Slide Invited Sessions

Tuesday 15 November

TIME: 08:30–10:00

Invited session 40: Reduction of transport impact on air quality

Time: 08.30–10.00

Transport continues to be a major source of air pollutants in urban environments and busy hotspots, such as ports and airports. Electrification in road transport will address part of the problem but non-exhaust and emissions from maritime and aviation are more difficult to tackle. Improved pollutants monitoring, regulatory enforcement and optimisation of operation patterns can be used to decrease pollutant emissions. This session will present the main experiences and results from projects AVIATOR, CARES, MODALES, SCIPPER, TUBE, and uCARe on new tools and methods that can be used to decrease emissions of the current fleet of vehicles, vessels and aircraft.

ORGANISERS:

Ake Sjodin, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute

Leonidas Ntziachristos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Jesus Javier Fernandez Orio, National Institute for Aerospace Technology

Andrew Winder, ERTICO

 

MODERATOR:

Salima Abu Jeriban, Project Manager CINEA, European Commission

 

SPEAKERS:

Simon Christie, Metropolitan Manchester University

Ake Sjodin, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute

Leonidas Ntziachristos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Andrew Winder, ERTICO

Invited session 30: Tomorrow's urban public transport

Time: 08.30–10.00

Urban public transport is a vital element to make mobility in cities and regions more sustainable. Offering people an alternative to private vehicles, public transport significantly reduces traffic congestion, air pollution and road injuries. Making public transport more attractive, more efficient and more sustainable is a top sustainable mobility priority for cities and regions. What innovative solutions can accelerate the necessary modal shift? How would the underlying transport system look? What lessons can we draw from the past to design the future?

ORGANISERS:

Isabelle Vandoorne, DG MOVE

 

MODERATOR:

Torsten Klimke, Head of Unit DG MOVE B3

 

SPEAKERS:

Lidia Signor, Combined Mobility Manager, UITP

Jonna Heikkinen, leader of Transit Partnerships EMEA, UBER

Stephane Feray Beaumont, PhD, Vice President Group Innovation & Smart Mobility, Alstom

Ivo Cré, Director, Polis

Invited Session 12: Emerging Mobility - Fair and Inclusive

Time: 08.30–10.00

The session will present the results of the most recent research aimed at a fairer and more inclusive transport system, also considering the rapid transition to an increasingly digital lifestyle. The session will present in an intercative manner the results of a cluster of ongoing or recently completed EU-funded projects. They will reveal gaps in the provision of transport that meet the needs of all groups in society, in particular those most vulnerable to exclusion. Each project will present its own results in addressing barriers and propose potential solutions to reduce discrimination. A special emphasis will be placed on women as an intersectional group, as well as the importance of data for assessing and monitoring equity and inclusiveness.

ORGANISERS:

Silvia Gaggi, ISINNOVA, Italy

Imre Keserü, VUB, Belgium

Kristina Andersen, TUE, The Netherlands

Maria Chiara Leva, TU Dublin, Ireland

Andree Woodcock, University of Coventry, United Kingdom

 

MODERATOR:

Heather Allen, Independent expert

 

SPEAKERS:

Cristina Marolda, DIGNITY project

Imre Keserü, INDIMO project

Kristina Andersen, TRIPS project

Maria Chiara Leva, DIAMOND project

Andree Woodcock, TINNGO project

Invited Session 34-47: Automated Mobility over the world - The need for International Collaboration

Time: 08.30–10.00

This session explores the benefits of collaborating worldwide during the research, development and test of Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM). Despite the common goal of improving future mobility thanks to CCAM, countries have their own requirements on regulatory framework, citizens’ acceptability, and geographical circumstances – among others. Countries and regions are also interested to know the potential impacts of automation for them. This diversity of conditions will be at the core this session in which speakers form Europe, Australia, Japan and US will exchange on own experiences and present the bridges already established between the continents for collaborating.

ORGANISERS:

Henriette Cornet, UITP

Satu Innamaa, VTT, Finland

Patrick Mercier-Handisyde, European Commission

 

MODERATOR:

Henriette Cornet, UITP, Belgium

 

SPEAKERS:

Yvonne Barnard, University of Leeds, U.K.

