DACH Conference 2026
In cooperation with the 8th EUSALP Mobility Conference
Under the title “Our Alpine transport network: removing barriers, connecting regions”, the two-day conference programme will address key challenges and future perspectives of Alpine passenger and freight transport, as well as cross-border infrastructure planning.
The conference will open with a joint plenary session featuring a keynote address and political debates. On the second day, parallel sessions will focus on central topics relating to passenger and freight transport. Interactive discussion formats with active audience participation, as well as technical excursions, will complement the programme.
We are particularly pleased that State Minister Christian Bernreiter will open the conference.
Every two years, the three sister transport science associations from Germany (DVWG), Austria (ÖVG), and Switzerland (SVWG), under the coordination of the European Platform of Transport Sciences (EPTS Foundation e. V.), jointly organize the DACH Conference. Following the successful conference held in Innsbruck in 2024, the DVWG will host the event in 2026. The DACH Conference 2026 will take place jointly with the 8th EUSALP Mobility Conference and is being organized in close cooperation with the Bavarian State Ministry of Housing, Building and Transport.
Programme
October 8, 2026 (Thursday)
| Time | Programme Item | Speaker / Note |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | Opening & Welcome | |
| 14:30 | Keynote – European Perspectives | (to be announced) |
| 15:00 | Welcome Address & Panel: Transport Policy in the DACH Region | Christian Bernreiter (Bavarian State Ministry of Housing, Building and Transport) |
| 16:00 | Networking | |
| ALPIN Session – Transport Forecasts in the DACH Region | ||
| 17:00 | Transport Forecast 2040 Germany | Alexandra Rudolf (Intraplan Consult GmbH) |
| Transport Forecast 2040 Austria | Marie-Luise Zwicker (Prognos GmbH) | |
| Transport Forecast 2040 Switzerland | Thomas Schatzmann (Federal Office for Spatial Development ARE) | |
| 17:45 | Panel: Transport Forecasts in the DACH Region | All three speakers |
| 18:30 | Transfer to Evening Event | |
| 19:30 | Evening Event | (venue to be announced) |
October 9, 2026 (Friday)
| Time | Programme Item | Speaker / Note |
|---|---|---|
| Parallel Session G1 – Freight Transport: Modal Shift (DACH) | ||
| 09:00 | Impulse Germany (Academia) | Prof. Dr. Uwe Clausen (Fraunhofer IML) |
| Impulse Austria (Association) | Maximilian Bauer (SCHIG mbH) | |
| Impulse Switzerland (Industry) | Bruno Paul Fischer (Hupac Intermodal SA) | |
| Panel | ||
| 10:00 | Networking | |
| Parallel Session P1 – Passenger Transport in the Alpine Region (EUSALP) | ||
| 09:00 | Impulse Cross-Border Mobility Manager Bavaria-Tyrol | Oliver Kirchner (Kufstein Mobil) |
| Impulse Corporate Mobility Management | André Mallossek (Plattform Land Südtirol) | |
| Impulse Rail Projects Interreg IT-CH | (to be announced) | |
| Panel | ||
| 10:00 | Networking | |
| Parallel Session G2 – Freight Transport: Modal Shift (EUSALP) | ||
| 10:30 | Impulse Logistics | Georg Dettendorfer (Spedition Dettendorfer) |
| Impulse Terminals | (to be announced) | |
| Impulse Ports | (to be announced) | |
| Panel | ||
| 11:30 | Change of Venue | |
| Parallel Session P2 – Passenger Transport in the Alpine Region (DACH) | ||
| 10:30 | Impulse Germany | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Torsten Busacker (HS München) |
| Impulse Austria | Prof. Dr. Markus Mailer (Uni Innsbruck) | |
| Impulse Switzerland | Prof. Dr. Widar von Arx (Hochschule Luzern) | |
| Panel | ||
| 11:30 | Change of Venue | |
| Summary & Closing | ||
| 11:45 | Summary & Farewell | Moderators of all 4 Sessions (max. 3 min. each) |
| 12:15 | Lunch | |