Fair and event center Paviljonki
Program simultaneously translated
in English
The seminar is held in Winter Road seminar hall
hall (some extra program is available only in Finnish at ViherAreena)
Wednesday 14.2.
9-10
Registration, Exhibition, Coffee,
9.15 Panel
discussion: Sustainable maintenance on roads and green areas, Place:
ViherAreena (Only in Finnish at ViherAreena)
10.00
Welcoming words, Juha Ojala, Chairman of the Board of the Finnish Road
Association
Video
Greetings from the Minister of transport and communications, minister Lulu
Ranne
Opening
of the 35. Winter Road Congress 2024, Director General, Kari Wihlman, Finnish
Transport Infrastructure Agency
10.25
Traffic safety development in winter time during years 2015–2022, Fanny Malin
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.
10.45
Freight transport needs for winter maintenance on low-traffic roads, Saku
Käsnänen, Ramboll
11.05
The effect of winter maintenance on life-cycle costs of pavements, Tomi
Herronen, Roadscanners Oy
11.30–12.30 Lunch & Exhibition
12.30
Urban Space at the Heart of Value Creation: Case Snow Management, Johanna Liljeroos-Cork,
University of Tampere
12.50
Case Oulu City – Development of the maintenance management of streets and
public areas, Veli-Matti Härkönen, Oulun Infra -liikelaitos & Keijo
Pulkkinen, Autori Oy
13.10 Winter Mobility Management in
Jyväskylä,Teemu Liimatainen and Tuula Smolander, the city
of Jyväskylä
13.30
Winter cycling – a dozen obstacles and 12 solutions, Rauno Kuusela, Destia Oy
14.00
Outdoor Demonstrations, at Lutankonaukio
15.00–15.40 Coffee, Exhibition and Networking
15.20
Situation overview of the reform of the Maintenance Act, Taru Sivonen, Ministry
of the Environment, ViherAreena (Only in Finnish at ViherAreena)
15.40
Machine vision and infrastructure static basic inventory, Sami Aherva, Stara
16.00
Easy insights: Unlocking winter road maintenance in challenging areas, Petteri Leppänen & Elina Heed, Vaisala Oyj
16.20
Seamless workflow for road weather measurement, Ari Tuononen, Roadcloud Oy
17.00–19.00 Seminar Dinner, Maintenance Award,
Keynote: Finnish Transport Policy, Mr Sauli Hievanen (Place: Ravintola 3)
Thursday 15.2.
9.00–9.20
Coffee, Exhibition
9.20–9.50
Panel discussion: Vegetation in roadside areas, ViherAreena (Only in Finnish at
ViherAreena)
10.00
Opening words by Winter Road Congress Chairmen
10.10
Digitization in winter road maintenance, automated tools for fleet management,
Samuli Heiska, GSGroup Finland Oy
10.30
HCT Winter Premium frost load utilization project, Perttu Niskanen, University
of Oulu
10.50
Road traffic digital services, Olli Rossi ja Jani Kariniemi, Finntraffic
11.10
Break
11.30
Effective winter maintenance with ecological de-icers, Santeri Joki, Kemion Oy
11.50
Probability forecasts of wintertime road maintenance operations based on
machine learning, Matti Kämäräinen, Finnish Meterological Institute
12.15 Lunch (Luch available until 13.30)
12.30
Outdoor Demonstrations and Exhibition
13.20
Keynote: Cooperation training in investment, paving and maintenance contracts,
Pekka Petäjäniemi, Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
13.35
Slow working machines and their autonomous use on the streets in Finland, Antti Nikkanen, Trombia Technologies
13.50
Optimisation of winter maintenance on pedestrian and cycling paths – case study
Regional road 110 Jaakko Klang, Center for Economic Development, Transport, and
the Environment
14.05
Winter maintenance digitalisation possibilities in bike paths, Jarkko Pirinen,
Transport Infrastructure Agency & Keijo Pulkkinen, Autori Oy
14.25
Discussion on cycling lanes and their maintenance in cities: Samuli Huusko, the
City of Vaasa, Harri Vaarala, the City of Oulu & Martti Tulenheimo, Finnish
Cyclist Federation
15.00
Chairpersons Summary of the day
15.10
Farewell
updated 03.01.2024
