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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