A Swedish Strategic Innovation Program

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1 A Swedish Strategic Innovation Program INFRASweden2030 program description & activity plan Updated, November 2015 With support of:

2 TABLE of contents page 1 The strategic innovation area Definition of the strategic innovation area The innovation area in facts and figures 1 The global infrastructure challenge 1 The Swedish infrastructure opportunity International position and competition Global challenges or developments that affect the innovation area Most important needs to fulfil within the strategic innovation area 7 2 The Strategic Innovation Program (SIP) Goals of the strategic innovation programme Expected results and effects Renewal of the innovation area 13 3 Actors Transportation infrastructure industry stakeholders Government, Standardization, Accreditation and Conformity Research and Academia Creativity and innovation stimulators International partners Additional INFRASweden2030 partners 17 4 Coordination of INFRASweden Organization and leadership Project plan for the coordination of INFRASweden Budget for coordination of INFRASweden Proposed actions and activities in INFRASweden Existing actions and activities to be used within INFRASweden Description of actions and activities financed Explanation of INFRASweden2030 Toolbox Activities & Action Lines INFRASweden2030 Action Lines and Focus Areas 23 Action Line 1: Climate neutral transportation infrastructure 23 Action Line 2: Integrated network approach of transportation 24 infrastructure with society Action Line 3: Sustainable design & construction of transportation 24 infrastructure Action Line 4: Enhancing the human role in transportation infrastructure 25 Action Line 5: Next generation transportation infrastructure 26 maintenance & performance prediction Toolbox Activities Dissemination Toolbox Activities Innovation Toolbox Activities Education Toolbox Activities Summary of budget for actions and activities 32

3 1 The Strategic Innovation Area 1.1 Definition of the strategic innovation area Our society is faced with the important task of finding solutions for a sustainable development of our transportation infrastructure against constrained public-sector budgets, higher and more volatile resource costs, and the additional challenges of making infrastructure resilient to climate change and less harmful to the environment. Moreover, we are dealing globally with a rapid population growth and vehicle fleet, leading to serious congestion problems on our transportation infrastructure that is already suffering from a lack of maintenance and upgrading investments. INFRASweden2030 page 1 Transportation infrastructure is an area that can catalyse sustainable development of society How to deal with our current transportation infrastructure and invest wisely in building the right kind of new infrastructure to meet the needs of coming generations is therefore one of the largest challenges that governments are facing right now. Traditionally, with increasing traffic, more infrastructure was built and when maintenance needs occurred, trucks and engineers were sent out to perform ad-hoc repair operations. Given the economic and resource wastes involved, this is no longer sustainable. Failure to address the infrastructure challenge properly, can thus lead to a sacrifice of future prosperity, a failure to contain global warming and a growing inability to alleviate the everyday mobility needs of people and businesses...it would also mean a missed global business opportunity... To avoid this from happening, a long term implementation plan needs to be developed and delivered on how governments, together with the private sector, select, design, deliver, manage and maintain infrastructure projects and make more of the infrastructure already in place. Investments need to be made in strategic collaborations that enable the development of technical advances, niche products and services that are needed for such solutions. A new generation of engineers needs to be trained and nurtured that has fundamental expertise on technical areas, yet a systems perspective. Additionally, they need a wide communication skill-set that supports the development of cross-disciplinary solutions that are sustainably integrated in society. The transportation infrastructure is thus an area that can capitalise on the emerging opportunity to make infrastructure into an investment that not only has a long term (economic, societal and environmental) sustainability itself, but is also catalysing sustainable development of society. Using infrastructure for efficient energy harvesting to heat nearby urban areas or embedding technology in our roads that enables the long-distance charging of electrical vehicles, are mere examples of the new role infrastructure can start playing. These solutions can only be developed and successfully implemented when integrated cross-disciplinary technical solutions are engineered, appropriate legislation is timely put in place and sufficient long-term business investments are made. Though important advances can also be made in the marine, pipeline and air transportation infrastructure, this Strategic Innovation Program is limited to ground transportation infrastructure (i.e roads, railways, tunnels, bridges..). 1.2 The innovation area in facts and figures The Global Infrastructure Challenge Today, the Swedish construction industry covers about 10% of the country s GDP and 11% of all its employees. Merchandise trade, however, is responsible for 64% of Sweden s GDP. In January 2014, Sweden s trade surplus increased to SEK 5.8 billion up by SEK 1.1 billion from Exports of goods amounted to SEK 93.1 billion and the trade with countries outside the EU resulted in a surplus of SEK 9.3 billion. The developed economy of Sweden today relies heavily on its freight transport. Supported by significant associated cost- and fuel reductions, longer trucks and heavier loads are allowed in Sweden in comparison to the rest of Europe. Increasing from 37 tonnes trucks in the 70ties to 60 tonnes in the early 90ties and 100 tonnes in 2015, export in Sweden over the past 25 years has increased more than twice as fast as Sweden s GDP. The road and rail network has thereby been responsible for well over 60% of the total freight transport. The availability of a reliable, safe and sustainable infrastructure network is therefore a key condition for Sweden to continue taking advantage of

4 INFRASweden2030 page 2 global trade expansion that has been an important base for Sweden s prosperity. A core issue, that is plaguing the infrastructure in almost all developed countries, is the lack of maintenance and investment in upgrading and expanding the transport systems. Over EUR 14 trillion are the projected annual investment needs until 2020 into infrastructure by nine leading economies that produce 60% of the global GDP. In 2013, the Swedish government committed to invest SEK 522 billion (EUR 60 billion, 15% of its GDP) in infrastructure developments over the period Of this, over 60% has been allocated to maintenance and preservation operations of its current infrastructure. Emerging economies, such as China or India, are struggling today to adapt their infrastructure systems to their rapid population growth. The vehicle fleet in Asia doubles every five to seven years while the urban population grows by 44 million each year. Road congestion already costs the region s economies an estimated 2-5% of their GDP, according to the Asian Development Bank and investments are estimated around EUR 6 trillion for the transportation infrastructure in countries of Asia and the Pacific until Arlanda stad Holding Relevant Swedish Research Infrastructures itrl TRENoP SMARTARE ELEKTRONIKSYSTEM FIFFI Relevant International Research Programs, Agendas and Roadmaps Figure 1: Overview of relevant national and international research infrastructures The Swedish Infrastructure Opportunity Though national investment impulses are crucial to ensure a current acceptable state of the infrastructure, they also clearly highlight the need for a new innovation mechanism for long term sustainability. Swedish society in general, is a rare combination of a high tech economy on the one hand and an extensive welfare state on the other. Swedes are internationally known to be excellent communicators, to have a highly skilled labour force and to have an intrinsic understanding on systems thinking as a must to bring sustainable innovations. This

5 set of characteristics makes Sweden an ideal country to turn infrastructure into a driving force for innovations and sustainable developments. The timing is also quite exceptional for this opportunity in Sweden: In 2012, the Swedish government released its National Innovation Strategy, encouraging innovations for a smart, effective and sustainable transport system. Since end of 2012, the Swedish Transport Administration has committed that by 2018, half of the infrastructure projects commissioned will the be turn-key ( totalentreprenad ) and fixed price contracts, as opposed to cost-plus contracts. In 2010, the Swedish government invested SEK 203 million in two 4-year Academic Strategic Research Areas programs (SRAs) in the field of transportation, which allowed Swedish universities and research institutes to develop collaborative transport related research and to recruit international research capacity to Sweden. Figure 1 and Table 1&2 map the most relevant national and international research and development programs. In addition to the governmental push and the expanded research community, the Swedish construction industry is already on the front line of sustainable transportation research developments. A few examples: Export of goods via the Swedish road and rail network has increased more than twice as fast as its GDP - Well over 80% of Sweden s asphalt plants are equipped for recycling, which is double the mean average in Europe and triple compared to some countries, for example Norway; - Low energy green infrastructure materials were already going to the market in Sweden in the late 80ties, whereas the rest of the world started looking at these in the late-90ties; - Swedish industry had already built their first electrical trucks dynamic on-the-road-charging test sites, when the EU put out a call on the topic in its FrameWork 7 program; - The Swedish contractors all consider sustainability and green in their engineering practices. A good example of this are the green certification applied by Skanska, Sweden s largest international construction companies. However, since well-established structures and processes will no longer suffice, this new market does pose considerable challenges for all stakeholders involved: Swedish contractors need new skills, tools, vision and abilities to be able to successfully deliver turnkey projects at controlled risk and maximum gain. With the open procurement system in Europe, foreign industry will have increasing access to the Swedish market. It is therefore crucial that the Swedish contractors and consultants make sure they maintain their market lead and define themselves in a clever manner to remain globally competitive. Swedish consultants and engineering agencies need new partnerships and tools to make them competitive in the open market and they will need to introduce new holistic views in their activities. INFRASweden2030 page 3 Well-established structures and processes will no longer suffice Swedish material suppliers need to raise the sustainability of their processes, develop niche products and be constantly aware of the international developments to stay a competitive partner. The Swedish Transport Administration will need new knowledge and tools for the new requirement specifications, for the judgement and comparison of incoming innovative bids, for stewardship of a systems perspective and new methods on how to enforce posed requirements over a longer time. The Swedish transportation infrastructure industry as a whole needs to establish an open and systematic innovation environment that continuously enables the generation and harvesting of new ideas and innovative concepts in order to stay competitive in the global market of tomorrow. The Swedish universities need to restructure their programs in order to educate and train a new generation of engineers who are able to work on complex cross-disciplinary infrastructure projects.

