28 September 2026, 15:45-17:30 CET
Connecting People. Connecting Regions. Connecting Europe: Wider benefits of cross-border transport infrastructure
You are invited to join a high-level seminar during the 2026 General Assembly of the Scandria Alliance hosted by the Committee of Regions in Brussels.
about the event
Climate and demographic change as well as the geopolitical situation require new approaches to planning and investing into Europe’s future transport infrastructure.
How can future transport infrastructure be planned to simultaneously promote regional development, resilience, and security? How can the wider benefits of cross-border transport infrastructure be assessed? What lessons can be drawn from previous large-scale cross-border transport infrastructure projects?
Facilitated by expert interventions and a high-level panel discussion, these questions are at the core of the Scandria Alliance Seminar organised back-to-back to the Connecting Europe Days 2026 in the premises of the European Committee of Regions.
venue
European Committee of the Regions
Rue van Maerlant 2/Van Maerlantstraat 2
Room VMA 21
1040 Brussels
agenda
15:45 Opening
15:55 “How Cross-Border Infrastructure Investments Shape Tomorrow’s Europe”, Riitta Björkenheim, Development Director, VASEK (Finland)
16:10 “Transport Networks Under Pressure – a Scenario Analysis of Military Mobility”, Hans Tino Hansen, CEO/founder, Risk Intelligence (Denmark)
16:25 “Financing Large-Scale Transport Infrastructure and The Role of Wider Economic Impacts”, Anders Jungar, Manager, PBI Research Institute (Finland)
16:40 “Building Bridges: The Effect of Major Infrastructure Development on Trade – the Öresund Bridge Case”, Maria Persson, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Lund University (Sweden)
16:55 Panel reflection
Marco Griguolo
Metropolitan Councillor for Infrastructure, Metropolitan City of Milan
Julia Gruber
Head of Communications BBT SE
Robert Crumbach
Brandenburg Minister for Infrastructure and Federal State Planning, vice-chair of the Scandria Alliance
17:25 Closure
End of the event is scheduled at 17:30
registration
Please sign up by clicking on “register” below.
Please note that the capacity of the venue is limited.
Registration deadline: 11 September 2026.
