Programme:
0:00:43 - Opening remarks - Raluca Marian, Director EU Advocacy and General Delegate to the EU, IRU
0:05:48 - Panel 1 - Fit for 55: Is the EU ready to roll out alternative fuel infrastructure?
0:06:15 - Opening remarks
Daniel Mes, Member of Frans Timmermans' Cabinet and Executive Vice President for the European Green Deal
0:19:31 - Agne' Vaiciukeiviciute, Deputy Minister for Transport and Communications of Lithuania
0:20:19 - Ismail Ertug, Member of the European Parliament
0:21:00 - Jaime Alberto Moreno, Director General for Land Transport, Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Spain
0:21:49 - Gerrit Marx, Chief Executive Officer, Iveco Group
0:23:25 - Thomas de Boer, Vice President Shell Commercial Road Transport
1:01:43 - Panel 2 - Fit for 55: Is the EU ready to incentivise the decarbonisation of road transport?
1:02:18 - Opening remarks
H.E. Ambassador Georges Friden, Head of the Permanent Representation of Luxembourg to the European Union
1:08:18 - Andrey Novakov, Member of European Parliament
1:11:30 - Christoph Debus, Chief Financial Officer, Flix
1:13:24 - Sjel Wijngaards, Deputy Managing Director, Jan de Rijk Logistics, The Netherlands
1:14:19 - Julia Poliscanova, Senior Director Vehicles and E-Mobility, Transport&Environment (T&E)
1:57:58 - Concluding remarks - Umberto de Pretto, Secretary General, IRU
Description:
The European Commission’s Fit for 55 proposals aim to reduce CO₂ emissions by 55% by 2030, accelerating the EU’s plan to fully decarbonise by 2050.
Following last year’s IRU-EU Conference on Fit for 55 and its implications for road transport, the next conference will focus on EU plans for alternative fuel infrastructure and supporting road transport operators to scale up green technologies.
Amidst general concerns on increasing costs for mobility and logistics operators and on the lack of timely alternatives, does the current stage of the Fit for 55 debate show opportunities for the sector?
The conference took place at the Solvay Library in Brussels on 1 June 2022, followed by a summer networking cocktail for participants.
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