A special event celebrating 50 years of IRU representation to the EU.
IRU, the world road transport organisation, was established in Geneva in 1948 to help war-torn Europe rebuild its devastated trade and commercial links.
25 years later, on 1 July 1973, we opened a permanent representation to the then European Economic Community in Brussels to collaborate with European authorities and support transport companies in moving people and goods.
To mark this important milestone, IRU is hosting a special anniversary event in Brussels, featuring the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Brussels City Mayor Philippe Close, government ministers from Belgium, Lithuania, and Spain, along with EU authorities and road transport industry leaders from companies including ADAMPOL, Jan de Rijk Logistics, Meyering Verkehrsbetriebe, M+L LOGISTIK, Sales-Lentz Group, SAMAT, Ninatrans, Shell, SITRA, and UPS.
Chapters:
00:00:00 OPENING
00:06:07 Philippe Close, Mayor of Brussels
00:11:55 Georges Gilkinet, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mobility, Belgium
00:19:27 Radu Dinescu, President, IRU
00:22:26 Ursula Von der Leyen, President, European Commission
00:26:12 PART 1: Looking back: Building the European Union
00:28:05 Umberto de Pretto, Secretary General, IRU
00:32:58 A common transport policy and opening borders bring Europe together, with Dave Keating
00:35:25 Mathieu Grosch, Former MEP, European Parliament
00:40:53 Benny Smets, CEO, Ninatrans
00:45:45 Roberto Parrillo, President, ETF Road Transport Section
00:55:05 The Iron Curtain falls, the Union expands
00:55:47 Boguslaw Liberadzki, MEP and Former Transport Minister of Poland
01:02:47 Yves Mannaerts, Former IRU Vice President, FBAA
01:08:33 Krzysztof Dakowicz, CEO/President of the Board, ADAMPOL
01:14:27 Florence Dupasquier, CEO SAMAT Group, Vice President FNTR
01:19:20 Europe faces a pandemic, and a war
01:23:36 Laura Lane, Executive Vice President, Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer, UPS
01:29:32 Jos Sales, Associate partner at Sales-Lentz Group & Vice President of FLEAA, Luxembourg
01:33:29 David Marek, Project Manager, M+L Logistik Group
01:37:34 Elisabeth Werner, Deputy Secretary-General for Policy Coordination, European Commission
01:44:42 PART 2: At a crossroads: Decarbonising and Digitalising Transport
01:47:31 David Lucas Parrón, Secretary of State for Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda at the Spanish Ministry of Transport
01:54:00 Marius Skuodis, Minister of Transport and Communications, Lithuania
02:01:52 Panel discussion with Marius Skuodis, Jacqueline de Rijk (Jan de Rijk Logistics), Theresa Jasmin (Meyering Verkehrsbetriebe KG), and Thomas de Boer (Shell)
03:06:42 PART 3: The road ahead: EU mobility and logistics beyond 2040
03:09:34 Prof. Dr. Pero Micic, CEO FutureManagementGroup AG, Germany
03:28:48 Sampo Hietanen, Founder of MaaS Concept and CEO of MaaS Global
03:41:11 Panel discussion with Prof. Dr. Pero Micic and Sampo Hietanen
03:58:46 Closing remarks
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