8h45 – 10h15 Technical session 1
MAGPIE: Navigating to clean and smart logistics to, from and in ports – Maarten Flikkema, Maaike Dalhuisen, Gunnar Platz, Reyer Will, Zenaida Mourao, Andre Lisboa, Martijn Streng, Larissa van der Lugy, Caya Hein and Arne-Jan Polman (submission number 416)
Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies of Port Logistics in the Face of Climate Change – Andreas Mohr, Shubhangi Gupta, Yann Kinkel, Ann-Kathrin Lange and Carlos Jahn (submission number 444)
Just transition: (un)foreseen impact in shipping – Jurrit Bergsma and Michiel Zult (submission number 453)
Advancing Multimodal Freight Automation Through Digital Twins and Decision Support: The AUTOSUP Framework – Ilias Gkotsis, Dirk Staelens, Giuseppe Luppino, Luca Lucietti, Stephane Kundig, Aristea Zafeiropoulou and Ioanna Fergadiotou (submission number 787)
Road, rail and waterway freight traffic interactions at German trimodal hubs – Vigile Marie Fabella, Lisa May and Philipp Parche (submission number 1155)
From tracking to shifting: using truck GPS data to assess modal shift in port-hinterland transport – Emma Ceulemans and Edwin van Hassel (submission number 1349)
The Future of Urban Mobility: Evaluating Passenger Responses to Autonomous Buses on Istanbul’s BRT Line – Bükra Doganer Duman, Gizem Kaya, Ebru Demirci and Cagdas Mersinlioglu (submission number 314)
Safety Evaluation of Automated Vehicles in Simulated Mixed Traffic Using Machine Learning – Ángel Losada Arias, Paul Rosenkranz, Andreas Hula, Michael Aleksa, Peter Saleh and Isabela Erdelean (submission number 428)
Working While Commuting in an Automated Vehicle: Impact on Acceptable Travel Times – Antonio Costa, Esko Lehtonen, İbrahim Öztürk, Afsaneh Bjorvatn, Ruth Madigan and Natasha Merat (submission number 441)
Evaluating the Socio-Economic Impacts of Autonomous Vehicle Deployment in Europe – Christos Gkartzonikas, Konstantinos Kamargiannis, Cornelia-Madalina Suta and Max Fischer-Barnicol (submission number 703)
A Framework for Enhancing Passenger Trust in Autonomous Vehicles through Emotion-Aware Driving and Adaptive Interfaces – Maria Papandreou, Evangelos Bekiaris, Maria Panou and Ioannis Politis (submission number 1052)
Risk Assessment of On-Demand Shared Autonomous Shuttles in Peri-Urban Areas Using the Global Risk Analysis Method – Fatima-Zahra Dahak, Julia Frotey, Tatiana Graindorge and Jeanne Lallement (submission number 1441)
Performance evaluation of Solid-state Li-ion batteries with a novel solid composite elecrolyte under automotive driving conditions – Pasquale Romano, Arianna Tiozzo, Riccardo Rocca, Giovanna Nicol, Daniele Di Lecce, Mohammed Mezaal, Philippe M. Vereecken, Mohammadhosein Safari, Nagler Felix, Anaïs Falgayrat, Alix Ladam and Mattia Giuliano (submission number 599)
A Bottom-Up Framework for Early-Stage Battery Concept Development – Till Banning, Florian Pampel, Thomas Nemeth, Pascal Nischwitz and Michael Stapelbroek (submission number 633)
Modelling the Feasibility and Benefits of Vehicle-to-Grid Technology for Urban Bus Fleets: the Case Study of London – Jeevan Ball, Aruna Sivakumar, Jacek Pawlak and Justin Yiu (submission number 655)
Multi-port Megawatt Charging System (MCS) Hub Optimization Framework for Light and Heavy-duty Electric Vehicles – Shahid Jaman, Amin Dalir, Thomas Geury, Carlo Mannu, Marcel Ecker and Omar Hegazy (submission number 1196)
Enhancing battery diagnostics using On-Chip Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy – Igor Mele, Pegah Rahmani, Samo Penič, Sajib Chakraborty, Omar Hegazy and Tomaž Katrašnik (submission number 1476)
Data-Driven AI Framework for Predictive Maintenance of Fuel Cell Heavy-Duty Vehicles – Batuhan Cinar, Serhat Ege Inanc, Bugra Eyidogan, Ali Serdar Atalay and Ahu Ece Hartavi Karci (submission number 1548)
Performance evaluation of Solid-state Li-ion batteries with a novel solid composite elecrolyte under automotive driving conditions – Pasquale Romano, Arianna Tiozzo, Riccardo Rocca, Giovanna Nicol, Daniele Di Lecce, Mohammed Mezaal, Philippe M. Vereecken, Mohammadhosein Safari, Nagler Felix, Anaïs Falgayrat, Alix Ladam and Mattia Giuliano (submission number 599)
A Bottom-Up Framework for Early-Stage Battery Concept Development – Till Banning, Florian Pampel, Thomas Nemeth, Pascal Nischwitz and Michael Stapelbroek (submission number 633)
Modelling the Feasibility and Benefits of Vehicle-to-Grid Technology for Urban Bus Fleets: the Case Study of London – Jeevan Ball, Aruna Sivakumar, Jacek Pawlak and Justin Yiu (submission number 655)
Multi-port Megawatt Charging System (MCS) Hub Optimization Framework for Light and Heavy-duty Electric Vehicles – Shahid Jaman, Amin Dalir, Thomas Geury, Carlo Mannu, Marcel Ecker and Omar Hegazy (submission number 1196)
Enhancing battery diagnostics using On-Chip Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy – Igor Mele, Pegah Rahmani, Samo Penič, Sajib Chakraborty, Omar Hegazy and Tomaž Katrašnik (submission number 1476)
Data-Driven AI Framework for Predictive Maintenance of Fuel Cell Heavy-Duty Vehicles – Batuhan Cinar, Serhat Ege Inanc, Bugra Eyidogan, Ali Serdar Atalay and Ahu Ece Hartavi Karci (submission number 1548)
The European Union is closely looking at its industry competitiveness as a key policy focus. For the mobility sector, this is particularly true in the context of the digital and green transitions. The “Competitiveness Compass” and the “Clean Industrial Deal” are key initiatives aimed at bolstering the EU’s industrial strength, addressing challenges like high energy costs, supply chain vulnerabilities, and the need for innovation. The aim of this session is to bring together leading figures from Europe’s transport industry to discuss the enabling conditions needed to support the sector’s transition – and that of its value chain – toward cleaner and smarter mobility.
The Industrial Round Table will examine how the European industry can establish a direction for progress leading up to 2030 and onward to 2050. The discussion should mainly focus on 3 questions: What is the status of Europe’s global leadership in the transport and mobility sector? How can research and innovation enhance the competitiveness of the sector? What are industry representatives’ expectations vis-à-vis the EU’s research and innovation activities for the sector in view of the next EU Framework Programme for R&I?
Speakers:
Carole Desnost, Director of Technologies, Innovation and Group Projets, SNCF
Dr. Gunnar Stiesch, Chief Technology Officer, Everllence
Jens Holtinger, Executive Vice President, Volvo Group’s Trucks Technology & Industrial Division
The session will explore the governance in transport R&I and the instruments that can boost the EU’s innovation capacities. It will look at the full innovation journey from fundamental research to market deployment and scale-up, analysing best practices of current instruments such as Horizon Europe and the Innovation Fund. It will discuss upcoming instruments in the next MFF with FP10 and the Competitiveness fund. It will also examine the current challenges faced by the EU alongside its innovation chains.
This session aims to find answers to the following questions: how can we address current challenges linked to transport R&I in the EU in both the short and long term? Which governance models are best to deliver on future of transport R&I? How can we tackle the gap between the fundamental research and deployment?
Keynote speaker:
Roland Jakab, Chief Executive Office, HUN-REN Hungarian Research Network
Panelists:
Dr. Maja Novakovic, Chair, Waterborne Technology Platform
Giorgio Travaini, Executive Director, Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking
Prof. Dr. Meike Jipp, Divisional Board Member for Energy and Transport, German Aerospace Centre (DLR)
Ms. Helene Niklasson, Chair, EUCAR
Transport poverty continues to hinder access to essential services, economic participation, and social inclusion, particularly in rural, peripheral, and peri-urban areas across Europe. This strategic session will explore how multimodal, digitally inclusive, and community-oriented mobility systems can address this challenge, aligning with EU ambitions for a just and green transition.
