In organizing an event of this nature we received the contribution of more than 200 people, and the support of the following has been particularly appreciated.
I would like to thank, first:
the 10 institutions and organizations that conceded their patronage;
the members of the Committee of Honour.
A special thanks for their important and unwavering support in the last two years to:
the President, the Board, the Policy & Strategy Committee, the General Secretary and Elizabeth Herles, of EPA;
the President, the Board and all the members of AIPARK;
the Presidents and staff of the 19 EPA member Associations.
I am very grateful for the time, energy and for the direct and indirect financial contribution of:
the 13 sponsors;
the 40 Exhibitors;
the 20 members of the Scientific & Technical Committee;
SiTI – Higher Institute On Territorial Systems For Innovation for having accommodated the STC and for the collaboration of Mario Carrara, Andrea Rosa, Maurizio Arnone and the team of researchers;
the 23 speakers of the Plenary Sessions;
the 10 speakers of the Parallel Session;
the 22 Media Partners;
the Executive Director of the International Parking Institute and his staff.
We were able to bring it all together thanks to the enormous – and passionate - contribution of the New Deal’s Dream Team :
the Congress Secretariat AXEA, in particular Giovanna Possio and Ilaria Balbo;
the Press Office: Clickutility - Claudia Ceroni and Barbara Covili; AIPARK - Alessandra Faldi
Piero Craveri and Giancarlo Quagliotti: our precious contacts in Torino;
Paola Tagliacozzo, Noemi Civitenga, Tom Davis, each for their essential contributions.
A very special thanks to Alessandra Faldi, our tireless problem solver and Event Supervisor: without her all this would not have been possible.
There are certainly many more that have contributed and I apologize for not having mentioned them all. Thank you all again for what you have done and a special thanks to the delegates and visitors to the Congress and the Exhibition: I hope that you enjoy your stay. Finally I wish the very best to the Organizers of the 16th EPA Congress who certainly will strive to make it into a bigger and bigger European Parking Event.
Laurence A. Bannerman
Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 15th EPA Congress