IRU/EU
CONFERENCE

Fit for 55:
the Road Ahead

1 June 2022 - 17:00 | Solvay Library Brussels, & online


Fit for 55: the Road Ahead

The European Commission’s Fit for 55 proposals aim to reduce CO₂ emissions by 55% by 2030, accelerating the EU’s plan to fully decarbonise by 2050.

Following last year’s IRU-EU Conference on Fit for 55 and its implications for road transport, the next conference will focus on EU’s current plans for alternative fuel infrastructure and supporting road transport operators to scale up green technologies.

Amidst general concerns on increasing costs for mobility and logistics operators and on the lack of timely alternatives, does the current stage of the Fit for 55 debate show opportunities for the sector?

Join us and leading figures from EU institutions, governments, shippers and the wider road transport industry to debate two key topics:

  • Fit for 55 – Is the EU ready to roll out alternative fuel infrastructure?
  • Fit for 55 – Is the EU ready to incentivise the decarbonisation of road transport?

Programme

17:00

Opening remarks

Raluca Marian, Director EU Advocacy and General Delegate to the EU, IRU

Panel 1 – Fit for 55: Is the EU ready to roll out alternative fuel infrastructure?


Opening remarks

  • Daniel Mes, Member of Frans Timmermans' Cabinet and Executive Vice President for the European Green Deal

Panel discussion

  • Agne' Vaiciukeiviciute, Deputy Minister for Transport and Communications of Lithuania
  • Ismail Ertug, Member of the European Parliament
  • Jaime Alberto Moreno, Director General for Land Transport, Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda - Spain
  • Gerrit Marx, Chief Executive Officer, Iveco Group
  • Thomas de Boer, Vice President Shell Commercial Road Transport
18:00

Panel 2 – Fit for 55: Is the EU ready to incentivise the decarbonisation of road transport?


Opening remarks

  • H.E. Ambassador Georges Friden, Head of the Permanent Representation of Luxembourg to the European Union

Panel discussion

  • Andrey Novakov, Member of European Parliament
  • Sjel Wijngaards, Deputy Managing Director, Jan de Rijk Logistics, The Netherlands
  • Julia Poliscanova, Senior Director Vehicles and E-Mobility, Transport&Environment (T&E)
  • Christoph Debus, Chief Financial Officer, Flix

Concluding remarks

  • Umberto de Pretto, Secretary General, IRU
19:00

Networking Summer Cocktail

Confirmed speakers



Daniel Mes

Member of Cabinet, Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, European Commission

Agnė Vaiciukevičiūtė

Deputy Minister for Transport and Communications of Lithuania

Ismail Ertug

Member of the European Parliament

Jaime Moreno

Director General for Land Transport, Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda – Spain

Gerrit Marx

Chief Executive Officer, Iveco Group

Thomas de Boer

Vice President
Shell Commercial Road Transport

H.E. Ambassador Georges Friden

Head of the Permanent Representation of Luxembourg to the European Union

Andrey Novakov

Member of the European Parliament

Sjel Wijngaards

Deputy Managing Director, Jan de Rijk Logistics, The Netherlands

Julia Poliscanova

Senior Director, Vehicles and E-Mobility
Transport & Environment (T&E)

Christoph Debus

Chief Financial Officer
Flix

Umberto de Pretto

Secretary General of IRU

Raluca Marian

Director EU Advocacy and General Delegate to the EU, IRU
(Host and Moderator)

Venue

Solvay Library - Leopoldpark & online
Rue Belliard 137
1040 Brussels



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