International Conference on
Sustainable and Efficient Transport Systems – How to Integrate Transport in the transformation to a Circular Economy
HELSINKI 20-21. APRIL, 2017
Venue: Konsistorin Sali, University Main Building, Fabianinkatu 33, 2nd floor, Helsinki
Registration Coffee/Tea
Welcome and opening of the conference
Chancellor Thomas Wilhelmsson, University of Helsinki
Professor Ellen J. Eftestøl, University of Helsinki
Setting the scene: Integrating Transport in the Sustainable Circular Economy – what do we want to achieve?
(Chair Assistant Prof. Anu Bask)
Responding to the grand challenge of our time: Introducing the SMART Project
Prof. Beate Sjåfjell, University of Oslo, Norway
Sustainability as a legal challenge – some lessons from the mining sector
Prof. Kai Kokko, University of Helsinki, Finland
Incentives to promote sustainable transport sector
Prof. Erik Røsæg, University of Oslo, Norway
Financing sustainable market actors
Prof. Jukka Mähönen, University of Oslo, Norway
Q/A Discussion (30 min)
Coffee/Tea
Creating a green transport market with informed actors
(Chair Prof. Lena Sisula-Tulokas)
How can a European Single Transport Area promote sustainable transport?
Prof. Rosa Greaves, University of Glasgow and Oslo, Scotland and Norway
Information and market behaviour – how could the market change towards sustainability?
Dr. Suvi Sankari, University of Helsinki, Finland
How policies could be further developed to promote electric mobility. Recent policy proposals in Finland
Sara Kymenvaara, Doctoral Candidate, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Q/A Discussion (30 min)
Lunch (TBC)
Sustainable transport and circular economy
(Chair Prof. Jukka Mähönen)
Should transport process be integrated with other processes or should it remain isolated in the frame of circular economy assessment?
Prof. María Jesús Muñoz-Torres, Jaume I University, Castellón, Spain
Circular Economy and Sustainable Logistics: Setting a Future Sustainability Agenda
Dr. Sadaat Yawar, Aalto University School of Business, Finland
Freight transport decisions: Does environmental sustainability matter?
Assistant Prof. Anu Bask and Dr. Mervi Rajahonka, Aalto University School of Business, Finland
Legal infrastructure for cooperation as a catalyst for platooning?
Assistant Prof. Wouter Verheyen, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Q/A Discussion (30 min)
Coffee/Tea
Environmental challenges in the shipping sector
(Chair Dr. Suvi Sankari)
Financial instrument to facilitate safe and sound ship recycling
Prof. Frank Smeele, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Who pays for oil pollution at sea? Some remarks on the interplay between certainty of the law and sustainable development
Prof. Andrea La Mattina, Università di Genova, Italy
Legal dimensions of data utilization: the case of autonomous ships
Dr. Anette Alén-Savikko, University of Helsinki, Finland
Q/A Discussion (30 min)
Summary and closing remarks (Lena Sisula-Tulokas and Suvi Sankari)
Rector’s reception (food and drinks)
Promoting sustainability in the transport industry
(Chair Prof. Beate Sjåfjell)
Mobi Carnet: Calculating Carbon Footprints
Mika-Matti Rapo, Finnish Transport and Logistics, SKAL
Circular Economy and the Transport Industry
MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen (EPP)
Horizontal cooperation in logistics – legal solutions for cooperation agreement for “return” cargo bundling
Marta Katarzyna Kołacz, Doctoral Candidate, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Emissions trading as a tool for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from road transport?
Emilie Yliheljo, Doctoral Candidate, University of Helsinki, Finland
Q/A Discussion (30 min)
Coffee/Tea and Sandwiches
Promoting sustainability by contract law
(Chair Prof. Lena Sisula-Tulokas)
The Promise and Limits of Sector-Wide Contracting for Sustainable Transport
Jaakko Salminen, Doctoral Candidate, University of Turku Faculty of Law, Finland
(Transport) Contract Management and sustainability
Suvi Hirvonen-Ere, Doctoral Candidate, University of Helsinki
The behavioural shift – how does the truck driver behave?
Carmen Polderman, Doctoral Candidate, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Integrating data on carbon footprints from transport in the contractual framework
Prof. Ellen J. Eftestøl, University of Helsinki and Oslo
Q/A Discussion (30 min)
Summary and closing remarks (Beate Sjåfjell and Ellen J. Eftestøl)
End of conference