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FP1 Motional Final Event: Join Us Online on 30th June 2026!
The FP1 Motional project is thrilled to invite you to the FP1 MOTIONAL Final Event! Join us on 30th June 2026 – everyone is welcome to participate online!
Programme
| Time | Session | Speakers |
| 10:00 | Grand Opening FP1 MOTIONAL Final Event | – Roberto Maiorana, Director-General Trafikverket |
| 10:10 | European Research on Traffic management | – Giorgio Travaini, Executive Director Europes Rail |
| 10:20 | Introduction to the FP1 MOTIONAL project | – Lars Deiterding, Executive Director HaCon, FP1 Coordinator |
| 10:35 | Cross-Border Operations – ‘Making Europe´s railways truly European’ | – Magnus Wahlborg, FP1 leader, Trafikverket |
| 11:05 | Intelligent Planning – ‘Boosting planners’ power with smart algorithms and simulations’ | – Christelle Lerin, coordinator of SNCF FP1-MOTIONAL activities |
| 11:35 | Real-Time Intelligence – ‘The thinking railway responds faster than problems can spread’ | – Prof. Christian Esposito, University of Salerno (UNISA) |
| 12:05 | Interim recap | – Lars Deiterding and Giorgio Travaini |
LUNCH BREAK
| Time | Session | Speakers |
| 13:15 | Opening of the Afternoon | – Moderator Linda Thulin |
| 13:20 | Seamless & Inclusive Mobility – ´One Europe, one journey, zero barriers’ | – Marco Ferreira, Technical Project Manager, Siemens HaCon |
| 13:50 | Digital Foundation – ‘Before smart trains, we need smart data’ | – Isabelle Tardy, coordinator of FP1 at the Norwegian Railway Directorate and TT-co-lead – Svenja Hainz, German Aerospace Center (DLR) |
| 14:20 | Short Break | |
| 14:30 | Roundtable Panel: Key Insights and Next Steps for Network Management Planning and Control, Mobility Management in a Multimodal Environment, and Digital Enablers | – Led by Linda Thulin |
| 15:00 | End of Conference | – Magnus Wahlborg, Trafikverket |
A link to the recorded version of the Final Event can be found here.