Building on recent developments, including the Social Climate Fund and Commission Recommendation (EU) 2025/1021 on transport poverty, the session will investigate mobility solutions that combine availability, affordability, accessibility, reliability, and decarbonisation.
Panelists from policy, academia, civil society, local authorities, and the transport sector will explore opportunities to strengthen systems by addressing challenges such as maintaining essential infrastructure, using data to identify vulnerable users or users whose needs are often not fully reflected (e.g. women), enhancing smart mobility, and fostering coordinated governance.
The discussion will highlight the needs of vulnerable groups and the role of transport as a social equaliser and lifeline for remote and outermost regions. The session aims to highlight the research needs to combat transport poverty, so that research can support policymaking.
Moderator:
Stefano Ricci (Sapienza)
Rapporteur:
Celestino Sanchez (EURNEX)
Speakers:
Elisabeth Kotthaus (DG MOVE)
Philipp Shahinfar (RNV)
Floridea di Ciommo (CambiaMo)
Karen Vancluysen (POLIS)
Ethem Pekin (CER)
The transport sector faces a dual transition: green (climate goals) and digital (AI and data). AI is transforming how transport systems operate, creating new job roles while risking obsolescence for unprepared workers. This session explores how to build a skilled, adaptable, and inclusive workforce. Key themes include: (1) skills needed in an AI-driven ecosystem, emphasizing lifelong learning and cross-sector collaboration; (2) planning workforce development within environmental limits; and (3) ensuring ethical, human-centered transitions. The session calls for education reform, inclusive training, and policies that align digital fluency with ecological awareness. A just, resilient future in transport depends on empowering people – not just deploying tech.
Moderator:
Thierry Goger (FEHRL)
Rapporteur:
Marit Due (Vegvesen)
Speakers:
Dominik Piotrowski (DG MOVE)
Ciaran McNally (UCD)
Jean-Luc di Paola-Galloni (Valeo)
Hildegunn McLernon (Kongsberg)
Béla Galgóczi (ETUI)
Resilient UAV Routes for Emergency Services Using 5G Networks – Denis Andres Maigualema-Quimbita, Victor Monzonis Melero, David Gomez-Barquero and Juan Vicente Balbastre Tejedor (submission number 292)
Testing Enhanced Emergency Braking in NLoS Scenarios: Comparing Radar and V2X Risk Estimation with Machine Learning – Tamás Márton Kazár, Roland Nagy, Árpád Török and Zsombor Pethő (submission number 456)
Keystone API Standard: A Modular Plug-and-Play Framework for Interoperable Transport Data Exchange – Zoe Petrakou, Charilaos Koutsis, Alex Papacharalampous, Alexeis Garcia Perez, Giulia Renzi and Paulo Cantillano-Lizana (submission number 747)
Adaptive Digital Twins (ADT) for Real-Time Condition and Health Monitoring of Powertrain Components – Manuel Van Rensbergen, Sachin Kumar Bhoi, Sajib Chakraborty and Omar Hegazy (submission number 1259)
Dynamic Control of Reconfigurable Urban Corridors in the presence of CAVs – Konstantinos Katzilieris, Emmanouil Kampitakis, Eleni Mantouka and Eleni Vlahogianni (submission number 1389)
A Colored Petri Net Model to assess dependability of Train-to-Train 5G NR V2X Communications for Virtual Coupling – Getachew Hagos Geleta, Marion Berbineau, Simon Collart-Dutilleul and Francesco Flammini (submission number 1461)
Evaluating Flexibility and Resilience in Battery-Powered Train Operations: A Simulation Approach – Hamdi El Gaied, Andre Chamaret, Patrick Henry and Didier Frugier (submission number 32)
Assessing the Potential for CO2 and Pollutant Emission Reduction via Redistribution of Port-Induced Road Traffic: A Case Study of the Port of Rotterdam – Giovanni De Nunzio, Suzanne Bussod, Celeste Muilwijk and Miklós Doma (submission number 797)
Breaking down the barriers: The evolution of electric truck adoption in transport systems – Henrik Gillström (submission number 979)
Is High-Speed Rail Truly Green? Findings from a Comprehensive Review – Özgül Ardıç and Jan Anne Annema (submission number 1087)
A Tracking Data-Based Evaluation of Truck Electrification Potential in Europe – Maeva Meyer and Thomas Bousonville (submission number 1364)
A modular system for sampling and measuring non-exhaust particles of light-duty vehicles in on-road testing – Athanasios Dimaratos, Dimitris Kontses, Leonidas Ntziachristos and Zisis Samaras (submission number 1521)
Astéria: a MBSE Framework for Railway Systems Design and Digital Continuity – Sana Debbech and Aristide Lesel (submission number 354)
Concepts for Sustainable Axial-Flux Motors – Gianluigi Tortorelli, Maurizio Guadagno, Veronica Sanots Arconada, Ander Galparsoro Maiz, Peter Sergeant and Hendrik Vansompel (submission number 776)
New Insights into the Investigation on Additive Manufacturing for its Application on Railway Wheels – Jon Hernandez-Martinez, Javier Santamaria, Jon Iñaki Arrizubieta, Nekane Correa and Ernesto G. Vadillo (submission number 877)
User Preferences for Electric Light Commercial Vehicle (e-LCV) Innovations in Urban Logistics – Janin Fauth, Koen Mommens and Heleen Buldeo Rai (submission number 965)
Hydrodynamics and multi-physics simulations towards systematic development of Digital Twin in shipping – Kostas Belibassakis, Anders Oster and Lokukaluge Prasad Perera (submission number 1166)
Sustainable Renewal and Maintenance Optimization of an Existing Railway Line Using AI and Digitalization Tools – Mateo Barbero, Cristina Dimundo, Falak Khalid, Adrian Krezlik, Araliya Mosleh, Cecilia Vale, Mohammadreza Mohammadi, Diogo Ribeiro, Francisco Andrade, João Ventura, Belmira Neto, Paulo Rosa Santos and A.H.S. Garmabaki (submission number 1628)
A method to evaluate the logistics performance in automated waterborne transport and logistics cases – Cyril Alias, Anastasiya Azarko, Vladislav Maraš, Antonio Invito, Angeliki Stouraiti, Jonas Zum Felde, Vasileios C. Podimatas and Harilaos N. Psaraftis (submission number 45)
Accelerating data-driven systemic transition in urban logistics at four Living Labs: lessons from the DISCO Project – Florian Herrmann, Andrei Turlea, Lorenzo Cello, Paola Astegiano and Paola Cossu (submission number 151)
U-ELCOME: U-space services for safe and efficient drone operations in Europe – Giovanni Riccardi, Rodrigo Benedit Pascual and Patricia Hervías Vallejo (submission number 243)
Strategic Challenges, Opportunities and Enablers of Efficient Regional Collaborative Logistics – Riccardo Maratini, Giuseppe Luppino, Luca Simone, Lorenzo Cello, Fahad Anwar, Ines Pentek and Tomislav Letnik (submission number 784)
Collaborative Innovation for Intelligent, Zero-Emission and Intermodal Freight Transport & Logistics – Elisabete Arsenio, João Tiago Aparicio, Gabriel Dias and Marluci Menezes (submission number 1445)
A Roadmap for the Transition to Automation in Rail Freight Shunting Yards – Cristiana Piccioni, Riccardo Licciardello, Cristiano Marinacci, Miad Farokhsiar and Stefano Ricci (submission number 1510)
Mainstreaming rural mobility in sustainable urban mobility planning: a framework for rural-proofed SUMPs – André Freitas and Daniela Carvalho (submission number 28)
Enabling Maritime Digital Transformation through Data Harmonisation and Interoperability: Implementation of the EMSWe Regulation – Lorena Saez, Miguel Llop, Jorge Feliu, Ana Palanca, Ángel Laguna and Jaime Luezas (submission number 634)
Building Trust in Artificial Intelligence: A necessity for Railway applications – Clément Lefebvre, Vincent Lébé, Ricardo Mario Da Silva Ribeiro Pereira, Johan Sundell, Arnaud Jaoul, Kenza Saiah and Nenad Mijatovic (submission number 1032)
Assessment and alignment of Just-in-Time and Port Call Optimisation standardisation initiatives at international level – Gonzalo Sandiás Corbillón, José Andrés Giménez and Gabriel Ferrús (submission number 1405)
Toward a User-Centered Privacy Framework for Transport Data Sharing: A design framework for Trust, Control, and Participation – Karen Valitov, Soora Rasouli and Melvin Wong (submission number 1406)
CCAM-readiness assessment and strategic planning – Daniel Franco and Dr. Wolfgang Backhaus (submission number 1525)
The Physical Internet (PI) offers a transformative vision for global logistics by enabling the seamless, efficient and sustainable use of transport, warehousing and supply chain resources through standardized and modular systems. This session addresses global, European and country-led Physical Internet research and innovation programmes, including a strong focus on multimodality and last-mile logistics. Building on experiences from Europe and other international initiatives, the session shows how PI is advancing from concept to implementation to address capacity constraints, enhance competitiveness and improve logistics efficiency. A central objective is to strengthen cooperation by aligning research, innovation and business models among different stakeholders. The session explores how coordinated collaboration is essential to scale PI from pilot projects to a resilient global logistics network, and why Europe must act decisively to remain a leading force.
