Eco-Logistics and Freight
Wednesday, January14th 2008, 9:00AM - 12:00PM

1/ Maritime freight: Price changes, structure of the market
•      Price/cost structure of maritime freight (reliable suppliers, low cost, public liability…)
•      An outlook on the changes in maritime freight as related to changes in the price of oil
•      Overview of ship-owners and intermediaries


2/ Railroad freight: price changes, market structure
•      Price/cost structure of railroad freight (competitive outlook, linked to the opening of the market…)
•      Railroad freight vs. road freight: competitive or complementary? How to create real railroad conditions (economics, regulations etc…)


3/ Air freight: price changes, market structure
•     Air freight and air mail
•     Price/cost structure
•     What is the outlook as related to the changing price of oil?
•     What is the future of air freight?


4/ Maritime freight in the next thirty years
•      The freighter of the future (hull structure, mode of propulsion)

What is the Future of Air Transport?
Wednesday, October 8th 2008 from 9:00am - 12:00pm

Global air transportation accounts for 2.5% of the world’s CO² emissions linked to the consumption of fossil fuels. Air transportation is growing faster than the economy at 4 to 5% per year over 30 years.
This is about double the economic growth. How long can this last?

 1- Reminder of Market Developments
•    Explosion of the demand and continued drop in the price per mile traveled. Structure of the demand for AT (air transportation): business, tourism, rapid delivery, freight…
•     Pricing (the very specific reasoning behind price fixing in air transportation) and sectioning of the offer (business, first class, tourism…)
•     The role of low cost companies: Market share, profitability, and added value
•     Qualitative and quantitative outlooks

 2- Air travel and Greenhouse Gases
•     Air travel consumption. Comparison with other modes of transportation.
•     Technology: Which alternative to fossil fuel will aircraft manufacturers use?  When will there be a « zero emission » aircraft? Is this possible? What are engine manufacturers planning?

 3- Air transportation and the End of Oil
•    What represents the price of oil in the ticket price?
•    Price flexibility of air transportation according to demand
•    Does low cost air transportation have a future?
•    Alternatives to kerosene (steam or pedal powered airplanes…)
•    What is the future of the A380 (Airbus)?

Office of Baker & McKenzie, 1 rue Paul Baudry, 75008 Paris

Energy and Environmental Constraints Facing Road Transportation
Wednesday, September 10th 2008 from 9:00am -12:00pm

 1- Impact of Oil Prices on Road Transportation
•    Volumetric analysis of the market (short distances, TIR “International Road Transport”…)
•    Transportation companies (size, concentration…)
•    Flexibility of road freight compared to the price of oil
•    Social impact (employment, risks in terms of the public and traffic) and economic (what might be the evolution in the price of road freight in ten years to come? Evaluation of its role on the final price of products.)

 2- Evolution of the Fundamental Characteristics of the Motor Vehicle
•    How is the total number of cars in France managed? (Life cycle, renewal…)
•    The constraint of greenhouse gas
•    Oil constraint
•    Societal constraint
•    On what technology do builders rely: Fuel cells, hybrid, stop & start? What are the first conceivable developments in a very short term? Can we drive the trucks that do not use oil?

 3- Evolution of Freight Techniques
•    Management of transportation station in production and distribution companies
•    « Piggyback » and « shipping »

 Office of Baker & McKenzie, 1 rue Paul Baudry, 75008 Paris

The Compressed Air Vehicle and the Electric Vehicle
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 9am - 12pm

1/Electric cars

• Electricity storage
• Battery range and recharge speed: inventory and outlook
• Brief history of cars powered by electric motors
• Pre-industrial scale electric car experiments
• Electric cars and large car-makers
• Local networks (for instance: Renault Nissan in Israel)

2/Compressed air powered cars

• Main principles and performance
• Market outlook
• Presentation of an experiment conducted in vivo

Participants

• Jean-Louis BERTHOU, Management of Transportation and the Electric Vehicles of the EDF (French electric company)
• Damien CRESPEL, Business Development Manager at DASSAULT/Society of Electric Vehicles (SVE)
• Patrick WILDLOECHER, Director of Sustainable Development at LA POSTE (French mail service)
• Guy NEGRE, PDG (president director-general) founder at Motor Development International (MDI)

Moderator : Jacques SAINT-MARC, General Secretary of the Interdepartmental Mobility and Electric Vehicle Group

Road Transport and Alternatives
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 9am - 12pm

1/The road transport market

• Volumetric market analysis (short distances, international road transport…)
• Transportation companies (size, concentration…)
• Survey of demand
• Price evolution

2/Road transport faced with ecological and societal challenges

• Greenhouse gas constraints
• Oil constraints
• Societal constraints

3/Rail-road transport and sea-road transport

• Offering rail-road transport: advantages, prices, constraints …
• Example of a buyer who uses "rail-road transport"
• The Swiss example
• Experience of sea-road transport in Europe

Railway Freight, Alternative to the Road?
Wednesday, July 4, 2007 from 9am - 12pm

The Background of Freight Transport in Europe and the State’s Role in the Regulation and Development of the Railway Division
•    The distribution mode and the trends of freight transport
•    Perspectives linked to the arrival of new participants
•    The State’s role

Effectiveness of Cross-Border Traffic and a Contribution to the Solution of Traffic Congestion in Major Northern European Ports
•    Introduction of Veolia Cargo
•    The endorsements of the performance of cross-border traffic: the European network, integrated organization and interoperability of resources
•    The project with CMA-CGM (French container transportation and shipping company)

Input from the Opening Up to Competition and Issues Related to the Railway Network
•    Inputs from the opening up to competition
•    The issues linked to the network: its status, its pricing…

The High Speed Rail Freight Program SNCF (French Railway Board) - La Poste (French Mail Service)
•    Genesis and program issues
•    Short and mid-term strategy
•    Impacts on postal fluidity (domestic and cross-border)
•    Commercial and technical consequences

From Piggyback to Optimodalité (Optimizing Transport): What Issues and What Developments? The New Highways
•    The new issues for merchandise transport chains
•    The concept of Optimodalité (optimizing transport) and its contributions
•    The ongoing projects

Participants•    Modalohr - Philippe Mangeard, President of Modalohr and President of the Circle for Optimodalité (optimizing transport) in Europe
•    Veolia Cargo - Denis Paillat, Delegate Director
•    RFF (French railway network) - Jean-Pierre Orus, Responsible of Passenger and Freight Activities Department
•    La Poste (French mail service) - Marc Wautier, General Director of Viapost, accompanied by Jacques Rolland, Director of Development at Viapost
•    Department of Transportation - Michel Lamalle, Assistant Director of railway and public transportation
Moderator : Anne-Laure Noat, Associate Consultant, Transportation Specialist, Eurogroup Industry