Organisation

The Steering Committee

The steering committee is the head of the congress.

It consist of leading policy and expert organizations in the field of urban, interurban and international bus services, coach tourism, school bus operations and demand responsive transport, and is headed by the European Commission’s DG MOVE and Busworld Foundation.

2025 Congress Steering Committee Members:

• Jean Louis Colson, European Commission, Head of Unit of Road Transportation
• Ewa Ptazynska, European Commission, Deputy Head of Unit, Road transportation
• Redgy Deschacht, Busworld Foundation, President
• Jan Deman, Busworld Foundation, Managing Director
• Raluca Marian, IRU, Director EU Advocacy - General Delegate of IRU's Permanent Delegation to the EU
• Karen Vancluysen, POLIS, Secretary General
• Joost Vantomme, ERTICO – ITS Europe, CEO
• Anders Selling, ITxPT, Secretary General
• John Gilbert, EPTO, Secretary General
• Siv Wiken, Kollektivtrafikk - Public Transport Norway, President
• Mike Dolman, ERM, Partner
• Raquel Morcillo, GPN, Executive Director