About this Event
As it returns for its 2025 edition, the Symposium on Urban Mobility Challenges will dive into a crucial mobility topic: the integration of vehicles and cities. As urban areas evolve, the relationship between mobility systems and city infrastructure becomes increasingly complex and more important than ever to understand and manage. ??️
This year’s event will examine how cities are using data to shape their transport strategies, how impact evaluation is being integrated into decision-making processes, and how innovation plays a pivotal role in developing adaptable, efficient, and sustainable mobility systems. ?
Bringing together stakeholders from research, industry, and public administration, the symposium will offer a space for reflection and debate. By addressing how innovation is implemented and measured in real contexts, we aim to spark a conversation on how vehicles and cities can coexist more harmoniously, creating accessible urban environments for all. ???️
Agenda
?: 08:45 AM - 09:00 AM
Registration
?: 09:00 AM - 09:15 AM
Opening Session
Info: Prof. Dr. Lluís Jofre Roca, Academic Director of CARNET (UPC)
Santiago Hermida, Head of Innovation & Benchmarking & Strategy (SEAT S.A.)
Alexander Siebeneich, Industrial Director of CARNET (VW)
?: 09:15 AM - 09:45 AM
Keynote
Info: Guido Di Pasquale, Director at Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE) Europe
?: 09:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Round Table 1: Early Innovation
Info: Moderator: Dr. Cecilio Angulo, Full Professor (UPC) - Founder (IDEAI-UPC)
Speaker: TBD
Speaker: Kishmala Imtiaz, Model Automation Specialist (PTV Group)
Speaker: Oliva Garcia Cantu Ros, Chief Research & Development Officer (NOMMON)
?: 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Coffee Break
?: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Round Table 2: Adoption of Technological Innovations
Info: Moderator: Cristian Bardají, Director of Mobility Area (RACC)
Speaker: Soledad Pérez-Galdós Enríquez de Salamanca, Infrastructure and Innovation Coordinator (Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid)
Speaker: Manuel Crespo, Project Manager (CINESI)
Speaker: Marc Iglesias, Director of sustainable mobility managment services at Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB)
?: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Round Table 3: Impact of Technological Innovations
Info: Moderator: TBD
Speaker: Christian Schlitzberger,Senior Manager, Connected Energy Systems (Volkswagen Group Innovation)
Speaker: Willem-Frederik Metzelaar, Head of Innovation Hub West (EIT Urban Mobility)
Speaker: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Vietor, Full-Professor (Technical University of Braunschweig)
?: 01:30 PM - 01:45 PM
Closure
Info: TBD, Digital Innovation Manager (Telefónica)
Jordi Berenguer Sau, Vice Chancellor of Transfer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (UPC)
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos de Barcelona, 1-3 Carrer de Jordi Girona, Barcelona, Spain
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