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Pierre van Veggel
Owner, VVMAdvies

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Steven Wilkins
Senior Research Scientist, TNO / Assistant Professor, TU/e

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René Vounckx
CTO, VDL Nedcar

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Janet Kes
Manager Batteries & Quality Assurance, ARN

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Maarten Jaspers
CTO, Milence

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John Kessels
PACCAR Global Powertrain/Product Development/Domain Owner, DAF Trucks N.V.

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Guus Arts
Project Manager Advanced Technology, DAF Trucks N.V.

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Maxime Flament
CTO, 5GAA

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Uwe Pützschler
Head of Car2x, Nokia

Uwe Pützschler heads the global Automotive & Mobility Solutions activities in Nokia. In addition to his position at Nokia Uwe is Vice-Chair of the 5GAA Board.
He joined Siemens in 1990 and held a number of positions in Operations Support System (OSS) research and development before moving to the UK where he assumed a management role in the sales organization for 5 years. After returning from the UK and prior to his current position, he ran a business line in the global service organisation. He also started Nokia’s V2X activities in Nokia Mobile Networks.
Uwe holds a Ph.D. in computer science.

Giel Franken
General Manager, Carver

Giel Franken is the General manager of Carver Europe b.v., the Carver team aims to persuade people to think more about their mobility behavior and choose smarter, more efficient ways of getting around. They do this by designing, developing, and distributing a narrow, comfortable, yet highly efficient e-Microcar, the Carver. Thanks to the unique tilting technology on board, they can combine the nimbleness of a 2-wheeler with the comfort of a car.

As an experienced operations professional Giel was instrumental in the development of the Carver supply chain footprint. He has spent the past few years travelling between China, South-Korea, and the Netherlands to lead Carver with the transition from prototype development to mass production. Currently he is working on the transition from start-up to scale-up focusing on the expansion of distribution in Europe.

Ralph Kwakernaak
Assistant Chief Engineer Global Engine Development, DAF Trucks/PACCAR

Ralph Kwakernaak is leading a global team of 200 engineers, responsible for defining, developing and calibrating the future global ICE powertrains. With responsibilities in certifying DAF engines for Europe and North America (EPA/cARB) we are on top of future regulatory demands and invest in a multipurpose product and dynamic team to act promptly. This resulted in the 2022 Innovation Award for our H2 ICE XG Truck Demonstrator. Integration of known technologies versus required new developments with our customer in mind is key in our race towards zero emissions.

Henk Jan Bergveld
Fellow/Senior Director (NXP), part-time professor (TU/e)

Henk Jan Bergveld was born in Enschede, the Netherlands, in 1970. He received the M.Sc. degree (cum laude) and the Ph.D. degree (cum laude) in electrical engineering from the University of Twente, Enschede, in 1994 and 2001, respectively. He joined Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, in 1994. His research interest was modeling of rechargeable batteries to design better battery management systems. This work resulted in his Ph.D. degree and the book Battery Management Systems – Design by modeling (Boston, MA: Kluwer, 2002). He is currently a power management architect and Fellow/Senior Director in the CTO department with NXP Semiconductors in Eindhoven, as well as Part-time Professor “Embedded Control in Energy Management” at Eindhoven University of Technology. His main research interests include (fully integrated) DC/DC converters, and battery management systems.

Daniel Majewski
Head of Strategy R&D and System Solutions, ZF

Subject: “The Next Generation of Mobility on Goods and People Transport”

We are heading towards a challenging but exciting transformation of Mobility around autonomous, electrification and fully connected vehicles. Which solutions and pathway can support this transition? How can we make transport safer, greener and more efficient? Daniel Majewski, Head of Strategy R&D and System Solution at ZF CVS (Commercial Vehicle Solutions) will address a few new ACE (autonomous, connected and electrified) approaches. Prior to ZF Daniel worked in various roles at Eaton, Philips and GE.

Carlos Murguia
Assistant Professor, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)

Carlos Murguia was affiliated with the Dynamics and Control group at Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, where he pursued a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has served as postdoctoral research fellow at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (Singapore); the University of Melbourne (Australia); and the University of California (USA), Los Angeles. During his time as postdoctoral fellow, he held visiting scientist positions at Princeton University, the University of Texas at Austin (UTAUS), and the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). As of March 2020, Carlos Murguia is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. His main research strengths and interests are in nonlinear dynamics and control, distributed dynamical systems, fault isolation/mitigation, and en Marliersecurity and privacy of cyber-physical systems with applications to cooperative mobility and robotics.

Rino Brouwer
Senior Advisor Human Factors and Automated Driving, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water management

The OVV report “Who Steers?” advised the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water management to ensure that Human Factors would be put on the agenda of the UNECE. Since then, Rino Brouwer has represented the Netherlands on this topic within EU and UNECE legislative processes. In addition, Rino Brouwer initiates research on how the interaction between an automated vehicle and user will become part of the type of approval.

Frenk van den Berg
Online Microstructure Analytics / Digital technologies, Tata Steel

Arno Volker
Senior Scientist, TNO

Arno Volker studied Applied Physics at TU Delft. After graduation, he joined TNO in 1997, where he was mainly engaged in a PhD research project. In 2002 he obtained his PhD (cum laude) in this research at TU Delft. At TNO, Arno works on the development of industrial ultrasonic measurement systems for various applications including inspection and material characterization. He is currently a senior scientist in the acoustics and sonar department of TNO.

Ramon Jeuring
Lead Engineer Hydrogen, Resato Technology

Viktor Haase
State Secretary, Ministry Environment, Nature & Transport Nordrhein-Westfalen

Viktor Haase, graduate biologist, has in-depth knowledge in the field of sustainable development, climate change adaption and environmental economics. As State Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Nature and Transport North Rhine-Westphalia since June 2022, he has been driving the further development of a sustainable mobility system.

“We have to seize the opportunities offered by digitisation and connection of all mobility services, because the environment, people and goods need smart, sustainable mobility. Together with our network partners in the region, I am working on the mobility of the future in order to further develop the environment, nature and transport as a triad.”

Shirish Kasa
Group Product Manager, TomTom

Bard de Vries
Lead Architect, Nationaal Dataportaal Wegverkeer

Ted Straten
Vice President Strategy & New Business, Bosal

Niek Prins
Smart Mobility Consultant, Royal HaskoningDHV

Niek Prins works as a Smart Mobility consultant at Royal HaskoningDHV. His areas of focus include automated driving, futureproof infrastructure, mobility data, smart asset management and AI-aided road safety assessments, as well as innovations in mobility and traffic management. With a background in policy science and a broad experience in traffic projects and product development, Niek Prins aims to bridge the gaps between strategy and operation as well as organization and external (technological) developments, helping clients to assess the implications of changes and to create tangible results.

