The Urban Mobility Days 2023 conference was held in Seville, Spain, organised by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Mobility & Transport (DG MOVE), and the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU. The conference drew in over 800 participants from across Europe and beyond, both on-site and remotely, and it provided an opportunity for exchange, insights and new discoveries in the field of sustainable urban mobility.
From events discussing the common European mobility data space, enabling a Just Transition, and how to integrate shared-mobility solutions in the urban mobility ecosystem, Urban Mobility Days speakers covered a rich and wide range of pressing urban mobility questions.
As 2023 is the European Year of Skills, Urban Mobility Days also had a specific focus on transport skills.
We hope that you enjoyed the panel sessions and exhibition, and most importantly took some inspiration for how sustainable mobility practices can be shared with your community. For those who weren’t able to join the sessions live, or for those who want to re-live any part of the three days, we are glad to share the recordings and conference materials, which are laid out below. Photos of the event are also available here.
Day 1: 4 October 2023
Opening Ceremony
Master of Ceremony:
- Marinda Hall
Speakers:
- Adina-Ioana Vălean - European Commissioner for Transport - European Commission
- Ignacio Manuel Flores Berenguer - Deputy Mayor of Seville responsible for Security, Mobility and Human Resources
- Rocío Díaz Jiménez - Regional Minister of Development, Territorial Planning and Housing - Government of Andalusia
- Raquel Sánchez Jiménez - Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda - Spain
Meet the CIVITAS Community
Slides of Meet the CIVITAS Community
Moderated by Marcel Rommerts, CINEA, Head of Unit Horizon Europe Transport
Speakers:
- Andreas Piller - Sustainable Mobility Officer - ICLEI Europe
- Arianna Americo - Project & Forum Coordinator - Mobility, Eurocities
- Uli Lerche - Consultant Capacity Building - DTV Consultants
- Nina Nesterova - Professor Sustainable Development of Tourism and Transport - Breda University of Applied Sciences
Panellists:
- Stella Aaltonen - Project Manager - City of Turku
- Ilie Bricicaru - Director of Road Infrastructure Safety Observatory - Technical University of Moldova
- Theocharis Tsoutsos - Director of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Lab - Technical University of Crete
Workshop: Engaging with the Public and End Users on Sustainable Urban Mobility Solutions
Slides of Workshop: Engaging with the Public and End Users on Sustainable Urban Mobility Solutions
Co-hosted by EIT Urban Mobility and POLIS
Plenary 1 - Urban Mobility Community Support to Ukraine
Moderated by Marinda Hall
Speakers:
- Ihor Terekhov – Mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine (video message)
- André Sobczak - Eurocities - Secretary General
- Kris Peeters - EIB - Vice-President responsible for Transport
- Magda Kopczyńska - DG MOVE, European Commission - Director General
- Lola Ortiz Sánchez - Municipality of Madrid - General Director of Planning and Mobility Infrastructures
Project Pitches (Session 1)
Slides of Project Pitches (Session 1)
- REALLOCATE - Francesco Pilla - Full Professor and Chair | Smart and Sustainable Cities - University College Dublin
- ELABORATOR - Anna Antonakopoulou - Smart Mobility Applied Systems Team Leader - ISenseGroup/ICCS
- AMIGOS - Stephanie Keßler – State Office, Senate Chancellery - Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- NEMO - Peter Liljenberg - Head of Operations and Consultancy - Opus RSE
- AiRMOUR - Patrick van Egmond - Managing Director - LuxMobility
- DISCO - Paola Cossu - Chief Executive Officer and Shareholder - FIT Consulting srl
- UNCHAIN - Elena García Jiménez - Project Manager - ETRA I+D
- UPPER - Mircea Steriu - Project Manager - International Association of Public Transport
- SPINE - Makis Kouloumbis - Projects Portfolio Director - Inlecom Systems Ltd.
