Moving Baltic Sea Region to carbon neutral mobility – opportunities and challenges
In the fifth session of the seminar series "Space Bridges 2.0", we will focus on the pathway towards low carbon mobility. Specifically focusing on the Baltic Sea Region with its opportunties and challenges.
Event description
For the session, we have invited several experts on the topic of low carbon and zero-carbon mobility. During the session, we will discuss the infrastructural solutions for electric vehicles, city planning for sustainable transportation, self-driving cars and how social behaviours play a critical role in the shift to low carbon emission travelling.
The Baltic University Programme National Centre for Latvia at Riga Technical University is hosting this session together with the Baltic University Programme's coordinating secretariat at Uppsala University.
Programme
- Welcoming notes
- A Green Deal implementation guide for road transport: a research and innovation perspective
- Development of electric vehicle charging system in Latvia
- New mobility solutions in rural areas of the Baltic Sea Region targeting carbon neutral environment
- Self-driving cars on the public streets now and in the future (in Tallinn)
- Comparison of walkability of Vilnius, Kaunas, Malmö and Riga as premise for carbon free movement
- Recent advances in hybrid and battery electric vehicle technologies and impact on the Latvian automotive sector
- Flygskam – The Swedish phenomenon of flight shame
- Panel discussion: What changes to anticipate in mobility after 10 years in the Baltic Sea Region?
- Closing remarks
See all sessions from the BUP seminar series "Space Bridges 2.0" on Youtube.
Quick information
Date and time: 4 June 2021, 13.00-16.00 (CEST)
Host: Riga Technical University, Latvia
Co-Host: Uppsala University, Sweden
Location: Online
Open for: Public
Presenters
Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
Maurizio Maggiore
Maurizio gave a presentation titled: A Green Deal implementation guide for road transport: a research and innovation perspective
Dr. Sc. Ing. Associate Professor
Edmunds Kamoliņš
Leading researcher, Transport institute director
Riga Technical university, Riga, Latvia
Edmunds gave a presentation titled: Development of electric vehicle charging system in Latvia
Associate Professor, Dr.
Viktor Skrickij
Director of the Transport and Logistics Competence Centre
VILNIUS TECH, Vilnius, Lithuania
Viktor gave a presentation titled: New mobility solutions in rural areas of the Baltic Sea Region targeting carbon neutral environment
PhD candidate
Krister Kalda
Smart City Center of Excellence project manager
Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
Krister gave a presentation titled: Self-driving cars on the public streets now and in the future (in Tallinn)
Professor
Kęstutis Zaleckis
Professor
Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
Kęstutis gave a presentation titled: Comparison of walkability of Vilnius, Kaunas, Malmo and Riga as premise for carbon free movement
Master of Science, Ing.
Artūrs Bogdanovs
Research assistant
Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia
Artūrs gave a presentation titled: Recent advances in hybrid and battery electric vehicle technologies and impact on the Latvian automotive sector
PhD.
Henner Busch
Researcher, LUCSUS
Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Henner gave a presentation titled: "Flygskam" – The Swedish phenomenon of flight shame
Hosts
Juris Iljins
National Centre Director of the BUP in Latvia
Administrative director of Riga Technical University, Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia
Juris was the session's host
Associate Professor, PhD.
Madeleine Granvik
Director of the Baltic University Programme
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Madeleine was the session's co-host