Drive Sweden Forum and Annual Meeting

On the 28th of January we welcome you to yet another exciting Drive Sweden Forum - in a digital format. Apart from key note speeches, panel discussions, international outlooks and project results under the theme "From innovation to implementation", you will also be able to visit a digital exhibition featuring some of our partner organisations and have meet-and-greet possibilities.

A few noteworthy speakers are:

• Malin Cederfeldt Östberg, State Secretary to the Minister for Infrastructure, Tomas Eneroth
• Darja Isaksson, Director General, Vinnova
• Gong Weije, Vice President of CICV, Secretary General of CAICV
• T. Russell Shields, CEO of RoadDB and world-renowned serial entrepreneur

Drive Sweden's Annual General Meeting will be held during the afternoon.

Agenda

9.00 - 11.00

Presentations and discussions around the role of innovation from different perspectives.

• Welcome and news from Drive Sweden – Jan Hellåker and Sofie Vennersten, Drive Sweden
• Introduction from Darja Isaksson, Director General, Vinnova
• Innovating in crises – discussion with Martin Wahlgren, CONSAT, Klara Bergkvist, GoMore and Tobias Forngren, Freelway
• SME-driven innovation – Simonas Kuksas, Fairtiq, Karin Ebbinghaus, Elonroad, Hampus Ahlqvist, Tensoreye
• Results from Drive Sweden projects pushing innovation, among others 5G RIDE, Terese Hellenros, Telia and Stefan Myhrberg, Ericsson and Automated Vehicle Traffic Control Tower 2, Elisa Bin, Integrated Transport Research Lab, KTH
• AI as enabler for more efficient, safe and sustainable mobility – Amritpal Singh, Viscando and Sofia Löfstrand, Drive Sweden

11.20 - 12.30

Presentations and discussions around how to stimulate innovation into real implementation.

• Speech by Malin Cederfelt Östberg, State Secretary to the Minister for Infrastructure, Tomas Eneroth
• Adaptation of policies for implementing future mobility solutions – discussion with Susanne Stenberg, RISE and Drive Sweden Policy Lab, Pernilla Bremer, Swedish Transport Agency, Malin Fijen Pacsay, Region Stockholm and Mikael Ivari, Gothenburg Urban Transport Administration
• Results from Drive Sweden projects on user involvement – Welcome on board: Alexander Seward, Veridict; DELTA: Sara Nozkowa, Kista Science City; Tunnll: Kirill Blazhko

12.30 - 13.30

Lunch and exhibition

13.30 - 14.30

The role of the cities in the future mobility system and international outlooks.

• What is needed from the digital infrastructure and the cities? Discussion with Anders Bengtsson, Future by Lund and Åsa Minoz, ViableCities
• The Chinese Automated Vehicle Roadmap – Gong Weije, Vice President of CICV (China Intelligent & Connected Vehicles Institute Co. Ltd), Secretary General of CAICV (China Alliance for Intelligent & Connected Vehicles)
• Highly Automated Driving for Consumer Vehicles – T. Russell Shields, CEO of RoadDB and world-renowned serial entrepreneur
• Information about open calls and strategic projects within Drive Sweden

14.30 - 15.00

Drive Sweden Annual General Meeting (in Swedish)

Digital Exhibition

During the event we will have a digital exhibition where you will be able to connect with and hear more about some of our partners. In our digital exhibition you will find:

• Atlatec
• Autoliv
• Bestmile
• Business Sweden
• Carmenta
• Fairtiq
• Freelway
• Humanising Autonomy
• Kista Science City
• Monotch
• Nobina
• Shotl
• Univrses