Thursday, April 18, 2024

9:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Hall 8A-6 (Simmonscourt)

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Ports and airports are the nodes where transportation modes come together, integrate and interoperate in mobility and logistics chains. As envisioned in the sustainable and smart mobility strategy, these nodes are starting their transition to become zero emissions and supporting transportation to be more efficient through digitalization. The challenge is to quickly push innovative mature solutions to large scale deployment for goods and people mobility including multimodal freight transport (intermodal and synchromodal), digitalisation of ports/airports and their connectivity with their hinterland and influence areas; Given the complex nature of stakeholders and processes embodied in a port or airport, several channels need to be explored for their greening and digital journey. The objective of this session is to cover multiple angles of the green and digital transition of the ports and airports. To exchange best practices on innovations and take stock of the main opportunities and identify challenges. The session will more specifically focus on: • Next level information exchange and collaboration with stakeholders to improve multimodality, modal shift, and achieve efficient and sustainable transport. • Greening of mobility and logistics (within the nodes and in their network). Stakeholders will present the state of play of their Green Master Plans and how nodes can play a decisive role in CO2 reduction. • Provide an overview of the key mobility and logistics demonstrators and innovations developed. Deep dive in to 2-3 more promising and mature demonstrators with tangible results or outstanding prospects. • Stakeholders will explain how the roll out of tested solutions in large ports and airports could be supported and encouraged and how policy and regulatory barrier for further greening can be removed. Speakers: Inge de Wolf (Port of Antwerp and Bruges & PIONEERS Project) Reyer Will (Port of Rotterdam & MAGPIE Project) Jan-Christoph Maass (Port of Duisburg & MULTIRELOAD Project) Elke Bossaert (Brussels Airport & STARGATE Project) Massimo Corradi (Milano Airport & OLGA Project) Moderators: Gabriel Mialocq (CINEA) & Fernando Liesa (ALICE)

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