Report on the EPF conference in Budapest 20-21 of March 2015

Our 13th Conference and Annual General Meeting of the European Passengers’ Federation was held on 20-21 March 2015, Budapest, Hungary. The conference took place in the Bálna Centre. VEKE, our Hungarian member organisation hostred the event and special thanks has to go to Lajos Dorner for putting some much time in the organsiation of the conference.

On Friday afternoon we had the pleasure of having reports of the activiteits of the member associations of EPF. Following organisations presented their activities and you can download their presentations here:

• Gabor Nagy (VEKE) VEKE_2015_EPF_V1.1
• János Vincze (DERKE) 15_03_20 DERKE presentation
• Long-distance international rail services – by Ian McDonald (Railfuture) and Christoph Wachholder (probahn Österreich) 15_03_20_EURO-CITY TRAIN NETWORK + 15_03_20_The Grenzbahn-Project
• Progress with air passengers’ rights – Friendly Flying 15_03_20_Friendly Flying BUD 20MAR15
• Multimodal information and ticketing systems – what are the views of the different European institutions? – Peter Cornelius (Pro Bahn Deutschland) 15_03_20_PPT-EPF-Presentation-Peter-Cornelius
• Campaigning in France – Annemarie Ghémard (FNAUT) 15_03_20_Presentation Fnaut
• Issues for public transport users in Sweden – Kurt Hultgren (Resenärsforum) 15_03_20 EPF experiences in Sweden

On Saturday we had the principal day of the conference which was packed with very interesting presentations and interventions. Below you can find the list of speakers and their presentations.

• Balázs Szeneczey, Deputy Mayor of Budapest – Urban transport in Budapest Szeneczey_EPF_BP_en
• Lothar Zeller, Senior Advisor at European Investment Bank/Jaspers – Transport investments Lothar Zeller _PT conference
• Flórián Szalóki, assistant Secretary of State, Ministry of National Development Szaloki VEKE-EPF_2015.03.21EN
• Olga Sehnalová, MEP, Transport and Tourism Committee – Passenger rights 15_03_21_Olga Sehnalova_Presentation_21032015
• Márton Feldmann, COO of MÁV-Start Feldmann_MÁV-START_EPF_21.03.2015
• Csaba Ungvári, COO of GySEV/Raaberbahn GYSEV_Szolgáltatásfejlesztések_Ungvári_Csaba_DE
• András Ekés, CEO of Metropolitan Research Institute – Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans 210315-EPF-pres_Andras_Ekes-fin
• Franz Laczo, Chief Engineer at Stadler Rail – the view of a major European rail manufacturer Stadler EC250 Presentation Hungary 21.03.2015
• Attila Nagy, CEO of DKV Debrecen Transport Co. – urban transport in Debrecen EPF-DKV_Debrecen_2015_03_21_ angol
• Péter Lehoczky, Resysten Ltd. – protective coatings in public transport vehicles
• The work of EPF at EU level – Josef Schneider and Willy Smeulders 15_03_21 EPF The work of EPF at EU level

We would like to thank the following partners for making the Budapest confernce possible and a succes.