Transport initiative seminar 2017

What are the key factors for a transition to a future transport system, and what initiatives are taken to facilitate a change?

This year's Transport Initiative Seminar offered a range of different perspectives on what waits around the corner. Representatives from industry, public sector and academia shared their views on what factors will have impact on tomorrow's mobility, and what actions are already taking place.

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Virtual trains - the Future of Transportation?
Lars Hesselgren, Director of Research PLP Architecture
 
Ethical, legal and political implications of self driving vehicles
Gustaf Arrhenius, Director Institute for Futures Studies

What does science do for the SDGs, what do the SDGs do for science?
Katarina Gårdfeldt, Director Centre for Environment and Sustainability, GMV
 
EU transport policy – what to expect in the future?
Stefan Back, Director Sustainable Logistics, Swedish Confederation of Transport Enterprises
 
The transport purchaser's role for sustainable transport
Linda Styhre, IVL SvenskaMiljöinstitutet

How can future transportation become more sustainable? Taking the perspective of the individual
Cecilia J Bergstad, University of Gothenburg
 
Where is the key to transforming our current sociotechnical transport system regime?
Malin Andersson, Urban Transport Administration, City of Gothenburg

Ongoing research at a glance
Presentations of current research projects

 Actions for future transportation by The Swedish Transport Administration
Christer Löfving, Swedish Transport Administration

Self-driving and all-electric transports –The role of the T-pod in the future
Henrik Wallström, Einride

AstaZero's role in the future transportation system
Niklas Lundin, AstaZero

Road based transportation ready for disruption
Karin Svensson, Vice President Group Strategy, Volvo Group