Events
European Mobility Exhibition
Transports Publics 2010, the fourth edition of the European Mobility Exhibition, will take place from june in Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.
Organised by GIE Objectif transport public GART-UTP and UITP, this exhibition is the big meeting to discover the latest innovations and best practices in sustainable mobility.
"Océans" is scheduled for release on January 27
Veolia Environnement is a partner of the new Jacques Perrin film Océans. Like his previous feature-length films Microcosmos and Le peuple migrateur (Winged Migration), Océans is a documentary designed to raise awareness of the need to protect our oceans, as the species they support slowly disappear. It is also a timely reminder of the incredible beauty of a little-known, but fragile world.
Veolia Transport at the opening of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference
Veolia Transport, with UITP, TRL and GTZ, the German technical cooperation, launched the initiative "Bridging the gap: Pathways for transport in the post 2012 process" to include land transport in the agenda of the international climate negotiations held in Copenhagen on December 7-18.
22nd National Public Transportation Meeting
For France's 22nd National Public Transportation Meeting, to be held from November 25-27, 2009, 4,000 experts will come together in Nice to exchange ideas on the latest developments in the sector.
During these three days, representatives from all areas of public transportation will meet to discuss the latest issues affecting the sector and society in general. The meeting includes:
- the GART Congress (round table and topic-based workshops);
- the UTP Symposium (round table and topic-based workshops);
- an exhibition presenting the best projects of the 140 exhibitors from all activities in public transit and road and rail transportation.
All activities will be presented there, as well as the most recent innovations in urban, intercity, regional and national travel.
European Mobility Week
For the seventh edition of European Mobility Week events will take place throughout France from September 16 to 22. The Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development has issued a call for projects from all French players in the mobility sector to increase public awareness of the issues and encourage changes in travel habits.
The 2009 theme is: "A better climate for our cities."
http://www.mobilityweek.eu/Prix-de-la-Semaine-de-la-mobilite
Veolia Transport's commitment on the international climate change negotiations
A series of three workshops will be held in 2009 (on March 27 in Paris, June 6 in Bonn and in September in Brussels). Their purpose is to help ensure that transportation is really included in climate change negotiations, specifically during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference in December 2009 in Copenhagen.