On 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 May 2011.
Challenge Bibendum gathers, over five days, more than five thousand representatives from the worlds of politics, business, industry, the scientific community, civil society and media to share and discuss the challenges and solutions for sustainable road mobility.
ENGAGING POLITICAL AND BUSINESS DECISION MAKERS
Experts, scientists, industrialists, as well as representatives from numerous international organizations - the European Union, ITF /OE CD, WHO , IEA , UNEP , WB CSD , WEF - support and take an active part in Challenge Bibendum.
In 2011, Challenge Bibendum will be organized under the patronage of the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Economics, with the participation of numerous other governmental representatives from various other countries.Michel
A TECHNOLOGICAL EXHIBITION CENTER
WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES
VEHICLE TECHNICAL TESTS, RALLY AND RIDE & DRIVE
A DECISION MAKERS’ FORUM
THE PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
Wednesday 18th May - Experts’ Day
• Open Road Rally: 300 km. Around 100 vehicles will take part.
• Urban Rally: 30 km in a built-up environment.
• Vehicle tests and design judging.
• Workshops: the future of electric propulsion, CO2, road safety… will all be among the themes to be discussed.
• Technological Exhibition Center open for the experts.
• Dinner. Design Contest awards.
Thursday 19th May - Day for discovering technology
• Opening Ceremony of Challenge Bibendum.
• Press conferences.
• Presentation of the workshop conclusions.
• Parade of vehicles to the Brandenburg Gate.
• Technological Exhibition Center.
• Ride & Drive.
• Dinner. Award ceremony for the winners of the rallies.
Friday 20th May: Decision Makers’ Foorum
• Ministers, parliamentarians, captains of industry and representatives of international organizations engage in a dialogue on their visions and priorities for sustainable road mobility.
• Conferences.
• Technological Exhibition Center.
• Ride & Drive.
Saturday 21st May - Student Day and Public Day
• Technological Exhibition Center
• Demonstrations
• Ride & Drive
• Conferences for the university students
• Youth and road safety.
Sunday 22nd May - Public Day
• Eco Driving Challenge.
• Technological Exhibition Center.
• Ride & Drive.
• Demonstrations.
For more information:
Tel.: +33 (0)4 73 32 23 76 - +49 (0)721 530-2543
www.challengebibendum.com
Minutes, slides, photos
- The Roadmap for Energy - Confrontations Europe celebrates its 20 years
- Social dialogue and industrial relations to solve the competitiveness/solidarity equation - Nuclear safety - CAP lunch-debates - Competitivness lunch-debates - EEE in Warsaw - AGE The Single Market Act - EEE in Budapest: Nuclear ownership - EEE in Brussels: European Budget - Looking for Clean cars - Biofuel sector in Europe - Lunch-debates on nuclear Energy
Romanian Perspectives Regarding the Inter-war Plans of Creating a “Danubian Confederation”
Will Europe retain its farmers? - Henri Nallet
Preparing European forests for climate change - a contribution of François Calonne to the Commission’s Green Paper
Fragmented Power : Europe and the Global Economy - Bruegel
Wages and wage bargaining in Europe: developments since mid-1990s - ETUI + Reader’s comment (in French)
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