Opening // EN

Video: Development of ropeways in the urban and tourist sector

Mr. Jörg Schröttner (A), President OITAF

The transport capacity of a cable car system in public transportation // EN
Klaus Erharter (I), Technical Director Leitner
Paul Abed (MEX) Director of Mexitelefericos S.A. de C.V.

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Burnaby Mountain Gondola: Making the Rapid Transit Connection // EN
Holly Foxcroft (CAN), Lead Planner, TransLink

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Toulouse’s cable car: focus on best practise 2 years after commissioning // FR
VIAL Patrick (F), Project director of Teleo – now project manager of thé future third métro Line in Toulouse

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BREST, the 1st urban ropeway in France // FR
Victor Antonio (F), Mobilities director#

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Transit planning in a context of inequality: The Case of Mexico City’s Cablebús Network – 10 million people each day. // EN
Andrés Lajous (MEX), Mobility Secretary, CDMX

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Get the best out of your ropes // EN

Video: Operation of ropeways

Sven Winter (D), CEO ROTEC GmbH President OITAF Study committee II

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Digital customer trainings: know-how anywhere and anytime // EN
Philip Oberdorfer (A), MSc/Digital Services Customer Support Doppelmayr Seilbahnen GmbH

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Operations and Maintenance (O&M): A successful long-term approach in managing Client’s assets // EN
Franziska Junginger (A), Operations Services Manager Doppelmayr Cable Car GmbH

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Opportunities and threats of digitalisation // EN
Marco Zgraggen (CH), CEO Sisag

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Operation and Maintenance of a multi-brand cable car // EN
Diego Scofano (BRA), Technical Director Grupo Iter – Rio de Janeiro

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LIFE Ropeway, the Innovative approach to increase the sustainability of Ropeways and their Operation throughout their entire lifecycle // EN
Michael Fauche (F), New Market & Strategy Director Poma

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Great Place to work Talent Journey // EN
Benny Pregenzer (A), CEO Fisser Bergbahnen GmbH

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Ropeways – A Leader in Safe Accessible Transportation // EN
John Kamb (USA), Ropeway Engineer, US Forest Service

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Metrocable Line K – Keys to keeping the first urban cable car in operation after 20 years, 135,000 hours and 260 million passengers mobilized // EN
Jorge Alberto, Ropeways Manager

Ramos Lopez (COL), Metro de Medellín

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Video: Recorrido Cables Aéreos Metro (13-06-2023)

E-mobility at the +1 level in public transport // EN

Dominik Berndt (D), CEO and Initiator Cable Car World Ltd.

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Proposal for a tool to help verify the safety level of monocable aerial ropeways // FR

Video: Ropeway technology, new developments

Gaetan Rioult (F), Chief Engineer Head of Department for Ropeway Installations STRMTG France, President OITAF Study Committee I

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Autonomous mobility with ropeways – the next generation of modern transportation // EN
Michael Mathis (A),  Head of technical division, Doppelmayr Seilbahnen GmbH

Martin Oberhammer (A), CEO Silvretta Montafon Holding GmbH

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Weather Challenges in Ropeway Operations & Maintenance // EN
Tom Scully (USA), Risk Control Consultant, President OITAF-NACS

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Fire risk under ropeways – a new approach to fly over difficulties // FR
Thibault Chatelus (F), Ropeway engineer in STRMTG (french control authority)

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The intermodal transport system ConnX // EN
Günther Tschinkel (I), Head of electrotechnical technical department Leitner ropeways

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Safe planning, installation and operation of urban Ropeways // EN
Georg Schober (D), Head of the Transportation and Ropeway Department TÜV Süd

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Cybersafety in the Sky: Unveiling the Crucial Link Between Ropeways Safety and Cybersecurity – lecture not held // EN
Giorgio Pizzi (I), Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport – Italy – Director of Ropeways, local railways and digitization of local public transport Division

The transformation of funicular system since 1888 – The Peak Tram // EN

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Samuel Lee (HK), Director of Engineering Peak Tramways Company Limited / Hong Kong

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Adaptation strategies of ropeway companies in Switzerland due to climate change // EN
Berno Stoffel (CH), Director Swiss Cable Car Association
Benedicta Aregger, Vice Director Swiss Cable Car Association

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Development and optimization of snow making systems for better resource management // EN
Franco Torretta (I), Technical director Monterosa skiresort (Italy); President of the Italian National Association of Ropeway Technicians (A.N.I.T.I.F.)

