations Systems: A Control and Systems Engineering Perspective
Prof. Dr. József Bokor, Budapest University of Technology, and Prof. Dr. Janos Ginsztler, Hungarian Academy of Engineering HAE
15:20 – 15:50 Coffee Break
Session V: Intermodality and Integration in Transportation Systems
Chair: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Weidmann, Professor for Traffic Systems, Institute for Traffic Planning and Transport Systems, ETH Zurich
15:50 – 16:10 Presentation 8: Introduction by the Chairman
16:10 – 16:30 Presentation 9: Network Development, Basic Interval Time Table, Transport Associations
Dr. Daria Martinoni, Head Network Development, Swiss Federal Railways SBB
16:30 – 16:50 Presentation 10: Personal Rapid Transit − Impact on Intermodality and Safety at Heathrow and Masdar
Dr. Chris Elliott, Fellow of the UK Royal Academy of Engineering, Chairman of the Safety Verification Team for Heathrow Pod, and former adviser to Masdar project
16:50 – 17:10 Presentation 11: Light Rail Glattalbahn – Innovative Application of Public Transport as Impulse for an Urban Development in a Vibrant Network City
Rainer Klostermann, dipl. Architect ETH SIA, Co-Partner Feddersen & Klostermann, Urban Planning Architecture Landscape, Zurich
Session VI: Conclusion
17:10 – 17:55 Commentary and Discussion
All participants
17:55 – 18:00 Closing /Adjourn
Prof. Dr. Janos Ginsztler, Hungarian Academy of Engineering HAE, President-elect of CAETS 2013
Prof. Dr. René Dändliker, President of CAETS 2012 and former President of SATW
18:00 – 19:00 Aperitifs, Networking