Electric Vehicles have gained important market shares over the last decade in the EU. However, the European automotive industry is facing a fierce competition from contenders from around the world. Further research and innovation to deliver efficient and affordable vehicles, from L-category up to Heavy-Duty, is needed to consolidate the good steps already taken by various EU funded projects, from the European Green Vehicles Initiative (EGVI) and the 2Zero Partnership. Delivering the next generation of EVs, including their batteries and other critical components, also including software, is essential for Europe to remain competitive. These developments should also support the establishment of new value chains, to maintain value added in Europe and facilitate the implementation of circular economy principles in the automotive industry. The session will present the outcome of key EU funded projects in the field and discuss with the audience which are the next Research and Innovation priorities.
09:00-10:00 Plenary session 2 – Competitiveness of the EU industry for the green transition
In an international context marked by a global race for resources needed for the green transition, this session will focus on the competitiveness of European clean technologies. In a global context, it will explore the challenges that the EU faces to maintain its leadership in the development, manufacturing and deployment of these technologies. The session will look at the EU’s competitive strengths in comparison to other international players and highlight where European efforts should focus to maintain global competitive leadership in transport technologies, taking also into account the specific challenges faced by SMEs and start/scale-ups. The session will also look at best practices from other international players on clean tech competitiveness and whether they can be reproduced at EU level.
This session aims to find answers to the following questions: how can Europe regain or maintain leadership by focusing more on competitiveness? What is the added value of involving third countries into European research programs? How to maintain the European strategic autonomy, technology sovereignty and reduce dependencies from third countries?
Keynote speaker:
Glenn Schmidt, Vice President Global Sustainability, BMW Group
Panelists:
Alberto Maestrini, Chairman, SEA Europe and the VARD group
Magda Kopczyńska, Director-General for Mobility and Transport European Commission
Axel Krein, Executive Director, Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking
Doris Martetschläger, Supply Chain Operations Manager, IKEA supply AG
10:30-12:00 Strategic sessions
The session will explore the current state of charging infrastructure in Europe, (including the deployment of public, semi-public and private charging points, in particular for Heavy Duty and commercial vehicles at logistics hubs and depots), also highlighting the areas of relevance for smart and bi-directional charging.
It aims to bridge R&I and policy to co-develop strategic priorities for the future, and discuss how to further support the rollout of charging infrastructure, in line with the Automotive Action Plan: accelerating the roll-out of charging, grid access, V2X, the ‘European Clean Transport Corridor initiative’, and where relevant the ‘European Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Alliance’, as well as financial instruments like the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF).
The session would provide a strategic context for challenges and opportunities related to the deployment of charging infrastructure for EV and their integration to the grid and would contribute to the development of a comprehensive and sustainable transport system in Europe.
Moderator:
Eric von Breska (DG MOVE)
Rapporteur:
Beatriz Ildefonso (DG RTD)
Speakers:
Michael Bültmann (ABB)
Alessandro Bernardini (Iveco Group)
Mitra Qurban (DHL Group)
Ádám Tóth (E.ON)
Omar Hegazy (VUB)
Ports and airports are no longer just transit points—they are critical R&I platforms for the clean energy transition, serving as producers, importers, distributors, and users of sustainable fuels such as hydrogen, methanol, ammonia, synthetic fuels, and electricity.
This session explores how these strategic nodes are being transformed into integrated, multimodal energy and data hubs that support decarbonised logistics and mobility chains. Smart energy management, digitalisation, and automation R&D will be addressed as key tools to enhance operational efficiency, reduce emissions, and enable real-time optimisation tested through collaborative pilots. Case studies from Europe and beyond will highlight successful, replicable and scalable approaches.
The session will also identify R&I challenges and outline the research, regulatory and investment frameworks needed to accelerate scale-up, emphasising modular innovation, cross-sector collaboration and EU partnerships contributions to climate-neutral and resilient transport infrastructure.
Moderator:
Krzysztof Kuik (DG RTD)
Rapporteur:
Jaap Gebraad (WTP)
Speakers:
Annefleur Klaus (Schiphol airport)
Erwin Verstraelen (Port of Antwerp)
Helena Athoussaki (Motor Oil Group)
Klara Wittkowski (Airbus)
Jorrit Harmsen (TNO)
The need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and related air pollution places zero-emission mobility at the center of urban mobility policies. This session explores strategies to decarbonise urban mobility through technology, integrated planning and behavioral change. It highlights that the transition goes beyond new tech, it requires transforming the mobility ecosystem to improve air quality, reduce noise and congestion, and ensure equitable access. Key themes include the role of electrified public transport (on rail, waterborne and road), integration of new and shared mobility services, and promoting multimodality to shift behavior and boost efficiency. The session also examines urban freight solutions, mobility hubs, and EV infrastructure challenges, emphasizing grid integration and spatial planning. Drawing on research and case studies, it presents pathways and trade-offs for achieving zero-emission transport.
Moderator:
Patrick Mercier-Handisyde (DG RTD)
Rapporteur:
Carmela Canonico (UITP)
Speakers:
Ádám Bodor (BKK)
Marc Rozendal (EIT Urban Mobility)
Katie Black (Transdev)
Johan Leveque (La Poste)
Manfred Seitz (Danube Commission)
14:00-15:30 Technical session 3 / Special session 2
Numerical investigation of freight train aerodynamics: towards greener freight transport in Europe – Luca Corniani, Paolo Schito, James Bell, Ariane Wettig, Joao Pombo and Stefano Bruni (submission number 980)
Spatial analysis of online shopping returns: application to the Madrid Region – Daniela Castaño-Herrera, Álvaro Aguilera-García, Juan Gomez and José Manuel Vassallo (submission number 1026)
ASTROIT: An agent-based and multimodal simulation predicting the effects of disruptions on transport networks and identifying effective and eco-friendly mitigation measures – Tobias Rinnert, Corinna Koepke, Kris Schroven and Alexander Stolz (submission number 1344)
Modelling Freight-Induced Congestion Dynamics: A Regional Macroscopic Approach with FC-MFD Applications – Muhammad Tabish Bilal and Davide Giglio (submission number 1512)
Strategic planning of classification yards in rail freight – Daniel Haalboom and Nikola Bešinović (submission number 1535)
Smart urban freight transport: assessing the opportunity offered by automated vehicles – Antonio Comi, Davide Shingo Usami, Sevket Oguz Kagan Capkin, Hamid Aghel and David Gruhonjić (submission number 1597)
VRP meets Inland Waterway Transport: Predictive Routing for Zero-emission Vessels – Pauline Bernat and Charilaos Latinopoulos (submission number 301)
A Hierarchical Routing Strategy for Seamless Electric Vehicle Charging Service Using Autonomous Mobile Charging Robots – Jeong Seomun, Seunghyeon Lee and Jihye Byun (submission number 502)
