The Final Conference of the Baltic Loop project was a celebration of two years of intensive work as well as an opportunity to present valuable research data and conclusions to industry players about three new transportation corridors in the territory of Central Baltic Sea region. The Baltic Loop partnership chose an ambitious goal at the time of writing the project application, arguing that it was necessary to discover the potential of the West-East direction in the context of freight and passenger transport.
In a couple of years, together with stakeholders at different levels, we have not only managed to pinpoint the current circumstances and problem situations but also worked with stakeholders, as well as industry experts and researchers, to make recommendations on how to solve the problems to reduce travelling time and CO2 emissions.
If you missed our conference, but are interested in what was discussed at it, we invite you to review the presentations. The video of the conference is still available on the Baltic loop Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/projectBALTICLOOP/.
VIDEO RECORDING
PRESENTATIONS
| 12.30-13.00 |
Welcoming speech. Baltic Loop in a nutshell. Jari Hietaranta, Lead partner of the project, TUAS, Finland |
Presentation available HERE |
| 13.15-14.00 | IMPORTANCE OF THE BALTIC LOOP CORRIDOR | |
| Potential development solutions in metropolitan areas Rūdolfs Cimdiņš, Riga Planning Region, Latvia |
Presentation available HERE | |
| Potential development solutions in rural border region for efficient passenger flows Andžejs Stepančuks, Vidzeme Planning Region, Latvia |
Presentation available HERE | |
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People and freight moving – examples from Estonia Kaarel Kose, Union of Harju County Municipalities, Estonia |
Presentation available HERE | |
| 14.00-14.30 | FUTURE PORT SCENARIOS | |
| Future port scenarios Irina Wahlström, Åbo Akademi University, Finland |
Presentation available HERE | |
| Potential of small ports in Latvia Jānis Megnis, Riga Planning Region, Latvia |
Presentation available HERE | |
| Potential of Ventspils Freeport in the Belarus-Latvia-Sweden transit corridor Aleksandra Serebrjakova, Ventspils High technology park, Latvia |
Presentation available HERE | |
| Short break | ||
| 14.40-15.30 | BOTTLENECKS AND SOLUTIONS IN BALTIC LOOP CORRIDORS | |
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Challenges of increased freight flows in Central Baltic Ahmed Alaeddine, Region Örebro, Sweden |
Presentation available HERE | |
| GIS visualisation and animation of bottlenecks and emissions in Northern Corridor Patrick Yliluoto and Jaani Kekäläinen, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland |
Presentation available HERE | |
| Logistics terminal development Lauri Poikela, Noccela Ltd., Finland |
Presentation available HERE
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| 15.30-15.50 | WRAP-UP KEYNOTE: TRANSPORT CORRIDORS AS A DRIVER OF COMPETITION | |
| Ms Marjo Uotila, Director of Strategic Alliances, Northern Growth Zone, Finland | Presentation available HERE | |
| 15.50-16.00 | FINAL HIGHLIGHTS AND CLOSING |
