Meet us at the Nordic+ Pavilion. Come visit and be prepared for pitches, side-events and networking!
Welcome to the Nordic+ Pavilion
Nordic+ is part of the ITS World Congress 2022 at LA Convention Center! The Nordic+ Pavilion connects companies, startups, authorities, academia and research throughout the congress. Come visit and be prepared for pitches, side-events and networking!
Discover the latest mobility innovations from the region at the nordic+ Pavilion
Join us at LA Convention Center booth 1447
Nordic+ pavilion program
Join us at the event for talks and presentation by our Nordic partners.
LA Convention Center booth 1447
Smart and Digital Cities
11:30 AM
Triplesign VMS for Smart & Sustainable Societies
Hans-Ivar Olsson, Managing Director, Triple Sign System AB
Three layers of smart mobility – how are we going to build them?
Ville Kilpiö, Smart Mobility Specialist, Sitowise
Smart operations with autonomous plow vehicles to increase the attractiveness of 4-season bicycling
Ingeborg Olsvik, Senior Advisor, Department for Mobility and Society, Viken County Council
Implementation of new smart systems in electric and automated transportation
Heikki Rajasalo, Solution Sales Lead, Mobility & Transport, VTT
Enabling mobility with account based ticketing and payment card as ticket
Christian Aune Thomassen, WTW AS
15-minute city – smart and digital Helsinki
Sonja Malin, Senior Advisor, Helsinki Partners
Imagining the Future of Urban Mobility
Jaana Hyvärinen, Senior Manager, Strategic Foresight, KONE
Electrification
2:30 PM
How Norway became the No. 1 country in the Electric Vehicle Adaption
Ane Dalsnes Storsæter, PhD. VP R&D Tolling, Q-Free
Electrification in rural areas
Kristin Jacobsen, Advisor, Troms and Finnmark County Administration
Reverse Pitching Session
9:30 AM
Find your opportunity in the Nordics+ – reverse pitching session by the buyers
Pitchers to be released soon.
Maritime ITS
11:30 AM
Innovative data platform to enhance and optimize port calls and port data exchange
Olli Soininen, Programme Manager, Fintraffic VTS
Data Ecosystem Enabling Operative Excellence in Port Visit
Jukka Lepistö and Sanna Vainionpää, Siili Solutions
Digital Routes to Norwegian Ports support Digitalisation both on the ship and on shore side
John Morten Klingsheim, senior engineer, Norwegian Coastal Administration
Accurate port call predictions with the power of ML
Juho Pitkänen, Development Manager, Fintraffic VTS
Smart systems for increased efficiency in Ports – Vessel Traffic Management
Björn Coster, Market Manager, Vessel Traffic Servics, Kongsberg Norcontrol
Zero-emission autonomous water shuttles
Ragnhild Wahl, Director of research and innovation, ITS Norway
Data Sharing and Cooperation
2:30 PM
Next-generation open data ecosystem – growth engine for the world’s safest, smoothest and most environmentally friendly traffic
Janne Lautanala, Chief Ecosystem and Technology Officer, Fintraffic
Data management and governance within mobility ecosystems
Aki Aapaoja, Account Director, Solita Ltd
Smart Connectivity for Smarter Mobility
Nina Egeli and Hege Louise Guttormsen, Nordic Innovation
VIKING – ITS cooperation in northern European countries
Petri Antola, Specialist for traffic management and ITS, Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
Norway as a test market
Kelly Ratchinsky, Program Manager, Innovation Norway
Automated and Connected Mobility
9:30 AM
The regulation of automated and connected mobility by the road authorities in Norway
Gry H Johansen, Director, Ragnhild Bechmann, Senior Engineer, and Kamilla Kjølberg, Senior Engineer, Norwegian Public Road Administration
Real-time proactive traffic management – «Electronic bus lane» FV120 Lillestrøm
Julija Glisovic, Special Advisor, Department for Mobility and Society, Viken County Council
New Mobility Services
for People
11:30 AM
ITS and innovation in the Arctic
Per Bjørn Holm-Varsi, Head of Innovation, Troms og Finnmark fylkeskommune
Sustainable Drill & Drive. A better mass transit system making the city more accessible while cutting emissions, noise and costs.