6 Table 1: Overview of relevant national research infrastructures Swedish Research Infrastructures Name Type (main drivers) Focus TRENoP Chalmers Sustainable Transport Initiative SBUF Strategic Research Program (KTH, Linköpings university) Strategic Research Program (Chalmers, University of Gothenborg) Academic transport faculty recruitment, cross- disciplinary ( , possible extension) Transport effectiveness and traffic safety ( , possible extension) Swedish branch organization (Swedish construction industry) Applied development and research support in the construction sector IQ Samhällsbyggnad Swedish branch organization Bridging the gap between academia, government and the building sector BVFF Branch program (Trafikverket, VTI, Highway and railway innovations KTH, Luleå university) Road2Science Competence Center (KTH) Bridging the gap between academia and industry in the infrastructure sector ECO2 Competence Center (KTH) Sustainable vehicle design GaPS labs Research Lab (KTH) Development of gaming and participatory simulation methods and tool Sveriges Bygguniversitet Swedish Universities of the Built Environment To lift the possibilities of construction oriented research and education in Sweden SAFER Competence Center (Chalmers) Vehicle and Traffic Safety ACCESS Competence Center (KTH) Facilitate communication between people, systems and machines MAXlabs National scientific laboratory (Lund) Accelerators producing x-rays of very high intensity and quality ASTAZERO National full scale test tracks Road safety Arlandastad Holding Landowner and test track developer Property and concept development itrl Integrated transport research laboratory (KTH, Scania) Concept development of integrated transportation solutions FIFFI Collaborative research forum (Vinnova, Trafikverket, industry) INFRASweden2030 page 4 Innovations related to electrified infrastructure, urban and high capacity goods transport ( ) Produktion2030 Strategic Innovation Program Sustainable production in Sweden PIIA Strategic Innovation Program Process Industrial IT and Automation Smartare elektroniksystem Strategic Innovation Program Smart electronics, among which new sensors and integrated systems LIGHter Strategic Innovation Program Develop lighter products and solutions Lindholmen Science Technopolis Transport, ICT and Media Park FORMAS Swedish Research Council Research for sustainable developments Vinnova Sweden s Innovation Agency Innovation capacity for sustainable growth and benefiting Swedish society Energimyndigheten Swedish Energy Agency Use of renewable energy, improved technologies, a smarter end-use of energy, and mitigation of climate change

7 INFRASweden2030 page 5 All of this means that Sweden today finds itself in a unique position where it has the opportunity to make a giant leap towards becoming a frontrunner in transportation infrastructure innovations: the research capacity is available, the market need is there and the government and the industry are motivated. For this reason IN- FRASweden2030 is proposed to be a strong Swedish Innovation Program. 1.3 International position and competition There are a number of countries that have already developed a significant R&D infrastructure in this area: In the USA, transportation has been identified by the Obama government as a preferred topic: - The US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) launched in 2006 the Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) program which seeks to leverage advances in science and engineering that could lead to breakthroughs for critical current and emerging issues in highway transportation. The EAR program now represents an investment of $50 million in FHWA funds and leverage of $19 million in matching funds from industry. - In 2007, the US government also earmarked in access of 150 million USD over 5 years to a consortium of research groups and industry, named the Asphalt Research Consortium to solve some of the emerging issues. And the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub was launched in 2009 to develop breakthroughs innovation in civil engineering constructions, focussing on a holistic approach. - Programs such as Transportation@MIT, which involved over USD 20 million and the Mobile Millennium program at University of California, Berkeley are notable innovation programs where multi-disciplinary research is combined with large industry involvement. - Additionally, the Material Genome Initiative of the US government, to speed up the process of advanced material developments to raise US global competitiveness can also lead to innovations that are relevant for the infrastructure domain. Since 2011, $250 million has been invested in new R&D and innovation infrastructure to anchor the use of advanced materials in existing and emerging industrial sectors in the United States. In China, the Chinese government runs a major research program under the ministry of Transport, part of this is the Research Institute of Highways and Environment (RIOH), with labs throughout China. The National Centre for Material Service Safety was established recently, as one of five National Centres in China by the Commission for Development Reformation. This means an estimated investment of SEK 1.9 billion, largely going to the infrastructure domain, for example hard steel for high speed rails. In Europe: - The Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories (FEHRL) launched in 2011 the Forever Open Road Concept, focussing on an advanced and affordable transport infrastructure. In 2013, Roadmaps were developed to prioritize the future research actions up to Recently, following this concept sister programmes Forever Open Railway, Forever Open River and Forever Open Runway were also proposed. Based on these, several European countries developed their own national innovation program on transportation infrastructure: France launched its 5th Generation Road innovation program, Germany developed its Road of the 21st Century, The Netherlands had its Corporate Innovation Program and Norway launched its Ferry-free E39 innovation program, focussing on how the road and bridge infrastructure can be utilised to generate power from solar energy, currents, waves and wind. -Based on the European Commission s White Paper on Transport: Smart, Green and Integrated transport, the ERA-NET Plus Infravation was in 2013 initiated as a pooled research fund to develop transport infrastructure innovations. Its objective is to enable a high quality infrastructure, offering high service levels to the user/economy/society through innovation. The budget for co-financing is EUR 9 million. Table 2 gives a comprehensive overview of the international relevant research programs for this area. From the overview it can be concluded that several useful large innovation programs exist, such as the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Knowledge and Innovation Communities (EIT KICs) or the calls from the Horion2020 program. These are accessible for Swedish stakeholders, but could of course also lead to international competition if other countries appear more ready to successfully secure funding from these. Also, none of these programs enable the opportunities in Sweden we have today, as they use national funding as carriers.

8 Table 2: Overview of relevant international research programs, agendas and roadmaps International Research Infrastructures Name Type Focus Forever Open Road Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories FEHRL s Flagship program to support next generation road infrastructure development Infravation Research program lead by the European Research Area Support for cooperation and coordination of research activities carried out at national or regional level Horizon2020 EU Research and Innovation programme ( ) Implementation of the Innovation Union, aimed at securing Europe s global competitiveness KIC InnoEnergy EIT Knowledge and Innovation Community (EIT KIC) Need of new technologies for sustainable energy and a climate-neutral Europe ICT Digitals EIT KIC Turn Europe into a global leader in ICT innovation Climate KIC EIT KIC Spark & deliver innovative solutions to climate change CRM-InnoNet EIT KIC Sustainable exploration, extraction, processing, recycling and substitution of raw material Vision Zero National Initiative Reducing casualties in traffic accidents to zero by 2050 ERTICO European partnership Production of intelligent transport systems The 5th generation road French national program Implementing infrastructure innovations on an industrial scale at a reasonable cost Road of the 21st Century German national program Improve quality, value for money and provide a crucial boost to innovation in road construction Ferry-free E39 Norwegian national program Utilisation of road and bridge infrastructure to generate power from solar energy, currents, waves and wind Exploratory Advanced Research program Material Genome Science & Technology Infra Project US national program US national program Chinese national program INFRASweden2030 page 6 Seeks to leverage advances in science and engineering that could lead to breakthroughs for critical current and emerging issues in highway transportation Create a new era of policy, resources, and infrastructure supporting the US effort to invent, manufacture, and deploy advanced materials faster and cheaper Solving technological problems in the modernization of metallurgy and materials production 1.4 Global challenges or developments that affect the innovation area Table 3 summarizes the global challenges that can have a positive or negative effect on the transportation infrastructure area. In addition to the previously described positive effects resulting from investments in the transportation infrastructure area, many other domains and factors are also directly related. Below, a few examples to illustrate this. Urban Development: Information from smart roads could be combined with information systems from delivery trucks and environmental information (e.g noise or fines). At the same time, information about the status of the infrastructure network is dynamically collected. Allowing thus, for instance, new types of multi-modal mobility, enhanced safety through better travel advice, reduced emissions and better maintenance planning. Vehicle Development: Integrating vehicle, tire and road design safer conditions can be created in all weather types, but also a significant reduction in both vehicle fuel consumption for vehicles and wasteful use of energy and fossil materials for road damages. Electrical vehicle development will also benefit, as the embedding of charging technology inside the roads in a sustainable manner is still not solved.

