EIT Urban Mobility will actively participate in the European Pulse Forum 2026 (9-10 April, Barcelona), the new POLITICO and beBartlet initiative that will convene senior policymakers and corporate leaders to address the pressing topics that are shaping Europe’s future, such as energy, mobility, security and defense, investment and innovation, housing, and trade.
Unlike other fora, this event will leverage public opinion data to broaden the debate while encouraging genuine participation and delivering tangible value for its select group of senior-level participants.
Featured speakers
Leading voices from across Europe will gather to discuss the most pressing political and economic challenges facing our continent:
- Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition
- Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain
- Alberto Núñez Feijóo, Leader of the Partido Popular
- Stéphane Séjourné, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy
- Salvador Illa, President of the Government of Catalonia
- Yolanda Diaz, Second Vice President and Minister of Labour and Social Economy, Spain
- Marc Rozendal, CEO at EIT Urban Mobility
Access the full list of speakers here.
EIT Urban Mobility at the European Pulse Forum 2026
Marc Rozendal, CEO at EIT Urban Mobility, will participate in the panel session “From EVs to self-driving cars: The next frontiers in European mobility” during the second day of the event from 12.10 to 12.45 CET.
The way Europeans get around is changing rapidly, and more change is on the horizon. The rise of electric vehicles, EU-level efforts to phase out combustion engines, the early plans to introduce self-driving taxis in some European countries and the rise of movements pushing for national or EU-wide rail tickets are just a few of the developments transforming the mobility industry today. How do Europeans feel about these shifts, and what do they hope to see from European-level policymakers and politicians in their own national governments? This session will explore the mobility-related results of the European Pulse Poll and dig into the policy implications with insights from high-level practitioners.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Dolors Montserrat, Secretary General, European People’s Party and member of the European Parliament
- Sander Salmu, Deputy Secretary-General for Mobility, Estonian Ministry for Environment
- Ágnes Szunomár, Associate Professor at the University of Budapest’s Institute of Global Studies
- Marc Rozendal, CEO of EIT Urban Mobility
Moderated by: Jan Cienski, POLITICO
Explore the full agenda and register now: