Autonomy Paris: Autonomy Mobility World Expo 2023

AUTONOMY MOBILITY WORLD EXPO is the world’s largest annual gathering of international policymakers, institutions, NGOs, corporations, companies, and start-ups focused on sustainable urban mobility solutions welcoming 200+ exhibitors, 300+ speakers, and 8,000+ participants every year in March.

The theme of this year's Expo is 'Empowering the Shift from Motorist to Mobilist' — a theme that will be touched on in seven different session threads:

Smart Mobility Cities: The Smart Mobility City for Today and Tomorrow (22 March - Agora 1)
Mass Transit Tech: Mass Transit: The Backbone of the Mobility Transition (23 March - Agora 1)
e-Mobility: Engineering the switch from fossil to electric mobility (23 March - Agora 2)
Fleet Services: Software empowering fleet managers to make the shift to greener fleets (22 March - Agora 3)
Shared Mobility: Scaling Sharing to Profitability (22 March - Agora 2)
Urban Logistics: Getting Cities, Companies and Consumers to Smile with the Last-mile (23 March - Agora 3)
Autonomous Vehicles: It's time to deploy Autonomous Vehicles on our streets (23 March - Agora 3)

The programme of the Expo is available in full here.

POLIS at AUTONOMY - Where to find us!

For the 4th year in a row, POLIS and AUTONOMY are collaborating to bring you CITY VOICES - #GetOurCitiesMoving conference track at the Autonomy Mobility World Expo 2023.

Join mobility decision-makers from cities across the globe to share experiences, successes, and lessons learned to drive progress towards a more sustainable and smarter future for urban mobility.

Some of the speakers include Ivo Cré, Director of Policy and Projects at POLIS; Tim Asperges, City of Leuven's Mobility Advisor, Matthieu Graindorge, City of Helmond's Senior Project Manager and many more!

Check our sessions below:

22 March 2023 | Main Stage | 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Without a Just Transition… there just won’t be a transition!

Urban mobility must change substantively, to become cleaner and more resilient- this is no secret. Climate goals may be biting at our heels, nevertheless, efforts to cut carbon cannot overlook the impacts of our ambitious plans on some of the most vulnerable members of society. Affordability, accessibility, and inclusivity must be at the heart of the mobility transition. A Just Transition in urban mobility ensures that the shift towards cleaner mobility is equitable and beneficial to all members of society, while at the same time ensuring our transport sector reflects those it seeks to serve. A major question now for our cities, regions, operators, and others is how to measure or benchmark accessibility. This panel examines how we can better determine what constitutes accessible and affordable transport and how building a more diverse transport workforce, from depot to boardroom, will accelerate this process.

With:

Isobel Duxfield, Membership & Communications Manager at POLIS;
Nick Fairclough, Senior Policy Manager at Transport for Greater Manchester;
Huub Hoenjet, Researcher - Mobility at Amsterdam Vervoerregio;
François Hoehlinger, Deputy CEO at Troopy;
Adriana Certuche, Undersecretary of Citizen Services at City of Bogotá.

Moderated by:

Karen Vancluysen, Secretary General at POLIS.

22 March 2023 | City Lounge | 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Networking

Networking with European Cities

22 March 2023 | Main Stage | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Macro-managing Micromobility

Shared micromobility continues to be a hot topic. For many cities, it has been more of a ‘hot potato’, as the ‘invasion’ of e-scooters and e-bikes triggered a public outcry, inflamed debates in the media and put mayors, deputy mayors, and transportation officials on the spot: “Do something!”. New studies, reports and guidelines have been coming out regularly, along with a steady stream of news and editorials. It has become a crowded debate, polarised by technological breakthroughs and regulatory crackdowns. As a network of cities and regions dedicated to transport innovation, it’s our duty to go beyond the media frenzy. We clearly need a constructive framework to stimulate strategic dialogue and cooperation among all parties – that’s the only way of shaping win-win solutions.

With:

Pedro Homem de Gouveia, Senior Policy & Project Manager at POLIS;
László Sándor Kerényi, Director - Strategic Planning at BKK Budapest;
Bruna Cavaglià, Head of Mobility Department at City of Torino;
Karima Delli, Tourism & Transport Committee Chair at European Parliament;
Kristjan Maruste, CEO at AIKE;
Nicolas Gorse, Chief Business Officer at Dott.

Moderated by:

Karen Vancluysen, Secretary General at POLIS.

23 March 2023 | Main Stage | 10:00 am - 11:00 am | In or out? Managing access to city streets, public space and the curbside

Space in cities is scarce and valuable. The good news is that cities are in charge of public space and can use it as a very powerful tool to prioritise or de-prioritise modes in urban cores, whether it is through the reallocation of space, by putting a price on it, or by dynamically attributing different functions to it. Cities manage different levels of access, trying to get the right vehicle at the right place for the right purpose at the right time. How will the space race reshape our cities in the future? What innovative access regulations, circulation plans, urban space design approaches and ‘last meter’ solutions are leading cities rolling out? What digital support tools are out there and in the pipeline that can support this transition? We dig in!

With:

Ivo Cré, Director Policy & Projects at POLIS;
Terry Albronda, Policy developer - Smart Mobility at City of Groningen;
Matthieu Graindorge, Senior Project Manager Smart & Green Mobility at City of Helmond;
Michelle Coldrey, International project Coordinator - Urban Environment Department at City of Gothenburg;
Philippe Crist, Advisor - Innovation and Foresight at International Transport Forum at the OECD;
Grégoire Heugel, COO at Michelin Connected Mobility.

Moderated by:

Karen Vancluysen, Secretary General at POLIS.

23 March 2023 | City Lounge | 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Networking

Networking with European Cities

23 March 2023 | Main Stage | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Scaled Electromobility: What’s new? What’s next?

Cities play an important role in the making (or breaking?) of electromobility in Europe. Cities have to keep their focus on the electrification of the entire urban mobility system (for freight and people, collective and individual transport) while addressing concrete and urgent issues related to immediate needs for charging infrastructure. As an additional challenge, cities need to make future-proof investments and have to understand the latest developments in the EV market which includes a growing number and diversity of small electric vehicles popping up, from e-bikes and e-scooters to e-skates and more. Hear from those that are leading this transition as well as the industries that are cooperating with local leaders to take the necessary steps forward.

With:

Pedro Gomes, Project Manager at POLIS;
Ioannis Toskas, CEO at Thessaloniki Transport Authority;
Sergio Fernandez Balaguer, Head of International Department, Institutional Affairs and CSR Directorate at EMT Madrid;
Tim Asperges, Mobility Advisor at City of Leuven;
Françoise Guaspare, Senior Advisor at Île-de-France;
Anne Smart, Global Head of Policy at ChargePoint;
Harm Weken, Managing Partner at FIER.

Moderated by:

Karen Vancluysen, Secretary General at POLIS.

You will be able to find us at the POLIS exhibition stand, too!

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