The eBussed Final Seminar offers a wide range of e-bus related activities: keynote speeches, site visits, and action plan presentations.


Programme

Tuesday | 17 May

The arrival of project partners and informal get-together in the evening.


Wednesday | 18 May 2022

9:00-9:15      Welcome

9:15-12:00     Regular project meeting and meeting of the Executive Board 
                        For Project partners and Executive Board members

12:00–13:30  Lunch

13:30–14:00  Welcome for stakeholders
                        Gordon Nelkner, Head of Department City of Hamburg (DE)

14:00–14:30  General overview of the project for the stakeholders
                        Stephanie Keßler, City of Hamburg (DE)
                        Aleksi Heinonen, Lead Partner Turku UAS (FI)

14:30–15:30  Implications of the fire in the Stuttgart bus depot for its reconstruction
                        Markus Wiedemann, SSB Stuttgart (DE)

15:30–16:00  Coffee break

16:00–17:30   Regional eBussed journeys and the ways to sustainable future mobility. What                                happened since the eBussed kick-off meeting and where are we going? (Part I)

17:30–17:45    Closing for the day

19:30–              Joint dinner


Thursday | 19 May

08:30–13:00 Site visits
                        HOCHBAHN e-bus depot in Hamburg-Alsterdorf
                        Presentation and guided tour

                        VHH e-bus depot and workshop in Hamburg-Bergedorf
                        Presentation and guided tour | infopoint in the workshop

13:00–13:30 Lunch at Design Offices

13:30–14:30 E-bus user interface
                        General introduction
                        Markku Ikonen, Turku UAS (FI)

                        What kind of technology lures behind the corner?
                        Mikko Pihlatie, Technical Research Centre VTT (FI)

                        Previous and ongoing e-bus research, methods and results
                        Guido Weijers, Product Manager Public Transport, VDL Bus & Coach (NL)

                        Panel discussion: The future of e-bus user experience

                        The speakers and
                        Topias Pihlava, Turku Region Public Transport Föli (FI) and
                        Juha Parkkonen, Turku Urban Traffic Ltd. (FI)

14:30–15:30 Regional eBussed journeys and the ways to sustainable future mobility: What                         happened since the eBussed kick-off meeting and where are we going? (Part II)

15:30–15:45 Coffee break

15:45–16:45 Drivers and barriers in e-bus deployment

                        General introduction
                        Ivo Tartaglia, Province of Livorno (IT)

                        Practical examples and recommendations
                        Emiliano Cipriani, Autolinee Toscane S.p.A. (IT)

16:45–17:15 Regional eBussed journeys and the ways to sustainable future mobility: what                         happened since the eBussed kick-off meeting and where are we going? (Part III)

17:15–17:30 Closing for the day


Friday | 20 May

09:00–10:00 Financial indications for Dutch e-bus investments and operations
                        Frans Bal, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (NL)

10:00–11:00 Wrap-up session

11:00–11:30 Introduction to SmartOpenHamburg
                        Ulfia Lenfers, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (DE)

11:00–14:00 Site visits (with lunch bags)
                        SmartOpenHamburg | Human behaviour and decision-making in the context of                         multi-modal urban travel

                       MOIA | An element of sustainable urban mobility in Hamburg 

14:00 Ending