On Wednesday, October 15 2025, the Transport Innovation Forum 2025 in Vilnius featured a session dedicated to the upcoming eFTI transition, organised with the support of the eFTI4EU project and curated by project partner Transport Innovation Association (TIA). The gathering brought together government representatives, logistics companies and platform specialists to reflect on how Europe’s freight transport sector can prepare for the shift to electronic freight-transport information and accelerate practical deployment of the eFTI Regulation.
Opening the session, TIA CEO Rugilė Andziukevičiūtė-Buzė highlighted the scale of change ahead, noting that the move to electronic freight-transport information should be seen not only as a regulatory requirement but as a chance to modernise logistics for a fully digital era—so long as public and private stakeholders work in step. Her intervention set the tone for a conversation centred on joint responsibility and coordinated action.
The discussion unfolded through a series of expert contributions. Lasse Nykänen (CEO of Vediafi and Senior Partner at eFTI EXPERT OÜ) offered an overview of Europe’s current level of preparedness, drawing particularly on Finland’s national “gateway” model and the lessons emerging from its experience. Representatives of the Open Logistics Foundation, including Nathalie Böhning and Annika Kamen, then examined how open-source platforms and collaborative development can ease interoperability challenges and support the wider eFTI ecosystem. The session concluded with a roundtable exploring how public administrations and businesses can align regulatory frameworks, certification processes, and operational readiness to ensure a smooth transition to digital freight data exchange.
Across all interventions, one message was clear: real progress will depend on strong cooperation. Governments, IT-platform providers and logistics operators must advance together in developing certified gateways, adopting shared data models and ensuring that organisations are genuinely prepared for compliance.