9 INFRASweden2030 page 7 Other fields that affect and can be affected by the area are: - Cloud computing and big data developments, to contribute to development of new infrastructure services; - Smart sensors and functionalized materials developments may enable smart infrastructures, such as energy harvesting or data driven maintenance. - Standards development, by embedding the standardization process inside the innovation process, timely standards are formed and the standards authorities will have a better understanding on the R&D needs. - The insurance and financial market may be affected. As more reliable performance prediction tools are developed, infrastructure becomes a valuable asset to invest in. This may change the market completely. Table 3: Positive and negative effects of global challenges ( + positive effects, - negative effects) Possible global change Possible effect on INFRASweden2030 Recurring global economic crises - Our industry partners could go through a reorganisation, diminishing their resources available on innovation activities + Our partners could be better positioned to provide infrastructure solutions compared to the rest of the world A fast increase in climate change - Some previously developed innovations may no longer be valid or need modification + Our partners are better equipped to provide solutions under changing conditions, since they have moved away from empiricism A global safety threat - Priorities could change and the Swedish government and our partners may reconsider the focus of their efforts + In times of war, the need for innovative solutions for infrastructure is even higher, especially considering high-tech infra data abilities A sudden increase in competition - Our partners loose their opportunity to become world leading on certain technology and loose their ability to own a niche market + Sometimes competition also raises the bar and drives momentum + Partners are now prepared for smart competition on a global market A change on free trade - A diminished economic need for sustainable infrastructure may affect the momentum and drive of some of the partners + The need for innovative solutions to replace some of the lost trade options could be incorporated in the INFRASweden2030 activities 1.5 Most important needs to fulfil within the strategic innovation area A number of structural issues are identified, which prevent the transportation infrastructure area currently from reaching the vision as described in the previous paragraphs, summarized in the following: New types of infrastructure can change the possibility of vehicle design and help optimize the climate of our cities Challenge 1: Anchoring a systems perspective For all current infrastructure innovations and those yet to be discovered, it is important that the individual micro contributions lead to an overall benefit on the societal macro scale. Otherwise, a seemingly environmentally friendly invention (e.g allowing platooning of trucks to diminish fuel needs) may be not so sustainable as a whole (e.g when it creates excessive damage to the road) for society. Individual innovations must therefore take into account a systems perspective, which is challenging to do on a structural basis. Challenge 2: Enabling creativity in a risk-averse sector Infrastructure is and has always been of crucial importance for the economic and social development of society. The responsible industry and authorities therefore deal with a very long-term horizon for its investments (15-50 years) and disturbances are immediately felt throughout society. To oversee the risks of such projects, today we still make largely use of proven concepts to support our choices. Introducing new concepts, new

10 technologies and new processes would thus mean our sector needs to collectively embark on a new path: one of open creative exploration, trusting scientific advances and willingness to try out new technologies. Challenge 3: Opening up the market for new and strategic collaborations Given the high start-up costs associated with infrastructure projects, as well as the long-term horizon when accounting for maintenance, the national infrastructure markets are most often limited to only a few companies. Over the years, such partners find a balance on the market which makes it hard for new players to enter this sector and do not encourage innovations. When it comes down to bringing innovations in infrastructure, it is of vital important that new technology producers, new start-ups or SME companies are able to find their own niche and are able to make opportunistic partnerships with existing stakeholders. Establishing this requires a consorted effort in which new stakeholders and interested parties can be at the table at the design, product development, product demonstration or implementation/marketing stages. Challenge 4: Making infrastructure innovations & services into export products Where many industries consider the export of their products as their major business, the infrastructure industry has traditionally been seen as a domestic affair. Though some infrastructure related companies (e.g. the refineries, some contractors, logistics or equipment producers) know the value of international markets, the sector as a whole does not consider the export of their products as a major part of their bottom line. Given the changes in technology that are on the verge of happening in the Swedish infrastructure sector, this will soon no longer be the case: technical solutions that allow Car2Road communication, infra-energy harvesting, applications of low energy materials are mere examples of products which will be highly marketable. This will bring the infrastructure sector into a new playing field, in which a new balance has to be INFRASweden2030 page 8 A new balance between increased risks and increased profit margins needs to be found found between investments in new technology and processes -thus increased risks- and increased profit margins, larger international market shares and a general modernization. Challenge 5: Making the infrastructure sector an open, dynamic and attractive environment The infrastructure sector is a mature industry that has traditionally been characterized by low margins, low level of competition and low level of innovations in the supply chain or practical operations. That by itself creates barriers for new companies entering successfully into this market with niche products and services, for new ideas to be embedded into the current practices and for the industry to attract capital and resources for innovations and R&D as well as make major investments in this themselves. Conservative and detailed regulations often do not allow new ideas to be easily implemented and getting new standards in place is currently a long an tedious process. To change this, (i) a new generation of engineers needs to attracted to this environment that bring novel perspectives, are able to work creatively in cross-disciplinary settings and have a system s perspective; (ii) open regulations that welcome novel ideas need to developed; and (iii) patents need to find a home in this sector. Challenge 6: Reducing the climate impact caused by the infrastructure sector The transportation infrastructure sector is characterized by the fact that: (i) large quantities of materials are daily produced and transported; (ii) failure of the infrastructure network results in major delays throughout all commercial activities and; (iii) interaction between vehicle tires and the infrastructure is a major cause for inefficient fuel usage. This sector has therefore a large climate footprint and environmental impact that need to be addressed for the sake of sustainability of our future society. Innovative solutions are needed to reduce energy consumption for infrastructure production, construction and maintenance, store and harvest energy from the infrastructure, reduce fuel consumption during usage of the infrastructure and systematically increase life cycle energy efficiency of the infrastructure network. Challenges addressed by the SIP The structure and content of this SIP will provide a well-coordinated, strong national program to ensure a systems perspective, which will help partners overcome Challenge 1. The path needed to overcome Challenge 2 will be enabled and stimulated in INFRASweden2030, but will also need to be encouraged from other sources. Challenge 3 will be supported in INFRASweden2030 through the development and support of activities for