Erik Regterschot
Leading professional Sustainable Mobility, Royal HaskoningDHV

Erik Regterschot is a leading professional in sustainable mobility for Royal HaskoningDHV: an international engineering and consultancy firm. He has a broad experience in the urban mobility transition and his main focus is on liveable cities. In his current position Erik is responsible for various low emission zones (LEZ) and zero emission zones (ZEZ) in the Netherlands and abroad. His core business is to create projects, build public-private coalitions and secure political decision-making. He is program leader of the national implementation program for Zero Emission Zones in 30 Dutch cities and works for several municipalities on the realization of zero emission cities.

Bob Randsdorp
Director Business Development Smart Mobility, Royal HaskoningDHV

You can do two things when something is annoying: either accept it or try to do something about it. Bob Randsdorp chooses the latter. Time is precious and standing still in traffic is not what he likes to do. His professional career so far is about improving mobility together, fighting traffic and coming up with new smart solutions to increase the efficient usage of our modes of transportation and road network. With +20 years of experience and currently as Director Business Development Smart Mobility Software at Royal HaskoningDHV he helps all sorts of mobility stakeholders to ease their lives during their daily commute, professional business or traffic management with intelligent transportation solutions.

Yoram Meijaard
Cybersecurity Consultant, TNO

Yoram Meijaard graduated from the Eindhoven University of Technology with a master’s degree in Information Security Technology. As of 2020 Yoram works as cybersecurity consultant at TNO, the Dutch Organisation for Applied Scientific Research. His main research focus is cybersecurity of critical cyber-physical systems, for example digitally controlled vehicles and mobility systems.

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Lorenzo Engelen
Founder, Nimbus

 

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Louise de Laat
Team Lead ZEM Project, TU/ecomotive

In addition to her studies in Industrial Design at Eindhoven University of Technology, Louise de Laat is the team lead of the ZEM project at TU/ecomotive. As a twenty-four years old young woman, she is passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship. Within this student team, she is involved with the innovation and the statistical point of view of the newest car. “Shaping the future of sustainable mobility together is what I admire to do with the organizations and industries which are willing to get involved with our CO2 neutral vision. Last year we really embraced the ambitions of a net-zero future and push this future to a broader public, international, and national-based. I would like to bring people, from different backgrounds and organizations closer together, so that they work more collaboratively with each other on a greener future”.

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Espedito Rusciano
Senior Advisor, RDW

Espedito Rusciano is a senior Advisor in Dutch Vehicle Authority (RDW). He is Technical leader of Expert team of the Applied Innovation department of RDW. He is involved in several working group at UNECE level on ADS. Espedito is co-chair of the VMAD SG3 group that develops guidelines for Auditing of SMS, assessment and In-service monitoring and reporting of ADS at UNECE/GRVA level. His previous experience comes from Aerospace Industry where he was involved on the development of guidelines on Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) and on development and Testing of RPAS and fighter aircrafts. He has a M.Sc. in Aerospace engineering and a master’s in business and Administration.

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Werner Suppan
Vice President Research and Development Tubes & Sections, voestalpine Metal Forming GmbH

Werner Suppan graduated in Material Sciences from Motanuiversität Leoben. Before his role as vice president research and development tubes and sections, Werner Suppan was managing director, production manager, and quality manager at voetstalpine Krems.

Vice President Research and Development Tubes & Sections

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Barend Jansen
Space policy officer, Province South-Holland

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Ali Ufuk Peker
CEO, ADASTEC BV

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali U. Peker, CEO, Adastec Corp. (B.Sc. 1991, M.Sc. 1993, Ph.D. 2017 Computer Engineering, at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul) has 30+ years of experience in software development. He has experience in large-scale system integration projects in the public and private sectors. He started as a software designer and became a software architect at Nortel. (1992-1995). After that, he became the software development director at GISMAP Inc., responsible for GIS applications (1997-1999). In the year 2000, he became vice president of Infotech. He was the CEO of Infotech till 2018. Together with his five partners, he founded ADASTEC Corp, an autonomous driving software company for public transportation, in San Francisco, USA. His Ph.D. is titled “Digital map and GNSS fusion to enhance localization for intelligent vehicle applications.” His research interests focus on location-based technologies, artificial intelligence, and autonomous vehicles.

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Gerard Doll
Director Vehicle Regulation & Admission, RDW

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Lieke Duijmelings
Commercial Director, Fastned

Lieke Duijmelings joined Fastned in March 2022 as Commercial Director. In this role she oversees commercial partnerships, energy procurement, brand and communications. Fastned has been a pioneer in the 11 years of its existence, building a network of fast charging stations in 6 countries. Before joining Fastned, Lieke worked in several commercial roles at Unilever, Mars, Bavaria and SOS Children’s Villages.

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Kristian Winge
CEO, Sycada

Kristian Winge is CEO of Sycada. He was born in Denmark, spent his childhood years in Greenland and now lives in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Kristian Winge has dedicated his professional life to develop and implement technology with impact. Sycada develops technology that accelerates the decarbonization of our transportation needs. Sycada has been involved in several European innovation projects in zero-emission transport, covering buses, trucks and light commercial vehicles. Sycada is currently introducing advanced AI-based solutions for energy usage predictions and optimized fleet and charge planning.

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Gwen van Vugt
Senior Director Autonomous Vehicles, Siemens Digital Industries Software

Gwen van Vugt is a professional generalist that loves to stitch technical and commercial worlds together, backed up by an educational background in both technology and business studies. He has a natural curiosity to new technologies and is always on the quest for business opportunities. Gwen van Vugt is a relationship builder who makes realistic promises and delivers on them.
His professional experience in large international companies taught him to work in a structural manner and with perseverance to reach medium and long term goals. Having a vision, setting targets, working hard in a team to reach them and finally generate commercial success with satisfied loyal customers is what makes him move every day.

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Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi
CEO & Chairman Executive Board, TNO

Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi did his master’s and PhD in theoretical elementary particle physics. After that he worked as a researcher at the University of Munich and at Shell Research & Technology Center Amsterdam. Next to this, Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi has been a member of different supervisory boards. Before working at TNO, he was the director of  Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) and General Statistics Netherlands (CBS).

