Download the PDF programme to view the timetable and speakers
Interested in electric mobility?
- Join one of the nine EV teams that will travel to Lyon in electric cars by using CEF co-funded recharging stations along TEN-T – departing from Bratislava, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Czechia, Ljubljana and Munich on 25, 26, and 27 June.
- Be part of a convoy of 100% electric vehicles driving from Lyon airport to the conference venue on 28 June.
- Meet the EV teams at the Connecting Europe Days exhibition.
If you are a journalist or an influencer and interested in joining one of the EV teams, or if you have an electric car and wish to join this historic journey, please contact: amit.yudan@ardan.at
Connecting Europe by Air - The Green Transformation
The event will showcase the efforts made by the aviation ecosystem to achieve their sustainability goals and to raise awareness on what it takes to achieve net zero emissions at EU level. There will be a number of dedicated flights to the event that will be using Sustainable Aviation Fuels, flight optimisation measures and other greening initiatives.
Airport Saint Exupéry Lyon – Terminal 2
12:50-13:00 | Opening of VINCI Airports exhibition on Sustainable Aviation The exhibition space in Terminal 2 of Airport Saint Exupéry Lyon will display sustainability initiatives from VINCI Airports, Airbus, Air Liquide, SESAR Joint Undertaking, SESAR Deployment Manager and Destination 2050. The exhibition area will remain accessible for all Connecting Europe Days participants until 19:00. Welcome words and ribbon cutting:
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13:00-14:30 | Walking lunch Hosted by EU RAIL JU / SESAR 3 JU |
14:30-15:30 | Panel debate: Aviation’s Path to Net Zero A debate focusing on aviation policy and industry decarbonisation initiatives. Panelists:
Moderated by Henrik Hololei, Director-General, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission |
15:30-16:30 | “Hot seat” debate: Flying into a Greener Future - Youth Perspective. A debate including youth and young professionals from European aviation stakeholders focusing on young peoples’ visions and expectations relating to green aviation.
More speakers to be confirmed. Moderated by Victoria Moores, European Editor/Bureau Chief, Air Transport World. |
| 16:30-17:45 | Panel debate: Multimodal Transport System for the benefit of European citizens. A debate co-organised by SESAR 3 and Europe Rail Joint Undertakings focusing on how rail and air traffic management sectors and local governments can contribute to achieving a truly multimodal European transport system.
Moderated by Kristian Schmidt, Director for Land Transport, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission. |
18:00-18:45 | Closing reception hosted by Airlines for Europe Association (A4E). Closing words by Filip Cornelis, Director for Aviation, Directorate General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission. |
The cost of Mobility
Room: Tête d’Or 1
The cost of mobility: Moving young and moving green
This panel will look at mobility through younger eyes. How do young people move through the EU and within European cities? What limits access to mobility? How do these barriers affect young people’s economic and social standing? And how can we improve EU transport and mobility in a way that serves the EU’s younger citizens.
As the transport sector seeks creative solutions to reduce transport emissions while ensuring that mobility remains accessible for everyone, panelists will reflect on how young people’s mobility and travel patterns are changing, how EU and local policies can and should interlink, and how digital solutions can help address the mobility challenges experienced by the EU’s younger generation. The stage will be open to young people wanting to share their thoughts and ideas, and to discuss them with EU and local decision makers.
Moderator:
- Sevim Aktas - Policy Officer, European Commission and Climate Pact Ambassador
Speakers:
- Adina Ioana Vălean, European Commissioner for Transport
- Ruben Sansom - Clean Mobility Coordinator, Generation Climate Europe
- Elias Bohun – Founder of train travel platform Traivelling
- Vincent Monot - Municipal Councillor and Councillor of Greater Lyon, President of the city’s mobility commission, Vice-president of Sytral Mobilités
- Marie Molino - Public Policy Manager Micromobility for France, Bolt
Meetings will focus on the Work Plans in the light of the latest political developments, the SSMS, the European Green Deal, the war in Ukraine, and RePowerEU and the TEN-T proposal.
