Track
Plenary
Name
Opening Plenary Session
Date
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Time
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (CEST)
Location Name
Room Auditorium
Description
Outline:
Opening Plenary Session
- Opening by Nigel Williams, EPA President (video message)
- Keynote speech by the EU Commissioner for Sustainable Transport & Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas (video message)
- Keynote speech by Minister Theo Francken, Belgian Minister of Defence and Foreign Trade on “The dual use of infrastructures and more specifically of car parks”
Moderated by Tom Antonissen, EPA Executive Director
Opening Statements and Panel Debate with:
- Karen Vancluysen, Secretary General, POLIS
- Joost Vantomme, CEO, ERTICO – ITS Europe
- Paola Cossu, CEO FIT Consulting, Board of Directors ALICE
- Dr. Giuliano Mingardo, Deputy Director Erasmus Centre for Urban, Port and Transport Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Moderated by Theo Thuis, EPA Scientific Committee Chair
Speakers