Cable Car World: The program is set

Cable Car World is the world's first trade fair to focus on urban cable cars as an equally important component of new urban mobility and will be accompanied by an integrated specialist congress. The preliminary program has now been finalized. The overview of the keynotes on June 04 and 05, 2024 at Messe Essen.

The Cable Car Congress is a two-day congress format organised by Cable Car World. Current topics in the context of urban cable cars will be dealt with in four sections.

The congress is firmly integrated into the overall concept of Cable Car World so that all participants can use both options during the event days. In this way, every visitor can optimise their stay to suit their individual needs.

The congress will be moderated by Carmen Hentschel, keynote speaker for digitalization and mobility.

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Messe Essen has reserved an exclusive hotel contingent for all exhibitors and trade visitors of Cable Car World 2024 at the nearby 4-star Hotel Bredeney. For only € 110.00 per night you will receive a single room (valid for booking period June 03 – 05, 2024). This offer is only valid for reservations made by April 06, 2024! If you would like to make a reservation, please contact by e-mail: anna.holthaus@messe-essen.de.

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Congress program

Day 1: 4th of June 2024

10:00 a.m. Greeting Federal Ministry of Transport

  • Patron: Dr. Volker Wissing (Federal Minister for Digital and Transport)
  • Speaker: Hartmut Höppner (State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport)
10:07 a.m. Greeting Ministry of Transport of Sierra Leone

  • Speaker: Hon. Minister Alhaji Fanday Turay (Minister of Transport Sierra Leone)
10:14 a.m. Greeting OITAF (World Cable Car Association) 

  • Speaker: Mag. Jörg Schröttner (President of the OITAF and Head of the department „Oberste Seilbahnbehörde“ („Supreme Cable Car Authority“) in the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology)

Part I: Urban Development & Cable Cars | 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

10:20 a.m. Keynote – University Paris1 Sorbonne – Science

  • Topic: Significance of urban cable cars in the context of the 15-minute city concept using the example of the city of Paris
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Carlos Moreno (Professor Entrepreneurship Territory Innovation), requested
10:40 a.m. Impulse Lecture 1.1 – MoRTH – Governance

  • Topic: Background and planning in the context of the indian cable car programme Parvatmala
  • Speaker: n.n
11:00 a.m. Impulse Lecture 1.2 – City of Herne – Governance 

  • Topic: Modern mobility solutions for the development of a future neighborhood in the Metropole Ruhr
  • Speaker: Dr. Frank Dudda (Mayor, City of Herne)
11:20 a.m. Impulse Lecture 1.3 – Industrial Association for Hot-Dip Galvanizing – Industry

  • Topic: Shaping the future in a floating way: Hot-dip galvanised steel as the key to sustainable urban cable car systems
  • Speaker: Mark Huckshold (CEO, „Industrieverband Feuerverzinken“, engl. „Industrial Association for Hot-Dip Galvanizing“)
11:40 a.m. Impulse Lecture 1.4 – UNStudio – Design/Architecture

  • Topic: Building the future: The Synergy of Design and Infrastructure in Future-Oriented Architecture
  • Speaker: Jürgen Heinzel (Associate Design Director, UNStudio) & Stella Nikolakaki (Senior Architect, UNStudio)
12:00 p.m. Panel Discussion Part I

  • Topic: Urban cable cars as an intergral part of modern urban development
  • Speaker: Helmut Wiesner (City Planning Council, Federal City of Bonn), Johannes Wieczorek (Deputy Director-Genral, German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport), Dr. Frank Dudda (Mayor,City of Herne), Han Joosten (Head of Area Development, BPD), Jan große Beilage (Head of Cable Car Projects, AMPMarseille)
  • Moderation: Alix Doberstein (Head of Project Management & Consulting, Future Mobility Solutions)
13:00 – 13:30 p.m. Workshop A & B

  • Information will follow soon

14:00- 14:30 p.m. Workshop C & D

  • Information will follow soon

Part II: Financing & Funding | 03:00 – 05:00 p.m.

03:00 p.m. Impulse Lecture 1.5 – CBH Attorneys at Law – Law 

  • Topic: Intergration of urban cable cars into public transport – regulatory hurdles and requirements
  • Speaker: Dr. Jan Deuster (Attorney & Partner, CBH Attorneys at Law)
03:20 p.m. Impulse Lecture 1.6 – Mota-Engil – Investment

  • Topic: International approach to financing urban cable car projects with PPP models
  • Speaker: Ricardo Oliveira (Business Development, Mota-Engil)
03:40 p.m. Impulse Lecture 1.7 – Karanovic & Partner – Law

  • Topic: A PPP process from a legal perspective using the example of the new cable car in Montenegro
  • Speaker: Sandra Perisic (Advocate/Senior Associate, Karanovic & Partner)
04:00 p.m. Impulse Lecture 1.8 – Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) – Governance 

