Day 1: Tuesday 7th May
Moderator of Plenary Sessions: Urs Maier (Agora Verkehrswende)
09:30-10:45 Plenary Session 1: Setting the scene – ERS becomes reality
- Stef Cornelis (Transport & Environment): How EU policies can drive ERS systems in Europe
- Arnd Stephan (Technische Universität Dresden): Perspectives for electric road traffic – chances and challenges
- Renato Mazzoncini (Politecnico Milano): The technical uptake of E-Highway concept in Italy
11:00-12:00 Welcome by Government representatives
- Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
- Mattias Landgren, State Secretary, Ministry of Infrastructure, Swedish Government Offices
- Jens Deutschendorf, Secretary of State at the Hessen State Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport and Housing
- Ferdinand Schöpp (Technische Universität Darmstadt): Electrified? – Right in the thick of things
13:00-14:30 Site Visit
13:15-14:30 Scientific Sessions
- Interaction with energy system
- Stakeholder / Acceptance
14:45-16:15 Site Visit
14:45-16:30 Scientific Sessions
- Status of test tracks (planning / implementation)
- Business models / framework conditions
16:30-18:00 Site Visit
16:30-18:00 Poster Session
17:00-17:45 Roundtable Discussions (17:30-18:15)
- Standardization – hosted by Helena Andersson (Swedish Transport administration) and Michael Lehmann (Fachhochschule Erfurt)
- Operator’s Perspectives – hosted by Tobias Bernecker (Hochschule Heilbronn) and Kristin Kahl (Contargo GmbH & Co. KG)
17:30-18:15 Roundtable Discussions
- Road Administrations – hosted by Hans Säll (NCC) and Achim Reußwig (Hessen Mobil)
- Public Awareness and Acceptance – hosted by Uta Burghard (Fraunhofer ISI) and Henner Weithöner (Freelance Journalist)
- ERS: The first test tracks are in operation – which next steps have to follow? – hosted by Stef Cornelis (Transport & Environment) and Florian Hacker (Öko-Institut)
Conference Dinner
Restaurant Druckwasserwerk, Rotfeder Ring 16, 60327 Frankfurt am Main
- We provide a bus transfer from the conference venue HOLM to the restaurant. Busses depart between 18:00 and 18:30.
- After dinner, we provide a bus transfer back to HOLM. On its way back to HOLM, the bus also stops nearby Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof / main station.
The bus leaves at 22:30, 23:00 (2 busses), and 23:30. The bus stops for boarding in front of the restaurant – but only for a very short time. Please come in time and enter the bus quickly. - If you come / leave by public transport on your own:
Next bus stop is “Heinrich-Hoffmann-Str.”
Next local train (S-Bahn) station is “Galluswarte”
Day 2: Wednesday 8th May
09:00-10:15 Plenary Session 2: Broadening the horizon – Worldwide technology developments and demonstration projects
- Suyash Singh (Grenovators Motor Work Pvt. Ltd.): Scope of ERS adoption as a futuristic electric mobility solution for India
- Jianjun Zhang (Director of Technology Administration Division, Highway Department, Ministry of Transport, P.R. China): Current status and progress of Chinese Highways‘ Smart and Electric Transformation
- Manfred Boltze (Technische Universität Darmstadt): Validators, Demonstrators, Facilitators – The Roles of eHighway Field Tests on the Way to Large-scale Implementation
- Gereon Meyer (VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH): Progress in Electric Mobility Worldwide
10:30-12:00 Scientific Sessions
- Techno-economic analysis
- Simulations along test tracks
10:30-12:00 Site Visit
13:15-14:45 Scientific Sessions
- New technologies beyond traditional ERS, OEM strategies
- Large-scale implementation
13:15-14:45 Site Visit
15:00-16:15 Plenary Session 3: Launching large-scale implementations – What are next steps, what do we need?
- Jan Pettersson (Swedish Transport Administration): Setting up a 20-30km ERS pilot in Sweden.
- Panel discussion with Elna Holmberg (Volvo Group), Andrea Schoen (Schenker), Axel Hausen (EnBW) and Jan Pettersson (Swedish Transport Administration)
- Reports from the roundtable discussions
16:15-17:00 Closing Plenary: Final remarks and invitation to ERS conference 2020