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Oliver Krischer
Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Oliver Krischer has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2009, when he joined the Committee for Economic Affairs and Technology, and became a spokesperson for matters related to the energy industry within the ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS parliamentary group. Between 2013 and 2021 he moved on to become the deputy leader of the ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS parliamentary group and political coordinator of Working Group 2 (environment, nature protection, nuclear safety, animal welfare, climate, energy, sustainability, building, living and urban development, transport, agricultural policy and nutrition, tourism, rebuilding eastern Germany).  As of 8 December 2021, Oliver Krischer is the Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.

Frits van Bruggen
Chairman, MN / RAI Verening / KNRM

Ronald van den Putte
Senior Business Development Manager Automotive, TNO

Ivo Cré
Director Policy & Projects, POLIS Network

Ivo Cré is director for Policy and Projects at POLIS, the network of cities and regions for innovation in urban mobility. In addition, Ivo Cré is coordinating POLIS’ activities on access looking at regulations, services and infrastructures that enable access to cities. In this regard, he is active in EU research and innovation projects and advocacy relating to public transport, access regulations, parking and digitalization of these aspects. Before joining POLIS in 2006, he worked at EUROCITIES, and was an advisor to a Member of the European Parliament and the Belgian Federal minister for Environment.

Harm Weken
Managing Partner, FIER Automotive & Mobility

Harm Weken is since 1995 managing Partner of FIER Automotive & Mobility, a business development company in the automotive sector, with since 2012 a 100% focus at zero emission mobility. He is co-founder of GoodMoovs.com, the largest all electric business-to-business car sharing program in the Netherlands.

Bob Bouhuijs
Vice-President Smart Grid & Virtual Power Plants, Heliox

Ewout Lubberman
Head of Product, LeydenJar Technologies B.V.

Philipp Wünderlich
Director & Head of Battery Consulting, Accenture

Philipp Wünderlich has spent years to understand battery technology from the nanoscale to the Gigafactory level. Now, he is helping clients by transferring the insights from battery science and engineering into the market.

Klaus Feldmann
CTO Automotive Sustainability & e-Mobility, Capgemini Engineering

Klaus Feldmann is the Chief Technical Officer of sustainability & e-Mobility Offers and Solutions for the Automotive industry supporting customers in their path to carbon neutrality across their products and footprints and service to fight against climate change and contribute to a decarbonized economy.

Pedro Gomes
Project Manager/Coordinator WG Clean Vehicles & Air Quality, POLIS Network

Pedro Gomes worked as a researcher in the Air Quality Group of CENSE – Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research at NOVA University and later at AGENEAL, Local Energy Management Agency of Almada in the fields of energy efficiency, GHG emission mitigation and sustainable mobility. He is responsible for several key topics, including AFIR, EPDB, EV charging infrastructure (including smart charging/grid connections), Clean Vehicles Directive implementation, and Sustainable Transport, and is currently working on several EU-funded projects (APOLLO, CleanMobilEnergy, eCharge4Drivers, SOLUTIONSplus, EAFO3.0). He leads on the Clean Vehicles & Air Quality Working Group.

Gerhard Meister
Vice President / Business Field Electrification, AVL List GmbH

Keynote: “Application of data analytics and expert systems for effective battery management”

Gerhard Meister is Vice President, Business Field Electrification at AVL List GmbH. In this role he holds the responsibility for portfolio strategy and the global business in electrified propulsion systems development. After graduating from his Master studies in Mechanical Engineering and Business Economics from the Technical University, Graz, Austria in 1999, he moved in 2000 to the US for over seven years where he worked for AVL in different roles in engineering and sales. Most recently, before starting his latest role in October 2021, Gerhard has launched the operations for AVL’s powertrain engineering division in Italy including the xEV and Smart Vehicle Tech Center in Cavriago (RE) where BEV and HEV propulsion systems are developed for the Italian and international customer base. Gerhard Meister possesses strong experience in powertrain development, business strategy and business development. His interest is in developing sustainable technology platforms for the transportation industry.

Erik Vrijens
Program Manager, Ministry of Infrastructure and Watermanagement

Erik Vrijens is a Program Manager at the Ministry of Infrastructure, specializing in digitalization in mobility with a strong focus on public-private partnerships. With years of experience in B2G digitalisation projects, Erik has developed a deep understanding of the complexities that come with bridging the gap between public and private entities in the mobility space. Throughout his career, Erik has managed numerous high-profile projects such as Data for Road Safety, Safety Priority Services and Road Monitor (ROMO).

Willem Hartman
Mobility expert/Director Digiway/Product- and service innovations, Vialis

Having trained in electrical engineering and business administration, Willem Hartman has been an active member of the traffic industry for more than 25 years. Currently, he is the Business Development Manager at Vialis, and is dedicated to creating, developing and delivering innovative digital services that can improve safety, quality of life and traffic flow, all while utilizing the most cutting–edge technology and smart infrastructure.

Arturo Tejada
Senior Scientist, TNO / IVS

Arturo Tejada holds Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and MSc. and Ph. D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia (2006), where he specialized in hybrid system theory. He is the author of over 40 scientific publications in top peer-reviewed conferences and journals. He is also a Senior Scientist at the Integrated Vehicle Safety department of TNO, where he supports OEMs and regulators in certifying and monitoring the safe behavior of automated vehicles in traffic.

Jan-Pieter Paardekooper
Research Scientist, TNO

Jan-Pieter Paardekooper is a research scientist at the department of Integrated Vehicle Safety at TNO and research fellow at the department of Artificial Intelligence of the Radboud University. His research interests are in the application of AI and Machine Learning techniques to self-driving vehicles, which include scenario-based safety assessment using naturalistic driving data, prediction of road user behaviour, and working towards controllable, explainable and responsible AI.

Menno Malta
CEO/Founder, Monotch

As an avid advocate of secure open data exchange, Menno Malta started Monotch in 2015 with Paul Potters. Monotch realizes safe, smart and sustainable mobility by connecting data, services and transactions. Together Paul Potters and Menno Malta developed the Traffic Live Exchange Platform (TLEX), in which real-time data flows are used in all kinds of applications in the entire mobility ecosystem. In 2019, Monotch was awarded the Automotive Innovation Award, the Automotive Brand Contest Award at IAA Frankfurt, and Monotch was among the best mobility start-ups of the EU Startup Prize. Monotch is also involved in renowned European mobility projects such as Talking Traffic, Intercor, CONCORDA and NordicWay 3.

