Celebrating a decade of the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme!
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology, a body of the European Union, celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Regional Innovation Scheme, a program that has been crucial in closing the European innovation divide. Millenáris, one of Budapest’s most significant event venues, that used to be a giant industrial site, was the spotlight of European’s innovation […]
The EIT Community boosts innovation in Spain and reaffirms its leadership in Europe
Organised by the EIT Community under the title ‘The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and the new European Innovation Agenda’, the Spanish innovation ecosystem met yesterday in Madrid. The event was attended by the Director General of the CDTI, Javier Ponce, the Secretary-General for Innovation, Teresa Riesgo, and brought together a large part […]
Park(ing) Day 2023. Giving back the streets to the citizens
Park(ing) Day is an international event, organised annually in cities around the world, that has one simple goal: to give the streets back to the citizen Its aim is to reclaim the streets from cars and instead use them to promote public activities, such as art, music, and recreational activities Park(ing) Day 2023 will be […]
Mobility DataSpaces: The analysis of macro data trends will be key to implementing a model of sustainable urban mobility
In order to accelerate the transition towards more sustainable and smarter mobility, it is essential to unlock the potential of mobility data. Creating a common European data space for mobility will facilitate access, pooling, and sharing of mobility and transport data. EIT Urban Mobility and Telpark recently held the Mobility DataSpaces event on data sharing […]
Save the date: 19-20 September 2022 INNOVEIT BRNO: The Future of Sustainable Urban Mobility
EIT Urban Mobility is organising INNOVEIT BRNO: The Future of Sustainable Urban Mobility, part of ’INNOVEIT WEEKS’ event series – the flagship event of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). INNOVEIT BRNO will be a side event of the Urban Mobility Days, a biennial conference held on 20-22 September in Brno, jointly organised […]
Join the Citython 2022 Žilina and co-ideate the solutions for your city!
Citython 2022, a project funded by EIT UM and organised by CARNET, analyses mobility challenges faced by cities, where multi-disciplinary teams of students and professionals from different backgrounds and expertise (architecture, urban planning, data science, engineering, human science, and business creation) compete against each other to provide innovative solutions. This hybrid (in person and online) […]
High-level City Event at Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress
During Tomorrow Mobility World Congress, EIT Urban Mobility brought together top elected officials and policy practitioners from several cities in Europe in two roundtable discussions to share their key priorities and ideas to advance sustainable urban mobility and foster the uptake of transport innovations. Adopting a leading approach appears essential to identify the most pressing […]
Pitch your project idea to the EIT Urban Mobility Partnership!
We are looking for innovative ideas to be pitched at the EIT Urban Mobility Matchmaking Event Series in March 2021. This is an opportunity to present your organisation and get engaged in a Partner project responding to the upcoming Call for Proposals across five thematic challenge areas: Active Mobility Future Mobility Sustainable City Logistics Mobility […]
EIT Urban Mobility Innovation Days
The EIT Urban Mobility Innovation Days are your chance to engage with EIT Urban Mobility and mobility innovators across Europe. Why get involved? Learn about the upcoming Innovation Call for Proposals 2022 and the development of Action and Interest Groups. Gain insights on the four challenge areas prioritised by the EIT Urban Mobility Innovation activities. Hear from thought leaders on key innovations in each area and […]
Matteo Consonni will be moderating today at 16:00 CET at El mundo que viene: La movilidad del futuro
The virtual event “El mundo que viene: La movilidad del futuro”, organised BStartup de Banco Sabadell y Startup Valencia, will take place on the 19 January 2021 at 16:00 CET. Matteo Consonni, Business Creation Manager at EIT Urban Mobility, will moderate a session with other high level panelists and experts in the sector: Pep Gómez, […]
Join the webinars organised by SOUL project
The EIT Urban Mobility project “SOUL – Smart Mobility Hub Platform” invites all interested stakeholders to attend today and tomorrow the following two webinars organised by its consortium: 14/12: “SOUL: a DSS to plan and implement Smart Multimodal Mobility Hubs”. The webinar will present the SOUL DSS, an expert decision support system able to post‐process […]
Connect with the start-ups promoted in the first batch of the EIT Urban Mobility South accelerator
