“Sustainable Mobility in Mountain Areas” – SWOMM Side Event at the CSD18

10/5/2010
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UN Headquarters, New York
EcoSoc Conference Room
12 May 2010 from 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm.

The 18th Commission of Sustainable Development of United Nations will host the SWOMM Side Event, “Sustainable Mobility in Mountain Areas”.

The event, to be held on 12th of May 2010 from 1.15 pm to 2.45 pm, is being organized by the Italian Ministry for the Environment and the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (FAO), with the institutional support of UNEP.

The SWOMM Side Event at the CSD18 is gathering experts of the transport sector, coming from scientific institutions from the Alps, the Carpathian region and the Nepal. They will promote discussions on the theme of sustainable mobility and transport, with a specific view to the mountain areas, presenting innovative scientific research and successful experiences.

DRAFT AGENDA
Opening and welcome:
Paola Lucarelli – Vice Director of Cabinet, Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea.
Douglas McGuire – Mountain Partnership Secretariat

Speakers:
Pier Carlo Sandei – UNEP/ Interim Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention
Mattia Poretti – Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Margrethe Sagevik -International Union of Railways (UIC)
Filippo Dal Fiore – MIT Senseable Cities Lab
Luca Cetara – SWOMM Scientific Secretariat

Link to website
http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/csd/csd_csd18.shtml

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