NEW TRANSPORTATION MEANS AT TOMORROW.MOBILITY WORLD CONGRESS

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 (Bernama) -- Fira de Barcelona and EIT Urban Mobility, an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and a body of the European Union will jointly organised Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress (TMWC) from Nov 7 to 9 in Barcelona, Spain.

Deemed an ultimate platform for sustainable and intelligent urban mobility, over 100 international experts will come together at the event, to address the crucial challenges the transportation sector is facing and share effective, proven solutions.

The conference programme is structured around eight themes, namely Data Spaces; Inclusivity, Affordability & Fairness; Connected, Cooperative & Automated Mobility; Sustainable Urban Logistics; Multimodality; Urban Air Mobility; Energy Transition; and Active Mobility, according to a statement.

TMWC will focus on some of the key topics, including strategies to support public transport as a crucial element to make cities more liveable and meet ambitious emission reduction targets, the creation of a shared mobility data space to deploy extensive multimodal travel, and overcoming the challenges to fully implement autonomous vehicles.

Among some 100 speakers are San Francisco MTA Chief Innovation Officer and X (Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory) advisor, Timothy Papandreou; Chair of the Committee on Transport and Tourism at the European Parliament,  Karima Delli; and Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chief Innovation Officer, Seleta Reynolds.

The congress will also feature an exhibition space where 130 companies including BSM, Deloitte, KIA, Moventis, PTV Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Racc, Renfe, and Sener will showcase their latest products.

TMWC will be held alongside Smart City Expo World Congress, Tomorrow.Building, Tomorrow.BlueEconomy, focusing on the opportunities of the blue economy, apart from PUZZLE X, in which all together the events will gather over 25,000 visitors, 1,000 exhibitors, over 800 cities and more than 600 speakers in Barcelona.

-- BERNAMA