Welcome to REISFER’s 2nd Island Ferry Conference

Programme

9.00 REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST/COFFEE
9.20 Welcome and introduction, Petra Stelling, VTI
Navigating transition: Research, innovation and new possibilities in maritime transport, Rikard Engström, Swedish Transport Administration

Technical Solutions for Low - and Zero-Emission Ferry Traffic
From Diesel-Electric to a Battery-Hybrid Future- the Transformation of Stella, Mathias Karlsson, Technical and Project Director, Finferries

10.20 PAUSE
How to involve a 50-year-old ferry into the green transition, Fredrik Liw, Blidösundsbolaget
Control system for electric propulsion, Johan Linell, Marin Electro
Powering Sustainable Shipping with Automotive Components, Deepak Shekhar, Electrification Product Manager, and Johnny Rohdin, Senior Design Engineer, Scania

12.00 LUNCH

13.10 Understanding Ferry Operations Through Data and Experience
Assessing data from EMS to gain insights for developed sustainability, Nina Svensson, VTI
Sea-going staff's views on decarbonisation of island ferry traffic in the Central Baltic Region Minna-Liina Ojala, University of Turku
Fuel Efficiency and Operational Patterns in Ferry Services: A GPS-Based Clustering and Explainable AI Approach, Robert Klar, VTI

14.25 PAUSE
Enabling System Change: Public Leadership and Green Ferry Deployment
From Pilot to Mainstream: Scaling Green Ferry Operations, Dag Hole, Head of Department Ferry, Statens Vegvesen
Accelerating Sustainable Waterborne Mobility Through Public Leadership, Tobias Carlsson, Region Stockholm

16.00 CLOSURE

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