Seamless Urban Mobility: A Multi-Modal Reservation Framework – Christos Makridis, Charalambos Menelaou, Stelios Timotheou and Christos G. Panayiotou (submission number 788)
From the Stations to the Surroundings: How Transfer Environment Shapes Public Transport Route Choices – Marianthi Kallidoni, Jesper Bláfoss Ingvardson and Otto Anker Nielsen (submission number 903)
The Price of Silence: Exploring Time and Distance Trade-Offs in Traffic Noise Exposure Aware Routing – Peter Nezval and Gyözö Gidofalvi (submission number 1427)
A Three-Phase Communication Strategy for Seamless Integration of Mobility-on-Demand and Public Transport – Chenhao Ding, Florian Dandl and Klaus Bogenberger (submission number 1452)
A Macro-Microscopic Integrated Framework for Traffic State Estimation in Low-Penetration Autonomous Vehicle Environments – Jiwon Park, Dohyeon Kim, Jihye Byun, Wai Wong and Seunghyeon Lee (submission number 185)
Analysing the link of Traffic Management System with Automated and Assisted Train Operations – Egidio Quaglietta, Camiel Simons, Emdzad Sehic, Julia Lo, Martin Joborn, Peter Olsson, Enrique Gómez, Pablo Ciáurriz, Roberto Divano, Petr Stříteský, Martin Václavík, Isabel Meseguer, Angelo Naselli, Federico Santamaria, Rob M. P. Goverde and Dick Middelkoop (submission number 206)
Demonstration of Cutting-Edge Technologies in Remote and Autonomous Railway Shunting Operations – Mikel Labayen, Jon Mikel Olmos, Jokin Irastorza, Maider Lehr, Xabier Larrea and Erik Aranburu (submission number 549)
Repeated Exposure to eHMIs: Behavioral Adaptation Across Age Groups in Pedestrian-HAV Interaction – Marc Wilbrink and Michael Oehl (submission number 551)
Unveiling anomalies in autonomous shuttle behaviour through multisource data – Shadi Nikneshan, Andrea Avignone, Brunella Caroleo and Silvia Chiusano (submission number 564)
Inland Automated Vessels Technology – Maria Chiara Bodda, Kais Bedioui, Siemen Herremans, Ali Anwar, Aleksander Chernyavskiy, Ghazaleh Kia, Zia Nassir and Louis Robert Cool (submission number 608)
Optimizing logistics for a sustainable hydrogen economy: The HELO project – Stefan Walter (submission number 9)
The role of EU funding instruments and IPCEIs in enabling maritime decarbonisation – Paolo Guglia, Caterina Cobino and Andrea Borzacchiello (submission number 173)
Analysis of strategies for LH2 management onboard aircraft during overnight parking – Enrico De Betta, Francesco Mastropierro, Damiano Tormen, Gianvito Apuleo and Michele De Gennaro (submission number 299)
Novel Metal Hydride Cooling System in a Hydrogen Demonstrator Train: Design, Implementation and Technology Assessment – Alexander Wimmer, Markus Kordel, Isabell Moser, Eduardo de la Guerra Ochoa and Manuel Caballero Ocaña (submission number 373)
Evaluating the Potential of Hybrid Ship Retrofitting – Combining Tubercle-Assisted Propellers, Fuel Cells, and Liquid Inorganic H2 Carrier Storage – Rachmat Gunawan, Adrien Aubert, Daria Matignon, Thierry Pacini, Angeliki Deligianni, Leonidas Drikos, Nicholas Lekkas, Tapas Kumar Das, Weichao Shi, James Moore, Joseph Hodgson and Angélique Rouhan (submission number 649)
Advanced photovoltaic technologies for sustainable on board railways services – Anna Lina Ruscelli, Gabriele Cecchetti, Domenico Uomo and Piero Castoldi (submission number 1543)
Detection of badger and beaver dens using ABA measurements – Jurjen Hendriks, Rolf Dollevoet and Alfredo Nunez (submission number 19)
Assessment of Vertical Track Support Condition Using Track Geometry and Axle Box Acceleration: Toward Multi-Sensor Monitoring – Siwarak Unsiwilai, Alfredo Núñez, Arjen Zoeteman, Rolf Dollevoet and Zili Li (submission number 209)
Train-Based Detection of Railway Insulated Joints Using Differential Eddy Current Sensor – Praneeth Chandran, Jnanashekar Prakash Reddy, Florian Thiery, Matti Rantatalo and Johan Odelius (submission number 464)
3D scanning and augmented reality for managing railway turnouts – Angie Lamprea-Pineda, Chonlatis Charoenwong, Gianluca Quaglia, Susmita Panda, Jeroen Wegdam, Valeri Markine, Ivan Shevtsov, Mykola Sysyn and David Connolly (submission number 781)
Towards Interoperable Configuration and Diagnostics in Europe’s Rail – Karl-Albrecht Klinge (submission number 1066)
Real-time rail infrastructure monitoring using fiber optic: Application on a 35-km railway section – Katia Amer-Yahia, Imen Benamara, Thomas Mensch, Tarik Hammi, Thai Hoang, Pierre-Antoine Lacaze and Gabriel Papaiz (submission number 1403)
14:00-15:30 Technical session 3 / Special session 2: Special sessions
The 2Zero and CCAM Partnerships have been key tools to plan and coordinate European collaborative R&D in the field of electrification and automation of road transport: this session will discuss their main achievements in Horizon Europe and their potential evolution in the next EU framework programme for 2028-2034. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between these two Partnerships, the Partnership on Batteries, and the European Commission, to further coordinate the European R&D efforts. The objective is to accelerate the transition of road mobility into electrification and automation by exploiting research results further into implementation. One option for the future is the setup of a new Joint Undertaking, which would support the competitiveness of the European automotive industry.
In the pursuit of a truly interoperable, resilient and adaptable Single European Rail Area, railway networks are undergoing a digital revolution at European level. The session will explore the latest innovations being developed towards modernizing and digitalizing the rail European network in transforming the future European Rail Traffic Management System. The vision is for traffic planning and control to operate seamlessly across national borders and transport modes to make rail the backbone of a multimodal transport system for passengers and freight customers, from first to last mile. The session will hear about the latest technology and specifications being developed in this area under the current Horizon Europe Programme and the vision and expectations of stakeholders for how this is to be implemented at European system level.
While essential to reach ambitious EU transport decarbonization targets, the market uptake of ZE-HDVs is still relatively low, with less than 1700 new ZEV-HDV registered in the EU in 2023/24. In cooperation with DG CLIMA, the JRC has carried out a technology state-of-art review of ongoing EU-funded R&I activities, revealing that further efforts in research, technological development and standardisation are needed. Building on this, and on a previous session held at TRA 2024 in Dublin, we will connect technology progress with lessons learned from demonstrations in the AEVETO Cluster projects. Aligned with 2ZERO, ERTRAC and ALICE roadmaps, this session provides a consolidated view of where Europe stands today, what has been achieved through R&I, and what needs to happen next to address systemic, technological and regulatory challenges. The session will consist of short presentations and a panel discussion with representatives of the European Commission, OEMs, Logistics, Battery industry and automation.
Embark on a cross-sector journey into the future of navigation as we explore how Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) have been transforming operations across both the waterborne and aviation domains and how recent disruptions in GNSS have prompted aviation and waterborne transport to adapt. From resilient GNSS solutions that safeguard critical navigation services from interference to the development of complementary technologies and improved operations, discover how Europe is strengthening the reliability and performance of GNSS and developing new concepts of communication, navigation and surveillance to support a more connected and future-ready transport ecosystem. By exploring both current capabilities and future research needs, this session shows how GNSS can help Europe build the most advanced, efficient and resilient transport systems on the water and in the air.