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Empirical data on technical snowmaking: Greener and more Sustainable than assumed // EN
Günther Aigner (A), CEO “Zukunft Skisport”

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Energy Storage System for Ropeways // EN
Stefan Gassmann (CH), (Head of Sales) Frey AG

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Touristic Sites and Environment // EN
Gunther Suette (A), President OITAF Study committee VII

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New strategy for ski resorts: public transport as the future essential service // EN
Sophia Oberjakober (I), CEO Mobilitätskonsortium

Andreas Dorfmann (I), President Mobilitätskonsortium, CEO Kronplatz Group

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The new generation of bicable ropeway, the economic link between monocable and 3S // EN
Dominic Bosio (F), Leitner ropeways

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• Comparison between ropeways systems and other public transport systems – the example of Toulouse – ppt
  Keynote speaker: Cyril Ladier
  Project Manager of the Toulouse ropeway project for public transport (PDF 3,5 MB)
• Comparison between ropeways systems and other public transport systems – the example of Toulouse – paper
  After introducing the project area in Toulouse, all the different solutions studied (roads, bridges, subway, light rail…) will be presented and compared. Then the cable car projects studied (with the different technologies) will be explained and the chosen project will be detailed (PDF 7 MB)
• Mi Teleferico, La Paz/El Alto (Bolivia) – a success story
  Cèsar Dockweiler: CEO of The public enterprise Mi-Teleferico from La Paz
  La Paz/El Alto, Bolivia, implements the biggest ropeway-based urban transit system worldwide.The presentation gives an overview of design, construction and operation and reports on experiences made with regard to concrete impacts and benefits for the local population (PDF 3,1 MB)
• Medellin’s Metrocables, economic and social aspects – ppt
  Jorge Ramos: Chief of Aerial Cables Metro de Medellín Ltda. (PDF 13,5 MB)
• Ropeway investments create prosperity in the Alps – ppt
  Peter Schröcksnadel: Entrepreneur, ski resort developer, President of the Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV) (PDF 2,4 MB)
• Ropeway investments create prosperity in the Alps – paper
  The presentation discusses the impact of ropeway investments on employment, the economy, tourism, sports, regional infrastructure and migration to urban areas (PDF 482 KB)
• Grow or perish? The growth challenge for Europe’s ski resorts – ppt
  Klaus Grabler: CEO of MANOVA GmbH (PDF 2,5 MB)
• Grow or perish? The growth challenge for Europe’s ski resorts – paper
  Skiing demand is stagnating at present. In parallel, costs and investment pressures on ski resorts increase which, as a result, can only survive by rising prices. The presentation explores potential alternative growth strategies and highlights levers that can boost demand again (PDF 482 KB)