Orient/East-Med Corridor Meeting Room: Gratte-Ciel 3
Moderated by Mathieu Grosch, European Coordinator for the Orient/East-Med Core Network Corridor |
Atlantic Corridor Meeting Room: Bellecour 1
Moderated by Prof. Carlo Secchi, European Coordinator for the Atlantic Core Network Corridor |
North Sea-Baltic Corridor Meeting Room: Gratte-Ciel 1
Moderated by Catherine Trautmann, European Coordinator for the North Sea-Baltic Core Network Corridor |
Rhine-Alpine Corridor Meeting Room: Gratte-Ciel 2
Moderated by Pawel Wojciechowski, European Coordinator for the Rhine-Alpine Core Network Corridor |
Motorways of the Sea Meeting Room: Bellecour 3
Moderated by Kurt Bodewig, European Coordinator for the Motorways of the Sea |
Rhine-Danube Corridor Meeting Room: Gratte-Ciel 3
Moderated by Inés Ayala Sender, European Coordinator for the Rhine-Danube Core Network Corridor |
Mediterranean Corridor Meeting Room: Bellecour 2
Moderated by Iveta Radicova, European Coordinator for the Mediterranean Core Network Corridor |
North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor Meeting Room: Bellecour 3
Moderated by Pétér Balazs, European Coordinator for the Atlantic Core Network Corridor |
Baltic-Adriatic Corridor Meeting Room: Gratte-Ciel 1
Moderated by Anne Jensen, European Coordinator for the Baltic-Adriatic Core Network Corridor |
Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor Meeting Room: Gratte-Ciel 2
Moderated by Pat Cox, European Coordinator for the Scandinavian-Mediterranean Core Network Corridor |
ERTMS Meeting Room: Bellecour 1
Moderated by Matthias Ruete, European Coordinator for the European Rail Transport Management Systems. |
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Discover Lyon by bike! Join the bike tour from Cité Internationale to Lyon City Hall – organised in partnership with the City of Lyon and FREE VELO’V!
Room: Forum 4, 5, 6
Room: Amphitheatre
The opening of the Connecting Europe Days will focus on the latest political developments, including the war in Ukraine and its consequences on the transport sector and the recovery from the pandemic.
Master of ceremony:
- Cathy Smith
Keynote Speakers:
- Adina-Ioana Vălean, European Commissioner for Transport, European Commission
- Ministry of Transport, France
- Karima Delli, MEP, Chair of TRAN Committee, European Parliament
Master of ceremony:
- Cathy Smith
Moderator:
- Henrik Hololei, Director-General, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
Speakers:
- Oleksandr Kubrakov, Minister of Infrastructure, Ukraine
- Andrei Spînu, Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Moldova
- Irakli Karseladze, Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure, Georgia
Room: Amphitheatre
This session shall look into available instruments and discuss how to optimize them in order to address the operational objectives of the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, to reach EU climate targets and to address the current crisis.
Moderator:
- Jennifer Baker
Speakers and Panelists:
- Henrik Hololei, Director-General, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
- Malin Cederfeldt Östberg, State Secretary to Minister for Infrastructure, Sweden
- Barbara Thaler, MEP, European Parliament
- Pat Cox, European Coordinator for the Scandinavian-Mediterranean Core Network Corridor
- Olivier Jankovec, Director General, ACI Europe
- Daan Schalck, CEO, North Sea Port
- Valentin Lungengrass, Deputy Mayor for Mobility and Urban Logistics, Lyon Metropolis
- Zeno d’Agostino, President of Port Network Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea
- Luc Lallemand, Chairman and CEO, SNCF Réseau
- Hasit Thankey, Head, Enablement and Resilience, Defence and Planning Division NATO HQ
Room: Tête d’Or 2
Room: Gratte-Ciel Prestige
High-level meeting, which will focus on the newly proposed European Transport Corridor – Western Balkans. Discussions will focus on three particular aspects:
- Added value from the newly proposed corridor : what the new corridor will bring to the region in terms of connectivity and access to EU Markets;
- Developing innovative policies: infrastructure is nothing without sound policies to decarbonise transport and promote multimodality;
- Priorities for the development of the core and comprehensive network in the Balkans.
Speakers and Panelists:
- Belinda Balluku, Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Albania (tbc)
- Vojin Mitrovic, Minister of Communications and Transport, Bosnia and Herzegovinac (tbc)
- Liburn Aliu, Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning and Infrastructure, Kosovo*
- Ervin Ibrahimovic, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Capital Investments, Montenegro (tbc)
- Blagoj Bochvarski, Minister of Transport and Communications, North Macedonia (tbc)
- Tomislav Momirovic, Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Serbia
- Matej Zakonjšek, Director, Transport Community
- Representatives of EU Member States
Moderated by Adina-Ioana Vălean, European Commissioner for Transport
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Room: Amphitheatre
Increased Synergies between Energy & Transport
This plenary session shall discuss expectations and challenges, strategies for delivery and the relevance of accelerating positive sector synergies while building on good project practices, including experiences gained with testing and trials of multimodal solutions and their scalability.
