NVF Working group Road Design welcomes you to the NVF Road Design Seminar 2025, which will take place on 3 – 4 September in Helsinki, Finland. 

Program

Seminar day 3.9.2025
09.00 - 09.45 Breakfast and registration

09.45 - 10.00 Welcome speech (15min)

10.00 - 10.45 Overview of Finland’s Status Regarding Adaptation to Climate Change, Soile Knuuti, Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency and Johanna Järvinen HSL (45min)

10.45 - 11.15 How should climate risks be considered in planning, Outi Ugas, Sitowise (30min)

11.15 - 11.30 Break

11.30 - 12.00 Overview of Iceland’s Status Regarding Adaptation to Climate Change, Reynir Oli, Vegagerðin (30min)

12.00 - 12.30 Design optimization in road projects, Mette Benzten and Inge Birkegaard Damsgaard, Vejdirektoratet (30min)

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

13.30 - 14.30 Kruunusillat (Crown Bridges) project presentation, Ville Alajoki, City of Helsinki (60min)

14.30 - 15.00 Consideration of lifecycle sustainability in design, Taavi Dettenborn, Ramboll (30min)

15.00 - 15.15 Break

15.15 - 15.45 Emission calculation as an example. Highway 6 project at Koria, Marja-Terttu Sikiö and Martta Heinonen, Destia (30min)

15.45 - 16.15 Carbon sequestration in soil, Sanandam Bordoloi and Leena Korkiala-Tanttu, Aalto University (30min)

16.15 - 16.45 Powertrain Development in Vehicle Fleet and Demand for Distribution Infrastructure, Laura Poskiparta, WSP (30min)

19.00 Dinner – Gillet Bar & Bistro

Excursion day 4.9.2025
08.30 - 09.30 NVF Road Design group meeting

09.30 - 10.00 Transition

10.00 - 13.00 Excursion: Kruunusillat (Crown Bridges)

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch 

Price and registration
The price for participation is 300 €. The price includes meeting catering with coffee and lunch on Wednesday, a dinner on Wednesday evening and an Excursion on Thursday.

Please register latest by the 20th of August 2025.

Accommondation
More information about accommodation can be found on its own subpage at the top of the page.