William Riggs, University of San Francisco, U.S.

Yu Hasegawa, University of Tokyo, Japan

Simone Pettigrew, The George Institute for Global Heath, Australia

Satu Innamaa, VTT, Finland

Umeda Manabu, University of Tokyo, Japan

Invited Session 9: Improved EV efficiency, range and environmental impact through innovations in lightweight materials

Time: 08.30–10.00

At the moment, the need to reduce the weight of electric vehicles (EVs) to achieve higher carbon neutrality is increasing. This session will present different lightweight solutions for EVs from 5 European projects focusing on the development of new materials, their integration in EV components, the design of these components, their efficient production, and recycling. This session will showcase the utilisation of advanced steels, novel aluminium composites, optimised recycled plastics and recyclable resins and carbon fibers for the reduction of the overall vehicles weight along with eco-design principles for advanced lightweight materials to be applied to different vehicle body parts.

ORGANISERS:

Ilias Gkotsis, EXELISIS and FLAMINGo project

Andrea Martos, IDENER and REVOLUTION project

Jennifer Bilbao, STEINBEIS and LEVIS project

Raquel Ledo, CTAG and ALMA project

Miriam Vendrell, EURCAT and Fatigue4light project

 

MODERATOR:

Abu Jeriban Salima, Project Officer*

Eric Cerneaz, Project Officer*

 

SPEAKERS:

Lamberto Salvan, ALKE and FLAMINGo project

Emre Emlas, Farplas and REVOLUTION

Clara Valero, ITAINNOVA and LEVIS

Vanessa Ventosinos, CTAG and ALMA

Sergio Jimenez, CIMNE and Fatigue4light

 

 

*to be confirmed

TIME: 15:00–16:30

Invited Session 28: Healthier cities through innovative and effective emission measuring, control and reduction

Time: 15.00–16.30

Transport is essential for people and the economy, but its emissions and noise affect the health of the whole population both directly and through environmental pollution. These negative impacts are particularly present in urban environments. Innovative solutions could help reducing this impact, e.g., technological solutions to allow better transport planning in cities.

ORGANISERS:

Isabelle Vandoorne, DG MOVE, EC

 

MODERATOR:

Pedro Barradas, Chief Strategy Officer, ARMIS ITS

 

SPEAKERS:

Laura Babio, Project Manager, Polis

Bonnie Fenton, Senior Consultant, Sustainable Mobility, Rupprecht Consult

Javier Buhigas, Head of Operations and Consultancy, Opus Remote Sensing Europe

Isabelle Vandoorne, Deputy Head of Unit, DG MOVE B3, European Commission

Invited Session 35: European Innovation for the Next Generation of Electric Vehicles by E-VOLVE Cluster

Time: 15.00–16.30

The E-VOLVE Cluster of eight complementary H2020 Green Vehicle projects provides a wide set of solutions for the next generation of EVs. By making electric mobility more affordable, convenient and efficient, the E-VOLVE Projects will sustain the market take-up of battery electric vehicles beyond the end of governmental incentives that one day will be unavoidable. During this session, the E-VOLVE Projects will pitch their results and contributions towards the future EV, under five Working Groups: 1. Energy & Thermal Management, 2. Electric Powertrain, 3. Energy Efficiency & Performance, 4. Connectivity, 5. Control Architecture. Followed by a Q&A session and moderated discussion.

ORGANISERS:

Eva Flora Varga, ACHILES, VUB

Alois Steiner, SYS2WHEEL, V2C2

Michele De Gennaro, FITGEN, AIT

Mariapia Martino, FITGEN, POLITO

Christof Schernus, CEVOLVER, FEV Europe

Theodoros Kalogiannis, SELFIE, VUB

Inès Boursot, SELFIE, VUB

Eric Armengaud, EVC1000, AVL/AT

Aldo Sorniotti, TELL & MULTI-MOBY, University of Surrey

 

MODERATOR:

Omar Hegazy, VUB

Christof Schernus, FEV Europe GmbH and EARPA

Aldo Sorniotti, University of Surrey

 