11 SMEs collaborations. INFRASweden2030 will help balance the risk with the increased profit and support the path to (inter)national market implementation, thus contributing towards overcoming Challenge 4. The SIP will help change the image and culture in the sector and aims to attract a new and young generation of (male and female) engineers to this area. Culture changes take, however, a long time and can only be achieved by a systematic approach from different levels and sources, so Challenge 5 will only partially be solved from this SIP. Finally, INFRASweden2030 will have high relevance for enhanced energy management in the transportation infrastructure sector. Some of the innovations that can be expected to come out of the programme will have a direct or second order energy relevance, and will thus greatly contribute to Challenge 6. 2 The INFRASweden2030 strategic innovation programme 2.1 Goals of INFRASweden2030 InfraSweden2030 aims to achieve that by 2030: - The Swedish transportation infrastructure system is 100% more sustainable than it is today; - Sweden has become world leading in the invention, implementation and nurturing of smart and sustainable transportation infrastructure innovations. The first goal is set by addressing the societal demand for decarbonization, reliability, safety, health and costs of the transportation infrastructure system, as well as the growth, employment, skills and resource issues that are of critical importance for a globally competitive Swedish transportation industry. The second goal addresses the fact that Sweden as a country with both a high tech economy and an extensive welfare state has the potential of becoming globally competitive by capitalizing and expanding upon its knowledge economy, highly skilled work-force and well developed research infrastructure. Table 4 summarizes the indicators and guiding objectives to reach the first goal. A fast and steep increase of the predictability of infrastructure performance, the speed and efficiency of emergency management, making use of the integrated infrastructure network within society and the export of products and services from Swedish INFRA innovation on the global market are aimed for. Furthermore, a significant reduction of the energy consumption and costs related to the infrastructure supply and production chain is focussed on. Table 5 highlights the indicators and guiding objectives to increase Sweden s influence on the global market of transportation infrastructure innovation. A steep increase of revenues within Swedish companies is expected through the fast uptake of innovations in INFRASweden2030 page 9 INFRASweden2030 stimulates an integrated, multi-disciplinary and creative sector their daily engineering practices as well as a large increase of their number of export products and services. Furthermore, a new generation of Swedish infrastructure innovation oriented and well educated engineers and a significant increase of Sweden s visibility on the global market regarding policy decisions will ensure Sweden s role on the global front-line of infrastructure innovations. Detailed goals related to these indicators and guiding objectives, including their corresponding IN- FRASweden2030 activities are shown in Table 6 and discussed in detail in 5.2. Figure 2 shows the INFRASweden2030 Roadmap, an impression of the output and anticipated effects over the duration of the SIP, from 2015 till These outputs include, among others, demonstrations of the feasibility of the proposed solutions - such as prototypes or pilots-, cross-fertilization activities - such as new collaborations and training sessions-, commercialization activities - such as attracting investors and Swedish instigated standardization-, development activities - such as new research programs and industry reformand dissemination activities - such as networking and white papers-. The Roadmap as such is not comprehensive, but aims at giving an indication of how the output is expected to develop over the duration of the SIP. The effectiveness of the SIP will be measured with more specifically defined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), which will be strongly coupled to the GIMI AGENDA, underlying the INFRASweden2030 SIP program and the defined guiding objectives.

12 INFRASweden2030 page 10 Table 4: Guiding objectives to reach 100% more sustainability of the transportation infrastructure by 2030 Societal challenge Indicator Guiding Objective(*) Decarbonization Energy efficiency of passenger (pkm/kwh) and freight transport (tkm/ +80% kwh) through transportation infrastructure related innovations Energy consumed in production, maintenance and operations of transport - 50% infrastructure Usage of innovative climate neutral transportation infrastructure + 60% materials Reliability Maintenance needs and duration of transportation infrastructure -50% Predictability of performance of infrastructure +100% Safety & health Fatalities and sever injuries in the traffic and transportation infrastructure -80% related working environment Speed and efficiency of emergency management, related to transportation +100% infrastructure Costs & Mistakes, misalignments and wastes during construction and maintenance -80% employment of transportation infrastructure Transportation infrastructure sector productivity +50% Internationally marketable innovative niche products and services and human capital +300% Table 5: Guiding objectives to become a world leader on smart and sustainable infrastructure innovations Sweden s influence Indicator Guiding Objective(*) Swedish revenues Annual number of formalized commitments, start-ups and SMEs focusing on transportation infrastructure innovations, registered in Sweden 500 Growth in existing Swedish industries from transfer of transport infrastructure knowledge into innovations +300% Revenues from Swedish transportation infrastructure products +300% and services that are sold internationally Swedish policy induced changes Number of transportation infrastructure technology related +500% standards, initiated from Sweden International annual requests for the Swedish government to 50 take part in international policy summits related to transportation infrastructure innovations Sweden s knowledge economy M.Sc. and PhD graduates on innovation topics in the transportation +100% infrastructure from Sweden Patents held by Swedish inhabitants on transportation infrastructure +300% innovations Sweden s international presence International awards on transportation infrastructure innovation 200 granted to Swedish consortia International annual study visits of high-level groups to 50 Sweden to visit transportation infrastructures Swedish involvement in international transportation infrastructure projects 1000 (*) Percentages and cumulative numbers with respect to The numbers are based on industry-academy workshops, held during More details will be given in the KPIs developed at the start of the SIP.

13 INFRASweden2030 page 11 Demonstration of successful INFRASweden business cases Regularly advice for European INFRASweden related standards setting 2015 Draft INFRASweden2030 Innovation Strategy paper 8-10 annual new INFRASweden research clusters annual global implementations of INFRASweden technology Sweden has established a national infrastructure for the mobilization of critical mass on smart and sustainable transportation infrastructure innovations Annual INFRA Innovation Training sessions National & international funding strategy Figure 2: INFRASweden2030 effects Sweden has established a national effort on smart and sustainable transportation infrastructure innovations with an anchoring in science, policy and engineering practise annual INFRASweden international innovation cluster projects starting New generation of INFRASweden minded engineers Draft market standardization demand mapping Beta version of INFRASweden2030 Virtual World launched 5-10 annual exchanges in CO-OP program Established Sweden Annual international INFRA Demo Day 5-10 annual implementations of INFRASweden technology Start of first INFRASweden research clusters 2 Annual INFRASweden AIMdays 4 annual participatory simulation sessions Established popular INFRASweden webinars series 2-5 international annual awards for INFRASweden innovations Celebrating the th I AM INFRA member 10 new annual international patents for Swedish INFRA innovations Launching of CO-OP program & Young INFRA Academy Receive EU funding for INFRASweden developments...sweden is guiding the EU towards large scale implementation and anchoring of smart and sustainable transportation infrastructure innovations... Receive largescale Industry grant for IN- FRASweden developments 2025 Clear returns of INFRASweden investments... Sweden is world leading on inventions, implementations and nurturing of smart and green transportation infrastructure innovations and the Swedish infrastructure is100% more sustainable...

14 INFRASweden2030 page 12 Table 6: Results and effects of INFRASweden, linked to activities ( infra = transportation infrastructure) Anticipated results and effects of INFRASweden2030 Goals of INFRASweden2030(*) Results and effects Actions and activities (see 5.2) Enhance the energy efficiency of passenger and freight transport Decarbonization of society Focus Area 1.3, 1.4 Reduce energy consumed in infra production, maintenance and operations Increase the usage of innovative climate neutral infra materials Reduce the maintenance needs and duration of repair actions of infrastructure Enhance the predictability of performance of infra Reduce the fatalities and sever injuries related to infra Increase the speed and efficiency of emergency management in infra Reduce mistakes, misalignments and wastes during construction and maintenance of infra Decarbonization of society Focus Area 1.1, 1.2, 2.3, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2 Decarbonization of society Focus Area 3.1, 3.2, 4.2 Enhanced infra reliability, decarbonization of society & reduction of costs Enhanced infra reliability, decarbonization of society & reduction of costs Focus Area 1.2, 1.4, 3.3, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2 Focus Area 3.3, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2 Increased safety and health Focus Area 1.2, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1 Increased safety and health, reduction of costs Reduction of costs, enhanced revenues, decarbonization of society Focus Area 2.2, 4.2 Focus Area 2.3, 3.3, 4.1, 5.1 Enhance infra sector productivity Reduction of costs Focus Area 2.3, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.3 Increase infra niche products and services and human capital Enhanced employment and revenues All Focus Areas, All Innovation Toolbox activities Increase the number of Swedish commitments, start-ups and SMEs focusing on infra Enhanced Swedish revenues, knowledge economy & competitiveness Toolbox activities: I AM INFRA, INFRA AIM, CO-OP scholarships Increase growth in existing Swedish industries from transfer of infra knowledge into infra innovations Increased revenues from Swedish transportation infra products & services are sold internationally Increase number of infra technology related standards and patents, initiated from Sweden Enlarge the Swedish participation in international infra policy summits and infra projects Enlarge the number of Swedish M.Sc. & PhD infra graduates Enhanced Swedish revenues & competitiveness Enhanced Swedish revenues, global competitiveness & visibility Enhanced Swedish global influence & knowledge economy Enhanced Swedish global influence & visibility Enhanced Swedish knowledge economy & international visibility Toolbox activities: Product Garden, Virtual World, INFRA AIM Toolbox activities: Product Garden & Start-Ups, I AM INFRA, Virtual World Toolbox activities: IbyD +B &S cases, Product Garden & Start- Ups, GaPS, Virtual World Toolbox activities: I AM INFRA, CO-OP Scholarhip program, Virtual World Toolbox activities: Young INFRA Academy, INFRA AIM, IbyD + B&S, Virtual World All activities Enlarge the number of scientific publications from Sweden Enhanced Swedish knowledge economy & international visibility International awards on Swedish Enhanced Swedish international All activities infra innovations visibility (*) These are directly related to the guiding objectives and indicators as indicated in Table 4 and 5

