As more of the world’s cities become congested and polluted, new business models and technologies are emerging to solve the mobility challenge. In 2014, global venture-capital investments into mobility services amounted to more than $5 billion, up from less than $10 million in 2009. Besides Uber, China’s Didi Dache, which has more than 100 million users in 300 cities, raised more than $800 million and Ola, India’s biggest online cab service, has raised $677 million so far (McKinsey&Company, 2017).
Draft Program
Presentations
Mr. Dimitris Dimitriou, Assistant Professor, Planning, Management & Economics in Transport, Department of Economics, School of Social, Political & Economic Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTh), New challenges in mobility services: business trends, forms and success factors
Ms. Olga Maltseva, Head of the Department of Transport and Development of Road Infrastructure of Moscow, from the Government of Moscow
Mr. Marius Macku, UBER
Mr. Jens Hugel, Head - Sustainable Development International Road Transport Union (IRU)
Mr. Michael Kieslinger, CEO and Founder of Fluidtime
Mr. Luigi Contestabile, Chief Strategy Officer, Trenitalia S.p.A, Direzione Pianificazione Strategica
Mr. Andrzej Maciejewski, TEM project manager