Programme

Programme 12 February 2025

12.00-13.00 REGISTRATION AND LUNCH 

13.00-14.00 INTRODUCTION AND THE LARGER PERSPECTIVE

• Introduction
  Co-chairs Pat Cox, European Coordinator for the Scandinavian-Mediterranean TEN-T Corridor and Catherine Trautmann, European Coordinator for the TEN-T North Sea Baltic Corridor
• Welcome to the Forum
  Roberto Maiorana, Director General and Helena Eriksson, Regional Director Northern Region, Swedish Transport administration
• Introduction of Programme
  Pat Cox and Catherine Trautmann
• Welcome to Luleå
  Carina Sammeli, Mayor, municipality of Luleå
• EU TEN-T Transport, Climate and competitiveness
  Pat Cox and Catherine Trautmann
• The Platform North initiative, background and future development
  Helena Eriksson, Swedish transport administration
   

14.00-16.50 NORDIC COOPERATION IN PRACTICE

• Panel discussion
  Transport ministers: Andreas Carlson, Sweden; Jon-Ivar Nygård, Norway; Lulu Ranne, Finland (to be confirmed). Moderating: Pat Cox and Catherine Trautmann
• Facilitating cross-border infrastructure planning
  Anna Lundgren, Senior Research Fellow, Nordregio
• Prioritized measures in Platform North
  • Joint transport plan, Jussi Huotari, Lapland ELY-center
  • Financing, Lotta Rönström, North Sweden European Office
  • Information platform, Trine Lise Hornaes, Statens vegvesen
• Comments and reflections
  Moderating: Helena Eriksson, Swedish transport administration
   

17.00 CLOSING DAY 1

19:00 CONFERENCE DINNER

Programme 13 February 2025

08.00–08.10 REFLECTIONS FROM DAY 1, Pat Cox and Catherine Trautmann

08.10-09.10 THE INDUSTRIAL GREEN TRANSITION

The green transition in northern Nordics Industry

Finland:

• Speaker, to be confirmed
• Speaker, to be confirmed

Sweden:

• Stegra, fossil-free steel production, Luisa Orre, Chief Procurement Officer
• RES hydrogen gas, Erik Lövgren, Mayor, Ånge municipality

Norway:

• Lofoten green islands transit 2030, Laura Johanne Olsen, Manager
• Sustainable transport corridors and energy hub- Bodø Energi/Fjuel Bodø, Öystein Wik, Strategy director
  
  

9.15-9.55 MILITARY MOBILITY AND TRANSPORT PREPAREDNESS

• Measures improving military mobility
  P-O Norell, Lieutenant colonel, Swedish armed forces
• Nordic transport preparedness collaboration (NTPC)
  Anders Landén, Senior advisor, Swedish Transport administration, Hannu Hakkarainen, Chief Advisor for Transport System Services, Finnish transport and communications agency

10.20-11.40 SHORT STATEMENTS: HOW CAN WE USE PLATFORM NORTH?

What synergies and possibilities can you see regarding Platform North from your perspective?

First panel:

• Kvarken cooperation, Mathias Lindström, Director
• Felles Council – joint council for Tröndelag and Jämtland/Härjedalen, Anna Halvarsson, Director
• North Calotte Council, Glenn Berggård, Chairman
• New north, Paula Qvick, Director of Planning, Regional Council of Lapland
• KONNEKT, Trond Andersen, Manager
• International Test Arena for Railway Technology, Preben Sæthre, National Programme Manager Europe’s Rail Norway, Jernbanedirektoratet
   

Second panel: Regional politicians

• Marianne Dobak Kvensjø, Regional Council of Nordland, Norway
• Åsa Ågren Wikström, Region Västerbotten, Sweden
• Sakari Seppänen, Regional Council of Kainuu, Finland
• Jonas Andersson, Chairman of Northern Sparsely Populated Areas (NSPA)

Audience comments

11.45–11.55 CONCLUDING COMMENTS, Pat Cox and Catherine Trautmann

11.55–12:00 SUMMING UP THE CONFERENCE, Helena Eriksson, Swedish transport administration

12.00 CLOSURE AND LUNCH