15 2.2 Expected results and effects INFRASweden2030 page 13 The INFRASweden2030 environment is designed to reach its goals while addressing the main challenges named in section 1.5. The program will therefore be using the indicators and its guiding objectives to make choices in prioritization and selection of activities, to maximise its impact. As such, the environment is divided into 5 ACTION LINES towards which the activities will be focussed. All activities will be supported by the INFRASweden2030 TOOLBOX, which consists of an INNOVATION, an EDUCATION and a DISSEMINA- TION toolbox. Details on these can be found in section.5.2. The instruments in the TOOLBOX will maximize the innovation impact of all the activities: from idea generation, to fast to the market implementation, to demonstrations, to global dissemination, to ensuring technical scalability and socio-technical embedding. The table below indicates the overall expected contributing effects of the set INFRASweden2030 goals with respect to the 5 Vinnova focus areas. Table 7: Expected contributions of the SIP to the 5 Vinnova focus areas (Effektmål 1-5) SIP contributions to: Goal 1 (See table 4) Goal 2 (See table 5) Global societal challenges (Effektmål 1) X Safety, environmental and energy policy objectives (Effektmål 2) X Sustainable growth (Effektmål 3) X X Strong competitiveness (Effektmål 4) X X Attractiveness for investments (Effektmål 5) X X 2.3 Renewal of the innovation area by INFRASweden2030 INFRASweden2030 is expected to contribute the following renewal impulses to the transportation infrastructure sector: - From a strong, but silos based sector moving towards a strong integrated, multidisciplinary and creative sector, where new stakeholders will find collaborations with current players that will redefine themselves. - From a reliable but domestic sector to a reliable sector that encourages the generation of new international market opportunities in which long-term sustainability and short term business opportunities get united. - From a functional but stand-on-its-own sector to a functional sector that enables and contributes to the development of a sustainable and inclusive society. Additionally: Embedding standardization inside the innovation process (instead of starting the process at the end), linking the latest technologies from material science, sensor technology, cloud computing, ICT, big data,... in infrastructure innovations, developing services as a new business component, attracting a new generation of engineers to this domain...are only a few of the activities that will be part of the wide scale of renewal that we expect to come out of the INFRASweden2030 environment. 3 Actors INFRASweden2030 involves a broad range of actors from the transportation infrastructure sector, who will participate and support the programme in various ways. It is the aim of the SIP to expand the range of participating stakeholders even further in the future. In the following, the partners, their contribution and motivations behind INFRASweden2030 are given. An overview of the partners is also given in table format in the beginning of the attachment, summarizing the letter of intents. The names of those proposed for the coordinating roles are listed in 4.

16 INFRASweden2030 page Transportation infrastructure industry stakeholders Skanska Relevance: employees ( in Sweden), annual turnover of SEK 136 billion, from which about SEK 100 billion is generated from activities abroad, infrastructure covers about 25-30% of this. Interest: Sustainable (inter) national business opportunities, new design tools, life cycle cost tools. SIP coordination role: Member of the Governing Board, Executive Member, Senior Advisor in the CreateBox. SIP contribution: Will support research, operations, demonstrator and innovation activities. Will contribute resources (sites, laboratories, people) and its international network to INFRASweden2030. NCC Relevance: Largest contractor in Northern Europe ( employees), annual sales over SEK 57 billion. The infrastructure business represents well over 30% of NCC net sales (2013). Interest: Be a leading force in the sustainability area, develop infrastructure related services, new strategic collaborations and recruit talents to the company. SIP coordination role: Member of the Governing Board, Program Treasurer, Servitization and INFRA AIM Programs Managers. SIP contribution: Will support research, operations, demonstrator and innovation activities. Will contribute resources (sites, laboratories, people) and its Nordic network to INFRASweden2030. PEAB Relevance: Over employees active in Sweden, Norway and Finland, operative net sales well over SEK 40 billion in Infrastructure materials, transportation and construction machines, infrastructure works and operations and maintenance count for more than 40% of the turnover Interest: Raise our economic, societal and environmental sustainability, access to national and international experts, train our employees to think beyond the traditional methods and start-up new innovation initiatives. SIP coordination role: Executive Member, Program Manager CO-OP Scholarship Program. SIP contribution: Will support research, operations, demonstrator and innovation activities. Will contribute resources (sites, laboratories, people) and its Nordic network to INFRASweden2030. Nynas Relevance: Leading companies in the world in the naphthenic specialty oils area and one of Europe s largest suppliers of bitumen. In 2013, the sales were around SEK 20 billion, from which over 40% comes from bitumen activities as a base materials for asphalt concrete. Interest: Bringing sustainable asphalt products to the market, global dissemination, access to experts, new strategic partnerships SIP coordination role: Senior Advisor Young INFRA Academy Program SIP contribution: Focussing resources to the INFRASweden2030 activities, making our facilities and network (partially) available for the partners. AkzoNobel Relevance: Leading global paints and coatings company and a major producer of specialty chemicals. With operations in more than 80 countries and people around the world. Interest: Developing new niche markets through the INFRASweden2030 environment. SIP coordination role: Senior Advisor I AM INFRA Program SIP contribution: Contributing resources to the SIP on specific projects and activities. Sweco Relevance: The largest architectural and engineering consultancy in Sweden, with employees working directly on transportation infrastructure and annual turnover from infrastructure activities at SEK 2 billion. Interest: Raising long-term quality and the innovation level, embedding life cycle mindset throughout. SIP coordination role: Vice Chair of the Governing Board SIP contribution: Focus financial and other resources to the INFRASweden2030 ambitions,

17 contribute to the various themes, open the doors for the innovations that come out of the SIP. INFRASweden2030 page 15 AtlasCopco Relevance: AtlasCopco/Dynapac is an international manufacturer of asphalt rollers, soil compactors, pavers and asphalt cutters. With almost employees working in building and construction segment, and a turnover of SEK 12.5 billion. The building and construction industry is the largest market, responsible for 2/3 of the total turnover. Interest: Smart equipment innovations (data collection), developing new services, access to experts SIP coordination role: Member of the Governing Board SIP contribution: Will support research, operations, demonstrator and innovation activities. Arlandastad Holding AB Relevance: A Swedish property development company that creates conceptual platforms for the development of Sweden s first airport city. The company owns 237 hectares of land directly adjacent to Stockholm Arlanda Airport and has several test tracks. Interest: Develop large-scale demonstrations, strategic partnerships SIP coordination role: Demo & Scale Ups Program Manager SIP contribution: Offer demonstration facilities and network to INFRASweden2030 AstaZero Relevance: The world s first full-scale test environment for future road safety. Designed to enhance the safety of vehicles on various roads and environments, The AstaZero test-tracks constitutes a great number of variables to be included in different types of research projects. Interest: Create a new market to AstaZero s clientele, develop large-scale demonstrations, strategic partnerships SIP coordination role: Senior Advisor Demo & Scale Ups Program SIP contribution: Make demonstration facilities available to INFRASweden2030, coordinate novel and innovative demonstration and dissemination activities. E-Builder Relevance: Helps companies and organizations streamline all or part of their extended supply chain, procurement, or expense business processes. ebuilder currently has customers in more than 70 countries and empowers more than end users as they collaborate in their value networks. Interest: Develop services for the transportation sector SIP coordination role: Senior Advisor for the Virtual World SIP contribution: Provide know-how on information cloud development, active participants on the Virtual World developments and infrastructure servitization possibilities. The Swedish Construction Federation (Sveriges Byggindustrier, BI) Relevance: The Swedish construction industry s business and employers organization with over 3200 member companies in the construction, civil engineering and special purpose sectors. Interest: Increase in (smart) productivity, (long term) developments and renewing the work force SIP coordination role: Chair of Governing Board, Executive Member SIP contribution: Contribute our network, promote to all SMEs the INFRASweden2030 environment an encourage participation The Swedish Concrete Federation (Svensk Betong) Relevance: A branche organization for the concrete manufacturing industry in Sweden Interest: Develop concrete innovations, new tools for life cycle assessment, strategic partnerships SIP coordination role: Senior Advisor I AM INFRA Program SIP contribution: Contribute our network, promote to all SMEs the INFRASweden2030 environment an encourage participation

