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Innovation results in freight transport in focus at CLOSER's Results Conference 2024

Monday, February 19, 2024

CLOSER welcomes you to CLOSER's Results Conference 2024. March 21 in Gothenburg will be a meeting place for municipalities, regions, as well as transport and logistics players. Sign up and take advantage of innovation results that you can implement in your organization yourself. 

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Participating in CLOSER's results conference provides a good summary of what is happening within the transport sector. Through the results that will be presented during the day, our hope is that you can be inspired by others and, not least, get answers to the challenges you are facing within your organization. Because one thing is certain, there are many of us who work towards a more transport-efficient society and also many who want to share with us our own lessons and experiences about new proposed solutions! Welcome to come and talk and be inspired and exchange experiences with your friends in CLOSER.

 

Kristoffer Skjutare, Program Manager, CLOSER

 

Explore innovative solutions for efficient freight transport 

Over the years, the partnership with CLOSER has worked intensively to develop solutions that make the freight transport system more efficient. These solutions, which include everything from technological innovations to behavioral changes and business models, will be presented and discussed during the conference. Discover how these solutions can be a game-changer for you and your organization to shape the efficient freight transport solutions of the future. 

  

Dialogue, cooperation and future challenges 

CLOSER emphasizes the importance of cooperation and dialogue in designing the freight transport of the future. The conference creates a platform where experts and decision-makers meet to discuss challenges and opportunities. You as a participant will not only be an audience but also actively participate in the dialogue about how we can together accelerate the transition to an efficient and sustainable freight transport system. 

  

Be part of streamlining transport solutions & understand how you can innovate and streamline 

CLOSER's results conference is also an excellent opportunity to understand how you can implement existing innovation results so that your organization contributes to more efficient freight transport solutions. Meet the driving forces behind CLOSER and get insights directly from us about how we have succeeded together with our partners. Our results contribute to the systems perspective and focus on everything from behavior change and business models to policy and technology. At the conference, you can also gain an understanding of how you can meet challenges and drive innovation with CLOSER as an innovation platform. 

  

A day full of inspiration and interaction 

CLOSER's Results Conference 2024 is not just a series of presentations. It includes interactive stations where you as the participants can immerse yourself in visual and hands-on demonstrations. From exploring sustainable freight transport in virtual reality to discussing logistics terminals of the future – the event offers a day full of inspiration and interaction. 

Program Highlights

  • Transparent transport in the city of Helsingborg can result in lower emissions and costs as well as less heavy traffic in the vicinity of vulnerable road users
    Linda Bermin, Traffic planner Helsingborg City
  • What does environmental zone class 3 mean for business transport in Stockholm city? 
    Niklas Westergren, Stockholm City

  • Increased traffic safety through digital speed limits in selected zones
    Dialogue on stage between Jonas Malmryd & Tomas Hagelberg, Gothenburg City

  • 3D&AI for safer, smarter and more efficient cargo handling in terminals
    Yury Tarakanov, Viscando

  • How will the logistics terminals of the future be supplied with energy and power?
    Janis Daneberg, CLOSER
     
  • Where do we stand now in the electrification of Sweden's truck fleet? 
    Andreas Josefsson and Nikita Zaiko, CLOSER
  • High Capacity Transport (HCT) in cities and regions. An introduction
    Thomas Asp. CLOSER and the Swedish Transport Administration

  • Electric worksite - emission-free construction project
    Dialogue on stage between Lars Bern, E-mobility, Lindholmen Science Park & ​​Emil Björklund, City of Gothenburg

Together, we accelerate the transition to an efficient freight transport system.

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