The EIT Urban Mobility South Demoday is a virtual networking event that will gather together the five startups promoted at the EIT Urban Mobility South accelerator’s first batch and an exclusive circle of investors. The meeting will be held on 15 December, from 10:00 to 12:30 CET. The startups will share their solutions for the […]
UrbanSmartPark Live demonstration of Street parking in Hamburg
The event will take place on the 9 December. The idea is to engage citizen for the topic of automated driving / parking and to share our project results with the public. Accordingly, we already have registrations from local press to accompany the event. You can find the programme of the event below: Apart from […]
Linking the EU community with the regional ecosystem of innovation
Slovenian RIS Hub On-line Conference,7 and 8 December 2020 7 December 2020 10:00 – 11:00 CET: Introduction Welcome by the Secretary of the Ministry for Infrastructure, Blaž Košorok Welcome by doc. DR. Aleš Žnidarič, director of ZAG Presentation of EIT Urban Mobility and RIS programmes, Bence Huba, RIS manager, EIT Urban Mobility Presentation of EIT […]
EIT Urban Mobility Startup Competition and Matchmaking online event is happening tomorrow, 4 December
EIT Urban Mobility RIS Hub Hungary and Startup Campus Incubator will be organising an online Urban Mobility-focused Startup Competition, where the best teams of the currently running startup incubation programmes of UNI BME and UNI Győr and some additional, more mature startups will present their solutions. The teams will present their businesses on 4 December […]
ZEUS project presents quick wins for low impact urban supplies
Keeping society – literally – moving is Colruyt’s collective responsibility. Future urban mobility challenges can only be tackled if we join forces. That is why Colruyt Group took the lead in EIT Urban Mobility project ZEUS, a pan-European research project, aimed at quiet and zero-emission deliveries of goods to city stores. The outcomes of the […]
Mobility Talks episode 7: Sharing insights for shared mobility
Cities are encouraging citizens to use shared mobility, but how can we make shared mobility profitable in the long-term? How is automotive industry shifting to mobility service providers? How will the automotive players adapt to less cars-oriented cities? Let’s debate how new industry players and innovative startups can shape the future of urban mobility along […]
Mobility Talks episode 6: “Citizens as drivers of their own mobility”
Join us on 21 October at 16:00 CET to discuss about the role of citizens in decision-making processes regarding urban mobility issues, which is essential to understand and respond to their expectations and real needs. Citizens and end-users have a say in urban mobility. Their participation in the decision-making process regarding urban mobility issues is […]
Mobility Talks episode 5: Mobility as a Service, disrupting urban mobility in the cities!
Much ink has been spilled on the not-so-new, still controversial, arguably disruptive concept of Mobility as a Service (MaaS, for the initiated). But, What are the main and still unresolved aspects to be addressed when implementing MaaS for real? Is MaaS the silver bullet able to solve many of the challenges facing cities today? In […]
Mobility Talks’ episode 4: ”Pedalling the future: from pop-up bike lanes to long-term cycling policies”
Have you ever wondered how cycling is contributing to the improvement of the local air quality, the public health and the level of liveability of the cities? If this is a topic appealing to you, our next Mobility Talks is for you! If before COVID-19, cycling was a high priority for the policy authorities due […]
‘Mobility Talks’ episode 3 – Blockchain in mobility: use cases, challenges and opportunities
Learn how blockchain technology is relevant to the urban mobility industry, and get to know startups working on blockchain-based use cases. Blockchain technology has entered into many sectors with force. Technology and telecommunications, financial services, logistics and distribution are some of the sectors with the highest adoption. On the other hand, the European Commission believes […]
‘Mobility Talks’ episode 2: A new mobility paradigm for health, cities and the environment
As urban centres in Europe begin to reopen, we take a look at how cities have dealt with the COVID-19, to what extent this pandemic has affected urban health, and how planners can reconcile urban proximity frameworks with the “new normal”. Experts agree that there is the potential to lock in the reduction in air […]
‘Mobility Talks’ episode 1: Analysis of mobility behaviour using data during and after the COVID-19 confinement
Did you miss our first episode of ‘Mobility Talks’? Don’t worry! You can find the link to recordings and the presentations below. The use of data and data privacy during and after the COVID-19 confinement is now all over the news. From EIT Urban Mobility, we want to give voice to experts to discuss changes […]
