Track: Tomorrow.Mobility

Improving air quality is key to more liveable urban spaces, and a priority for many European cities. The transition to a zero-emission transport sector is needed to achieve this goal. Across Europe, schemes to reduce traffic pollution such as low-emission zones (LEZ) have multiplied, and more are planned in the future. What specific aspects need to be considered when planning and implementing LEZ? Are cities ready for the increasing number of electric vehicles?

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/tackling-pollution-with-low-emission-zones-and-road-charging/

The EU Green Deal objectives cannot be achieved without innovators and solution providers. Yet, entrepreneurs sometimes struggle to find the right funding sources to turn their ideas into reality. In this session, institutional and private investors will shed light on the current funding landscape, and successful entrepreneurs will share their experience with getting funded. What can we learn from high-performing start-ups and scale-ups? How can innovators connect with investors to maximise their impact?

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/getting-your-mobility-solutions-funded/

Over the past two years, many have speculated about the post-pandemic world, what will it look like and how will mobility patterns be affected by it? As restrictions have been progressively lifted, the new normal looks very similar to the old status quo, with congestion levels in cities that have bounced back to their pre-pandemic levels. How has this impacted sustainable forms of transport, safety, and mobility regulatory frameworks? Has the mobility behaviour of users changed? What longer-term effects can be expected from the pandemic?

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/what-happened-to-the-new-normal%e2%80%af%e2%80%af/

Shared, on-demand active mobility are key ingredients of a successful transition to sustainable urban mobility. While the uptake of these solutions depends on specific city conditions and citizens’ attitudes, providing the necessary digital and physical infrastructure is a crucial step. In this session, city and industry representatives will discuss their roles in making multimodal mobility easier for citizens thanks to targeted changes in the built environment and user-friendly digital offerings.

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/the-right-city-infrastructure-to-boost-shared-active-mobility/

Debates on the inclusiveness of urban space have been gaining attention with compelling mobility concepts such as the 15mn city. Centred around principles such as accessibility, proximity, or tactical urbanism, these concepts call for an overhaul of how public space is distributed in cities – and could completely reset urban mobility systems. How far are cities from implementing this vision? What are priorities areas that should be addressed to get there? What opportunities can be expected from street redesign and public realm transformations?

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/accessibility-and-inclusiveness-drivers-of-new-urban-mobility-opportunities/

Mobility data space, blockchain, autonomous vehicles, data security and sovereignty... These new technological developments in the mobility sector are supposed to revolutionise how we move around. But what has actually been achieved so far? What are the use cases that can really contribute to more liveable urban spaces? How can the private and public sectors collaborate to maximise the benefits of these technologies?

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/digital-trends-and-urban-mobility-are-we-all-aware/

A growing body of evidence points to the differences between men and women travel patterns and mode usage. While it is common to consider urban transport to be gender-neutral, transport planning is unconsciously biased towards traditional male travel patterns and modes. What are the structural gender differences and mobility patterns resulting from them? How can they be best taken into account by cities and urban planners?

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/new-ways-to-achieve-gender-equality-in-transport/

In a context of high energy prices, inflation skyrocketing and supply chains disruption, increasing urbanisation, expectations toward public transport are higher than ever. Yet in many cities, public transport networks reach the limits of their capacity. Faced with these challenges, how can public transport innovations keep the service reliable and affordable?

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/perfect-storm-public-transport-innovations-to-the-rescue%e2%80%af/

Few topics are more controversial than Urban Air Mobility (UAM) in the current mobility debate. While UAM advocates point to significant efficiency gains, questions have been raised about the contribution of the technology to more liveable cities, its safety, and maturity. In this session, our speakers will discuss the framework conditions impacting urban air mobility operations, and the use cases that directly support cities in the digitalisation and decarbonisation transition. They will reflect on cities and citizens’ expectations toward UAM.

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/cities-and-citizens-expectations-to-shape-urban-air-mobility/

We need to transform our cities and our mobility systems to have a chance of reaching carbon neutrality. The fast increase this year in oil and gas prices has impacted the energy and mobility sectors’ decarbonisation efforts. In this high-level session, speakers will reflect on challenges and opportunities resulting from this situation and discuss their approaches to liveable cities in this new context.

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/energy-crisis-what-consequences-for-the-urban-mobility-transition%e2%80%af%e2%80%af/

Smoother and cleaner logistics operations, especially for the last mile of the logistics chain, are a well identified challenge. The discussion took a whole new dimension with the stark increase in online shopping seen during the pandemic. While solutions such as electrification and cycle logistics have ramped up significantly over the past years, what are the next innovations that can further improve sustainable city logistics? How close to market are they? What do they need to scale?

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/scaling-innovations-to-decarbonise-last-mile-logistics/

With the dynamic uptake of micromobility across European cities, public authorities and industry have been striving to find workable solutions to provide space for these modes while ensuring safety of riders and other users of public realm. This session will discuss the improvements made in this regard over the past few years, as well as the relationship between safety and increased adoption and acceptability of micromobility in cities.

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/micromobility-safety-key-to-adoption-and-accessibility/