• Objective risk – personal perception
  Keynote speaker: Manfred Müller
  Lufthansa aircraft captain and instructor for risk management
  Despite enormous achievements in engineering and computer science the human operator is still extremely important when a complex process requires a high safety level.Humans make mistakes, however optimum team interaction can identify and correct human errors and is an important tool for risk management. (PDF 647 KB)
• Continuous Motion, Constant Emotion – How to operate 365 days a year – ppt
  Diego Scofano: Mechanical Engineer, Technical Director at Sugar Loaf Cable Car in Rio de Janeiro
  Giuseppe Pellegrini: Mechanical Engineer, Director of Engineering at Sugar Loaf Cable Car in Rio de Janeiro (PDF 2,4 MB)
• Continuous Motion, Constant Emotion – How to operate 365 days a year – paper
  Report on the operational experience of the Cia Caminho Aéreo Pão de Açúcar that manages the Sugar Loaf Cable Car. The care and maintenance routines ensure availability over 99.5% with operations on every day of the year. (PDF 543 KB)
• Seasonality – what is seasonality? Paths to year-round operation in mountain destinations – ppt
  Michael Volgger: Senior Researcher at the Institute for Regional Development and Location Management at Eurac research and Senior Lecturer at Curtin University
  Harald Pechlaner: Head of Institute at the Institute for Regional Development and Location Management at Eurac research; Chair in Tourism at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
  Gerhard Vanzi: Senior Research Affiliate at the Institute for Regional Development and Location Management at Eurac research (PDF 12,4 MB)
• Seasonality – what is seasonality? Paths to year-round operation in mountain destinations – paper
  By looking at the case example of the UNESCO World Heritage Site and tourism destination of Dolomites in Italy, the presentation provides some concrete tools and models that support product design in mountain destinations in order to reach a stepwise extension from mainly winter-focused towards year-round operations (PDF 152 KB)
• A tool for controlling risks in ropeway operation: the safety management system – ppt
  Gaëtan Rioult: Head of the Ropeway Division of STRMTG (Service technique des remontées mécaniques et des transports guidés) – Directorate General for Infrastructure, Transport and the Sea (France) (PDF 331 KB)
• A tool for controlling risks in ropeway operation: the safety management system – paper
  The analysis of ropeway accidents shows that organizational and human factors related to employees regularly play a role in the course of such events. The objective of the presentation is to demonstrate the usefulness of safety management systems and to illustrate the potentials of this tool by specific examples. (PDF 169 KB)
• Digitization: The key to raising efficiency – ppt
  Michael Arnold: Responsibility for SisControl, SISAG (PDF 1,2 MB)
• Digitization: The key to raising efficiency – paper
  The tourism and ropeway industry faces extremely high pressures today and tomorrow. This requires instruments, such as software tools, that make operations more effective, faster and more flexible. This can be achieved to a large extent by the consistent and smart digitization data and by networking them (PDF 573 KB)
• Driverless operation of ropeways – ppt
  Thibault Chatelus: Ropeway Division of STRMTG (Service technique des remontées mécaniques et des transports guidés) – Directorate General for Infrastructure, Transport and the Sea (France) (PDF 1,2 MB)
• Driverless operation of ropeways – paper
  The contribution presents the analyses performed in recent years in France and the findings obtained for the operation of ropeways without permanently present operating staff. Concrete examples are used to highlight the issues requiring particular attention during the construction and operation of such systems. (PDF 573 KB)
• A dream of the “O.I.T.A.F. Congress 2053” – ppt
  Pier Giorgio Graziano: Former technical director of the ropeway manufacturer Agudio, head of the Working Group “Material transport ropeways and cable cranes” of O.I.T.A.F., amateur novelist (PDF 2,9 MB)
• A dream of the “O.I.T.A.F. Congress 2053” – paper
  A fictitious dream voyage to the year 2053 when the O.I.T.A.F Congress again takes place in Bolzano: This provides an occasion for looking back to 2017 and remembering the then O.I.T.A.F. Congress. In the course of the Congress, a ropeway packed with of exciting innovations that was initiated by O.I.T.A.F. and built in a joint effort of all the manufacturers is inaugurated. (PDF 1,2 MB)