Laurens Lapré
Vice President/Consulting Expert, CGI

The last 15 years Laurens Lapré has worked on Intelligent Transport Systems and Mobility, both from the public perspective as from the private supplier side. For the automotive industry, he helped in shaping their first connected services portfolios. For the Dutch government, he is actively involved in the development of Smart Mobility Services and large scale integration projects for national infrastructure authorities. He is frequently asked to partake in governmental expert sessions.

Andrea Conti
Vice President Business Field ADAS/AD, AVL List GmbH

Keynote: “How AD is shaping the mobility of urban areas”

Maurice Geraets
Executive Director, NXP Semiconductors Netherlands B.V.

Subject: “Technology for Rolling Robots, Enabling Safe & Green Mobility”

Maurice Geraets is Co-CEO NXP Semiconductors Netherlands. He has over 25 years of experience in the IT and electronics industry and works at NXP Semiconductors since 2002. In his current position he focuses on disruptive innovations for ‘secure connections for a smarter world’. This concerns e.g. intelligent transport systems (ITS) and automated driving. Next to his role at NXP, Maurice Geraets is active in the governance of the 1 billion Euro Dutch SmartwayZ program, is board member of several associations on automotive and mobility, is member of the Corporate Partnership Board of the OECD International Transport Forum and is member of the management committee of the European industry association AENEAS.

Nina Nesterova
Professor Sustainable Development in Tourism, Breda University

Dr. Nina Nesterova is a Professor Sustainable Development of Tourism at the Centre for Sustainability, Tourism and Transport at Breda University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. Next to it, Nina Nesterova is a chair of the CIVITAS educational network, engaging European universities active in the field of urban mobility into the joint development of the future mobility professionals. She is also co-chairing CIVITAS New Mobility Service Partnership, working on the large scale deployment of the new mobility services.

Sophie Bonnecarrère
Public Policy Manager, Uber

Paul Verstegen
Lecturer Future Automotive, Fontys University of Applied Sciences

Menno Kleingeld
CIO / Manager Director, VDL Groep / VDL ETS

Menno Kleingeld is currently working as CIO for VDL Groep, driving digital and IT transformation for the >100 companies in VDL Groep. This includes Industry 4.0, Cloud and AI components, but also upgrading of the underlying infrastructure to enable these new developments. Prior to this role, Menno Kleingeld has been the founder and Managing Director of VDL Enabling Transport Solutions (ETS) in September 2015. VDL ETS is aimed to providing (technical) solutions for the e-mobility market for heavy duty transport (bus, truck, AGV) in the broad sense. Solutions include vehicle concepts (prototype vehicles), e-mobility building blocks, charging infrastructure, alternative energy systems (hydrogen), energy storage, connectivity, software solutions and new business models. Throughout his professional life, he has been working in business environments facing technical and business model disruptions. His passion is to drive these from a customer, user and technical perspective and form teams to successfully storm these disruptions

Marc Horsten
Supervisor Project Management Engine Development, DAF Trucks NV

Marc Horsten is an experienced project manager with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry. He is strong information technology professional skilled in internal audit, materials science, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), automotive engineering, and DFSS Green Belt.

Guido di Pasquale
Managing Director, PAVE Europe

Guido Di Pasquale is the managing director of PAVE Europe – partners for automated vehicle education. He has 20 years of experience in the transport and automation field, specializing in Intelligent Transport Systems, Automated Mobility, integrated mobility, research and innovation, strategy and policy. Prior to joining PAVE Europe, Guido di Pasquale was co-director of knowledge and innovation at the International Association of Public Transport (UITP). He has also worked for the industrial sector as an innovation manager in the ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) for urban mobility, public transport, new mobility services and co-operative systems.

Anne-Marie Spierings
Regional Minister Province of North Brabant

“Born in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands and raised with the conviction to contribute to the world.  For me that means making our living environment better. Be it through renewable energy, healthy food, rich nature, clean water or clear air, I want to contribute. I have studied Environmental Sciences. After that, I have worked for sixteen years at a consultancy and engineering firm. Since 2010, I am politically active for D66 (Democrats 66). From 2011 until 2015 and in 2020/2021, I was a member of the Provincial Counsel of Noord-Brabant. From 2015 until 2020 and from 2021, I was and am a Provincial Executive and Vice-Governor of Noord-Brabant. Currently my focus is on the energy transition, the circular economy and the environment.”

Frans Tillema
Lecturer Intelligency Mobility, Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen (HAN)

We will soon have to address different types of drivers in their own way with the technology. That is not yet a piece of cake in the world of Intelligent Mobility. This means that the role of the engineer who designs the car is also changing. As a lecturer, Frans Tillema is responsible for research in the field of intelligent mobility. He has a strong foundation in engineering and a broad interest in the automotive industry. He likes to use his expertise in the field of Intelligent Transport Systems.

Lars van Willigen
Senior Policy Advisor, Ministry of Economic Affairs

Joost Vantomme
Chief Executive Officer,  ERTICO and ITS Europe & Vice President, The MaaS Alliance

Subject: The automotive sector in the broader mobility landscape. Innovation to connect the dots for moving people and goods

Joost Vantomme will put the vehicle in the broader service economy. The automotive value chain is embedded in a larger stream of fundamental societal changes. He will give a glimpse of the successful cooperation in ERTICO-ITS Europe with a focus on the value of inter-sectoral cooperation, the ongoing innovation, the need for multimodality, the challenges in Mobility as a Service, the impetus for reskilling and the European policy agenda. He will close his keynote with some suggestions from ERTICO projects for a successful twin transition of digital and green transport and mobility.

Joost Vantomme is a Belgian national with 30 years of experience in legal and regulatory policy affairs combined with a strong track in strategy and project management. Before joining ERTICO in January 2022 as Chief Executive Officer, Joost Vantomme was the Smart Mobility Director of ACEA for over five years. He held positions as chair of the Strategy Committee of ERTICO-ITS Europe as well as a member of its Supervisory Board. He serves also as a member of the Board and Vice President of the Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Alliance. 

Mark Harbers
Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management

Since childhood, Mark Harbers has had a passion for everything that drives, sails and flies. Traffic, protection against water, and care for clean water, these are issues that affect every Dutchman every day. For this purpose, he will do his utmost together with many partners involved in smart mobility, infrastructure and water management.