16:00-17:30 Technical session 4 / Special session 3
UPPER project: results of users’ research to identify mobility needs, motivations and patterns – Amparo López-Vicente, Juan F. Gimenez, Carol Soriano, Raquel Marzo, Elisa Signes and José Solaz (submission number 261)
Reforming Official Development Assistance (ODA) to deliver Sustainable Transport – Henrik Gudmundsson (submission number 264)
Stakeholder analysis in co-creation of responsible urban transport policy measures for equal twin transitions: Literature review and recommendations for policy design processes – Anu Tuominen, Anton Sigfrids, Tiina Tuominen and Anna Leinonen (submission number 315)
The Role of Cultural Orientation and Governance Trust in CCAM Acceptance: A Diversify-CCAM Paper – Despina Tsolisou, Stavros Kyzalas and Stella Nikolaou (submission number 876)
Measuring Transport Vulnerability in Spain: Multidimensional Indicators and Socioeconomic Drivers – Aurora Ruiz-Rua, Fernando Fernadez-Bonilla and Ángela Lopéz Garcés (submission number 1098)
Tackling Perceived Insecurity in Rail Travel: A Key Lever for Modal Shift – Loubna Mellal and Elise Avide (submission number 1304)
Analysis of Public and Expert Views on Electrified Vehicles: A Comparative Study in the European Union – Andromachi Mourtzouchou, Andrés Laverde Marín, Lorenzo Laveneziana, Alessandro Tansini, Jaime Suarez, Ada Garus, Monica Grosso, Fernando Martínez-Plumed, Rubén Cordera, Georgios Fontaras and Biagio Ciuffo (submission number 144)
Enhancing CDM Airport Operational Efficiency through Machine Learning Predictions of Target Off-Block Time – Paolino De Falco, Felix Grundner and Miroslav Spak (submission number 355)
Performance of Large Language Models in mimicking user responses to mobility surveys: the case study of Poland – Jacek Pawlak, Han Wang and Aruna Sivakumar (submission number 623)
A novel tree search strategy for real-time conflict resolution in railways – Carl Fredrik Knutsen, Astrid Mysterud, Bjørnar Luteberget and Giorgio Sartor (submission number 637)
LLM-Driven Multi-Agent System for Enhanced Decision Support in Multi-Modal Logistics – Maksim Ilin and Dmitry Pavlyuk (submission number 889)
Enhancing Transport Innovation Knowledge Management Work-Flows Using Artificial Intelligence: A TRIMIS Database Case Study – Joao Costa, Ilias Cheimariotis and Lorenzo Maineri (submission number 1272)
Analysis of remotely measured NOx and SOx emissions of ships at the Port of Rotterdam – Pierre Paschinger, Danielle van Dinther and Aspasia Panagiotidou (submission number 620)
Simulation of Carbon Intensity Indicator compliance and retrofit strategies for the North and Baltic Sea fleet – Joost Hobbie, Ishan Sontakke, Travis Teske, Annika Fitz, Kazemi Esfeh Shaghayegh and Martin Bergström (submission number 659)
Optimizing battery size and charging infrastructure for public ferry fleet electrification – Fayas Malik Kanchiralla and Yi He (submission number 854)
Stakeholder-Based Analysis of Emission Calculation and Reduction Strategies in Inland Waterway Transport on the Danube – Laura Hörandner, Denise Beil, Lisa-Maria Putz-Egger and Sophie Wiesinger (submission number 882)
The role of Research and Innovation in decarbonising the European Waterborne Sector – Monica Grosso, Chiara Lodi, Jakub Zawieska and Francesca Piazza (submission number 941)
Optimizing tugboat emissions within port areas using data fusion – Anna Mujal-Colilles, Marc Vigo, Clara Borén, Núria Pla, Leila Nyiazi, Josep Ribet, Xavier Martínez de Osés and Marcella Castells-Sanabra (submission number 1638)
Transformation in the Transport Domain: A Model of Sociopsychological Principles – Lucija Heun, Christian Haas and Matthias Kowald (submission number 580)
Navigating the Methodological ‘Bermuda Triangle’ of Urban Freight Policy planning: Guidelines, Literature, and Practice – Riccardo Erriu, Valerio Gatta and Edoardo Marcucci (submission number 740)
Better aligning mobility goals, strategies and interventions in the context of high uncertainty – Philip Churchman, Sheridan Few and Katy Roelich (submission number 1072)
Accelerating Europe’s Digital Transportation: A Revolutionary Approach Integrating Economic and Technical System Architectures – Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Schulz, Henrik Kleis and Vincent Geilenberg (submission number 1076)
Environmental and socio-economic Impact of drones: Insights from European R&I projects – Marcin Stępniak and Chiara Lodi (submission number 1355)
European R&I projects in support of European Drone Strategy 2.0 objectives – Marcin Stępniak, Chiara Lodi and Jakub Zawieska (submission number 1393)
16:00-17:30 Technical session 4 / Special session 3: Special session
Europe’s freight transport system is facing a “perfect storm”: the need for deep decarbonization combined with a growing exposure to disruptions. This session examines how resilience strategies and decarbonization pathways interact in practice, sometimes reinforcing each other and sometimes creating difficult tradeoffs. A particular focus is placed on multimodal freight networks. Rail, inland waterways and short sea shipping are essential for sustainable transport, yet the operational complexity of multimodal systems makes them more vulnerable to disruptions, often driving operators and shippers back to road transport and undermining climate ambitions. By addressing affordability, service reliability, modal shift and climate resilient operations together, the session aims to highlight practical ways to balance decarbonization goals with resilient, competitive and disruption ready European freight networks.
09:00-10:00 Plenary session 3 – Resilience of transport systems
This session will address the challenges linked to the resilience of transport systems. Transport systems can be subject to perturbation and deterioration due to climate change shocks, longer-term climate stresses and other disruptive events. They can also experience digital-related incidents (e.g. cybersecurity). Preparing transport systems resilience and making sure that they can adapt to disruption is crucial to ensure continuity of transport services and safety of passengers. This session will aim to provide examples and initiatives highlighting innovative solutions to reduce negative impacts of disruptive events on transport systems.
The session aims to find answers to the following questions: how can we adapt our transportation infrastructure to the effects of climate change? What kind of adaptation strategies do we need to make the whole system resilient? What are the main barriers to achieve this? How multimodal transportation companies and shippers respond to transport disruptions?
Keynote speaker:
Prof. Alan McKinnon, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Logistics, Kuehne Logistics University
Panelists:
Margarida Marques, European Coordinator, European Coordinator of the TEN-T Rhine-Danube corridor
Uroš Salobir, MSc, Director of the Strategic Innovation Department, ELES, d.o.o.
Dr. Ivan Jimenez Aira, Executive President, Bilbao Port Authority
Dr. Claudia Elif Stutz, Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport of Germany, State-Secretary for Transport
10:30-12:00 Strategic sessions
The EU’s reliance on material imports, the pressing need for improved resource productivity, and to reduce the carbon footprint are identified as critical issues that must be addressed. In response, the European Commission has introduced various strategies and regulations aimed at enhancing circularity including new battery regulations and proposals for stricter vehicle design and end-of-life management. Besides, collaboration across various sectors, including manufacturing, energy, finance, and waste management is required to achieve a true circular economy.
However, in their goal to embrace a Circular Economy approach, the European transport industries are facing challenges and boundaries and need to adopt new business models. The session will discuss advanced LCA and circular economy approaches for sustainable mobility solutions. Priorities for collaborative R&D will be discussed, as well as ideas for flagship projects to move Europe forward on its circularity ambition. This challenge is key for the competitiveness of transport industries and for the resources and technology sovereignty of Europe.
Moderator:
Thilo Bein (Fraunhofer)
Rapporteur:
Yanying Li (ALICE)
Speakers:
Anna Rossi (Forvia)
Hans Schurmans (Proximus)
Arthur-Hans Thellmann (Meyer Werft)
Andrea Gentili (DG RTD)
Klara Wittkowski (Airbus)
The session will explore how multimodal mobility services, for both passengers and goods, could connect better suburban and rural areas to city centres and urban multimodal passenger or freight hubs. The discussion will highlight the related challenges – e.g. low demand density and fragmented freight volumes, insufficient infrastructure and digital integration, planning at functional area level – while assessing the latest innovative solutions – e.g. public transport complemented by flexible transport services, shared mobility services and mobility on demand, light electric vehicles to railway stations, technological solutions to reach isolated territories such as drones, ferries or low cost rail-based solutions as well as asset and ride sharing services, logistics micro-hubs and cooperative models. Practitioners, local authority representatives and experts will present use cases and current practices, to identify also priorities for future research and innovation deployment.
Moderator:
Isabelle Vandoorne (DG MOVE)
Rapporteur:
Wolfgang Backhaus (Rupprecht Consult)
Speakers:
Judit Sándor (Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking)
Andrea Lorenzini (MemEx)
Manolis Koutoulakis (Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy)
Ricardo Herranz (Nommon)
Delphine Grandsart (European Passengers’ Federation)
14:00-15:30 Technical session 5 / Special session 4
Anticipating labour market transitions in connected, cooperative, and automated mobility: a PESTLE-based assessment – Carla de Oliveira Nascimento and Lone-Eirin Lervåg (submission number 81)
A Review of the Impacts of Remote Work Arrangements on Travel Behaviour and Activity Patterns – Christina Georgouli, Amor Ariza-Álvarez, Hannah Hook, Yannick Cornet, Ľuboš Buzna, Julio A. Soria-Lara and Veronique Van Acker (submission number 327)
Game Design for Corporate Sustainable Mobility: A Cross-Case Analysis of Workplace Behavioural Interventions – Domenico Schillaci and Salvatore Di Dio (submission number 329)
Teleworking and Commuting Travel: Panel Evidence from Germany – Shihang Zhang and Joachim Scheiner (submission number 478)
A Composite Indicator to Support Short Sea Shipping and Territorial Cohesion in Greek Island Regions – Vasiliki-Maria Perra and Maria Boile (submission number 569)
Global Employment in Urban Public Transport – Crestone Witsell and George Onofrei (submission number 880)
What makes Sail-Fast-Then-Wait strategy more attractive than Just-In-Time arrival? A simulation-based study – Anastasia Tsvetkova, Behrooz Khademi, Roberto Vettor and Md Wakilul Islam (submission number 59)
Effect of coordination among linear shipping companies on empty container reposition problem under demand uncertainty: A Stochastic Dynamic Programming Approach – Rikimaru Ikumoto, Tomoya Kawasaki, Daichi Watanabe and Yoshiyuki Fujiwara (submission number 139)
Digital Twin-Based Energy Profiling for Zero-Emission Inland Waterway Vessels – Florin Dimitrie Pǎcuraru, Sǎndița Pǎcuraru, Pauline Bernat and Charilaos Latinopoulos (submission number 309)
Shifting Freight from Road to Water: Mapping the innovation ecosystem for automated and zero-emission inland and coastal shipping – Javier Rivas and Jeanett Bolther (submission number 391)
Developing Harmonised Approaches to Port GHG Inventories: Framework Design and Use Case – Maurici Hervas Sotorres, Matteo Boschian-Cuch and Javier Garrido Salsas (submission number 741)
A Digital Twin Platform for Automated and Zero-Emission Inland Waterway Operations – Antonis Antonopoulos, Charis Latinopoulos, Pauline Bernat and Antonis Mygiakis (submission number 974)
Adaptive Centrality Measures and Machine Learning for Transport Network Vulnerability Assessment: A Case Study of Thessaloniki – Dimos Touloumidis, Michael Madas and Georgia Ayfantopoulou (submission number 110)
Rethinking Resilience: A Systems Approach to Modeling Public Transport Under Climate Stress – Keren-Or Grinberg Rosenbaum, Francisco Pereira, Bat-Hen Nahmias-Biran and Yoram Shiftan (submission number 322)
Resilience Without Borders: A Framework for Climate Resilient Port Ecosystems – Tanvi Anand, Kirsten Vanderplanken and Wouter Van Bockhaven (submission number 560)
Resilient Railways Facing Heavy Rains (RERA-Rain) – Concepción Toribio-Díaz, Pablo Vallhonrat Blanco and Konstantina Kopsalidou (submission number 721)
Operational Resilience of Road Systems when Disruptions Arise – Fatimah Yusuf, Liz Varga, Manu Sasidharan, Yuchun Tang and Shaolei Bai (submission number 1112)
Data-driven motorway traffic control during adverse weather conditions in Ireland – Robert Corbally, Ramin Ghiasi, Maha Riad, Daniel Pentony, Andrew O’Sullivan and Srijith Unni (submission number 1258)
16:00-17:30 Technical session 6 / Special session 5
Evaluating the Positional Accuracy of Public Railway Infrastructure Data in Comparison with Industrial Railway Infrastructure Data – Arne Boockmeyer, Lukas Pirl and Andreas Polze (submission number 650)
Safety and Risk Assessment in Maglev: Insights from Literature and Case Studies in Maglev Derived Systems – Arbra Bardhi and Stefano Ricci (submission number 988)
Vision-Language Baseline for Binary Segmentation of Railway Surface Defects: A Comparative Study – Saeed Mohamadkhah, Joaquim Tinoco, Jesus Balado-Frias and José Campos E Matos (submission number 1122)
Potential applications of large language models in railway traffic control – Csaba Ferenc Szatmári and Szilárd Aradi (submission number 1131)
The Study of a Hyperloop Network in Europe – Mars Geuze, Chrysostomos Mylonas, André Freitas, Inês Pinho and Mohammad Maghrour Zefreh (submission number 1210)
Analysis of potential high-speed rail corridors: A two-step approach – Biruk Hailu, Mohammad Maghrour Zefreh and Oskar Fröidh (submission number 1473)
Improvements in rail traffic management systems (TMS) for more efficient operation of trains with connected driver advisory system (C-DAS) – Martin Joborn, Zohreh Ranjbar, Oskar Rune, Rebecka Haraldsson and Peter Olsson (submission number 247)
Assessing the L4 readiness of the corridor from Rotterdam-Oslo – Erlend Dahl, Petter Arnesen, Daniel Sander, Guus Arts, Håvard Bakke, Ola Martin Lykkja, Per Hallgren and Wen Xu (submission number 618)
Advancing C-ITS Deployments in Hungary: Paving the Way for Day 2+ Services – Tamás Attila Tomaschek, Róbert Péter Tóth, András Mihály Selmeczy, László Bokor, Gergely Attila Kovács, Dohyeon Kim, Seulbin Hong, Dongmin Lee and Seunghyeon Lee (submission number 625)
Integrated Assessment Framework for Enhanced C-ITS Services Using Real-Time Queue-Length Variables in Virtual Environments – Dohyeon Kim, Seulbin Hong, Dongmin Lee, Bokor László, Seunghyeon Lee and Sooncheon Hwang (submission number 636)
V2I-based Real-Time Lane Deviation Handling for Automated Vehicles to Face Road Characteristics Changes – David Yagüe Cuevas, Carlos Castellanos-Ormeño, Felipe Jimenez Alonso, Pablo Marín Plaza, José Eugenio Naranjo, Mario Pérez, Araceli Sanchis de Miguel, María Paz Sesmero Lorente and José María Armingol (submission number 1015)
Cutting-edge Smart Road Section on the Hungarian M1-M7 Motorway: The Real-Time Digital Twin – András Rövid, Mihály Csonthó, Zsolt Vincze, Márton Cserni, Szabolcs Nagy and Zsolt Szalay (submission number 1108)
Age-Specific Accessibility Profiles for Last-Mile Delivery: A Mixed-Methods Case Study of Leipzig’s Urban Outskirts – Viola Süß, André Ludwig, Benjamin Gaunitz and Bogdan Franczyk (submission number 221)
Barriers and Facilitators of Multistakeholder Collaboration in Urban Living Labs: A Case Study of DECARBOMILE – Isabella Hauswald, Amalia Giannakopoulou, Katharina Beck, Jutta Wolf, Heike Flämig, Fabian Fermazin and Isabel Froes (submission number 544)
Evaluating Micro-Fulfillment Centers for Sustainable Urban Last-Mile Delivery: A Case Study of Budapest, Hungary – Sanggyun Kang, Minji Kim and Krisztián Bóna (submission number 661)
Complementarity for Consolidation: Unlocking efficiency for smarter city logistics – Carlos Granada, Joris Beckers and Thierry Vanelslander (submission number 701)
Selection of the best locations for micro-consolidation centers for a city logistics pilot in Budapest – Kinga Lőcsei-Tóth, Gergő Vass, Dávid Lajos Sárdi, Krisztián Bóna, Aletta Büki, Tamás Strang, Zalán Tiborc Uglik and Bálint Herbert (submission number 1045)
A Dynamic Pricing Framework for Last-Mile Logistics: Design, Implementation, and Pilot in Belgium – Ioannis Tsouros and Athena Tsirimpa (submission number 1225)
A harmonised transport-specific LCA approach – Final results of the CSA TranSensus LCA – Thilo Bein, Felipe Cerdas, Nikolas Hill, Christian Junestedt, Gladys Moreac-Njeim, Anh-Linh Buivan, Mara Neef, Marina Simon, Diana Bartaune, Guido Sonnemann and Takunda-Yeukai Chitaka (submission number 294)
Standardizing GHG Emission Factors: A Critical Review and Gap Analysis – Bruna Rodrigues, Mehul Khandelwal, Alan Lewis, Nabil Abdalla, Kirsten Biemann, Stylianos Doulgeris, Giorgos Mellios and Nigel Jones (submission number 438)
Introducing circularity in public transport for greater sustainability: From strategy to action – Laura Lopez, Gabriele Grea, Danijel Hojski and Joseph Paul (submission number 615)
Operational tools for assessing environmental impacts and benefits in linear infrastructure: a systematic review – Carlos Morillas, Rodrigo Gil, Sergio Alvarez, Sara Martinez, Pinar Yilmazer and Lorenzo Franzoni (submission number 1013)
Public Transport Digitalization: Leveraging AI and Digital Twins for Smarter Urban Mobility Management – Jan Röhl, Conrad Jentzsch and Marta Woronowicz (submission number 1197)
Delays, dependencies, and development: Exploring circular aggregate use through the lens of lateness of action in Swedish construction – Linnea Eriksson, Anna Fredriksson and Mats Janné (submission number 1217)
16:00-17:30 Technical session 6 / Special session 5: Special sessions
This session will present the key interim results and impacts delivered by Europe’s Rail, highlighting how its research and innovation outputs are contributing to a more competitive, sustainable, digital, and interoperable European rail system. Looking beyond achievements to future needs, the session will introduce the Europe’s Rail High-Level Paper which outline strategic R&I priorities and pre-deployment activities aimed at simplifying the rail system and its operations, while strengthening its core capabilities. These efforts support the objective of making European railways more agile, resilient, and competitive. The session offers a unique opportunity to gain insight into the strategic priorities, ambition, and long-term vision shaping the next phase of European rail R&I including deployment aspects, and to explore how current results can inform future rail research public-private partnership choices while reinforcing Europe’s leadership in rail innovation.
The Co-Programmed Partnership on Zero-Emission Waterborne Transport (ZEWT), as launched in 2021, provides and demonstrates zero-emission solutions for all main ship types and services before 2030, enabling zero-emission waterborne transport before 2050. The activities in the framework of the Partnership focus on 1) the use of Sustainable Alternative Fuels, 2) Electrification, 3) Energy-Efficiency, 4) Digital Green, 5) Design and Retrofitting, and 6) Ports. Whereas the first projects co-financed by the Partnership kicked off in 2022, this session will serve as an ideal stage to reflect upon the state-of-play of research, development and innovation as well as potential next steps. Furthermore, the session will focus on the deployment of innovations, potential bottlenecks, and actions foreseen by private and public stakeholders to speed up the introduction of zero-emission technologies in the waterborne transport sector.
CCAM remains mostly pilot-based in Europe, with limited deployment beyond a few leading cities. Barriers persist around regulation, safety, business models, and public trust, especially in smaller municipalities lacking capacity, resources, and guidance. To avoid fragmentation, deployment should build on shared building blocks: vehicle technologies, physical and digital infrastructure, sustainable business approaches, and operations integrated into existing mobility systems. Equally important are societal acceptance, workforce skills, and clear regulatory frameworks supported by testing and demonstration. The session will open with a short framing presentation on the building‑blocks exercise and the city roadmap for CCAM deployment, followed by a panel discussion with a city, a Public Transport Agency, the European Commission, and an industry or operator perspective.
The session will allow to take stock of their numerous success stories and demonstrators of large airport and port projects (for example H2 powered tow tractor in Schiphol airport; automated shuttle in Brussels airport; Biodiversity enhancement in Paris airport; Novel H2 powered reach stackers in port of Antwerp; smart management of energy of terminals in port of Antwerp, etc.). In addition, the session will be used to present the strategic plans for the twin transitions (greening and digitalization) developed by the 5 projects and to explain how the replication of those strategic plans is being done across EU. Furthermore, the session will showcase how the twin transitions (greening and digitalization) are materializing in EU airports and ports and will link these transitions with the competitiveness of these transport nodes. Finally, the follow-up actions in terms of funding, innovation and policy development will be discussed.
09:00-10:00 Plenary session 4 – Digitalisation of the transport sector
Digitalisation of the transport sector is key to improve the efficiency, safety and sustainability of our transport systems. This involves automating processes in transport and production, enhancing connectivity and leveraging data analytics for better decision-making. Digitalisation impacts various aspects of our transport systems, including transportation infrastructure, logistics, mobility and the role of people. It has the potential to lead to new business models, improved traffic management, increased efficiency in operations and reduced environmental impact. This session will focus on the use of AI in the broader system, automation, cybersecurity and data spaces. The session will also explore the disruptive potential of digital technologies such as quantum computing.
The session aims to find answer to the following questions: what are the next big advancements in transport digitalisation? How to address the fast-paced changes brought by digitalisation and make sure they best serve the EU’s transportation system? How to certify AI for mission-critical applications? How can digitalisation support mobility management and law enforcement and what are the barriers of cybersecurity? Which fundamentals will be transformed in the system in terms of use of infrastructure, resilience and competitiveness?
Panelist:
Paola Cossu, CEO at Fit Consulting & Member of the Board of Directors at ALICE, TRA Vision 2024 winner
Stephane Petti, PhD, Principal Advisor, European Innovation Council Fund
Rugilė Andziukevičiūtė-Buzė, Managing Director, Transport Innovation Association Lithuania
Andreas Boschen, Executive Director, SESAR Joint Undertaking
10:30-12:00 Strategic sessions
Automation and connectivity have the potential to transform and bring major benefits to the transport of people and goods in Europe, improving safety, sustainability, capacity and inclusiveness. The session will discuss the challenges and opportunities of integrating efficiently automated vehicles into the transport system from both the technical and the socio-economic perspective, including the offer of new mobility services to users. Cross-sector and cross-modal collaboration with road, rail, air and waterborne transport will be addressed, as well as supporting concrete steps for large-scale implementation and deployment. Experience from the CCAM Partnership and Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking will be shared, alongside insights from related partnerships and initiatives, to explore how large-scale implementation can be supported across all modes. Panelists will discuss the next actions to be taken at EU level to make connected and automated mobility a reality for European citizens.
Moderator:
Karen Vancluysen (POLIS)
Rapporteur:
Peter Urban (RWTH Aachen University)
Speakers:
Christian Merkt (BMW)
Walter Struckl (Siemens Mobility)
Chrystelle Damar (SESAR JU)
Pieter Huyskens (Damen)
Pia Wijk (Einride)
Marzena Jougounoux (DG RTD)
This session explores how digitalisation can enable more efficient, sustainable, and resilient logistics across rail, road, air, and maritime transport. It addresses real-world challenges in multimodal coordination, where fragmentation still hinders performance and decarbonisation. Digital enablers, such as Artificial Intelligence, trusted data sharing frameworks, digital twins, smart connected assets and advanced connectivity, are discussed as integrated tools supporting adaptive planning, interoperability and automation. The session highlights concrete use cases and insights from infrastructure operators, industry experts and innovation initiatives (such as Intelligent Access), to identify practical priorities for future research and large-scale implementation towards Net-Zero Logistics over the next two years.
Moderator:
Paola Cossu (FIT Consulting)
Rapporteur:
Giuseppe Luppino (ALICE)
Speakers:
Wilhelm Patzner (CER Cargo)
Angelos Amditis (ICCS)
Lars Deiterding (HACON)
Szymon Oscislowski (DG MOVE)
Sascha Gill (United Waterways)
The potential of AI is increasingly being harnessed in the mobility sector, enabling smart mobility systems and solutions, increasing safety and efficiency. AI is gradually used in a diverse way: decision-support to autonomous action, detection of events, generation of synthetic data…
AI possesses some key characteristics for application in numerous transport related domains. For example, AI plays a key role in sustainable transport by optimizing fuel use and routing. Likewise, AI helps improve the efficiency of transport systems by optimising traffic and transport schedules and anticipating user demand patterns. AI can also facilitate proactive fleet upkeep by enabling predictive maintenance.
Yet, several avenues for research in AI and mobility remain to be explored: the use of AI to improve the synchronisation of fragmented infrastructure and transport modes by integrating data from different actors and transport operators, the deployment of AI driven charging network optimisation, the management of vulnerabilities created by the increased deployment of AI in smart mobility systems, the use of AI in validation and verification processes, especially the certification mission-critical applications, etc…
This session will present use cases of AI for smart mobility systems and identify priorities for future research and innovation in this sector.