• Holidays in the mountains – future trends – ppt
  Keynote-Speaker: Ulf Sonntag
  Head of Market Research of the NIT – Institute for Tourism and Spa Research in Northern Europe (PDF 1,9 MB)
• Holidays in the mountains – future trends – paper
  After a brief look at global tourist flows and their development, the presentation discusses travel behaviors, demands and requirements of international tourists from important source markets as well as the resulting conclusions and trends for holidays in the mountains and ropeway utilization (PDF 1 MB)
• Taking jig-back ropeways to the limit
  Iwan Bissig: Garaventa AG (PDF 4,2 MB)
• CCC – The City Cable Car illustrated by the example of Wälderbahn
  Peter Luger, Michael Mathis: Doppelmayr Seilbahnen (PDF 8,3 MB)
• State of the art of the 3S technology – ppt
  Giorgio Pilotti: Leitner Ropeways (PDF 7 MB)
• State of the art of the 3S technology – paper
  Giorgio Pilotti: Leitner Ropeways (PDF 218 KB)
• Design and production of high-tech components of cableway vehicles
  Claudio Tonetta: Leitner Ropeways (PDF 1,4 MB)
• New challenges of O&M related to Urban and Tourism Ropeways
  Michael Fauche: POMA (PDF 2,9 MB)
• Latest findings on the possibilities and limitations of visual rope inspection – ppt
  Marina Härtel – Sven Winter – Konstantin Kühner: Institute of Mechanical Handling and Logistics, University of Stuttgart
  Urs Amiet: Swiss federal bureau of transport (PDF 2,5 MB)
• Latest findings on the possibilities and limitations of visual rope inspection – paper
  For the first time, findings and ratios are presented for the factors influencing the results of visual rope inspections. A new evaluation system developed makes it possible to give a quantitative assessment of those risk factors. (PDF 3,1 MB)
• Performance analysis of open magneto-inductive detectors – ppt
  Aldo Canova: Department of Energy, Polytechnic University of Turin
  Regina Lamedica, Ezio Santini: Department of Aeronautics, Electrical and Energetics Engineering, Sapienza University (Rome)
  Ettore Pedrotti: L.A.T.I.F. (Technological Ropeway Laboratory), Office of Ropeways and Ski Slopes, Autonomous Province of Trento
  Andrea Cernigoi, Boris Sosic: Laboratory of nondestructive testing “Di Santolo”, Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste (PDF 2,4 MB)
• Performance analysis of open magneto-inductive detectors – paper
  Results of research to assess the performance of an “open” instrument for the MRT testing of ropes in terms of magnetization and magnetic flux leakage detection. (PDF 1,6 MB)
• Using fiber ropes in ropeway installation – ppt
  Konstantin Kühner: Institute of Mechanical Handling and Logistics, University of Stuttgart
  Urs Schneider: Jakob AG (CH)
  Fredy von Moos: Garaventa AG (CH) (PDF 2,5 MB)
• Using fiber ropes in ropeway installation – paper
  Modern high-strength fiber ropes can offer major advantages during the installation of ropeways in rough terrain: they can be directly transported by helicopter and permit the direct mounting of the heavy main rope. But how can this be done safely when there are hardly any experiences available for this application? The contribution presents the path from the first idea and accompanying laboratory tests to the implementation of an innovative hoist. (PDF 1,4 MB)

