Responsible for the EU innovation program concerning freight rail transport across Europe, reporting to EU-Rail/Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking, Brussels. The Swedish Transport Administration is one of the 9 founders of the program and has the overall responsibility for all partners/members in the freight area. The innovation program encompasses approximately 950 million SEK and about 35 partners from the railway industry (e.g., CAF, Siemens, Alstom), operators (e.g., Deutsche Bahn, SNCF), and… Show more Responsible for the EU innovation program concerning freight rail transport across Europe, reporting to EU-Rail/Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking, Brussels. The Swedish Transport Administration is one of the 9 founders of the program and has the overall responsibility for all partners/members in the freight area. The innovation program encompasses approximately 950 million SEK and about 35 partners from the railway industry (e.g., CAF, Siemens, Alstom), operators (e.g., Deutsche Bahn, SNCF), and infrastructure managers (e.g., Network Rail, Trafikverket) are included. EU-Rail/Shift2Rail is the largest research program for railways ever. In addition to managing the program and its associated projects, the undersigned is also responsible for Sweden's research in the freight area and coordinates/sets requirements for Swedish research institutes (e.g., KTH, Chalmers; RISE etc).Appointed coordinator for the research projects FR8RAIL, FR8HUB, TRANS4M-R, and IMPACT 2.Concurrently with responsibility (20% ministry) for Sweden's work on digitalization issues in the freight area, which is part of the EU platform DTLF which, among other things, handles the eFTI regulation and the data sharing project FEDeRATED.Also a member of the Swedish Transport Administration's preparatory group for digitalization issues and active in the ITS area. Show less