Join us on 21 February for this all-day academic conference in the Charlemagne building (Alcide de Gasperi Room) in Brussels, Belgium.
On the agenda:
What’s next for EU mobility and transport? How can we deliver a deeper, more competitive and better connected EU? How do we achieve the twin digital and green transition? And how will the changed geopolitical context impact the transport agenda?
Registration starts at 8.30am, please allow some time for security checks and collecting your badge.
Speaker:
- Magda Kopczyńska – Director-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
- Is the Single European Transport Area a market reality that fully delivers results to European citizens and companies? What are the key remaining focus areas to complete the Single European Transport Area?
- How can the EU help make the European transport sector more competitive, including in view of the green transition and global pressures?
- What should the EU do to ensure that the different actors and transport modes increasingly work as a single system?
- How can the EU better mobilise resources to complete the core Trans-European Transport Network by 2030? How can its infrastructure policy better incorporate considerations for resilience (incl. climate resilience) and maintenance? And how can it ensure territorial and regional connectivity?
Speakers:
- Steven Truxal – Professor and Director, International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL) at Leiden University
- Thanos Pallis – Professor of Port & Maritime Economics and Policy, University of Piraeus
- Enrico Giovanninni – Professor, University of Rome Tor Vergata and LUISS Guido Carli University, former Minister of Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobility of Italy
- Susanna Metsälampi - Leading legal advisor Finnish Transport and Communications Agency TRAFICOM
Closing remarks by Director Mona Björklund, European Commission.
Moderated by Juan Montero-Pascual, Director of the Florence School of Regulation, Transport Chapter, of the European University Institute.
Coffee break
- How can we fully internalise the external costs of transport while keeping it affordable? How can we avoid social tensions in making transport more sustainable? What steps can the EU take to ensure citizen and final user acceptance of the twin transition policies, in cases where these imply increased costs, changes and disruptions?
- Is transport in competition for clean energy? If so, how can it win? How can it become an asset for the energy transition?
- How can we harness the full potential and manage the risks of Artificial Intelligence, automation and digitalisation in transport – from planning maintenance works to enabling mobility as a service?
- How can we ensure that the twin transition is accompanied by a strong skills policy that empowers transport workers? How can the transport sector attract the workers needed for a successful twin transition?
Speakers:
- Alan McKinnon – Professor of Logistics, Kühne Logistics University
- Alberto Pototschnig – Part-time Professor, Florence School of Regulation - FSR Energy
- Nina Nesterova – Professor Sustainable Development in Tourism and Transport, Breda University of Applied Sciences
- George Yannis – Professor in Traffic Safety and Management, Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
Closing remarks by Deputy Director-General Herald Ruijters, European Commission.
Moderated by Juan Montero-Pascual, Director of the Florence School of Regulation, Transport Chapter, of the European University Institute.
- To what extent is our transport infrastructure, along with our transport service providers and regulatory framework, prepared for the new geopolitical realities? How can we empower the sector to ensure strategic autonomy and diversify existing transport routes?
- How can the EU enhance the resilience of its transport system and global supply chains in the face of a variety of shocks such as wars, climate impacts, hybrid threats and foreign influence?
- What should the EU’s transport strategy look like as part of an expanding EU? What are the key actions to bring the accession countries into the EU’s single transport area?
- What role should transport assume in EU foreign policy, and how can transport investments under the EU’s Global Gateway and multi-country transport corridor initiatives (such as Central Asia connectivity, Lobito Corridor or India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor) contribute to advancing the EU's foreign policy objectives?
Speakers:
- Luc Ampleman – Assistant Professor, Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University
- Olaf Merk – Administrator, International Transport Forum, OECD
- Dominik P. Jankowski – Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Poland to NATO
- Stefania Benaglia – Head of the Foreign Policy Unit CEPS
Closing remarks by Director Kristian Schmidt, European Commission.
Moderated by Juan Montero-Pascual, Director of the Florence School of Regulation, Transport Chapter, of the European University Institute.
Speaker:
- Herald Ruijters, Deputy Director-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission