ERS Conference 2019: Program Overview

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

14:45-16:15 Site Visit

14:45-16:30 Scientific Sessions

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”

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

10:30-12:00 Site Visit

13:15-14:45 Scientific Sessions

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