DECEMBER 16, 2020
Transport and Research in the Danube region
The 6th conference on the
Search for synergies between short and long-distance transport
The first and last mile for passenger and freight transport
16th December 2020
Online
Conference language was English.
No interpretation available.
9.50 Webinar waiting room opened for participants
10.00 Welcome and opening speeches
Ms. Milena Černilogar-Radež, Horizon Europe, CLUSTER 5, PC member (Shadow Committee), Ministry of Infrastructure, Slovenia
Mr. Blaž Košorok, State Secretary, Ministry of Infrastructure of the Republic of Slovenia
PLENARY SPEECH
10.15 The way to carbon-neutral road transport – a long-term race over three decades!
Dr. Stephan Neugebauer, Chairman, ERTRAC, European Road Transport Research Advisory Council
10.30 SESSION 1: First and Last Mile in Freight Transport
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Challenges of first and last mile freight transport
KEY QUESTION TO BE ADDRESSED
Asist. Prof. Tomislav Letnik, PhD, Head of Transportation Engineering Department, University of Maribor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture
How to address three main challenges in freight transport: efficiency, costs and climate neutrality?
Perspective of business / Grega Pistotnik, manager business Development Slovenia / Trade Lane Manager SEE – ASEAN , Cargo Partner
Perspective of legislation / Sarah Bittner Krautsack, Federal Austrian Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK), Policy Officer in the Department for Mobility and Transport Technologies
Round table with Q&A
11.30 Coffee Break
11.40 SESSION 2: First and Last mile Challenges for Passengers
KEYNOTE SPEECH
What are the challenges of first/last mile in passenger transport
Assoc. Prof. Borna Abramović, Head of Chair of Railway Transport Management, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences
KEY QUESTION TO BE ADDRESSED
Is digital infrastructure barrier or enabler of micromobility?
Perspective of research / Asist. Prof. Marjan Lep, University of Maribor
Perspective of business / Marko Guček, CEO, GoOPTI
Round table with Q&A
12.40 Coffee Break
12.50 SESSION 3: First and Last Mile Challenges in Rural Areas
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Mobility for all
Kensuke Tsuchiyo, Toyota Adria
KEY QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED
How to connect urban and rural areas in the most efficient way assuring sustainable ways of mobility?
Perspective of business / Mr. Hannes Pichler, Head of Innovation and Project Management, INNOFREIGHT Solutions GmbH
Perspective of legislation / Lilijana Madjar, Director at Regional Development Agency of Ljubljana Urban Region, RRA LUR
Round table with Q&A