The 8th stakeholder conference The Danube Region Transport Days – DRTD 2024 entitled “Boosting sustainable transport and connectivity” was held on Tuesday, 3 December 2024 in Ljubljana.
This year presentations and discussions focused on: a) Macro-regional connectivity and beyond; b) New trends in rail transport; and c) Projects with added value for macro-regions.
The event, co-organized by the EUSDR Priority Area 1b Coordinators and UNECE, serves as a dynamic platform for stakeholders from across the Danube macro-region and beyond, to address critical transport challenges, explore innovative solutions, and strengthen regional cooperation.
AGENDA (with presentations attached)
Introductory & Keynote Speeches
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Session 1: RAIL: New trends in Rail transport in Danube Macro-Region Panel 1: Impact of Innovations and new Technologies on Rail
– Mr. Ian CONLON, Head of System Pillar, Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, Brussels
S1-2 Removing obstacles for rail competitiveness and cross-border operations – Mr. Peter ŠIŠOLAK, Head of Traffic Management, RailNetEurope (RNE), Vienna
S1-3 Innovations in rail freight: for customer’s benefit – Prof. Dr. Bernd KORTSCHAK, University of Vienna, Austria
S1-4 Using Space for Rail transport in the Danube Macro-Region – Mr. Maximillian BAUERNFEIND, National expert, EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) |
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Panel 2: Passenger hubs – New face/es of urban development
S1-5 International Railway Passenger Hubs – Mr. Francesco DIONORI, Chief of Section, UNECE
S1-6 Vienna’s new central station, a modern station for a capital city – Mr. Sebastian STEINBRECHER, Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK), Austria
S1-7 Ljubljana railway station reconstruction – Mr. Goran KOROŠEC, Slovenian infrastructure agency, Railways investments division, secretary, project manager
– Ms Eneida ELEZI, Foreign Affairs expert, Albanian Railways
S1-9 TER Project activities in enhancing accessibility and efficiency in rail passenger transport – Ms Malgorzata KOPCZYNSKA, TER Project manager |
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Session 2: Better Connectivity For All Modes Of Transport S2-1 Advancing Mobility and Connectivity: The Danube Region and the New TEN-T Guidelines – Mr. Franc ŽEPIČ, Secretary, Ministry of Infrastructure, Slovenia
S2-2 Importance of the Trans-Caspian Corridor for the Danube Region? – Mr. Nenad NIKOLIĆ, Regional Advisor, UNECE |
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Session 3: Macro-regions and their influence on transport and mobility – Ms Jasminka KIRKOVA, Transport Coordinator, Ministry of Transport and Communications, North Macedonia
– Mr. Patrick SKONIEZKI, Mobility co-leader, EGTC European Region Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino, Austria |
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Session 4: PROJECTS Relevant for the Danube Region Transport S4-1 Project Rail4Regions (Enhancement of spatial and transport planning capacities in the promotion of the accessibility of the rail freight transport network and regional development) – Mr. Theo SAUERBORN, Project Lead, Thuringian Ministry for Infrastructure and Agriculture, Germany
S4-2 Project Cross for ITS (X4ITS) – Mr. Martin BÖHM, Technical director, AustriaTech, Vienna, Austria
S4-3 Projects LinkingDanube and LinkingAlps – Dr. Matej VOVK, Head of National Traffic Management Centre (NCUP), Slovenia
– Mr Filip RUKAVINA, Research Assistant, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatia
– Mr. Alberto COZZI, Project manager, Port of Trieste, Italy
– Mr. Tomislav LETNIK, Assistant professor, University of Maribor, Slovenia
– Dr. Vladimir RAJOVIĆ, Associate professor, School of Electrical Engineering Belgrade, Serbia
– Ms. Katja HANŽIČ, Researcher, University of Maribor, Slovenia
– Mr. Rok VRBAN, Senior Project Manager, SRC Bistra Ptuj, Slovenia
S4-10 Project Active2Public Transport – Mr. Gregor STEKLAČIČ, Project manager, Ministry of Environment, Climate and Energy, Slovenia
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