Innovation workshop - "Mobility in the mountains: what if we made it sustainable? Innovating for access and mobility in resorts".

november 5, 2019 08:15 - November 5, 2019 13:00

The EDF Savoie Agency Une Rivière Un Territoire is co-organizing, withUniversité Savoie Mont Blanc and other partners, theInnovation Workshop "Mobility in the mountains: what if we made it sustainable? Innovating for access and mobility in resorts". This workshop will take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, at the Espace François Mitterand in Montmélian.

For the past 5 years, the accessibility and lack of intermodality of transport networks have been holding back winter sports resort visitors, disrupting both tourist numbers and the daily lives of local residents.
Through a conference and two round tables illustrated by the testimonies of economic players involved in the development and management of mobility in France and Switzerland, this morning will enable participants to share experiences and practices, and to outline the prospects for more sustainable mobility in the mountains.

The program

  • 8.15am: Welcome coffee
  • 9am: Introduction
    by Manuel Lenas, Director of the EDF Savoie Une Rivière Un Territoire Agency, and Franck Barruel, Director of INES academics and Evaluation
    Morning moderator Alexis Olivier Sbriglio
  • 9.15am - 9.45am: Conference "Mobility in the mountains: from unsustainable to sustainable
    by Jean Varlet, professor at the University of GenevaUniversité Savoie Mont Blanc
    "The analysis of mobility in the Alps provides useful food for thought about access to the mountains and internal circulation. The issues at stake, the difficulties encountered, and the responses in terms of organization and development of networks and resorts are all addressed.
  • 9:45 - 10:45: Round Table 1 "Improving access to resorts: a matter of engineering, planning, behavior?"
    "On February 23, 2019, more than 156,000 vehicles were counted in Savoie during the winter vacation chassé-croisé. Delays, tiredness, irritation, ... make it difficult to arrive and therefore to welcome people to the resorts. But are there alternatives to the car to help tourists get to the winter sports resorts with greater peace of mind?
    Witnesses: Pascal Fivaz, Deputy Director - Head of Passenger Department - Transports Publics du Chablais SA, Jean Souchal, Chairman of the Board of Pomagalski
  • 11am - 12pm: Round Table 2 "Optimizing travel in resorts: a matter of innovation, management and urban planning?
    "100% car-free: an aspiration that is increasingly appealing to tourists. But how do we get around the resort, how do we manage tourist flows smoothly, and what modes of transport should be favored for a 100% sustainable approach?"
    Witnesses: Ludovic Henry, Technical Director of SIVAL (Syndicat Intercommunal de la vallée du Louron - Hautes Pyrénées), Vincent Pellissier, Head of the Mobility Department, State of Valais, and Pascal de Thiersant, Chairman of the Board of Société des 3 Vallées.
  • 12pm: Morning summary
    Keynote speaker: André Plaisance, Mayor of Les Belleville - Les Menuires / Val Thorens, President of the Communauté de Communes Cœur de Tarentaise, Vice-President of the Association Nationale des Maires des Stations de Montagne, President of the Fédération Nationale de la Sécurité et des Secours sur les Domaines Skiables.
    Closing remarks by Patrick Grand'Eury, President of the Cluster Montagne
  • 12:30 pm: Show Room visit
  • Buffet

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