  • Topic: Funding Scenarios and Conditions for Urban Cable Cars in Germany
  • Speaker: Ingo Strater (Head of Urban Mobility and Immediate Action Programme Clean Air, Unit G21, BMDV)
04:10 p.m. Impulse Lecture 1.9 – BPD – Real Estate 

  • Topic: Economic Effects of Urban Cable Cars on Large Area Developments
  • Speaker: Han Joosten (Head of Area Development, BPD)
04:20 p.m. Panel Discussion Part II

  • Topic: Conditions for the Financing of International Urban Cable Car Projects with the PPP Approach for the Successful Project Planning of Infrastructure Projects
  • Speaker: Andreas Funke (Partner, PwC), Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr (Mayor, City of Freetown, Sierra Leone), Ricardo Oliveira (Business Development, Mota Engil), Tijana Arsenijevic (Senior Associate, Karanovic & Partner)
  • Moderation: Ramatou Magagi (Principal Investment Officer, Department of Transaction Advisory Services of IFC)
04:50 p.m. Key Listener

  • Topic: Summary of Day 1 and Outlook for Day 2
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Harry Wagner (Professor for Intermodal Mobility and AI, University of Applied Science Ingolstadt & CEO FMS)
05:10 p.m. End of Congress Programme

Day 2, 5th of June 2024

10:00 a.m. Greeting from the host City of Essen

  • Speaker: Simone Raskob (Councilor for Environment, Sport and Transport, City of Essen)

Part III: Planning & Process | 10:10 – 12:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m. Impulse Lecture 2.2 – Stadt Freetown – Governance

  • Topic: Overcoming Mobility Restrictions with an Urban Cable Car as the Backbone of Public Transport in Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • Speaker: Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr (Mayor, City of Freetown, Sierra Leone)
10:50 a.m. Impulse Lecture 2.3 – Arcadis – Planning 

  • Topic: Deviations from the Dutch Planning Processes Using the Examples of Almere and Amsterdam
  • Speaker: Ton Vergeldt (Senior Project Manager, Arcadis)
11:10 a.m. Impulse Lecture 2.4 – Salzmann/BERNARD Gruppe – Planning

  • Topic: Urban Cable Cars – From Feasibility Study to Award | Experience from Internationally Implemented Projects
  • Speaker: Stephan Salzmann (CEO, Salzmann) & Dirk Kopperschläger (Senior Consultant, BERNARD Gruppe)
11:30 a.m. Panel Discussion Part III 

  • Topic: Success Factors for the Implementation of a Planning Process
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Harry Wagner (Professor for Intermodal Mobility and AI, TH Ingolstadt), Dr. André Schaffrin (Managing Consulant, Energy & Infrastructure, ifok GmbH), Ton Vergeldt (Senior Projectmanager, Arcadis)
  • Moderation: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Follmann (Professor for Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Applied Science, Darmstadt)
12:45 – 13:15 p.m. Workshop E & F

  • Information will follow soon

13:15 – 13:45 p.m. Workshop G & H

  • Information will follow soon

Part IV Operations & Best Practice | 02:00 – 04:00 p.m.

02:00 p.m. Impulse Lecture 2.5 – Transdev – Operation 

  • Topic: General Condition Operating an Urban Cable Car
  • Speaker: Christian Kleinenhammann (COO, Transdev Germany GmbH)
02:20 p.m. Impulse Lecture 2.6 – TÜV Süd – Inspection

  • Topic: Maintanance, Testing and Special Operational Requirements for Urban Cable Cars
  • Speaker: Dr. Georg Schober (Head of the Cable Car Testing Centre, TÜV Süd)
02:40 p.m. Impulse Lecture 2.7 – University of Mexico City – Science

  • Topic: Economic and Socio-Environmental Impact of Cable Cars in Mexico City
  • Speaker: Sergio Astorga (PhD, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana)
03:00 p.m. Impulse Lecture 2.8 – Mi Teleférico – Operation

  • Topic: Experience from the World’s Largest Cable Car Network in La Paz, Bolivia
  • Speaker: Cesar Portillo Arano (Project Manager, Mi Teleférico)
03:20 p.m. Panel Discussion Part IV

  • Topic: Factors for the Successful Operation of Urban Cable Cars
  • Speaker: Patrick Vial (Project Manager, Tisséo Collectivités, Toulouse, France), Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr (Mayor, City of Freetown, Sierra Leone), Cesar Portillo Arano (Project Manager, Mi Teleférico, Bolivia)
  • Moderation: Guido Bruggeman (Independent Mobility Expert)
03:50 p.m. Closing Words

  • Topic: Summary, Outlook and Perspectives
  • Speaker: Dominik Berndt (CEO, Cable Car World GmbH)
04:00 p.m. End of Congress Programme