• The future of urban cableways – dealing with an urgent challenge in Europe
  Keynote speaker: Heiner Monheim
  Transport expert, emeritus professor of applied geography, urban and regional development and spatial planning at the University of Trier, and partner in raumkom – Institute of Regional Development and Communication, Trier/Bonn/Malente
  Experiences made in current urban ropeway projects, problems of integrating them into public transport systems and the urban fabric, conclusions drawn on the basis of system comparisons for sensible fields of application, typical problems arising during implementation. (PDF 6 MB)
• The green side of a ropeway company – the example of Schmittenhöhebahn AG/Zell am See, the only ropeway operator certified under EMAS worldwide
  Erich Egger: CEO of Schmittenhöhebahn AG
  It is up to each ropeway operator to make a contribution to balancing the diverse interests at the interface between ecology and the economy. The presentation focuses on practical examples and on how they are reflected in communications. (PDF 4,6 MB)
• On the natural advantages of a ropeway project. Hangursbanen, Voss- Norway – ppt
  Kåre Flatlandsmo: Project manager of the Norwegian R&D program “Safety of Aerial Ropeways” (PDF 689 KB)
• On the natural advantages of a ropeway project. Hangursbanen, Voss- Norway – paper
  The concept of ecosystem services is used to estimate, in economic terms, the ecological advantage of placing the lower station of an aerial ropeway project literally right next to a busy railway station. (PDF 379 KB)
• Trends in North American urban cable – 2016 – ppt
  Mike Deiparine: Professional Engineer, Senior Project Manager, Engineering Specialties Group
  Jim Fletcher: Professional Engineer, Fellow ASCE, Senior Consultant, Engineering Specialties Group (PDF 841 KB)
• Trends in North American urban cable – 2016 – paper
  Evaluation of the history and current developments of urban cable in North America. It will discuss the recent trends, the concerns and the opportunities seen for this market. (PDF 1 MB)
• The Dolomites – an admirable region – ppt
  Sandro Lazzari: Active in the ropeway industry since the 1960s, first in Val Gardena and then in the Fassa Valley. President of A.N.E.F. from 1993 to 2014. President of FIANET (International Federation of Ropeway Operators) for nine years. Member of O.I.T.A.F.’s Management Committee since 1993, President of Dolomiti Superski for nine years (PDF 4 MB)
• The Dolomites – an admirable region – paper
  This region that is ideal for ropeways and lifts is a role model of a well-functioning ropeway industry that established an integrated economic chain from production to application and, at the same time, is the driver of an extensive supply industry that stands out by continuous innovation and a strong focus on sustainability. (PDF 70 KB)
• The ecological footprint of a ropeway in urban transport areas
  Klaus Erharter: Technical Director, Leitner Ropeways
  The ecological sustainability of investment projects plays a more and more important role in decision-making processes. The paper presents the ecological footprint of a ropeway across its life cycle and a comparison with a traditional mode of transport. The ecological sustainability of a ropeway can be calculated on the basis of statistical data by inputting a few parameters into a calculation tool. (PDF 1,7 MB)
• Economic comparison of transport modes in urban public transportation
  Jessica Gürth: Institute for Transport and Logistics Management, University of Economics and Bussines, Vienna
  Overview of infrastructure, personnel and other criteria, for comparison with alternative means of transport
  Has not yet been released for publication by the author ( )

• Book of Design Thinking on Ropeways
  Concept: Solving complex problems often requires the incorporation of multiple perspectives and the knowledge of many disciplines. The workshop «Design Thinking on Ropeways» (DTR) held at Toblach-Dobiacco – South Tyrol from 19.05 – 24.05.2017 allowed the students of UNIBZ & NABA to experimentailly explore the potential of interdisciplinary collaboration by creating a shared situation awareness and establishing a common language in addressing problems for future scenarios of Ropeways. The foundation for a successful co-creation between: UNIBZ (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano) and DOLOMITI SUPERSKI.
  The Projects: The students of UNIBZ & NABA developed 8 projects on how Ropeways might be used in the future. (PDF 16,4 MB)

• South Tyrol: The First Aerial Ropeways
  Wittfrida Mitterer (PDF 14,4 MB)
• Switzerland: “Mechanization takes command”
  Karin Zaugg: Art historian (CH) (PDF 3,4 MB)
• Italy: The First Hundred Years of Ropeway Installations 1850-1950
  Giuliano Zannotti (PDF 12,4 MB)
• Germany: The Company A. Bleichert & Co. Leipzig and the Contract
  Manfred Hötzel: Leipzig (D) (PDF 1,4 MB)

