Sustainability Forum 2024

The Third Sustainability Forum took place in Dublin, Ireland, on the 26th of November 2024 on the theme:

Shifting Mindset to Reach Carbon Free Road Infrastructure

Motorway operators are more and more environmentally conscious players and put a high priority on considerations involved with climate change and the environment. There is also a need to modernize and adapt the Infrastructure in compliance with EU objectives to make them greener, to enhance people’s quality of life, to provide equal access to all citizen whether they are living in remote territories or in urban area, to improve resilience of road mobility and to support the smooth functioning of our economies.

The speakers will highlight concrete examples of initiatives that have been implemented or are still being implemented by toll road operators to improve their performances in term of environmental protection, CO2 reduction, use of renewable energy, change of human behavior but also offer new sustainable and resilient mobility solutions.

The following topics will be addressed:

• How to encourage the development of new greener mobility options? How to attract private investors and stakeholders ?
• Policy/vision to promote new mobility solutions, use of motorway to sustain mass public transport (BRT dedicated lanes), carpooling, car sharing to reduce CO2…
• AFIR deployment: Electrification of motorway, hydrogen, other alternative solutions

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Welcome speeches
Master of Ceremony: Malika Seddi, ASECAP Secretary General

• Julián Nuñez, 2024 ASECAP President
• Liam Preston, ITIA President
• Nina Carberry, MEP for Transport & Tourism (video statement)

ASECAP Innovation award
Moderator: René Moser, ASFINAG, Austria
Winning solutions

• BRISA Gestão de Infraestruturas S.A.: Road Crab: A Safer and Smarter Solution for Road Clearance
• J-TECH: The LaneBlade® A proven solution to safely clear motorway debris
• M-CADOR: Smart Camera and Snow Plow System for Object Removal on Motorways

How to encourage the development of new greener mobility options? How to attract private investors and stakeholders?
Moderator: Geraldine Herbert, Journalist, Transport correspondent

• Seán Kelly, Member of EU Parliament, Environment Committee (video statement)
• Bill Halkias, IBTTA President
• Ennio Cascetta, TECNE President
• John Martin, Head of Climate Engagement and Governance Division, Irish Department of Transport
• Conor Barrett, Head of Project finance in field of Sustainable energy and infrastructure, Bank of Ireland, Financial institution
• Alan Kavanagh, Technical Director, Colas

Presentation of sustainable strategies within companies
Environmental programs and best practices undertaken by toll road operators
Moderator: Alenka Košič, DARS, Slovenia

• Ulli Vielhaber, ASFINAG - Next steps ASFINAG climate protection and environmental action program
• Declan Cahill, DirectRoute PPP - Environmental programs and best practices undertaken
• Eugenia Correia, Brisa Group - WMA-RAP technology for low carbon footprint road pavements A case study based on the A6 motorway pavement rehabilitation in Portugal
• Dimitrios Gatsonis, Hellastron - The road map to sustainable road operations
• Alfonso Pujante Miguel, Globalvia - Decarbonizing our assets’ O&M

Policy/vision to promote green mobility solutions
Moderator: Liam Preston, ITIA, Ireland

• Pietro Torchi Lucifora, ECOGEST S.p.A. - Ecological innovation and environmental sustainability in modern green management of highway infrastructure
• Donal Minnock, TII - Supporting the deployment of Green Mobility Solutions on the National Road Network
• Martin Binder, ASFINAG - Smart solutions to increase (road) mobility and the ÖVAS project (motorway infrastructure to support efficient public transportation)
• Concetta Testa, ASPI - The Autostrade per l’Italia Transition Plan
• Franco Caruso, Brisa Group - Looking Towards 2040
• Diego Galletta, AISCAT - The AISCAT position paper on the European taxonomy

AFIR deployment: Electrification of motorway, hydrogen, other alternative solutions
Moderator: Emanuela Stocchi, AISCAT, Italy

• Sarah Pfalzmann, ASFINAG - ASFINAG’s E-Charging implementation project
• Sara Rodriguez, ABERTIS - Electrification of Motorways, Hydrogen, and Other Alternative Solutions
• Julien Pointillart, SANEF - European Clean Transport Network Alliance (ECTN)
• Thomas Malagié, Vinci Autoroutes - Vinci Autoroutes vision on the deployment of EVs on Motorway: projects implemented and future projects

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