SPEAKERS:

Omar Hegazy, ACHILESProject Coordinator, VUB

Alois Steiner, SYS2WHEEL Project Coordinator deputy, V2C2

Michele De Gennaro, FITGEN Project Coordinator, AIT

Patrick Manns, CEVOLVER Research Team, RWTH

Theodoros Kalogiannis, SELFIE Project Coordinator, VUB

Eric Armengaud, EVC1000 Project Coordinator, AVL/AT

Aldo Sorniotti, TELL & MULTI-MOBY Communication Manager, University of Surrey

Invited Session 22-23: Traffic Management for Connected & Automated Vehicles

Time: 15.00–16.30

Sending information to humans driving vehicles or vehicles being driven by software requires different approaches. Mixed traffic conditions add complexity and may yield a range of responses which depends on many factors, including how information is being interpreted and the level of context awareness. Topics that will be discussed, divided in both the (infrastructure) support requirements and the expected responsive behaviour of the vehicles: • ODD attribute awareness • Infrastructure Support for Automated Driving • Quality requirements for the supporting infrastructure information • Interpretation of traffic management signals and messages • Desired and expected responses of vehicles to TM signals and messages.

ORGANISERS:

Jaap Vreeswijk, MAP traffic management

Risto Kulmala, Traficon Ltd

 

MODERATOR:

Jaap Vreeswijk, MAP traffic management

 

SPEAKERS:

Aria Etemad, Volkswagen

Steven Shladover, UC Berkeley, USA

Jaap Vreeswijk, MAP traffic management

Risto Kulmala, Traficon Ltd

Kristof Rombaut, Agentschap Wegen en Verkeer Flanders

Hironao Kawashima, Keio University, Japan

Invited Session 62: Making CCAM a smart solution for society

Time: 15.00–16.30

The session will kick off with a short presentation on the policy perspective regarding the need to develop and deploy smart and sustainable mobility solutions for all (SSMS, HE, SDGs). Then, we will hear from two freshly completed H2020 projects about user acceptability, user behavior and about the impact assessment of innovative mobility solutions like CCAM (Drive2TheFuture and Levitate). We will then hear from the first batch of HE projects that are dealing with societal aspects and user needs in CCAM development and deployment (Sinfonica, Move2CCAM).

ORGANISERS:

Suzanna Kraak, European Commission

Stephane Dreher, ERTICO

 

MODERATOR:

Andrea de Candido, DG RTD, European Commission

 

SPEAKERS:

Evita Papazikou, H2020 Levitate representative

Lila Gaitanidou, H2020 Drive2TheFuture representative

Giulia Renzi, HE Sinfonica representative

Kathrin Raunig, AustriaTech

Matthieu Graindorge, Helmond and MOVE2CCAM representative

Invited Session 55-57: Electric Road Systems (ERS) - a solution to reach nations climate goals

Time: 15.00–16.30

Electric Road System (ERS) consists of powering the road vehicles in motion on highways, both to drive them and to charge their batteries. It would decarbonize road transport by 85% compared to the diesel (batteries only: 60%) and would avoid two third of batteries. ERS would allow an unlimited mileage on the equipped road network. The session will report the recent and on-going studies and experiments on ERS, mainly in Sweden, Germany, France and Italy. The “ready-to-scale” technologies will be assessed, and the potential and deployment conditions of ERS will be presented by stakeholders, solution providers and end-users.

ORGANISERS:

Bernard Jacob, Université Gustave Eiffel

France Jan Pettersson, Trafikverket, Sweden

Britta Sommer, VDE/VDI

Patrik Akerman, Siemens

 

MODERATOR:

Alan Mc Kinnon, Kuehne Logistics University, KLU

 

SPEAKERS:

Jan Pettersson, Trafikverket, PIARC TF2.2, Sweden

Alexander Thal, NOW Gmbh, Germany

Bernard Jacob, Université Gustave Eiffel, France

Patrik Akerman, Siemens

Patrick Duprat, Alstom

Valery Prunier, Elonroad

Håkan Sundelin, Electreon

Malika Seddi, ASECAP

ITF representative

OECD/ITF – TCO for Zero Emission Trucking – tbc*

Giverny Knezevic, IKEM – Business Models for European Electric Road Systems Elizabeth Connelly, IEA

Guido Sacchetto, Policy Officer for “Zero emission mobility”, EC/DG R&I

 

*to be confirmed

Invited Session 26: The Future of Transportation: What role for EU-US Collaboration in R&I?