Bas ten Broeke
Technology Director, Westport Fuel Systems

According to Bas ten Broeke, the development of technology and infrastructure is basically a chicken-and-egg problem. At a certain point, technology requires an existing infrastructure, which in turn is mainly developed when there are many users of this technology. Westport Fuel Systems is therefore pursuing a two-step approach that is efficient and, above all, quick to implement.

Rob Kroon
Consultant, FIER Automotive

After graduating from Fontys Universities (Eindhoven) in Automotive Management, Rob Kroon has developed himself as an experienced project manager in the field of sustainable mobility and transport. He is working as a project manager/consultant at FIER Automotive since 2011. At FIER, Rob Kroon is involved in different (national and international) projects, mainly focussing on overall project management and his role as an EV expert. Next to that, he is also involved in tasks like conducting research studies, workshop leader, communication and dissemination, et cetera.

Marc Horsten
Supervisor Project Management Engine Development, DAF Trucks NV

Marc Horsten is an experienced project manager with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry. Strong information technology professional skilled in Internal Audit, Materials Science, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Automotive Engineering, and DFSS Green Belt.

Héctor Cañas
Senior Consultant, BABLE

As a Smart Cities Consultant at BABLE, Héctor Cañas enables innovative companies, public authorities, and experts to conceive, plan, and finance urban innovation projects.

Stephanie Leonard
Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, TomTom

Stephanie Leonard has already spent nearly 10 years working with the EU from all corners of the transportation sector. After finishing her university studies in Scotland and Canada, Stephanie Leonard first entered the mobility space by specialising in electric vehicles. She has thrived in the male-dominated transportation industry by becoming a voice and role model for young women in transportation. She has extensive experience in both the governmental and private sector and is skilled at bringing people together in order to drive innovation and push for progress, focusing mainly on road safety. Having spoken across the globe about technology to politicians and business leaders alike, Stephanie Leonard is an exciting voice bringing new ideas and fresh thinking into the automotive and mobility world.

Tamara Goldsteen
Senior Project Manager Smart & Green mobility, city of Helmond

Tamara Goldsteen is Senior Project Manager Smart & Green mobility at the city of Helmond and Innovation Manager Europe for the Smart Mobility Office of Smartwayz.nl. She is representing both the city and Smartwayz.nl in European projects and platforms on C-ITS, Automated Driving, Traffic Management and MaaS. Tamara Goldsteen is also the coordinator of the New Mobility Services Initiative of the Urban Mobility action cluster in the European Innovation Platform for Smart Cities and Communities. She holds a master degree in Public Administration from Twente University (NL) and has an extensive working experience (>15 years) as business and innovation consultant at Cap Gemini, PNO Consultants and ECG. She advised public authorities, research institutes, SME’s as well as large multinational companies on European funding, innovation and project management. Tamara Goldsteen also has been responsible for implementation and maintenance of ISO 9001 quality procedures, including internal auditing.

Margriet van Schijndel
Program Manager Responsible Mobility, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)

Subject: Zero casualties and emissions combined with a vibrant mobility system
The need to go to zero casualties and zero emissions and the need to keep our mobility vibrant in near future at the same time, is only reachable with smart technologies and collaboration. From knowledge side we realize that our research can only succeed when doing it together and approaching it as a system change. What this means and how to go so, is the topic of this keynote.

Zuhal Gül
Programme Manager, SmartwayZ.NL

Subject: Public sector in the driver’s seat in the transformation to smart, sustainable and safe mobility

Climate change, congestion, lack of space, air-pollution and nitrogen deposition are all urgent challenges we need to deal with in Europe. Large scale deployment of smart, sustainable, and safe mobility solutions in our cities and regions are part of the solution. This is easier said than done. We need a process of learning by doing in which all stakeholders are involved. Industry, research, government and citizens. We need purpose driven innovations. Solving problems that matter to people.

Zuhal Gül is program manager of SmartwayZ.NL. SmartwayZ.NL is a mobility program in the Southern Netherlands dedicated to improving accessibility and stimulating innovation. This ranges from developing smart solutions and encouraging sustainable travel behavior to widening highways and improving transportation hubs. Many partners work together within the program, including the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, Rijkswaterstaat, the provinces of Noord-Brabant and Limburg, several municipalities, companies and knowledge institutions.

Gerben Bootsma
Innovation Driver, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management

Rick Baggermans
Behavioural change expert

Making the world more sustainable and safer, that is what Rick Baggermans is committed to every day. How? By realizing behavioral change in large groups of people. Behavior is the basis of many issues in the field of sustainability and safety. Most of our behavior is unconscious. Knowledge about the unconscious brain is therefore crucial to change behaviour. He uses his knowledge of these unconscious processes every day to get people moving. Rick currently work for the SmartwayZ.NL program at the Province of North Brabant where he is responsible for structural behavioral change. His goal is to encourage as many people as possible to travel differently and thus contribute to a sustainable, accessible, liveable and safe southern Netherlands.

Roelof Hellemans
Secretary General, MaaS Alliance

Roelof Hellemans holds a MA in Logistics and Economics as well as Master Black Belt Six Sigma. He worked at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol where he became responsible for Parking and Mobility Services. In this period he was effected with the Mobility-virus: How to impact behavior of people. At Schiphol he introduced the first parking reservation tool in EU, implemented Revenue management on all Mobility Services and learned about user expectations and behaviors.  The last years Roelof Hellemans set up multiple companies, advice government and private companies in MaaS solutions and directions and worked on implementation of a National MaaS Platform within the Netherlands. Right now he is working for the MaaS Alliance, the Global Non-Profit organization that is facilitating all the stakeholders in the implementation and sharing of the Open MaaS ECO System.

Jeroen Borst
Cluster Manager Societal Impact for Accessibility and Liveability, TNO

Karl Viktor Schaller
Professor, Technical University of Munich

Professor Dr. Karl Viktor Schaller was until 2019, Head of Engineering at BMW motorbikes where he developed new products, engines, electric drive systems and motorbike safety technology. Before that he was Technical Director of the Engineering and Purchasing Department at MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Group, the truck manufacturer. He became a full Board Member in 2006 and was responsible for product development, purchasing and planning. During his tenure at MAN from 1990 to 2009, he headed various departments including those responsible for development of alternative drive systems (batteries, various hybrids, natural gas, hydrogen in ICE and fuel cells) and heavy trucks. He holds a diploma and a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of Munich. In 2006 he was awarded honorary professor at this university for his lecture on “commercial vehicles”.

