Global Mass Transit organized this virtual conference, with the support of AV America, on November 11–12, 2020.

Summary

The conference focused on discussions regarding the policy and regulatory framework in Europe, best practices to integrate AVs and public transport, noteworthy case studies, pilot projects and trials, potential use cases of AVs in public transport, strategies for the deployment of AVs to support transit operations and asset management, ways to leverage AVs for post-pandemic recovery, funding, and procurement strategies.

It brought together experts from government agencies, public transport authorities, vehicle technology suppliers, R&D institutes, academic institutions, and private companies to address issues in policy, planning, funding, technology, market development, testing, and deployment of AVs.

Sessions

  • Key Trends and Outlook
  • Keynote Session by European Commission
  • Integrating AVs with Public Transport
  • Transit Operator’s Perspective
  • AV Applications in Mass Transit
  • Updates on EU-wide Projects
  • Infrastructure Requirements for Deployment of AVs
  • AV and MaaS
  • Case Studies

Speakers

  • Ben Foulser, Director, KPMG UK
  • Claire Depré, Head of Unit, Intelligent Transport Systems, DG MOVE, European Commission, Belgium
  • Clément Aubourg, Head of Autonomous Vehicles, Keolis, France
  • Côme Berbain, Head of Innovation, RATP, France
  • Dimitri Konstantas, AVENUE’s Project Coordinator, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Edward Li, ITS – CAV Project Lead, Transport for West Midlands (West Midlands Combined Authority), UK
  • George Economides, Team Leader for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Oxfordshire County Council, UK
  • Hannah Tune, ITS Development Manager, Transport for Greater Manchester, UK
  • Ingar Vaskinn, Head of Business Development, The City of Technology/The Municipality of Kongsberg, Norway
  • Johann Jungwirth, Vice President of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS), Mobileye, an Intel Company, Israel
  • Koen Schietecatte, Partnership Developer, Program Leader Automated Transport, De Lijn, Belgium
  • Lars Gunnar Lundestad, Project Manager Self-driving, Ruter As, Norway
  • Lionel Baraban, CEO, Famoco, France
  • Marten Kaevats, Digital Innovation Adviser, Government of Estonia, Estonia
  • Mustafa Coban, Product Marketing Manager, Karsan and Ali Ufuk Peker, CEO, ADASTEC, Turkey
  • Natalie Rodriguez, Senior Project Manager, Hamburger Hochbahn AG, Germany
  • Nikolaos Tsampieris, Senior Manager, Innovation & Deployment, ERTICO, Belgium
  • Olav Madland, CEO, Applied Autonomy, Norway
  • Raz Peleg, Vice President, Sales, Adasky, Israel
  • Richard Morris, Innovation Lead – Autonomous & Connected Vehicles, Innovate UK
  • Roland Amann, Head Business Development & Strategy – Autonomous Mobility Systems, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Germany
  • Sofia Lofstrand, Senior Project Manager, Drive Sweden, Lindholmen Science Park, Sweden
  • Susanne Pröstl, FTI-Coordinator, Wiener Linien, Austria
  • Suzanne Hoadley, Senior Manager & Traffic Efficiency Coordinator, Polis Network, Belgium
  • Ulla Tikkanen, Technical Project Manager, FABULOS Project, Forum Virium Helsinki, Finland
  • William Levassor, Autonomous Transport Systems Deputy Director, Transdev, France
  • Yasmine Fage, Co-Founder and COO, Goggo Network, France

Key participating organisations at the 2020 edition: DG MOVE, European Commission, Forum Virium Helsinki, Keolis, Oxfordshire County Council, UNECE, University of Geneva, London’s European Office, Transport for London, Drive Sweden, Lindholmen Science Park, Transport for West Midlands, City of Toronto, Bestmile, Transport for Greater Manchester, Innovate UK, De Lijn, Hamburger Hochbahn, ERTICO, Sensible 4, German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute of Transport Research, Senate of Canada, Royal College of Art (Intelligent Mobility Design Centre), Transdev, KPMG, Government of Estonia, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Nova Modus, TX, Streamr Network AG, Polis, Goggo Network, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Institute for Mobility and Transport, RET, Famoco, TTA S.r.l, Smartmicro, MT Legal s.r.o., NOW GmbH, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Qbuzz, Allianz Partners, Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM), Transport Scotland, D. Transport, Arriva UK Bus, Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania, S.A (TMB), Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund Servicegesellschaft mbH, Carris (Lisbon), Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, Aalto University, European Investment Bank, EMT Madrid

Further details about the event are here.