Time: 15.00–16.30

This session explores the benefits of enhanced collaboration between the EU and the US on transport research and innovation. The EU and the US differ in terms of regulatory framework, budget cycles, local/geographical conditions and citizen’s engagement process. Yet, they share a rich, evidence-based approach to R&I and the common goal for a safe, inclusive, secure, efficient, resilient and sustainable transportation system by 2030 and beyond. This diversity, but also commonalities of our collaborative framework conditions will be at the core of this session in which speakers from Europe and the USA will exchange with the audience on their experiences to date and present the bridges already established between the continents for collaborating. Engaging the audience to identify the priority areas but also the tools necessary for future collaboration and engagement will at the core of this session.

ORGANISERS:

Maria Carbone, European Commission, DG MOVE.B3

Patrick Mercier-Handisyde, European Commission, DG RTD.C2

Alasdair Cain, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, US Department of Transportation

 

MODERATOR:

Torsten Klimke, Head of Unit, Research and Innovation, DG MOVE/B3

Philippe Froissard, Head of Unit, Future Urban and Mobility Systems, DG RTD/C2

 

SPEAKERS:

Philippe Froissard and Torsten Klimke, Heads of Unit, European Commission – Title of Presentation: EU R&I activities and transport priorities for EU-US international research collaboration

Firas Ibrahim, Director of the Office of Research, Development, and Technology, US DoT. – Title of presentation: US transport policies and research priorities

Neil Pedersen, Executive Director, US Transportation Research Boad (TRB) – Title of presentation: What opportunities and lessons learned from joint collaboration?

Caroline Almeras, ECTRI – Title of presentation: Enhancing EU-US collaboration: lessons and opportunities?

TIME: 17:00–18:30

Invited Session 10: Multimodal hubs and last-mile delivery: unlocking the potential to green urban logistics

Time: 17.00–18.30

The objective of this session is to better understand the role that multimodal mobility and logistics hubs cover in the urban environment, as they provide a smart point in the transport network that seamlessly integrates different modes of transport with logistics flows. Last-mile delivery systems are facing challenges associated with the dawn of on-demand logistics, struggling to accommodate citizen expectations for responsive logistics systems, that deliver products at low or even zero-cost. The EU-funded projects MOVE21, ULaaDS and LEAD will show how they are working on that and provide potential solutions to improve and make more efficient city logistics.

ORGANISERS:

POLIS and ALICE

 

MODERATOR:

Yanying Li, ETP-ALICE

Raffaele Vergnani, POLIS

 

SPEAKERS:

Maria Schnurr & Cilli Sobiech, RISE

Geiske Bouma, TNO

Beatriz Rojo, ZLC

Natalia Sobrino, UPM

Michael Glotz-Richter, City of Bremen

Invited Session 13: Accelerate Innovation Market Uptake for Sustainable Transport

Time: 17.00–18.30

This session invites eight CAS projects funded by Horizon 20220, BOOSTLOG, ENTRANCE, FastTrack, Reciprocity, LASTING, ASSURED-UAM, PLATINA3, and FUTURE-HORIZON, to present their efforts and cooperation on accelerating market uptake of innovation in all aspects of the transport sector, e.g. logistics, urban transport and mobility, air transport, and waterborne transport. This session aims to facilitate dialogues on how to advance innovation uptakes for all the transport sector, while further raising awareness of ongoing activities from various stakeholders to a wide range of stakeholders including high-level policy makers, thus creating cross-project, cross-organisational cooperation to facilitate innovation implementations and large-scale uptake.

