This Ursa Major neo Connected Truck Trials project is being carried out by TNO (coordinator) with 7 logistics parties: De Rijke Transport, DHL Global Forwarding, Getru Companies, GVT Group of Logistics, Overbeek Int. Transport, Starmans Transporten, and Van der Slot Transport. With support from DAF Trucks, Rijkswaterstaat (the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management), RDW and the Port of Rotterdam. Ursa Major neo Connected Truck Trials (UMneo) will be the first real real-life truck platooning trial on Dutch roads, with real cargo on board, embedded in the logistic operations of transport operators working in container and floriculture logistics. Our ambition is to test a number of months with approximately 10 ACC and C-ACC-capable trucks - equipped with sensory and data collection equipment - on public Dutch roads. This data will be used in statistical and scientific analyzes to make statements about (1) fuel consumption and CO2 reduction, (2) the impact on the strain and dynamic driving task of professional truck drivers, (3) and insight into the logistical business case of truck platooning. In particular, the emphasis will be on the role of drivers in platooning trucks and the logistics business case and fuel savings. We are bridging many scientific domains in our approach, combining psychology, traffic analysis and civil engineering, business administration and logistics management and operations research. This is a major step towards unlocking a strong business and social business case of highly-scaled up truck platooning. This is a cross-over with Topsector High Tech Systems and Materials Connection to roadmaps Top Sector Logistics: Synchromodality, Cross Chain Control Centers, Human Capital Agenda Organization responsible for application: TNO

The HAPKIDO project studies the transition to quantum-safe public-key infrastructures (PKIs). The project has been running for three years and is characterized by a multidisciplinary approach: fundamental cryptographic research, technical analysis and prototyping, and governance and societal aspects. The first line focuses on the security proofs of quantum-safe digital signing methods; in the second line, a demonstrator is being developed for signing on electronic documents. Finally, within the last line, various governance aspects of quantum-safe PKIs are central in various scientific publications. There is a HAPKIDO website www.tno.nl/hapkido where all reports and other HAPKIDO material can be found.

Reliable and predictable travel times, waiting times and handling times are essential but not guaranteed for carriers, shippers and terminals. In this project, logistics processes and traffic operations are integrally analyzed based on large amounts of traffic and logistics data to identify inefficiencies and to understand the potential of a combination of logistics and traffic management measures. An integrated logistics and traffic management model is also being developed to enable the most targeted deployment of measures. Together with practical partners, three pilots will be carried out during the project to test the most promising measures in practice.

Ondanks de aandacht voor stedelijke logistiek, blijven echte doorbraken uit. Veel experimenten worden niet opgeschaald naar andere steden. Dit voorstel gaat uit van lokale co-creatie om tot innovatie te komen voor repeterende stedelijke vervoersbewegingen, waarin vervoerders, steden en kennisinstellingen lokaal samenwerken. Anderzijds wordt het living lab regionaal breed gepland, in de G4-steden, om te zorgen dat de lokale experimenten (bij goed resultaat) in andere steden worden uitgerold. Binnen fase 1 bepaalt het kernconsortium de visie, doelen, rollen en verantwoordelijkheden en manier van werken in het living lab en worden de lokale experimenten met lokale teams gepland.

The timing of light exposure, physical activity, and food intake are important cues for synchronising the biological clock. Disruption of the biological clock is a clear threat to both public health and vulnerable ecosystems. Especially in a highly industrialised country such as The Netherlands there is a mismatch between biological clocks and social demands. However, these cues have drastically – and abruptly - changed in our modern society due to the widespread use of artificial light and the round-the-clock demand for goods and services. Fundamental research has shown that precisely these conditions cause desynchrony among clock cells.