Els de Wit
Strategic Advisor smart and sustainable mobility, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management

Els de Wit is a strategic advisor on smart and sustainable mobility at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Watermanagement and leads a team responsible for international policy development and innovation in the field of smart and sustainable mobility. Connecting partners on smart and sustainable European and international corridors and scaling up together is one of her main drivers.Together with her colleagues she works closely with all relevant stakeholders in the field of transport and energy in public private partnerships for active mobility, sustainable logistics, smart mobility solutions, zero emission drive trains and new energy carriers for all transport modes such as hydrogen and electricity. She is currently chair at the Inland Transport Committee of the UN ECE, working group on trends and economics. At national level she is chair of the steering committee of the cross sectoral mission innovation programme for sustainable mobility (Mission D+). She graduated both in international environmental law and French at the University of Amsterdam in 1991 and 1993.

Matthieu Graindorge
Senior Project Manager Smart and Green Mobility, City of Helmond

Matthieu Graindorge is the coordinator of EU Smart and Green mobility projects at the City of Helmond. He holds master degrees in Political Science and joined the City of Helmond in August 2018. Matthieu has an extensive working experience in European projects in the fields of mobility and energy. He notably worked on EU research projects related to urban freight, worked at La Rochelle Urban Community (France), was in charge of the implementation of several EU mobility projects and coordinated several  Automated Road Transport Systems pilots in La Rochelle within CityMobil and CityMobil2 EU projects. In Helmond, Matthieu has been working on several H2020 European projects dealing with mobility. From September 2022, he has also been involved in Horizon Europe MOVE2CCAM which aims at better understanding the societal and individual needs of CCAM solutions and their impacts. Matthieu is also the treasurer of POLIS.

Jeroen Steenbakkers
CEO, Argaleo

Argaleo improves decision making to create liveable, sustainable and safe cities. Our data digital twin solutions support policy- and decisionmakers with fast and realtime information.

Emilia Silvas
Assistant Professor, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)

Emilia Silvas is an Assistant Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Her current work interest lies in area of Cooperative/Autonomous Vehicle Systems and Mobile Robots. This includes Advanced Control Methods; Optimal System Design (including multi-level optimization); System Identification and Modeling; Data Mining (methods at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning and statistics). Emilia Silvas’s research experience includes integrated hybrid vehicle system design for commercial vehicles, involving development of a method for optimally choosing topologies, sizes and control for hybrid vehicles, both on the power train level as-well as at the auxiliary units level

Peter Verkoulen
Programma Manager Gaia-X, TNO

Peter Verkoulen is responsible for the Dutch Gaia-X hub: digital sovereignty and social and economic value through federated data and cloud infrastructures. More generally, he has extensive experience in setting up and developing innovative digital ecosystems.

Ilse Harms
Lead Human Factors, RDW

“Human factors is an integral part of mobility.” This combination is also the recurring theme in Ilse Harms’s career. As a traffic psychologist, she held various positions e.g. at Rijkswaterstaat and the Ministry of Infrastructure, while simultaneously obtaining her PhD.

Martijn Stamm
Market Director, TNO Traffic & Transport

Suzanna Kraak
Policy Officer, European Commission

Subject: Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility as a smart solution for society.

How will Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM) contribute to making our transport smarter, safer and more sustainable? This keynote will present recent European activities, with a strong focus on R&I, that aim to make our mobility ecosystem resilient, inclusive and acceptable to cities and people around Europe, as we strive towards our decarbonisation goals of 2050.

 

Cecilia Braun
Director, EGTC Rhine Alpine

Subject: Towards green mobility along the Rhine-Alpine Corridor –  shaping the mobility transition through cross-border collaboration / or from a local and regional perspective

What is needed from a spatial perspective to boost the transformation to smart, sustainable and safe mobility in cities and regions along the Rhine Alpine corridor? What are the challenges and opportunities in cross-border cooperations?
As a spatial planner with a Phd on integrated spatial and transport development along the Rhine-Alpine Corridor, Cecilia Braun has broadened her network building strategic cross-border alliances among cities and regions across Europe. In the realm of mobility and infrastructure planning she is dealing with the development and implementation of innovative planning processes towards a green transition on multiple scales (local, regional and macro-regional).

Steve Phillips
Secretary-General, Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR)

Subject: Road infrastructure of the future; how smarter and safer?
The vehicle, driver, infrastructure triangle – can we square the circle?
Examining the changes in how we manage and approach the role and operation of the (road) transport system as a system of systems.
For over 30 years, Steve Philips has contributed to developments in the road and transport sector. Alongside his techncial achievements, he contributed to the launch of TRA the ETPs for road transport (ERTRAC) and construction (ECTP). These underscore his commitment to encouraging dialogue. His priorities include developing road transport’s role in building a sustainable society based on the understanding of technology and people. 

Patrick Dean
Chief Engineer Vehicle Development, DAF Trucks NV

Keynote: “The road to climate neutral heavy commercial vehicles”

The targeted direction of the European Commission is clear: truck manufacturers should have reduced CO2 emissions by 15% in 2025 and even 45% in 2030. Meeting these ambitious targets requires a comprehensive approach, as there will not be one technological solution for all transport applications. The road to climate neutral heavy commercial vehicles will need the full spectrum of already available as well as new technologies. These include electric, hybrid and hydrogen powertrains.

DAF continues to work on in order to realize zero emission standards, next to first class efficiency, reliability and durability customers are rightfully expecting. At the same time, the comprehensive approach to the ultimate goals also includes critical infrastructure support to ensure the given vehicle technologies are effective for transport operators.

Winfried Hermann
Minister of Transport Baden-Württemberg

Subject: Baden-Württemberg is driving the transformation of the transport sector.

We are committed to reduce more than half of CO2 emissions from transport by 2030. That is why we reshape mobility for our citizens in urban areas and rural communities. Our goal is to promote a new form of mobility that improves our health and raises the quality of life. It will enable everyone to participate actively in society while protecting our climate. We are pursuing a transition to electric mobility and other climate friendly technologies. We are committed to overhaul the mobility sector by switching to environmentally-friendly forms of transport.

Etienne Wieme
Projectmanager C-ITS/Smart Mobility, Province of North Brabant, SmartwayZ.NL

Etienne Wieme has been working at SmartwayZ.NL since 2016 within the team innovation and development. He mostly works on new innitiatives related to smart and intelligent traffic solutions. Togheter with road authorities, the traffic industry, research institutes and consultancies. For example: The outroll en further development of intelligent traffic lights in the North-Brabant region, including use cases, real life testcases with connected vehicles and truck platoons and various projects related to intelligent traffic management. He is also participating in several national working groups related to the above topics. This al with a glanze at the future of autonomous and connected driving.