Moderator:
Axel Volkery (DG MOVE)
Rapporteur:
Giovanni Circella (Uninversity of Ghent)
Speakers:
Elodie Petrozziello (EUI)
Margriet van Schijndel (TUE)
Francesco Flammini (University of Naples Federico II)
Maria Boile (CERTH)
Rita Somogyi (TERN)
15:30-17:00 Technical session 7 / Special session 6
Rail-Enabled Last Mile: Simulating Parcel Flows via Urban Metro Networks for Carbon-Smart Logistics – Zisis Maleas, Georgia Ayfantopoulou, Sofoklis Dais, Pavlos Giannakou and Katerina Batzou (submission number 102)
Empirical evaluation of a simple matchmaking algorithm for freight carriers – Lorant Tavasszy, Michiel De Bok, Mahnam Saeednia, Merve Cebeci, Tangzhe Chen and Ron Van Duin (submission number 282)
A Modern and Sustainable Rail-Enabled Urban Logistics System and its Economic Evaluation – Dominic Kwakye Ampong, Libor Švadlenka, Molková Tatiana and Libor Bauer (submission number 1049)
Information Flow Modelling for Automated Freight Port Operations: Insights from Two Case Studies in Europe – Arkadiusz Drabicki, Filippos Adamidis, Ramandeep Singh, Karen Van Brussel, Dirk Staelens, Marco Mazzarino and Constantinos Antoniou (submission number 1495)
GREEN-LOG Logistics as a Service Marketplace: A policy-aligned marketplace for Sustainable Last-Mile Operations – Babis Magoutas, Amalia Bozinaki, Ioannis Tsouros, Francesca D’Alessandro, Joris Beckers, Panos Georgakis, Athena Tsirimpa, Konstantinos Barbopoulos and Vivian Kiousi (submission number 1509)
Agent-Based Simulation for Meal Micro-Delivery Services: Modeling, Simulation, and Dispatch Strategy Evaluation – Serkan Ozdemir, Lampros Yfantis, Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Rodriguez Correia and Shadi Sharif Azadeh (submission number 1570)
Automating Wagonload Transport: A Survey-Based Analysis of Operational Challenges and Opportunities – Sebastian Winkelheide, Stefan Lipinski and Raphael Pfaff (submission number 367)
Human-Centric Trustworthy AI: AITHENA’s Methodological Framework for CCAM and Key Insights – Lakshya Pandit, Bonnie Fenton, Daniel Franco and Justin Hidalgo Vélez (submission number 503)
Move2CCAM: Co-creating an inclusive, citizen-centric, impact assessment model for autonomous vehicles – Lucy Farrow, Christo Gkartzonikas and Teresa Kuhn (submission number 696)
Linking Perception System Requirements and Simulation Fidelity for ADAS and AV V&V – Graham Lee and Alan Walker (submission number 931)
Exploring the Influence of Robo-Taxis, Private AVs and AV Buses on Relocation Intentions in Europe – Christos Gkartzonikas and Konstantinos Kamargiannis (submission number 1011)
Accessibility as the Objective: An Equity-Focused Framework for CCAM Integration in Public Transport Networks – Peyman Hashemi Baragoori, Margarita Martínez-Díaz and Mohamed Abouelela (submission number 1263)
High-Efficiency Hybrid Powertrain Systems for challenging commercial vehicle applications to meet upcoming market expectations – Anton Thomas Koerfer, Hartwig Busch, Tobias Vosshall and Joschka Schaub (submission number 70)
Mandates and Penalties: The Impact of Policy Implementation on Biofuel Markets – A Comparative Study on Road and Aviation Transport Fuel Prices in Different EU Countries – Sunna Forslund, Liv Lundberg, Jonas Zetterholm, Maria de Oliveira Laurin and Maria Grahn (submission number 134)
Interactive Comparators – Life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars and heavy duty vehicles – Adrian Velaers (submission number 171)
Powering Ships, Cutting Carbon: The FuelSOME Approach to Multifuel SOFCs – Johannes Lackner and Jasmin Kniewallner (submission number 425)
Leveraging the Business Canvas Modell for the Hungarian biomethane industry – Daniel Imre Nagy and Tibor Dr. Princz-Jakovics (submission number 1500)
Freeze start strategies for fuel cell electric vehicles: Balancing durability, reliability and practicability – an experimental approach on automotive-sized short stacks – Markus Schwarz, Albert Albert and Rüdiger-A. Eichel (submission number 1586)
The climate effects of transport emissions: models and data to support the development of mitigation strategies – Johannes Hendricks, Mattia Righi, Sabine Brinkop, Katrin Dahlmann, Mariano Mertens, Christof Beer, Volker Grewe, Christopher Kaiser and Michael Ponater (submission number 75)
How policy distortions shape EV affordability in Africa – Christian Moretti, Inga Mareike Nienkerke, Bessie Noll, Susanne Hanger-Kopp, Tobias Schmidt, Christian Bauer, Adolfo Uribe Poblete, Paul Kyoma Asiimwe, Kristiina Joon and Anthony Patt (submission number 103)
Clustering the European Union electric vehicle markets: Status in 2025 – Gabriel Möring Martínez, Murat Senzeybek and Simone Ehrenberger (submission number 105)
Impact of Low Emission Zones on Urban Mobility and the Environment – Fiona O’Brien, Emma Antonia Katalin Jung and Zoi Christoforou (submission number 120)
Diversification of Transport Decarbonization Strategies: A Comparative Study between Spain, Norway and the United Kingdom – Rosa Picon-Garcia, Jorge Bañuelos-Gimeno, Carlos Romero, Rosa Arce-Ruiz, Caroline Mullen, Zihao An, Paal Wangsness and Hedda Strømstad (submission number 1218)
Policy options to reduce emissions of L-category vehicles in the European Union and expected effects – Athina Grigoriadou, Georgios Triantafyllopoulos, Dimitra Lekaki, Traianos Karageorgiou, Heinz Steven, Stefan Hausberger, Stephan Schmidt, Martin Dippold, Michael Dittrich, Iddo Riemersma, Pim van Mensch, Joseph Kermani, Alba Garbí and Leonidas Ntziachristos (submission number 1339)
Levelling the Playing Field in EU Road Haulage: Enforcement Challenges and Early Lessons from Mobility Package I – Feyisayo Lari-Williams, Wouter Verheyen, Tim Breemersch and Bruno Van Zeebroeck (submission number 420)
Regulatory Divergence in Autonomous Vehicle Deployment: A comparative Study of the US, EU, and China – Carlos Luján Tutusaus, Justin Hidalgo Vélez, Oriol Flix Viñas and Nadia Martínez Sheikhi (submission number 818)
EU regulatory framework for transport and logistics: the path to low emissions, energy transition, and technology advancements through the ADMIRAL lens – Gabriel Dias, Elisabete Arsenio and Sofia Cerqueira (submission number 908)
Assessing the effectiveness of the EU passenger rights framework in the context of multimodal and smart mobility – Hai Anh Le (submission number 1007)
Comparative Analysis of Liability Frameworks for Automated Vehicles: Legal Readiness in the EU, US and China – Julia Roussou, Armira Kontaxi, Apostolos Ziakopoulos and George Yannis (submission number 1018)
Changing traffic regulation in Europe – impact of autonomous driving – Zsófia Farkas and Péter Gáspár (submission number 1504)
15:30-17:00 Technical session 7 / Special session 6: Special sessions
The rapid growth of e-commerce presents both challenges and opportunities for Europe’s transition toward climate-neutral, resource-efficient urban logistics. This session brings together researchers, industry leaders, and city stakeholders to explore sustainable e-commerce logistics and circular solutions. Topics include optimised return flows, reuse and repair models, zero-waste packaging, modular delivery systems, digital tools for managing returns, and improved recycling pathways. Participants will examine policy, behavioural, and technological strategies to decarbonise the e-commerce value chain, operationalise sustainability commitments, and foster collaboration through public–private partnerships, aiming to reduce emissions, waste, and inefficiencies at scale.
The Clean Hydrogen Partnership drives EU hydrogen R&I across production, distribution and end-uses, but scaling deployment now needs cross-value-chain coordination: system integration, infrastructure planning, demand aggregation, and alignment with other instruments: Hydrogen Bank, AFIR, ReFuelEU Aviation, FuelEU Maritime. Its 2026 programme sharpens its hydrogen mobility focus for hard-to-electrify transport: improving fuel-cell durability via advanced control/monitoring; enabling high-power aviation through on-board liquid-hydrogen systems; developing flexible, standardised storage usable across heavy-duty road/rail/waterborne; and advancing multi-fuel SOFC maritime powertrains. The session aims to show how we can accelerate scale-up and market uptake via synergies: shared roadmaps/SRIAs, MoUs, coordinated calls, or coordinated vehicle-infrastructure deployment. It will discuss barriers (permitting, infrastructure, hydrogen availability, bankability), share best practices (Hydrogen Valleys, flagships), and how to build partnerships.
Digitalization is the broad transformation of societal and business models through the adoption and strategic integration of digital technologies. It is a key enabler to improve efficiencies, enhance customer experience, provide new opportunities and to enable automation, which results in a more agile and competitive organization. Furthermore, digitalisation will be critical for challenges related to increased labour shortage, international competition and geopolitical developments, the transition to a zero-emission waterborne sector, and the modal shift to waterborne transport. Over the past couple of years, digitalisation has found its way into the IWT and port sectors. This session will explore the state-of-play as regards digitalisation of these sectors, the next steps in terms of RD&I, as well as the further deployment of technologies. Special attention will be paid to the concept of regulatory sandboxes, critical to deploy digital technologies and concepts.