The main themes and topics of the International Conference in Łódź include:

I. Investment needs in the context of the renewed TEN-T policy and geopolitical challenges

• new network structure: European Transport Corridors, expansion of the TEN-T network towards Ukraine and Moldova;
• impact of transport on the socio-economic development of the EU;
• new challenges for European transport in a geostrategic context – the war in Ukraine, strengthening the military mobility component, EU enlargement, changes in supply chains (China and the Arabian Peninsula, Middle Corridor);
• infrastructure financing needs.

II. Building a resilient and innovative transport system: digitalization and decarbonization of transport

• challenges in the context of new EU regulations, including Fit for 55, AFIR and the Green Deal;
• directions for the future of transport – evolution or revolution in infrastructure, rolling stock and digitalization;
• decarbonization of transport and digital solutions in transport;
• how to plan transport investments to ensure resilience to economic, social, geopolitical, and climate changes.

III. Challenges for airports in the TEN-T network: green, safe, and dual-use

• airport decarbonization;
• security/protection;
• military infrastructure aspects in airports.

IV. European Maritime Space – a new course of development

• investments in seaports, with particular emphasis on environmental protection, digitalization, increased resilience, and integration into multimodal logistics chains;
• EU policy for the development of seaports and available EU support instruments for ports;
• global regulations shaping the functioning and development of seaports;
• current market trends and key challenges for modern seaports and maritime navigation.

V. Effective financing of transport infrastructure – good practices versus future

• high ambitions of the new TEN-T Regulation vs. available funds – can ambitious goals be achieved using existing infrastructure without multi-billion investments;
• existing best practices for financing transport infrastructure, combining public and private funds, EU funds for transport;
• the future of transport infrastructure financing – needs versus possibilities.