Jeroen Steenbakkers
CEO of Argaleo

Argaleo improves decision making to create liveable, sustainable and safe cities. Our data digital twin solutions support policy- and decisionmakers with fast and realtime information.

Yvonne van Velthoven – Aarts
senior advisor Traffic Management & Innovation City of Eindhoven

Yvonne van Velthoven-Aarts focuses on more effective and efficient guiding and steering of traffic and on sharing policy information on the road network and on the desired use of roads with service providers, to apply it in their route navigation services and apps. She also conducts trials on intelligent traffic light controllers to attune traffic flows to the policy goals of the city. She strongly believes that in Traffic Management of the future, cross-border cooperation is key!

Peter Staelens
Head of Mobility, Eurocities

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Matthew Greener
Zero Emission Institute Director, Arriva

Matthew Greener joined Arriva in 2017 as Head of Fleet Management with responsibility for setting and delivering Arriva’s bus fleet acquisition and utilisation strategy. From January 2022 he took up a new role as Arriva’s Zero Emission Institute Director and is responsible for setting the direction for Arriva’s strategic approach to delivering zero emission bus fleets to support our clients achieve their decarbonisation and air quality objectives and targets. Before joining Arriva, Matthew Greener held a number of senior roles within the transport sector, mainly focussed on fleet procurement strategies, fleet optimisation, utilisation and life cycle management analysis to drive improved business performance.

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Peter Morsink
Leading professional Smart Mobility and Road Safety, Royal HaskoningDHV

Peter Morsink is a project manager and leading professional in smart mobility and road safety at Royal HaskoningDHV. Since 1998 Peter has developed into an all-round smart mobility and road safety consultant through a wide range of assignments on different types of traffic and transport related projects. He has gained a lot of international experience in executing and managing research and consultancy projects in the field of vehicle and infrastructure safety, (inter)national road safety policy and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). In his current position he is involved in many projects on innovative traffic management and road safety from different perspectives (infrastructure, CCAM technology, autonomous vehicles, education), on both a strategic and operational level, in the Netherlands and abroad.

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Menno van der Zee
Co-Founder & Engineering, The Routing Company

Menno van der Zee is first and foremost a transport and technology enthusiast who also is one of the co-founders of The Routing Company. Based in Switzerland but originally from the Netherlands, he studied at the Delft University of Technology where he attained a Masters degree in mathematical optimisation and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. In April 2019, he co-founded TRC together with Alex Waller, who at the time was a PhD student at MIT. With professors and researchers from TU Delft and MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Menno van der Zee and Alex Waller developed advanced technology based on a proprietary real-time optimisation algorithm that links passengers’ ride requests with available vehicles at unparalleled speed. Today, Menno van der Zee’s primary focus at TRC is on writing & improving the code which makes use of this revolutionary algorithm for delivering efficient shared rides across all TRC’s operations.

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Dami Adebayo
Partnerships, The Routing Company

Dami Adebayo drives The Routing Company’s new partnerships with public transport authorities, bus operators and private organisations in Europe. He focuses on the end-to-end ideation and delivery of innovative public transport projects using his unique combination of experience in mobility, strategic consulting and engineering. Prior to TRC, he helped large organisations build innovative digital products & businesses at McKinsey & Company. He also worked on Free Now’s multimodality strategy after concluding his engineering degree at the University of Cambridge.

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Theo Thuis
Chairman Scientific & Technical Committee, European Parking Association

International Executive with a focus on urban sustainable mobility. Co-creating new services and products in sustainable city development.

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Magnus Granström
Director, SAFER / Chalmers

Magnus Granström is a researcher, team leader and manager in the vehicle industry as well as within academia. He has a background in applied physics, more specifically optoelectronics and organic electronics, but has held a number of management positions both in industry, academia and joint efforts such as the SAFER competence centre with approximately 50 partners.

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Auke Hoekstra
Researcher, TU/e and founder and director, Zenmo Simulations

Auke Hoekstra is an academic researcher at the Eindhoven University of Technology. He is also the founder and director of NEONresearch.nl and Zenmo.com. Both model how we can quickly transition away from fossil fuels using a bottom-up agent-based methodology that respects individual freedom, heterogeneity, and technological learning. So, he sees electric vehicles as an especially important part of the energy transition and wrote his first book about them in 2009. He has been called “debunker in chief” on twitter where he corrects misinformation about electric vehicles.

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Elly Blanksma
Mayor of Helmond

Elly Blanksma has been mayor of Helmond since 2012. She was a member of the Lower House of the States General between 2006-2012 and was part of the cabinet. She was Finance spokesperson, chairman of several committees and member of the CDA executive committee. She is also vice chairman of the Metrolpoolregion Eindhoven (MRE) and vice chairman of the Safety Region Brabant-Zuidoost (VRBZO).

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Suzanne Otters
Delegate Mobility, Organization and European programs, North Brabant

On European programs Suzanne Otters is chairman of the steering committee OPZuid 2014-2020. She is also chairman of the steering committee OPZuid 2021-2027 i.o. and administrative leader North-Brabant for the Just Transition Fund (JTF). Also she is involved in the interreg a Euregio programs in Flanders and Germany. On mobility she is a member of administrative advisory Committee Mobility (IPO), a member of administrative summit smart and sustainable mobility BrabantStad and chairman program council SmartwayZ.NL.

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Dieter Klein Nagelvoort
Manager Strategy & Mobility Development, Arriva

“Creating opportunities for improvement, entering into and maintaining long-term relationships and building bridges between different stakeholders with the aim of sustainable results. As Manager Strategy and Mobility Development at Arriva in the South region in the Netherlands, this is the starting point for what we are already doing today. To take the next step in the field of mobility and sustainability together with ambitious stakeholders on the way to a world where public transport is the best choice.”

Anita Toni
Head of Funding & Partnerships – Arriva

Anita Toni is Head of Funding & Partnerships within the Arriva Group.
Arriva is a multinational company owned by Deutsche Bahn, specialised in passengers transport and present in 13 European Countries.
Anita has been working in the public mobility field for 13 years, with experience at the European Commission as well as European organisations in innovative and connected mobility. Within Arriva, she is actively involved in the brand new Zero emission department of the company, securing partnerships with innovative and market-leading providers, industry bodies and academic institutes to trial the latest and best technology advancements as well as support local business strategy development and client engagement to shape the future of transport.

