COMING UP IN 2023

MOBILITY

Here you’ll find all the content relating to the mobility sector that will be covered at #SCEWC23.

MOBILITY

Multiple lockdowns in 2020-2021, the rise of remote working, and stay-at-home orders have undoubtedly impacted urban mobility. Many cities worldwide have experienced a reduction in the volume of people commuting and a rise of alternative and active modes of transport, such as cycling and walking. Will this trend remain while we’re living with endemic COVID? How can cities turn crisis into an opportunity to accelerate towards more sustainable, resilient, and human-centric urban mobility systems?

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With cities rapidly expanding and new technologies constantly appearing on the horizon, the sector needs a place to convene, discuss the big issues and discover solutions – and that’s where Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress comes in.

Within the framework of Smart City Expo World Congress, #TMWC has returned to Barcelona this November to reignite the debate on urban mobility, co-organized by Fira Barcelona and EIT Urban Mobility, an initiative of the EU’s European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).

KEY DEBATE TOPICS FOR THE 2023 EDITION

Mobility Data Spaces

Establishing governance structures and policies, including their associated business models, is a key step to enabling data sharing and unlocking the potential of mobility data to enable and/or improve sustainable mobility services (international rail travel, in-car data powering insurance, or traffic management, for instance). Connecting different mobility data ecosystems in a secure way (cybersecurity) will provide better tailored, higher quality mobility services.

Inclusivity, Affordability & Fairness

Inclusivity, Affordability & Fariness

A major aspect to design the future of mobility is inclusivity policies to benefit all population groups and don’t leave anyone behind: from gender equality in transport planning and operations to redesigning services for an ageing society (15-minute cities), reducing transit deserts (transport on-demand), safer street designs that enhance children’s autonomy, or policies that have the potential to reduce transport poverty.

Connected, Cooperative & Automated Mobility

CCAM

To enable the adoption of automated vehicles for passengers and goods, it’s necessary to allow the exchange of information among vehicles and the road infrastructure. The accelerated deployment of 5G connectivity corridors, artificial intelligence and semiconductors, cybersecurity for resilient digital infrastructures, is very important. Enhanced last-mile logistics can benefit from CCAM applications, as well as more efficient public transport network operations.

Sustainable Urban Logistics

Last mile urban logistics must gain higher levels of efficiency through concepts like the better integration of ports and cities, new delivery models, pick-up points, shared goods services, digitalization of the logistics value chain, or new models to improve reverse logistics due to new customer e-commerce habits. Logistics can benefit from the deployment of technologies like electrification, and artificial intelligence for route optimization and demand prediction.

Multimodality

Better travel options for citizens capable of reducing private car ownership, such as multimodal e-ticketing and payments systems, enabling multimodal travel services that integrate public transport and micromobility for better end-to-end traveler experience will power data for multimodal traffic management integrating information from the public, private-own and private-shared fleets. Such integrations can optimize transport networks and nudge travelers’ behavior towards more sustainable choices.

Urban Air Mobility

While policies and user acceptance enabling UAM still suggest the medium to long term horizon for passengers, several use cases are emerging for air mobility: freight distribution in geofenced areas like ports or industrial parks, event management, or emergency response coordination. For such use cases, eVTOLs and drones can cater to specific use-cases and add value to our existing transport systems.

Energy Transition

As the transition to net-zero economies accelerates, different models of energy storage compete to power electric vehicles: battery technology aims to optimize dependency on specific scarce materials, while green hydrogen emerges as an alternative that can guarantee sovereignty in energy supply. Energy communities based on local generation, vehicle-grid integration and smart management systems are also key. Ramping up recycling capacity will be crucial to leverage the benefits of circular economy for the energy transition.

Active Mobility

In 2021 bicycle and e-bike sales reached an all-time record in the EU, with over 22 million units sold. In that year, total sales of bicycles and e-bikes increased 7.5% in comparison with 2020, reaching almost €20bn. This trend, together with the growth in popularity of micromobility services, gives a boost to active mobility in our cities. Combined with journeys by foot, it makes a significant contribution to quieter and cleaner streets, while directly improving citizens’ health.

CONGRESS

SPEAKERS ON STAGE

Just some of the many speakers that joined the debate last year!

Maria Tsavachidis
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CEO, EIT Urban Mobility

Kelly Larson
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Leading Road Safety and Drowning Prevention,
Bloomerg Philanthropies

Karen Vancluysen
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Secretary General,
POLIS

Mikael Colville-Andersen
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Urban Design Expert,
Coolville Design

Winfried Hermann
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Minister of Transport,

State of Baden Württemberg, Germany

Marco te Brömmelstroet
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Professor in Urban Mobility Futures,
University of Amsterdam

Manuela López Menéndez
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Secretary of Transport and Public Works, City of
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Pauline Aymonier
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Head of Public Policy, Smart Sustainable City,
TIER Mobility

Julien Chamussy
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CEO,
Fluctuo

VIDEO ROUNDUPS

Get an overview of what was covered during theme sessions in previous editions.

Janette Sadik-Khan:
"When you change the street, you change the world"

Sustainable Mobility
Mobility Track at SCEWC19

Tomorrow.Mobility Live 2021

EXPO

Some of the Mobility organizations in the 2022 Exhibition Area.

