Welcome

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The UITP International Bus Conference offers all stakeholders in urban public bus transportation a unique opportunity to exchange knowledge, network and gain new business leads in a neutral, convivial environment. UITP will hold its 7th International Bus Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, on 18-20 April 2012 in collaboration with TOHOB, the Turkish Association of Private Buses, and IETT, the General Directorate for Istanbul Buses, and in conjunction with the international exhibition Busworld Turkey. Read the full text here.

Speakers

JEANTET Patrick

UITP Vice President and Chairman of the Bus Division, General Director of Keolis, Paris, France

KAHVECI Mümin

Deputy General Manager, IETT, Istanbul, Turkey

LOWE Chris

Executive Director, Bus Victoria, Port Melbourne, Australia

VON REDWITZ Franz

On behalf of UITP Industry Committee: Franz Freiherr von Redwitz, Head of Sales Engineering Bus & Coach, MAN Truck & Bus, and Industry Observer of the UITP Bus Committee, Munich, Germany

VANHOUTTE Marc

Corporate Bus  Fleet Director, Veolia-Transdev HQ, Paris, France

BARROS Alcides

Engineering  Director, Arriva Noroeste, Spain

WAGENKNECHT Thierry

Chairman of the UITP Bus Committee, Technical Director, TPG  Geneva, Switzerland

GONZALEZ BALMAS Francisco

Leader of the UITP Fuels and Traction System Observatory, Bus Technical Director, Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

AUGE Olivier

Project Leader, ABB Sécheron SA, Geneva, Switzerland

HARMS Tobias

Head of Operations Department, Stadtwerke Augsburg

DESJARDINS Jérémie

Business Leader Primove Blue Ocean, Bombardier Transportation, Berlin, Germany

MOKHTAR Shahril

Chair  of the UITP Asia-Pacific Bus Platform and Group Managing Director RapidKL, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

HASHEMY BAHREMANI Moshen

Consultant of Tehran Mayor, Board Member of Tehran Metro, Tehran Urban & Suburban Railway, Tehran, Iran

ETIENNE Jean Paul

Vice-Chairman of the UITP Bus  Committee, Rolling Stock Head Engineer, SRWT, Jambes, Belgium

WESTON Mike

Operations Director, London Bus  Services, TfL, London, United Kingdom

HANSEN Laurent

Head of Department, Service des transports en commun de la ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg

ELIASSEN Jarl

CEO, Trafikanten, Oslo, Norway

GUSTAFSSON Ulf

Senior Manager Public Affairs, Volvo Bus Corporation, Göteborg, Sweden

GUIDA Umberto

EBSF Project Director, UITP, Brussels, Belgium

GUNER Hitay

Advisor to TOHOB, Istanbul, Turkey

VIERENDEEL Serge

Responsible Quality and Processes, STIB, Brussels, Belgium

KAMINAGAÏ Yo

Responsible for Space Design and Identity, RATP, Paris, France

AUYANG Evan

Deputy Managing Director, The Kowloon Motor Bus,  Hong Kong, China

AL HAMELI Saeed

Chairman of UITP MENA Bus Working Group, General Manager Bus Division, Department of Transport Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

BARACLI Hayri

General Manager of IETT, Istanbul, Turkey

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ORHON Onur

General Secretary of TOHOB, Istanbul, Turkey

FLAUSCH Alain

UITP Secretary General, Brussels, Belgium

ACAR Ismail Hakki

ACAR Ismail Hakki

Advisor, TOHOB, Istanbul, Turkey

ÖNCÜ Erhan

Advisor-Transport Planner, TOHOB, Istanbul, Turkey

DEMIREL Abdulmuttalip

Head of Transportation, Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, Kocaeli, Turkey

DIAGNE Soudou

Managing Director, Conseil Executif des Transports Urbains de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

Guido Bruggeman

BRUGGEMAN Guido

Senior Transport Consultant, Guido Bruggeman Transport Consultancy, Amsterdam, Netherlands

TOPBAS Kadir

Lord Mayor of Metropolitan Municipality Istanbul, Turkey

MUTLU Hüseyin Avni

Governor of Istanbul, Turkey

BREITHAUPT Manfred

Senior Transport Advisor, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Transport and Mobility Division, Eschbron, Germany

NGCOBO Jeff

Director Operations, City of Johannesburg, Transportation Department, Rea Vaya BRT, Johannesburg, South Africa

ELBAZ Yehuda

Director of Public transport in Ministry of Transport, Israel

Sri Manjunatha PRASAD

Managing Director, Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, Karnataka, India

Ahmet Kazokoglu

KAZOKOĞLU Ahmet

General Manager, E-Kent, İstanbul, Turkey

Güliz Öztürk

ÖZTÜRK Güliz

International Marketing Manager, Kentkart, Izmir, Turkey

Muharrem Erkan

ERKAN Muharrem

R&D Director, BMC, İzmir, Turkey

Emre Gören

GÖREN Emre

Electrical Engineer, Siemens Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey

Levent Fidansoy

FIDANSOY Levent

General Manager, Burulas, Bursa, Turkey

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