Richard Smokers
Principal Advisor Sustainable Transport and Logistics, TNO

Richard Smokers is Principal Advisor Sustainable Transport & Logistics at TNO. Besides strategic consulting to governments, industry and other stakeholders on various aspects of sustainable mobility and logistics, and acting as lead consultant in projects for e.g. the European Commission and the Dutch government, he is responsible for initiating new research and consulting activities on topics such as sustainable logistics, the contribution of sustainable transport to green growth and the role of sustainable mobility in smart cities.

Rodrigue Al Fahel
Project Manager, Lindholmen Science Park

Rodrigue Al Fahel has an interest in understanding and driving the innovation process in complex environments. He has been part of Lindholmen Science Park since autumn 2019, developing and managing projects in the mobility sector and focusing especially on international collaboration.

Magdalena Szymańska
E-mobility coordinator, Municipality of Gdansk

Coordinator for electromobility, autonomous mobility and shared e-scooters at the Municipality of Gdansk. Acquires and implements projects in the field of sustainable mobility and smart city. Coordinated the development and is responsible for the implementation of the Strategy for Electromobility in Gdansk.
Graduated from Sociology at the University of Gdańsk. She holds a PhD in economic sciences within the scope of management sciences. She is interested in marketing communication in the field of sustainable development and sport. Previously, she was responsible for marketing communication in Hevelianum, Gdańsk’s science centre. She also worked in local government in England, participating in a project on integration of migrant workers. She took her first professional steps as a reporter for Tricity editorial offices.

Fred Dotter
Director European Projects and Policies, Mobiel 21

Fred Dotter joined Mobiel 21 in 2015 as Senior Project Manager and took on an additional role within the organisation in 2020 as Director of European Projects and Policies. Over the years, he has been involved in over 30 European innovation and research projects spanning all sustainable urban mobility topics and themes: from mobility policy and management to behavioral change.
As his European experience and expertise covers a lot of ground, he acts as a registered expert for the European Commission.

Nikita Zaiko
Project Manager, Lindholmen Science Park

Nikita Zaiko joined Lindholmen Science Park (LSP), a non-economic organization hosting several R&I-programs e.g., mobility, in 2020 in the role of project manager. He is coordinating and participating in several complex innovation projects involving multiple stakeholders from the industry, academia, and public sector, with electrification of heavy-duty vehicles being the common theme. He holds a MSc. in Logistics and Transport Management from School of Business, Economics and Law at Gothenburg University.

Tim De Ceunynck
Project Manager Mobility, LRM.

Tim De Ceunynck is project manager mobility at the Limburg Investment Company LRM. He coordinates the mobility projects at LRM’s real estate locations, including the Smart Mobility Terhills project that aims to implement the first fully autonomous transport system in Belgium. He holds a double PhD in Engineering and Transportation Sciences and has over 10 years experience in mobility research.

Evelien Marlier
Project Manager Mobility and Logistics, IMEC

Evelien Marlier works as a project manager in the Mobility and Logistics (M&L) cluster at IMEC. As a world-leading R&D and innovation hub, IMEC accelerates progress towards a connected, sustainable future. Together with the other M&L experts, Evelien Marlier searches for innovative technological solutions that enable digital transformation in the domain of mobility. In her work, she focuses specifically on active road users and the inclusion of vulnerable groups when new services are designed.

Giulia Renzi
Project Manager ICOOR – UNIMOOR

Giulia has been a project manager in the ICOOR team for the last five years, focusing on the evaluation activities of several European Projects (as AEOLIX, ELVITEN, and FENIX). From September 2022, she is the technical coordinator of SINFONICA, a Horizon Europe project that aims to develop functional, efficient, and innovative strategies, methods, and tools to engage CCAM users, providers, and other stakeholders to collect, understand and structure in a manageable and exploitable way their needs, desires, and concerns related to CCAM. SINFONICA will use this knowledge to co-create final decision support tools for designers and decision-makers with the scope to enhance its seamless and sustainable deployment, to be inclusive and equitable for all citizens. Testing and verification of all the SINFONICA activities with a wide community of actors across Europe will be at the core of the project, so all outcomes provide foundations for reuse and empowerment at a local level.

Tatiana Kováčiková
Head International Research Project, ERAdiate+

Subject: How universities can contribute to the skills required for new needs of a mobility system Smart. Sustainable. Safe.?
In this lecture, Tatiana Kováčiková will be focused on the “Year of Skills” and how there can be better alignment in relation to the “Competence Gap” in Europe.

Axel Bergweiler
Head of business and product development, Bahnen der Stadt Monheim GmbH

Axel Bergweiler has been working in public transport since 2010. During this time, he has gained experience in strategic and operational planning and in operations. Since July 2019, he is working for Bahnen der Stadt Monheim and has been responsible for the implementation of the autonomous shuttle line A01, which has the highest kilometre performance with autonomous shuttles in Europe.

Karen Vancluysen
Secretary General POLIS

Subject: Governing Innovation – Innovating Governance. Mobility challenges & opportunities in the city of tomorrow

Karen Vancluysen will discuss how mobility in cities will have to change radically, if we are to reach the European ambitions in terms of climate neutrality, safety, and air pollution. What challenges lie ahead, both for cities and the industry, as we accelerate the necessary shift towards more sustainable mobility? What solutions and skills will we need to employ to make this a successful undertaking?

Karen Vancluysen was appointed as Secretary General of POLIS in September 2014, after having been the network’s Research Director for 8 years. Prior to that, she worked as network manager at ACCESS-Eurocities and as project manager at Langzaam Verkeer, a Belgian centre for mobility management. Since 1998, Karen Vancluysen has been involved in European urban transport networking and policy activities, and EU research and innovation projects covering a wide range of urban mobility topics. She has been a speaker and moderator at many high-level events in Europe and beyond, on a wide range of urban mobility themes approached from the perspective of cities and the governance of innovation.

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Jeroen Dijsselbloem
Mayor of Eindhoven

Jeroen Dijsselbloem is Mayor of Eindhoven from September 2022. He was for five years Minister of Finance in the Netherlands. Before those years he was chair of the Eurogroup and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). His impressive cv makes him the excellent person to contribute to further integration of all societal and economical challenges of the city of Eindhoven.

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