• Influence of volcanic ash on fatigue life of steel wire ropes
  Matías Cersósimo / IPH, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  Jorge López-Digon / INTI, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  Juan Lattanzio / INTI, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  Germán Menne / IPH, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  Juan Pablo Percossi / IPH, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  Ignacio Talatinian / INTI, Buenos Aires, Argentina (PDF 1,3 MB)
• The challenges in the face of climatic change
  Alessandro Conci: Autonomous Province of Trento (I)
  Short comparison between the single realities in the Alps (PDF 797 KB)
• System “Fu.Ne.” Overhead Track for Public Transport – an innovative project for mobility: a case study for the city of Parma
  Ing. Guiduberto Galloni (PDF 624 KB)
• A new approach to the Urban Transportation by cable, a sort of Copernican revolution
  Andrea Marocchi: Dover – NH – USA (PDF 1,2 MB)
• A newer installation as local development way
  Sérgio Oliveira, Civil Engineer, Site Manager (PDF 11,2 MB)
• Challenges to design and construction of cable cars in historic sites. Vila Nova de Gaia cable car
  Sérgio Oliveira, Civil Engineer, Site Manager (PDF 1,3 MB)
• A dynamic analysis and simulation of ropeways on basis of a discreet representation of successive approximation algorithms
  David Pataraia (PDF 2,7 MB)
• Cable ropeway simulation: computation and visualization of complex mechanical systems
  M. Wenin, M. Irschara, S. Obexer, M. L. Bertotti and G. Modanese (PDF 1,2 MB)

• ’Future prospects of rope driven urban transportation’
  Michael Potier – chargé d’études aménagement transport – Centre d’Etudes Techniques de l’Equipement de Lyon – Lyon – France Daniel Pfeiffer – Directeur du Service Technique des Remontées Mécaniques et des Transports Guidés – Grenoble – Francia (PDF 93 KB)
• ’New concepts of urban transportation, as shown by the example of the 8-MGD San Agustín in Caracas, Venezuela’
  Fa. Doppelmayr / Garaventa – Rudolph Andreas (PDF 900 KB)
• ’Mini Metro, Perugia, Italy – Increasing acceptance of the cableway installations for urban transport’
  Co. Leitner / Poma – Ermenegildo Zordan and Leonardo Naldini of the municipality and operator of the cableway installation (PDF 4,1 MB)
• ’2 million passengers in 6 months: The 3S BUGA ropeway in Koblenz – A story of success’
  Co. Doppelmayr / Garaventa – Reinhard Fritz (PDF 1,5 MB)
• ’Medellin, Colombia – Report about the social effects of cableway installations for urban transport’
  Metro de Medellin LTDA: Ricardo Alberto Serna Gallego, Comercial and social Manager (PDF 4,7 MB)
• ’Cable Liner Shuttle: The intelligent solution for urban traffic as shown by using the example of the People Mover in Venice and other successful projects’
  Co. Doppelmayr / Garaventa – Thomas Pichler (PDF 2,7 MB)
• ’Report’
  Co. Doppelmayr / Garaventa – Thomas Pichler (PDF 196 KB)
• ’3S Renon, Bolzano, Italy – A success story” part 1 ’
  Co. Leitner / Poma – Giorgio Piloti (PDF 255 KB)
• ’3S Renon, Bolzano, Italy – A success story” part 2’
  Co. Leitner / Poma – Giorgio Piloti (PDF 2,7 MB)
• ’Algeria: Four ropeways, are already in service in urban areas’
  Co. Doppelmayr / Garaventa – Peter Baumann and Operator (PDF 1,1 MB)

• ’The significant support given by ropeways to secure a positive and lasting regional development of mountainous regions’
  Christian Bumann, Raphael Schönbächler – Association public traffic – Swiss ropeway – Bern – Switzerland (PDF 813 KB)
• ’World overview of ski resorts’
  Laurent Vanat – Laurent Vanat Consulting SARL – Geneva – Switzerland (PDF 1,4 MB)
• ’Multifunctionality and potential for Cable Transport in South America’
  Francisco Sotomayor – Pro Andes Institute – Santiago – Chile (MS POWERPOINT 2007 SLIDESHOW 5,6 MB)
• ’The present situation of ropeway construction and key assessment indicators in China’
  Zhang Qiang – Executive Vice director, National Centre of Passenger Aerial Ropeway Safety Supervision and Inspection – Peking – China (PDF 259 KB)
• ’Ropeways in North America – Impacts, Benefits and Outlook’
  Jim Fletcher, P.E. – Engineering Specialties Group – Boulder CO – USA (MS POWERPOINT 2007 PRESENTATION 2,8 MB)
• ’The European ski resorts: the challenge of the future’
  Laurent Reynaud – Domaines skiables de France – Francin – France (PDF 521 KB)
• ’The Sugar Loaf panoramic cable cars’
  Achille Bonini – ropeways consulting engineer – Roma – Italy (PDF 856 KB)
• ’Aerial transportation system for water conduits and sewage drains’
  Diego Scofano / Giuseppe Pellegrini – Cia. Caminho Aéro Pão de Açúcar – Rio de Janeiro – Brasilien (PDF 831 KB)