18 INFRASweden2030 page Government, Standardization, Accreditation and Conformity The Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) Relevance: With employees, the Swedish Transport Administration is responsible for long term planning of the Swedish transport system for road, rail, sea and air transport as well as for construction, operation and maintenance of state roads and railways. Interest: Develop innovative procurement methods, enable system s perspective, enhance sector creativity, raise economic, societal and environmental sustainability of our infrastructure network SIP coordination role: Chair of the General Assembly SIP contribution: Provide strategic advise and innovation needs, contribute to research and innovation activities and supports the program with its networks (e.g people and actual infrastructure). The Swedish Standards Institute (SIS) Relevance: In charge of standards and standardization, both in Sweden and internationally Interest: Develop initiatives that proof that standardization, both formal and informal, are a natural part of every innovation process. SIP coordination role: Member of Governing Board, senior advisor IbyD + Business & Standardization SIP contribution: SIS standardization experts engaged in the early stages of the INFRASweden2030 innovation process, develop standards revisions to facilitate the INFRASweden2030 innovations to the maximum, develop supportive new standards for the innovations. The Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment (Swedac) Relevance: Is a government authorities for the quality and safety in promotion of free trade and economic growth in a sustainable society Interest: Increase Swedish competitiveness and trade, sustainable economic growth SIP coordination role: Member of the Governing Board SIP contribution: Provide timely accreditation and advice on conformity to the partners, initiate and coordinate discussion with the EU commission to ensure the marketability of the INFRASweden2030 innovations. Municipality of Oskarshamn Relevance: The municipality is a part of Nova which is the municipality organization conducting and contributing to long-term sustainable growth and development in the Oskarshamn region. The municipality is also supporting and planning projects for testing electrical roads in Oskarshamn. Interest: Project, expertise and support for Nova R&D projects SIP coordination role: Member of the General Assembly SIP contribution: Access to laboratories, databases, expertise & research infrastructure existing in Oskarshamn. 3.3 Research & academia The following universities and research institutes are standing behind INFRASweden2030: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Lund University, Chalmers University, Luleå University, Stockholm School of Economics (Handels Högskolan), SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI). All partners take part in the coordination of the program. 3.3 Creativity & innovation stimulators To stimulate the creativity in the INFRASweden2030 environment, two organizations are partners in this environments: TILLT artistic interventions and Feel Free Creation. The first is a Swedish organization that has a long standing reputation for linking the right type of artists to companies to start-up and support a creative thinking process. The second organization is a Dutch company, that comes from the theatre world and has specialized itself in allowing organizations to restructure their thinking pattern as well as unlocking innovation processes that are stuck. Both companies will be active in the INFRASweden2030 Create-box. Feel Free Creation will also give regular feedback on the overall innovation development of the environment, based on the feedback processes from the INFRASweden2030 Virtual World. Additionally, Swedish universities have many innovation incubators, such as the OpenLabs in Stockholm, which will also be utilized in INFRASweden2030.

19 3.5 International partners International collaboration and knowledge sharing over boarders is an important part of INFRASweden2030. The SIP has already a number of international partners, the number of which is expected to rise after the program is launched. Our current international partners are the National Laboratory of Costa Rica (Lanamme UCR), The National Center for Materials Service Safety (NCMS) at the University of Science and Technology in Beijing China, the Transport Cluster of Business Sweden and The Embassy of Sweden in Beijing China, Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology in Switzerland (EMPA) and Feel Free Creation in Holland. 3.6 Additional INFRASweden2030 partners It is expected that additional partners related to urban development, transportation, service providers, material producers, car manufacturing and the financial and insurance market will join the SIP, once the program starts rolling. Many of these sectors today do not define transportation infrastructure as their main business. This will change once the environment is up and running. The Virtual World will hereby play an important role for the dissemination and communication to society. 4 Coordination of INFRASweden2030 INFRASweden2030 page Organization and leadership The Management of the INFRASweden2030 is split into the Overall Leadership and the Operational Management. The first consists of the Governing Board (GB) and the General Assembly (GA) and the latter of the Executive Committee (EC), the Program Office (PO), and the Theme Managers (TM). The GB will be: (i) Responsible for the overall steering of the Program policies and direction; (ii) In direct contact with the GA and (iii) Limited in number. The GB will be up for election each two years, nominated by the EC and voted on by the GA. The GA will be: (i) Serving as the reference group; (ii) Open to all partners that can have one representative in the GA and (iii) Unlimited in number. The EC will be: (i) Lead by the Program Director (PD); (ii) Responsible for the operational management; (iii) Consisting of a limited number of executive members, chosen by the PD. The EC responds to the GB through the PD. The PO consists of the Program Director (PD) and the administrative support structure that is in charge of the day-to-day running of INFRASweden2030. The TMs are responsible for managing the TOOL- BOX instruments (see 5.2) Each PM is supported by at least one Senior Advisor (SA). The TMs respond to the EC, that also evaluates their performance and decides when reinforcement or replacements are needed. More details on how these organizational structures are utilized in the coordination of INFRASweden2030 is given in 4.2 and Table 8-11 summarizes the responsible people. Figure 3: The management structure of INFRASweden2030

20 INFRASweden2030 page 18 Table 8: INFRASweden2030 Governing Board INFRASweden2030 Governing Board Name Representing Affiliation Tore Nilsson (Chair) SME contractors Chair, Swedish Construction Federation Johan Dozzi (Vice-Chair) Consultancy President, Sweco Civil Engineering Ulf Håkansson Contractors Vice President Risk Assessment, Skanska AB Fredrik Åkesson Equipment manufacturers Head Applications, Atlas Copco, Dynapac Robert Lundström Material providers Head R&D, NCC Roads Arne Johansson Academia Vice President, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Christer Karlsson Standardization Acting CEO, Swedish Standards Institute Merih Malmqvist Nilsson Representatives of funding agencies as observers Swedish International Trade Vinnova, Formas, Swedish Energy Agency Deputy Director General, Swedish Board for Accreditation and Comformity Assessment (SWEDAC) Table 9: INFASweden2030 Theme Managers (TM: Theme Managers, SA: Senior Advisor) TOOLBOX INSTRUMENTS role Name Affiliation Product Garden Theme TM Anita Ihs VTI, head of infrastructure SA Mårten Lindström Consultant, More10 AB CREATBox Theme TM Johan Lundbladh CEO, TILLT SA Roger Nilsson Senior advisor, Skanska roads IbyD + B&S Theme TM Johan Silfwerbrand Head of CE Department, KTH SA Susanna Sweet Stockholm School of Economics SA Fredrik Göthe SIS, head of Innovation Demo & Scale Ups Theme TM Dieter Sand CEO, Arlandastad Holding AB SA Peter Janevik Executive VP, AstaZero TM Sebastiaan Meijer GaPS labs director, KTH GaPS identification Theme SA Tomas Winnerholt Swedish Transport Agency SA Karl H. Johansson ACCES director, KTH Servitization Theme TM vacant(*) SA Sven Knutsson Professor, Luleå University Virtual World TM Nils Ryden (**) Professor, Lund University SA Ulf Persson E-Builder, VP Asia Pacific TM Per Porten Business Sweden I AM INFRA Theme SA Henrik Norberg Mining & Asphalt, AkzoNobel SA Malin Löfsjögård Concrete Federation, Director INNOVATION TOOLBOX DISSEMINA- TION TOOL- BOX EDUCATION TOOLBOX INFRA AIM Theme Young INFRA Academy CO-OP Scholarship Theme TM Magnus Alfredssonr NCC AB, head road production SA Anna Nilsson Ehle Chalmers/SAFER Director TM Matz Wiklund Nynas, Head Key Accounts SA Per Redelius Senior Advisor, Nynas TM Mats Wendel PEAB, Technical Manager SA vacant (*) (*) The vacant positions will be filled via an open solicitation in (**) As the Virtual World is an important instrument for INFRASweden2030, it is managed by the EC