Panelists:
- Martin Kupka, Minister of Transport, Czech Republic
- Stéphane Raison, CEO, HAROPA
- Nicolas Notebaert, CEO, VINCI Concessions and President, VINCI Airports
- Lucia Luijten, Secretary General, Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine
- Heike Luiten, Director international, Dutch Railways Undertaking
- Bruno Blin, Executive Vice President, Volvo Group and President, Renault Trucks
- Lorraine Frega, Member of the Executive Committee, Michelin
- Michael Hajesch, CEO, Ionity GmbH
- Pawel Engel, Deputy Director, Polish Centre for EU Transport Projects, Transport Analysis and Programming Department
- Catherine Trautmann, European Coordinator for the North Sea-Baltic Core Network Corridor
Moderated by Talitha Muusse
Room: Electrified vessel
Rooms: Forum 4, 5, 6 & Salon Tête d’Or
Room: Forum 5
Marketplace is a platform where young innovative companies (start-ups, SMEs) and public and private partners from across Europe can pitch their projects, meet new investors and exchange best practices. The project and pitch should present a clear link to the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) such as applications on digital and low-emission mobility, improving (road) safety and security, urban mobility and smart cities. Each pitch lasts no longer than 3 minutes, allowing for a quick Q&A by the moderator afterwards.
- 13:40 – 14:50 Session I: Urban
- 15:00 – 15:50 Session II: Research and Innovation
- 16 :00 – 17:00 Session III: Decarbonisation
- 17:10 – 18:20 Session IV: Digitalisation
Debate 1 Digitalisation Room: Amphitheatre This session should reflect on the lessons learnt so far in deploying the existing ICT systems for transport and address challenges and opportunities related to the digital transformation of the transport sector. It should also reflect on how investments in hard infrastructure can be aligned, in a systematic way, with the equipment of the vehicles/vessels and development of the digital infrastructure, and how accompanying measures will further support new technologies and services ensuring highest impact and an important stimulus for the competitiveness of the EU industry.
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Debate 2 Urban Nodes Room: Gratte-Ciel 1+2+3 This session shall address the question of how urban nodes can be better integrated in the wider network of the TEN-T and how urban traffic can be better connected with interregional and international traffic from a users’ perspective for citizens and businesses.
Moderated by Françoise Guaspare-Gal, Senior Policy Advisor, Île-de-France Europe | |
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Room: Gratte-Ciel Prestige
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Room: Forum 4+5+6
Room: Gratte-Ciel Prestige
Exchange between the Cabinet of Commissioner Vălean and the 11 European Coordinators on the finalisation of their current mandate, the bridge between the current and new TEN-T and an outlook on their future mandate and respective challenges.
Room: Amphitheatre
Presentation of the Connecting Europe Days conclusions.
- Henrik Hololei, Director-General, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
- Tbc, French Presidency
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The visit is organised by La Métropole de Lyon / Lyon Metropolis (www.grandlyon.com), in partnership with Vélo & Territoires (www.velo-territoires.org).
- Schedule: Thursday, June 30th, 14.00 and 16.15 (two groups)
- Departure: Cité Internationale
- Places: 20
- Modalities: bike trip (FreeVélo’v, https://freevelov.grandlyon.com, special free-rental program for youth people / students with low incomes). Option: electric bike
Guided visit through the city and some of its cycling landmark / hotspots:
- Departure Cité internationale / Presentation of FreeVélov'
- Croix-Rousse tunnel (with sound and lights) / 1,7km tunnel dedicated to bikers, pedestrians and buses (+ security of the parallel road tunnel)
- Passage France Pejot / Recent dedicated infrastructure under railroad tracks near Perrache railway station
- Pont de la Mulatière intersection / Very strong modal node requiring redevelopment for a better access to the Rhône’s right bank (Eurovelo route)
- Work on the “Voie Lyonnaise n°1” (will be almost finished) / Hyper-structured network of 12 bicycle highways
- Morand Bridge / Cycling logistics platform (ULS, new waterborne + bike freight service for city center shops and businesses)