Helen Roth, Ketil Solvik-Olsen, VIA Cluster
RUC 2.0 – A Road User Charging Solution with Flexibility and Privacy at the Core
Ane Dalsnes Storsæter, PhD. VP R&D Tolling, Q-Free
How to improve mobility, traffic safety and the environment without breaking the bank
Hans-Ivar Olsson, Managing Director, Triple Sign System AB
Road-legal remote technology for urban mobility
Enn Laansoo Jr, CEO, ELMO Rent
Using distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) for avalanche detection
Espen Lauvlund Nilsen, Troms og Finnmark fylkeskommune
Transforming mobility through Nordic collaboration
Nina Egeli and Hege Louise Guttormsen, Nordic Innovation
Norway as a test market
Rebecca Scheel, Innovation Norway
KONE workshop
12:30 PM
Join a session to workshop the flow of Urban flow by KONE at the Nordic+ Pavilion!
Sustainable Logistics Transformation
2:30 PM
Sustainable Transformation to non-carbon and intelligent transport
Rafael Åman, Research Team Leader, Smart vehicle fleets, VTT
Innovative and sustainable logistics solutions for safe and attractive neighborhoods – Fornebu hub
Ingeborg Briseid Kraft, project leader, innovative and sustainable logistics solutions, Viken County Council
How can Norwegian municipalities use their purchase-power to make their own supplies zero emission and energy neutral?
Thomas Sirland, Senior Advisor, Department for Mobility and Society, Viken County Council
Green Coding – eco-friendly approach to run and implement software
Julia Heiskanen, Director Consulting Services and Anni Litmanen, Director Consulting Services, CGI
Efficient, profitable and environmentally friendly logistics from road to sea through port 2030
Elisabeth Skuggevik, Senior Advisor, Norwegian public road administration
Connect with organizations at the Pavilion
Applied Autonomy
Olav Madland
CEO
olav.madland@appliedautonomy.no
+47 46446900
Aventi
Terje Hundere
CEO
terje.hundere@aventi.no
+ 47 90599960
Business Finland
Ulla Lainio
Commercial Counselor, Business Finland Washington DC
ulla.lainio@businessfinland.fi
+13322230027
ELMO Rent
Enn Laansoo Jr
CEO and presenter at the Nordic+ Pavilion about the urban mobility solutions
Raili Somelar
CMO
Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
Fintraffic
Janne Lautanala
janne.lautanala@fintraffic.fi
+358 407725355
Business Helsinki
Innovation Norway
Kelly Ratchinsky
Program Manager
Kelly Ratchinsky@innovationnorway.no
+1 4153709113
KONE
Jaana Hyvärinen
Senior Manager, Strategic Foresight
jaana.hyvarinen@kone.com
+358 50 3257408
Kongsberg Norcontrol
Per Tankred Nilsen
Sales Manager
per.tankred.nilsen@knc.kongsberg.com
+47 90037790
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Nordic Innovation
Nina Egeli
Head of programme – Senior Innovation Adviser
n.egeli@nordicinnovation.org
+47 97520537
The Norwegian Coastal Administration
John Morten Klingsheim
Senior Engineer
jmk@kystverket.no
+47 911 32 002
Norwegian Public Roads Administration
Gry Horne Johansen
Regulation and Authority, Road Transport
gry.johansen@vegvesen.no
+47 97089420
Q-Free
Vegard Thomassen
Vice President Norway Operations
vegard.thomassen@q-free.com
+47 994 37 887
Siili Solutions
Jukka Lepistö
VP, Strategic Domains
jukka.lepisto@siili.com
+358 40 801 8759
Solita
Aki Aapaoja
Account Director
aki.aapaoja@solita.fi
+358 407444823
City of Tampere
Mika Kulmala
Project Manager
mika.kulmala@tampere.fi
+358 503826455
Traficom
Pietari Pentinsaari
Deputy Director-General of Transport System Services, Traficom
pietari.pentinsaari@traficom.fi
Triplesign
Hans-Ivar Olsson
Managing Director
hans-ivar@triplesign.com
+46 707 51 20 28
Troms og Finnmark Fylkeskommune
Espen Lauvlund Nilsen
Project Manager, Transport Division
espen.nilsen@tffk.no
+47 951 56 161
Via Cluster
Helen Roth
CEO
helen@viacluster.no
+47 47262374
Viken Fylkeskommune
Hanne Botten
Section Manager – Future Transport
hannebo@viken.no
+47 91326518
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Heikki Rajasalo
Solution Sales Lead
heikki.rajasalo@vtt.fi
+358 505830609
WTW AS
Christian Aune Thomassen
CTO
christian.thomassen@wtw.no
+47 93213659