21 Table 10: INFRASweden2030 Executive Committee INFRASweden2030 page 19 INFRASweden2030 Executive Committee Name Role Responsibility Affiliation Nicole Kringos Program Director Chair of the Executive Committee Director, KTH Road2Science Center Fredrick Lekarp Operations Coordinator Coordinator Theme Managers Strategy development, KTH Research Office Staffan Hintze Program Treasurer Financial Program management Head of Production Development Civil, NCC Nils Ryden Executive member Virtual World manager Lund University, Professor Magnus Bergendal Executive member Operational advisor on large industries Vice President, PEAB Civil Engineering Lars Redtzer Executive member Operational advisor on SMEs and Dissemination Infrastructure Director, Sveriges BI Katarina Malaga Executive member Operational advisor on research and development Director Swedish Cement and Concrete Research Institute Table 11: INFRASweden2030 Program Office INFRASweden2030 Executive Committee Name Role Responsibility Affiliation Nicole Kringos Program Director Chair of the Executive Committee Director, KTH Road2Science Center Marie Fridolin Deputy Program Deputy of Program Director KTH ABE School Director Fredrick Lekarp Operations Coordinator Coordinator Theme Managers Strategy development, KTH Research Office vacant Communication Officer Overall program communication vacant Administration Day-to-day administration duties A detailed description of the roles and responsibilities of the program governance units are described in the document INFRASweden2030 Verksamhetsstyrning Roller och ansvar. 4.2 Project plan for the coordination of INFRASweden2030 The Virtual World (see 5.2) is the vehicle that links all the INFRASweden2030 activities together. It serves as the main dissemination and communication vehicle to ensure its open information stream. But it will also have an integrated management structure for document handling and projects flow. This enables 1) the use of modern data handling tools, which secures the efficiency of all the SIP activities; 2) easy integration with other platforms; 3) easy overviews for the management of individual projects; 4) easy composition of sub-structure overviews (e.g within the Toolboxes, an Action Line or a Focus Area); and 5) the detailed monitoring of the entire environment in relation to the set goals, guiding objectives and key performance indicators. The Virtual World will also support a dynamic interaction between all its participants as expertise profiles and interests can be automatically linked to (new) activities in the environment. This will speed up the individual networks, give specialized expertise to the individual and will generally empower the individual to easily become an active member within INFRASweden2030. Additionally, the Organization and Leadership of INFRASweden2030 will have regular meetings (GA: 1x/year, GB:4x/year, EC and PO and TMs continuously) to discuss the various processes. A proposal review system will

22 INFRASweden2030 page 20 be put in place, specified to the needs of the funding agency. The EC has the task in ensuring that all review processes will be handled in an open and structured fashion, without any conflict of interest. The GB has as a task to overview the Action Line and Toolbox activities, in connection with its guiding objectives and KPIs. In 2015/2016 all these processes will be in place and will be reviewed end-2016 for any needed changes. In 2017 and 2018 focus will be placed on expanding the business components of the environment, supporting the participants in the international market and lobbying with (inter)national funding structures to add INFRASweden2030 relevant activities. A detailed description of the coordination of INFRASweden2030, its coupling to the overall program vision and strategy and its logistics will be available early Budget for coordination of INFRASweden2030 An operating budget of 3.86 MSEK is estimated for INFRASweden2030, of which 3,0 MSEK will be provided through co-funding of the partners. The co-funding will largely be in-kind (people spending time, facilities being used) and partially financial (e.g sponsorship of dissemination events): Table 12: Annual coordination budget of INFRASweden2030 Annual coordination budget for INFRASweden2030 Activity description Budget (ksek) Requested Co-funding Secretariat (administrative support and communication) Program Director (EC) Operational Coordinator (EC) Executive committee meetings (monthly) Chairman Governing Board 0 70 Governing board meeting (quarterly) 0 40 Theme Managements (11 themes) Toolbox meetings (monthly) 0 80 General assembly meeting (once a year) Dissemination material Virtual World new functions, theme linkage, program data mining Total: 3860 ksek During the start-up phase of the program (starting April 2015 and ending early 2016) the budget for coordination of the program was 3,15 MSEK of which 500 ksek was co-funding and 650 ksek for the build-up of the Virtual World. The later was under procurement during fall Proposed actions and activities in INFRASweden Existing actions and activities to be used within INFRASweden2030 There are several existing infrastructure that have relevant components for the INFRASweden2030 environment. In Figure 1 and Table 1&2 an overview was given of the most important ones. The activities that will be stimulated by the INFRASweden2030 coordinators are (i) to highlight upcoming deadlines for relevant calls (for example with new Formas, Vinnova or Horizon2020 calls); (ii) help partners form strategic partnerships to better prepare for acquiring funding and (iii) have ongoing strategic9 discussions with existing programs

23 INFRASweden2030 page 21 to start new activities, focussed on one of the INFRASweden2030 Action Lines (for example in the EIT KICs). There are also several R&D projects ongoing in Sweden (like the SIPs) and internationally, that will generate interesting outcomes for the INFRASweden2030 environment, for example ongoing EIT Digitals projects, FP7 and H2020 projects or BVFF projects. INFRASweden2030 will prioritize those projects that make a clear valorization step. The Virtual World will be the main portal that will disseminate this information to the entire environment. 5.2 Describe each action/activity financed by the program Explanation of INFRASweden2030 Toolbox & Action Lines structure The INFRASweden2030 environment is built on two major structures: Toolbox with Instruments & Action Lines with Focus Areas. The Toolbox, contains the Innovation Toolbox, the Dissemination Toolbox and the Education Toolbox with a total of 11 different instruments, see Figures 4-6. Table 13 summarizes the intended effect and result of each instrument and Tables describe the activities of each instrument. Five Action Lines have been defined in INFRASweden2030, see 5.2.2, which define the Focus Areas of all the activities within the environment. Each INFRASweden2030 activity must: - Fit within one Focus Area, and may be linked to other Action Lines; - At least cross between two of the innovation instruments, increasing thus always its Technology Readiness Level (TRL); - Make use of the two dissemination instruments; - Make use of at least one of the education instruments. As such, the environment enables the innovation activities to go steadily towards the INFRASweden2030 goals, while meeting the challenges of the innovation area, as de- TRL 1 scribed in 1.5. Each TRL 2-5 INFRASweden2030 activity is originated from the specific TRL 6-8 themes defined in the CREATE Toolboxes. Each activity, however, needs TRL 4-6 to be linked to a Focus Area in one of the Action Lines, which are explained in the following section. TRL 7-8 TRL 9 Figure 4: INFRASweden2030 Innovation Toolbox (TRL: Technology Readiness Level)

24 INFRASweden2030 page 22 INFRA AIM young InFrA AcAdEmY CO-OP Scholarship Figure 5: Dissemination Toolbox Figure 6: Education Toolbox Table 13: Brief descriptions of the INFRASweden2030 toolbox and its instruments Instrument Effect and result INFRASweden2030 INNOVATION TOOLBOX CREATE-BOX Scientists, industry and artists will meet each other in a playful setting to create novel ideas for infrastructure innovations (TRL 1) Innovation by Design + Business Innovation projects that embed standardization and business plans to & Standardization cases research projects to ensure market readiness (TRL 2-5) (IbyD+B&S) SERVITIZATION Development of service-based technological innovation to ensure long-term sustainability of the future infrastructure network ( TRL 4-6) DEMOs AND SCALE UP Technical demonstrations and scalability assessment of transportation infrastructure innovation (TRL 6-8) GAMING AND PARTICIPA- TORY SIMULATION (GaPS LABS) PRODUCT GARDEN & START-UPS Stakeholder innovation simulation sessions to explore the socio-technical system s perspective of innovations for the transportation infrastructure (TRL 7-8) Catapult transportation infrastructure inventions into the final stages of market-readiness, embed them in real engineering practises and guide them onto the (inter)national market (TRL 9) INFRASweden2030 DISSEMINATION TOOLBOX I AM INFRA A network of international infrastructure innovators and interested stakeholders connect with each other to form strategic partnerships, focused on shared resources, shared knowledge and business opportunities in local markets. VIRTUAL WORLD Links all the activities together. Provides the main dissemination and communication vehicle to ensure its open information stream. It also allows for a monitoring of the effectiveness of the entire SIP INFRASweden2030 EDUCATION TOOLBOX INFRA ACADEMY INDUSTRY Academy-industry meetings in which a cross-fertilization of questions MEETINGS (INFRA AIM) and ideas is achieved, which heightens the multidisciplinary understanding of the domain YOUNG INFRA ACADEMY An international academy that focussing on i) creating interest among students and young researchers for the transportation infrastructure domain and ii) recruiting new talents to the domain CO-OPERATIVE (CO-OP) SCHOLARSHIPS At least three partners from different disciplines take part in a shared staff exchange over a limited process in which the focus lies on understanding the operational reality of the other partners.