ORGANISERS:

Yanying Li, Head of Programme & Knowledge Management, ALICE

Jeanett Bolther, PNO Consultants & Coordinator of the ENTRANCE project

 

MODERATOR:

Patrick Mercier-Handisyde, European Commission

 

SPEAKERS:

Jeanett Bolther, PNO Consultants & Coordinator of the ENTRANCE project

Fernando Liesa, ALICE & Coordinator of the BOOSTLOG project

Joaquín Crespo Martín, Instituto Aragonés de Fomento & partner of the RECIPROCITY project

Jan Christiaens, Mobiel21 & partner of the FastTrack project

Oliver Lah, UEMI & partner of the Future Horizon & Solution Plus

Bartosz Dziugiel, Institute of Aviation Poland & Coordiantor the ASSURED project

Mihai Barcanescu, Waterborne & Coordinator of the Lasting Project & partner of Platina3

Invited Session 33: Innovation deployment – SMEs and large companies benefiting of co-operation with academia

Time: 17.00–18.30

This session is about innovation deployment at Waterborne sector. Discoveries are made, innovations found, taken forward or rejected. New business is created at start-ups, SMEs or large companies. Co-operation is key for scaling up research innovations and businesses. The practical examples of co-operation, innovations, innovation creation processes and value-added co-operation behind the scenes as well as lessons learned are told.

ORGANISERS:

Inkeri Huttu, ABB Marine & Ports, member of Partnership board, Zero Emission Waterborne Transport Partnership

Jaap Gebraad, Secretary General Waterborne Technology Platform

 

MODERATOR:

Inkeri Huttu, ZEWT partnership board member

 

SPEAKERS:

Inkeri Huttu, ZEWT partnership board member, but also representing ABB Marine & Ports

Nikolaos Ventikos, Associate Professor, School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

Teemu Manderbacka, Research Team Leader, Sustainable Shipping, VTT

Invited Session 31: The European battery innovation ecosystem powering the transition to an e-mobility future

Time: 17.00–18.30

The extent to which the EU’s energy and climate objectives are achieved for the transport sector depends significantly on the battery industry. A carbon neutral and electrified transport industry will not be possible without the development of battery technology. The European initiatives which are promoting battery R&I will show how battery R&I will be supported in the years to come and how the battery value chain can meet the challenges to support the mobility sector in the green transition. The key elements of the European Research and Innovation Agenda and the mobility roadmap will be presented as well as emphasising the key role of manufacturing to meet demand.

ORGANISERS:

BATT4EU

Batteries Europe

Battery2030+

The two IPCEIs on batteries

 

MODERATOR:

Michele De Gennaro, Austrian Institute of Technology, Senior Scientist and Team Leader at AIT

 

SPEAKERS:

Andrea Gentili, Clean Planet Partnerships Manager at DG RTD, European Commission

Franz Geyer, Head of R&D collaboration Zero emission mobility at BMW Group

Stefan Wolf, Senior Innovation Consultant at VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik

Edel Sheridan, Senior Business Developer at SINTEF Energy Research

Thilo Bein, Head of Knowledge Management at the Fraunhofer LBF

João Alves, R&D Projects Area Coordinator at ATEC

Invited Session 48: AutoMATE: Concertation for Smart, Green, Automated and Integrated Transport

Time: 17.00–18.30

Supported by the European Commission’s Horizon Results Booster programme, the H2020-projects SHOW, AVENUE, HARMONY, SPROUT, FRONTIER, and PASCAL join forces in a Project Group called AutoMATE based on commonalities between their work in the field of Automated and Integrated Transport. In this session, the audience will learn about AutoMATE and how concertation between the projects helps tackle collective challenges at technological, business, societal and policy levels. With its disruptive format, the session will transversally address these challenges with the possibility for the audience to interact with the experts.

ORGANISERS:

Henriette Cornet, UITP

 

MODERATOR:

Henriette Cornet, UITP and SHOW Project Coordinator

 

SPEAKERS:

Marcello Bardellini, Senior Project Manager

Henriette Cornet, UITP

Dimitri Konstantas, Université de Genève

Vicent Pastor, ENIDE

Teresa de la Cruz, Zaragoza Logistics Center

Vivian Akrivi Kiousi, Intrasoft International

Patrick van Egmond, Lux Mobility