– ACCZERO
– ADEUNIS
– AD-KNIGHT
– ALE INTERNATIONAL
– AMB MOBILITY
– AXESS
– BSM BARCELONA DE SERVEIS MUNICIPALS
– C2A-SEC
– CARNET
– CITY TRANSFORMER
– CLEVERCITI SYSTEMS
– CO-MOVING CARPOOL
– CODRA
– CTAG
– CYNAPSE
– DELOITTE
– EASYMILE
– EASYPARK
– EBERSPACHER
– ECOMOTION
– EIT URBAN MOBILITY
– ELECTRONIC TRAFIC
– EQUINSA
– FERROCARRILS GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA
– FLIR
– FLOOX BY PREMIUM PSU
– FLOWBIRD
– GREENCAR
– HAYDEN AI
– IGNASI CLOTET / UPANDBIKE
– KEMPOWER
– KEOLIS
– LACROIX GROUP
– LAMPSY
– LYKO SAS
– MERCEDES-BENZ
– MICROVISION
– MOBI
– MOVENTIA
– NEURAL LABS
– NEXT BIKE
– NEXUS GEOGRAPHICS
– ON BOARD HELMET
– ONGINEER
– OUTSIGHT
– PARABOL
– PARAGON ID
– PARKHELP
– PBSC URBAN SOLUTIONS
– POWERUP
– PRYNTEC
– RACC
– RENFE
– SMARTMICRO
– SPARKER HUB
– SPRINX TECHNOLOGIES
– SYNOX
– TRANSPORT METROPOLITA DE BARCELONA (TMB)
– TEB SA
– UPCITI
– URBAFLUX
– VELODYNE
– VIA LIBRE
– VOLVO
– WINTICS
– YUP

PARTNERS

Leading organizations that shared their expertise at #SCEWC22.

PARTNERS

SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS

STRATEGIC ORGANIZATIONS

COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS

PARTICIPANTS

ATTENDEE PROFILES

Discover some of the mobility sector roles that were present at the event last year.

Chief Mobility Officer
City Manager
Coordinator for Mobility Transition
Director of Electric Vehicle Business Development
Director of E-Mobility Innovation
Director Geographical Information Systems
Director of Intelligent Transportation Systems
Director of Public Transportation
Director of Transport and Infrastructure
Director of Transport Authority
Director of Urban Mobility Services
Director of Urban Planning
General Director of Road Safety and Sustainable Urban Mobility Systems
Head of Traffic Engineering
Head of Urban Air Mobility
Manager of Transportation Planning
Municipal Secretary of Traffic, Mobility and Transport
Urban Planner

PUBLIC SECTOR REPRESENTATIVES

A selection of the public sector representatives who took part at last year’s event!

Minister of Transport

State of Baden-Württemberg

Germany

Transportation Undersecretary

Government of Chile

Chile

Secretary of Transport and Public Works

City of Buenos Aires

Argentina

Deputy Head of Mobility Strategies and Head of the Public Transport Team

City of Vienna

Austria

Deputy Manager of Urban Mobility and Road Safety

Municipality of Miraflores

Peru

Deputy Mayor for Transportation

City of Tel Aviv Yafo

Israel

Minister of Transport

HM Government of Gibraltar

Gibraltar

General Director of Transit, Mobility and Security

Municipality of San José

Uruguay

Head of Transport Department

Municipality of Kumasi

Ghana

Head of Project Department and Government Area of Environment and Mobility

City of Madrid

Spain

Principal Secretary Urban Development Department

Municipality of Maharashtra
India

Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda

Government of Spain
Spain

Head of Transport Department

Tallinn Transport Department
Estonia

Coordinator for mobility transition

City of Dortmund
Germany

Director of Mobility and Sustainability

Ayuntamiento de Bilbao
Spain

Head of Transport Department

Konya Metropolitan Municipality
Turkey

SIDE EVENTS

A selection of the extensive program of 2022 Side Events related to this track.

Tackling city and industry mobility challenges

With the rise of active and micro mobility in urban areas, new challenges arise like finding harmony between sharing services and other users of the area. It also includes the increase in e-bikes and e-scooters, the request for safe and secure parking like (chargeable) docking stations, and the need for more data-driven insights. In this session we will highlight several pilots in which solutions of innovative European scale ups are being tested.
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Moving with Robots

This session is a joint presentation of two EU-funded projects: Ride2Autonomy and WE-TRANSFORM. It will include a presentation of both an autonomous shuttle pilot in a port environment and a knowledge brief on the role of humans in automated public transport services. After a summary of the outcomes of both initiatives, a short discussion with the audience will be organised to reflect on how to integrate automated transport services in society.
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The future of Roads > Planning for Autonomous Mobility

The rapid growth of new technologies, on the one hand, and the increase in demand for safe, clean, comfortable, efficient, and sustainable transportation, on the other hand, stimulated/nudged the advancement of automation in the transport sector. This session will present new challenges as well as opportunities for the transport sector based on the experiences gathered through the delivery of the training “Planning for Autonomous Mobility”.
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Mercedes-Benz Urban Mobility: Shape intelligent and sustainable urban mobility

Panel discussion on the role of data in urban areas. LIVE DEMO Mercedes-Benz City Dashboard – From Vehicle Data to Data-driven Decision making at City Level.
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KNOWLEDGE PILLS

Beyond the event, our digital platform shares the latest content relating to what’s going on in the mobility sector all year round

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