- SUM - Luce Brotcorne - Senior Researcher - INRIA
The Whys and Wherefores of Urban Nodes
Moderated by Torsten Klimke, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG MOVE
Speakers:
- Maria Corral, Deputy Director General, Planning, Trans-European Network and Logistics of the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (Spain)
- Yo Kaminagai, Head of Design in the Projects management Department at RATP
- José Lugo Moreno, Councillor for Mobility at City Council of Seville
- Fernando Liesa, Secretary General of ALICE
Transforming Urban Public Transport – a Global Perspective
Moderated by Mohamed Mezghani, UITP, Secretary General
Speakers:
- Laura Delgado Hernandez - EMTA - Board Member
- Tu-Tho Thai - Information Technology for Public Transport - Manager, Projects & Partnerships
- Stephane Feray-Beaumont - Alstom - Group Innovation & Smart Mobility – Vice President
- Juan José Rodriguez - Urban Transport of Seville - Chief Operating Officer
Linking Urban Mobility and Urban Space to Achieve Climate Neutrality
Moderated by Barbara Pons, Barcelona City Council, Commissioner for 2030 Agenda
Speakers:
- Karen Vancluysen - POLIS - Secretary General
- Rosalinde Van der Vlies - Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (EC RTD) - Deputy Cities Mission Manager
- Janet Ågren - City of Umea - Deputy Mayor
- Kristina Krupaviciene - European Economic and Social Committee - Member
- Joost Vantomme - ERTICO - CEO
Day 2: 5 October 2023
Mobility for Sustainable Tourism
Moderated by Sylwia Borkowska, Strategy and Policy Coordinator at the European Commission, DG MOVE
Speakers:
- Bente Grimm - NIT - Head of Tourist Mobility Research
- Nina Nesterova - Stichting Breda University of Applied Sciences - Professor Sustainable Development in Tourism and Transport
- Chris Greenwood - Moffat Centre for Travel and Tourism Business Development - Senior Research Fellow
- Patrick Torrent I Queralt - NECSTouR - Vice President
The Energy Needs of Urban Mobility
Moderated by Laurianne Krid, FIA Region I, Director General
Speakers:
- Alessandra Barbieri - Municipality of Florence - Manager of Fundraising and European Projects Office
- John Smith - An Post - Head of Sustainable Infrastructure and Facilities Management
- Gabriele Simakauskaite - Chargeup Europe - Policy Manager
- Paul Wilczek - Eurelectric - Head of Energy Policy, Climate & Sustainability
- Laurent Probst - Île-de-France Mobilités - Director General and Vice President of EMTA
All You Ever Wanted to Know About the Common European Mobility Data Space
Slides of All You Ever Wanted to Know About the Common European Mobility Data Space
Moderated by Dim Gkatzoflias, European Commission, DG MOVE, Policy Officer
Speakers:
- Johanna Tzanidaki - ERTICO - Chief Innovation Officer
- Daniel Serra - EIT Urban Mobility - Director Ecosystems and Stakeholders
- Peter Staelens - Eurocities - Head of Mobility
- Thomas Geier - European Metropolitan Transport Authorities (EMTA) - Policy Advisor
Safe Urban Public Space for Children
Slides of Safe Urban Public Space for Children
Moderated by Claire Depré, European Commission, DG MOVE, Head of Unit Road safety
Speakers:
- Tracey Lydon - An Taisce - the National Trust for Ireland - Programme Manager, Safe Routes to School
- Susanna Hauptmann - Radland - Managing Director, Radland Lower Austria
- Eva Oosters - City of Utrecht - Deputy Mayor for environment and zero-emission transport
- Antonio Granado Pérez - Ministry of Interior (Spain), Directorate-General for Traffic - Director of the Traffic Management Centre in the Southwest area
- Annemie Drieskens - COFACE - President
Urban Vehicle Access Regulations: are Perspectives Converging?
Slides of Urban Vehicle Access Regulations: are Perspectives Converging?
Moderated by Ivo Cré, POLIS, Director Policy and Projects
Speakers:
- Rosemarie Cramer - Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management - Advisor International Sustainable Logistics
- Jehan de Thé - Europcar Mobility Group - Group Public Affairs Director
- Nigel Williams - European Parking Association - President
- Carlotta Bonvicini - Reggio Emilia - Councilor for Sustainability Policies
- Raluca Marian - International Road Union - General Delegate of the Permanent Delegation to the EU
Urban Air Mobility – User Needs and Acceptance
Moderated by Pia Peitl, European Commission, DG MOVE, Policy Officer
Speakers:
- Daniel Garcia-Monteavaro - ENAIRE - Head of the Drones Business Development Department
- Astrid Szogs - Regionalmanagement Nordhessen GmbH - Managing Director MoWiN.net e.V. and Clustermanager Mobility
- Geert Van Waeg - International Federation of Pedestrians - President
- Kai Bauer - European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) - Principal Advisor to Safety Management and Intelligence Director and Project Manager for the IAM Hub
- Patrick van Egmond - LuxMobility - Managing Director
National SUMP Support Programmes: How to Tailor Support to the Needs of Cities
Moderated by Isabelle Vandoorne, European Commission, DG MOVE, Deputy Head of Unit
Speakers:
- Maria Perkuszewska - Ministry of Infrastructure, Poland - Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans in Poland; Co-Leader of EGUM SUMP Sub-group
- Wolfgang Backhaus - Rupprecht Consult - Managing Director
- Alexandre Santacreu - European Metropolitan Transport Authorities (EMTA) - Secretary General
- Alan OBrien - EIB JASPERS - Senior Transport Advisor
- Manuel Márquez Pigner - Junta de Andalucía - Head of Unit
Urban Logistics: Delivering Sustainability on Time
Slides of Urban Logistics: Delivering Sustainability on Time
Moderated by Fernando Liesa, ALICE, Secretary General
Speakers:
- María Luisa Melo - DHL Express Europe - Director Public Affairs & Regulatory Western & Southern Europe
- Pieter Leonard - Colruyt - Capability Manager Transport
- Gabriela Lněničková - City of Prague - Member of the City Assembly, Committees for Transport, Urban Planning and Foreign Affairs
- Hélène De Solère - CEREMA - Logistics Project Manager
- Tu My Tran - ICLEI - Head Sustainable Mobility (including EcoLogistics initiative)
Funding and Financing Urban Mobility: Lessons Learnt and New Ideas
Moderated by Herald Ruijters, European Commission, DG MOVE, Acting Deputy Director General
Speakers:
- Ángeles Marín - Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (Spain) - Director of the Mobility Strategy Office
- Françoise Guaspare - Île-de-France Europe - Senior Policy Advisor
- Paloma Aba Garrote - CINEA - Director
- Valentina Oriol - City of Bologna - Deputy Mayor
- Emil Boc - European Committee of the Regions - Chair of the COTER Commission
Cycling into the Future
Slides of Plenary 2 Cycling into the Future
Moderated by Marinda Hall
Speakers:
- Herald Ruijters - European Commission, DG MOVE - Acting Deputy Director General
- Manuel Calvo Salazar - EstudioMC (Seville) - Ecourbanism and Sustainable Mobility Consultant
- Karima Delli - European Parliament - MEP
- Jill Warren - European Cyclists Federation (ECF) - CEO
- Maria Jose Rallo - Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (Spain) - General Secretary for Transport and Mobility
- Georges Gilkinet - Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport (Belgium) - Deputy Prime Minister + Minister of Mobility
Day 3: 6 October 2023
Sustainable Urban Mobility Indicators: Good Practice in Collecting Data
Moderated by Ines Hartwig, European Commission, DG MOVE, Policy Officer
Speakers:
- Thomas Lymes - Eurocities - Co-chair of SUMP sub-group of Expert group on urban mobility
- Polona Demšar Mitrovič - Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy of the Republic of Slovenia - Secretary
- Peter Munnery - Sofiaplan - Expert - Transport Infrastructure, Planning & Mobility
- Neri di Volo - EIB JASPERS - Principal Advisor and Lead Transport Specialist
How to Integrate Shared-Mobility Solutions in the Urban Mobility Ecosystem
Moderated by Thomas Avanzata, UITP, Spokesperson of the European Union Committee
Speakers:
- Gregor Beiner - Taxis 4 Smart Mobility (T4SM) - Chairperson
- Eirini Zafeiratou - Bolt - Vice President Global Public Policy & Regulation, representing Move EU and MMfE
- François Hoehlinger - Intermobility - Mobility leader & Co-founder
- Ana Ariño - Bird Spain and Portugal - Managing Regional Director
- Marijke De Roeck - City of Antwerp - Communication & Participation Manager
Best of Mobility Management Actions
Slides of Best of Mobility Management Actions
Moderated by Robert Thaler, Senior Sustainable Mobility Expert, former Head of Department Active Mobility and Mobility Management at the Austrian Ministry of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (recently retired), former President of the European Platform on Mobility Management (EPOMM)
Speakers:
- Katharina Paoli Brunat - Nudgd.io - CEO / Co-Founder
- Marcin Domański - Metropolia GZM (Winner of MOBILITYACTION Award) - Deputy Director, Transport Department
- Melanie Schade - National Focal Point Mobility Management, Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) within the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR), and Vice President of the European Platform on Mobility Management (EPOMM)
- Hannah Hook - EIT Urban Mobility Fellow - Postdoctoral Researcher in Social and Economic Geography
- Juan Caballero - Campaign Manager - European Mobility Week (Eurocities)
Project Pitches (Session 2)
Slides of Project pitches (Session 2)
- GEMINI - Shaghayegh Rahnama - Researcher - ITAINNOVA
- GREEN-LOG - Akrivi (Vivian) Kiousi - Senior Business Innovation Manager, Head of Transport Lab RID Department - NetCompany-Intrasoft
- SOLUTIONSplus - Oliver Lah - Coordinator - Urban Living Lab Center
- eBRT2030 - Flavio Grazian - Project Manager – Knowledge & Innovation - UITP - International Association of Public Transport
- USER-CHI - Ángel Moya - Project Manager - Department of Technology - ETRA I+D
- SHOW - Clarisse de Cerjat - Project Coordinator - Eurocities
- ULTIMO - Ricardo Alcala Farrugia - Southern Europe Business Developer - Padam Mobility (Siemens Mobility)
- ORCHESTRA - Runar Søråsen - Senior Business Development Manager - ITS-Norway
- TANGENT - Arka Ghosh - Research Associate - Universidad de Deusto
- FRONTIER - Pol Torres Álvarez - Data Scientist & Researcher - EURECAT
Plenary 3 – Just Transition and Skills in Urban Mobility
Moderated by Marinda Hall
Speakers:
- Jaime Moreno - Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (Spain) - Director-General for Land Transport
- Livia Spera - European Transport Workers' Federation - Secretary General
- Maria Tsavachidis - EIT Urban Mobility - CEO
- Kevin Mayne - Cycling Industries Europe - CEO
Conclusions
Moderated by Marinda Hall
Speakers:
- Heral Ruijters - European Commission, DG MOVE - Acting Deputy Director General
- Teije Gorris - DTV Consultants - Team Lead Capacity Building
- Brechtje Walburgh Schmidt - DTV Consultants - Consultant Capacity Building
- Uli Lerche - DTV Consultants - Consultant Capacity Building