Ministry of Infrastructure RS
State Secretary
Moving Slovenia gave us the first insight into the transnational autonomous vehicle-testing project; State secretary Nina Mauhler hopes to see new developments regarding the second tube of the Karavanke tunnel within a few weeks; and Slovenian Railways announce the Ljubljana–Vienna travel duration shortening to four hours
The Maribor–Šentilj railway upgrade is currently in a full swing. Seeing that this is a single-track railway, it needed to be closed on 25th October. The closure will be in effect until 15th December, meaning there will be no railway connection between Maribor and Austria until then. This has created many problems in cargo transport across Slovenia. The Slovenian Infrastructure Agency plans to build the second track to Šentilj after 2022.
Austria started the drilling works for the second tube of the Karavanke tunnel already in September, whereas in Slovenia the project is stuck in the audit procedure. Nina Mauhler, State Secretary at the Ministry of Infrastructure, says “I hope this will be resolved within a few weeks, although it will be difficult for us to catch Austria even if we start at the beginning of the next year.”
Daniel Avdagič, AV Living Lab: Initially, the autonomous vehicle-testing infrastructure in the area between Slovenia, Hungary and Austria will be used by manufacturers of cars and spare parts.
Miloš Rovšnik, Deputy Director of Slovenian Railways – Passenger Transport: The Ljubljana–Vienna travel duration will be shortened to four hours within three to four years.
Sebastian Sperker, Rail Cargo Carrier: There is still significantly too much wait time in international cargo transport, especially border wait time; we also wait for passenger trains very often because of single-track railways.
Johannes Lieberman, Wiener Linien, coordinator of Seestadt-Aspern autonomous minibus, suggests that we start testing autonomous vehicles. He says that the Vienna public transport provider has been purchasing many e-busses.
Registration
Opening speeches and introduction to the conference
Moderation: Peter FRANKL, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Finance Business Daily
TESTING THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY: Building test regions for autonomous/e-/integrated driving, infrastructural challenges, linking business and R&D demands
Moderation: Borut HOČEVAR, journalist, editor of Environment and Energy, Finance Business Daily
Coffee Break
THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY BUSINESS: Growth and development of related industries, state-of-the-art technologies, suppliers and buyers of the future
Moderation: Peter HASSLACHER, Director, ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA Ljubljana
THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION: Public transport systems & freight transportation, development of autonomous and electrical systems, autonomous individual transport compared to mass transport
Moderation: Nataša KORAŽIJA, jornalist, editor of Transport and Logistics Portal, Finance Business Daily
Closing Remarks
Closing of the conference, lunch and networking
Ministry of Infrastructure RS
State Secretary
Finance Business Daily
CEO and Editor-in-Chief
ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA Ljubljana
Director
A.T.Kearney Slovenia
Vice President
ALP.Lab GmbH
CEO
TPV Group
Director
Institute of Traffic and Transport Ljubljana
Senior Researcher – Project Manager
AV Living Lab
Director
A3PS and Digi-Trans Association
Board Member
Hidria Holding
Director
SŽ – Passenger Transport
Assistant Director
SŽ – Passenger Transport
Head of Digital Projects
AVL LIST GmbH
Vice President Corporate Strategy
AUDI AG
Head of Department Integration of properties and functions and maturity level of Audi’s electric vehicles
MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG
Senior Manager Mobility Solutions
Head of CNL-Council for Sustainable Logistics
Nomago
Director
Rail Cargo Carrier
Director
Vienna Public Transportation (Wiener Linien GmbH)
Project Coordinator
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