25 INFRASweden2030 page INFRASweden2030 Action Lines & Focus Areas This SIP is divided into five action lines with focus areas, in which the focus of the line is further specified. The focus areas are directly linked to the goals of the SIP, see Table 6. Each INFRASweden2030 activity should fall within one of the focus areas of an action line and may be linked to additional action lines. Action line 1: Climate neutral transportation infrastructure This action line is focusing on the need to reduce the environmental impact of the transportation infrastructure by steering the development of methods, products and tools that support a climate neutral society. Focus Area 1.1 Infrastructure energy harvesting tools On a busy highway, all day long traffic causes frictional heat and vibrations. Additionally, the black asphalt absorbs solar energy which is currently not put to use. Why not use the vibrations from traffic and the warmth from the sun for the heating of nearby housing, melting of the snow to avoid dangerous driving situations in winter or to light the way, depending on the local needs? This Focus Area focusses on the development of sustainable and effective technologies that enable infrastructure energy harvesting. Focus Area 1.2 Infrastructure rejuvenation technology The ageing of infastructure materials and structures (roads, railways, tunnels and bridges), due to long-term traffic loading and UV, oxidation and water infiltration can lead to premature damages. If current infrastructures can be rejuvenated effectively, their life time and safety can be increased significantly. Thus leading to a large reduction of energy spent for building of new infrastructures. This Focus Area is focusing on new methods and technology that can rejuvenate our current transportation infrastructure network. Focus Area 1.3 Integrated electrified road solutions In Sweden, 42% of the current freight transport is done via trucks over the regular infrastructure. Developing special electrified options, would not only reduce congestion but it would also significantly reduce emissions. There are currently several inductive and conductive charging solutions proposed in Europe, but very few are ready for an actual sustainable implementation. Figure 7: Making our infrastructure into a solar panel Figure 8: Anti-ageing of existing infrastructure This Focus Area focussed on sustainable solutions for the construction, maintenance and long term performance of the electrified roads. Focus Area 1.4 Vehicle-infrastructure optimized designs The interaction between tires and road surfaces changes dynamically, as it depends on both the changing tire-vehicle side and the road side. Using integral computer design can, for example, reduce hydro-planing and optimize interactions such that less fuel is needed for the vehicles and less damage is created for the roads. Considering that Sweden allows studded tires, optimizing both sides of the equation is not trivial. This Focus Area focusses on new methods and designs for reduced energy usage resulting from tire-pavement interactions Figure 9: Enabling integrated e-road solutions Figure 10: Integrating tire and road design to reduce wastes

26 In 2012, over 2 million Swedes were exposed to traffic noise exceeding 55 dba. Making infrastructure the green veins of society would not only reduce its impact on society, it would help recreate a natural balance. This Focus Area focuses on new technology and methods that focus on reducing the negative impact of transportation infrastructure in the urban environment. INFRASweden2030 page 24 Action line 2: Integrated network approach of transportation infrastructure with society This action line is focusing on the need to integrate the transportation infrastructure network with other networks within society to diminish its negative impact and to add extra value to society. Focus Area 2.1: Symbiotic integrated solutions for metropolitan infrastructures Bees transfer complex routing information with simple dancing and buzzing in a chaotic hive...given our multi-modal transport system and our enhanced associated communication networks, cross-linking the information from the transportation infrastructure with (other) societal processes can enhance the level of societal safety. This Focus Area focuses on using the transportation infrastructure network to mitigate disruption and disasters. Figure 11: Balanced urban infrastructure Focus Area 2.2: Utilization of transportation infrastructure information for emergency management Focus Area 2.3: Integrated ICT platforms to enhance the transportation infrastructure supply chain Today, the supply chain associated with the infrastructure sector is far from optimized. Utilizing advanced computerized visualization and decision support tools for the construction and maintenance of transportation infrastructure will speed up the production process, reduce the waste of materials and will assist the operators towards sustainable design choices. This Focus Area focusses on ICT tools to optimize the sustainability of the material production chain for transportation infrastructure building and maintenance. Figure 12: Cross-fertilization of infrastructure services Action line 3: Sustainable design & construction of transportation infrastructure This action line is focusing on the need to develop novel designs and construction methods that give added functions to the infrastructure network and enable an integrated and fast construction. Focus Area 3.1: High tech infrastructure materials to enhance sustainability Transportation infrastructure has a long history of using traditional materials. Material technology, however, is going through a rapid development, making it possible to tailor specific or adaptable properties. One example is to use road surface materials that adapt to weather conditions or warn users about sudden changes that affect traffic safety. This Focus Area is about utilizing the developments in material technology in order to improve sustainability of the transport infrastructure. Figure 13: Optimized production ICT platforms for infra supply-chain Figure 14: Advanced or tailored road surface materials can improve traffic safety

27 INFRASweden2030 page 25 Focus Area 3.2: Design of novel and sustainable infrastructure components Many transport infrastructure components are heavy duty but with high density that makes them cumbersome and energy inefficient to produce, transfer and handle on site. Considering that production and transport of construction materials are said to be responsible for 40% of the global CO2 emissions, new designs can reduce the environmental impact of infrastructure and increase the production speed and productivity as well as work safety. This Focus Area is about finding alternative designs for transport infrastructure using more sustainable structural solutions. Figure 15: Ultra-light infrastructure solutions with high quality performance Focus Area 3.3: Holistic design tools for transportation infrastructure During operation transportation infrastructure must function as a unified and integrated system. Yet, engineering companies today have separate teams for different structural parts and processes during construction, operation and maintenance. Embedding more holistic work methods will allow for optimized design with reduced spill of materials and energy. This could be achieved by new or improved design tools that utilize the latest technological advances in this area, such as building information modelling (BIM) and Virtual Design and Construction (VDC). This Focus Area is about pushing more towards a holistic approach to infrastructure design using modern tools. Figure 16: Complex road structures require holistic design methods and tools Action line 4: Enhancing the human role in transportation infra This action line is focusing on developing specialized products that raise the quality of the infrastructure constructions. Focus Area 4.1: Knowledge management of operational quality control The building and maintaining of our roads and rails is today still very much influenced by the human factor. By developing advanced man-machine interaction technology, advanced feedback mechanisms will lead to higher quality products. Doing for the sense of touch what computer graphics does for vision, haptic control technology has changed the level of man-machine communication systems in our daily lives. This Focus Area is about new technology that is embedding sensors and ICT tools for enhanced operational quality control. Focus Area 4.2: Transportation infrastructure design for future generations Our transportation infrastructure today is still constructed of the traditional civil engineering materials. The usage of our infrastructure network, as such, is pre-defined and nearly impossible to change over time. Yet, society is undergoing a constant change in its design and functionality. What would happen if we redefine our infrastructure - for example at airports or in urban areas - allowing it to change dynamically, dependent on the human need? Figure 17: Advanced or tailored road surface materials can improve traffic safety This Focus Area is about sustainable solutions for making our transportation flexible in its function. Figure 18: Flexible infrastructure functionality through LED & motion sensors

28 Focus Area 4.3: Innovative virtual training platforms to enhance performance INFRASweden2030 page 26 To educate and train work crews, powerpoint-based training are proven ineffective to enduce a systematic change in working culture or habits. Gaming based trainings has shown suitable for multi-disciplinary teams and better enable monitoring long-term effectiveness. This Focus Area is about innovative virtual training platforms, focused on the production, construction and maintenance of transportation infrastructure. Figure 19: Virtual simulation environments to enhance performance Action line 5: Next generation transportation infrastructure maintenance & performance predictions This action line is focusing on utilizing advanced data collection and management technologies to improve planning and execution of maintenance of transportation infrastructure Focus Area 5.1: Data driven maintenance methods Correct and current data are an essential part of any maintenance measures. Today, all maintenance activities are based on either current or predicted state of the subject. In today s technology arena, Big Data is one of the fastest growing sectors, and that could greatly benefit transportation infrastructure. For instance, collecting information from Car2Road interaction could allow for dynamic, and more cost and energy efficient maintenance activities. This Focus Area emphasizes on using dynamic and advanced data collection and analysis for enhanced maintenance activities and plans for transportation infrastructure. Focus Area 5.2: Novel performance prediction tools Modern analytical design methods are fundamentally based on knowing the structural properties of the materials as well as their long-term performance as part of a complex engineering solution such as transportation infrastructure. Technological advances create opportunities for new or improved test methods and performance prediction tools. This Focus Area is about finding novel and modern tools for performance prediction based on computational models, laboratory and in-situ tests. Figure 20: Dynamic feedback road solutions improve maintenance leading to more sustainable infrastructure Figure 21: Improved characterization methods and performance prediction tools