Triple F's Nordic Conference for Fossil Free Freight

The Nordic countries are similar in many ways since we are small countries that depend on each other and have a lot of trade between the countries. This leads to many cross-border transports and a need for cooperation. We have common goals for the transition within the EU, but may have different paths to get there. Do we use the same tools or do we have different strategies? This, we want to explore during the Triple F Nordic Conference for Fossil Free Freight on October 19. 

Agenda

09:00-16:00

The role of infrastructure for greening freight transport
Presentations on different types of infrastructure: road, rail, digital and alternative fuels. And a panel discussion on the role of infrastructure for greening freight transport; is infrastructure obstructing or supportive, what developments are needed and do we need supporting policy?

• Lars Westin, Professor in Regional Economics, Umeå University
• Ragnhild Wahl, Director for Research and Innovation, ITS Norway

Nordic cooperation for sustainable freight transports - Good examples from research and practice
Presentations from ongoing projects and panel discussion on cooperation and spreading results.

• Linea Kjellsdotter Ivert, Senior Research Leader Traffic Analysis and Logistics, VTI - Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute
• Joakim Kalantari, Expert Freight and ITS, Swedish Transport Administration
• Nina Egeli, Head of Program, senior innovation adviser, Nordic Innovation

LUNCH

World Logistics Performance Index – focus Nordic Countries

• Lauri Ojala, Professor of Logistics, University of Turku

National climate goals and transport policies in the different Nordic countries - similarities and differences. What can we learn from each other?
Presentations on the goals and policies of individual countries and panel discussion on the similarities and differences. What can we learn from each other? What is the role of EU and how can we impact EU policies?

• Inger Beate Hovi, Chief Research Economist TØI -Institute of Transport Economics
• Niels Buus Kristensen, Senior Research Economist,TØI- Institute of Transport Economics, vice chair Danish Climate Council
• Mikko Pihlatie, Research Professor, Mobility and transport , VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
• Krister Sandberg, Senior Adviser, Transport Analysis
• Allan Larsen, Professor, Head of Section (Operations & Supply Chain Management) Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Division of Management Science, DTU- Technical University of Denmark

The agenda is being updated continuously and more presenters might be added.