• ’Sustainability of ropeway engineering’
  Andreas Brandner – Chartered Consulting Engineer – Innsbruck – Austria (PDF 224 KB)
• ’Sustainability of ski resorts’
  Kurt Ramskogler – Co. Lieco – Kalwang – Austria (PDF 56 KB)
• ’Energy Management’
  Erich Megert – SISAG – Altdorf – Switzerland (PDF 1,8 MB)
• ’Integration of a ropeway in a Town’
  Denis Creissels – Creissels Technologies – Meylan – France (PDF 182 KB)
• ’Urban Gondolas, Aerial Ropeways and Public Transportation: Past Mistakes & Future Strategies’
  Ryan O’Connor & Steven Dale – Planning consultants – Wellington – New Zealand (PDF 442 KB)
• ’Aerial tramway : architecture on design and sustainability’
  Laura Kienbaum – Leibniz Universität Hannover – Hannover – Germany (PDF 437 KB)
• ’Presentation’
  Laura Kienbaum – Leibniz Universität Hannover – Hannover – Germany (PDF 1,3 MB)

• ’Human Error: The cause of incidents’
  Gàbor Oplatka – Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. ETH – Zürich – Switzerland (PDF 3,8 MB)
• ’Analysis of the live of track ropes life of a bicable continuous material handling ropeway’
  Giorgio Graziano – ropeways consulting engineer – Torino – Italy (PDF 1,1 MB)
• ’New calculation methods for rope lines’
  David Pataraia – Professor of Georgian Technical University – Tblissi – Georgia (PDF 439 KB)
• ’Taking advantage of possibilities offered by Excel to assess rescue plans for the recovery of ropeway passengers’
  Philippe Balzer – ingénieur Conseil en risk-management – Toulouse – France (MS POWERPOINT 3,5 MB)

• ’Alternative transportation systems having the purpose to improve the mobility in big cities and in particular in Rome and its province’
  Achille Bonini e Alessandro D’Armini – ropeways consulting engineers – Roma – Italy (PDF 4,5  MB)
• ’Curvo ropeway for urban communication’
  Shekar Chakravarty – India (PDF 908 KB)
• ’Sustainable development of ropeway installations – Project of a new layout of ski resorts which is being thought of as an alternative to the big interconnected ski run carousels’
  dott. Alessandro Conci – Provincia autonoma di Trento (Italia) (PDF 290 KB)
• ’Transportation by rope in touristy areas of Argentina’
  Luisa Bermudez e Jorge Lopez-Digon – Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Mecánica Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial – San Martín Buenos Aires, Argentina (PDF 1147KB)
• ’Structural behaviour of steel ropes subjected to heavy thermal transients simulating fire scenarios’
  V. Fontanari, B.D. Monelli- DIMTI University of Trento, via Mesiano 77– 38121 Trento, F. Degasperi SIF-LaTIF, Via Provina 24 – 38040 Trento,Italy, A. Dallago, SIF-PAT, Via Brennero, 136 38100 Trento, Italy (PDF 818 KB)
• ’Cableways for urban transportation: History, state of the art and future developments’
  dr. ing. Andrea Marocchi, Consultant Engineer, CEN Consultant for Cableways (PDF 1,3 MB)