Next Generation of Transport Planning Tools for Sustainable Urban Mobility

Join us for the final Harmony H2020 conference: Next Generation of Transport Planning Tools for Sustainable Urban Mobility!

Several experts will present the results of the project through technical speeches, live demonstrations and practical application, each one focusing on a different aspect: innovation proposed by industries challenged faced by urban authorities, spatial and transport planning. Finally, you will take part in a cross-session debate which will bring the event to a close and shed some light on future developments.

Who is the conference for?

If you are part of the metropolitan and city authorities, industry professionals, academics/researchers, students, relevant NGOs, traffic modellers, urban planners, etc​., you can't miss this opportunity!

Where is the venue?

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UAB Casa Convalescència

C/ Sant Antoni Maria Claret 171

08041 Barcelona

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AGENDA - the 24th of February, 2023

8.30 CET - 17.15 CET

*Moderators: Prof. Maria Kamargianni (Professor of Transport Systems Innovation and Sustainability and the Head of the MaaSLab -Mobility as a Service Lab at University College London - UCL) and Dr Loha Hashimy (a senior innovation manager at ENIDE, Adjunct Professor at EU Business School).

• 8.30 h - 9.00 h​: Register ​

• 9.00 h - 9.30 h:​ Welcome: HARMONY vision, scope and achievements+ Exploitable Results​ - speaker: Prof. Maria Kamargianni (Professor of Transport Systems Innovation and Sustainability and the Head of the MaaSLab -Mobility as a Service Lab at University College London - UCL)

• 9.30 h - 10.00​ h: Keynote speaker -Vladimir Vorotovic Director - Innovation & Deployment at ERTICO-ITS Europe) : Future of mobility and where Europe stands​; *Special video welcome from the Project Officer: Thiago Tavares (CINEA | European Commission | Urban Mobility, Integrated Transport and Climate-Neutral Cities)

• 10.00 h - 10.40 h:​ PANEL - SUMP Challenges: the latest and most critical mobility challenges in our cities and related planning processes​ - moderator: Simone Bosetti (Partner at TRT Trasporti e Territorio and chair of the EU SUMP Platform Coordinating Group) and panellists: Ivo Cré (Director of Policy and Projects at Polis), Jordi Casas Juan City Development Manager at EIT Urban Mobility) and Susanne Böhler (Senior Advisor bei Rupprecht Consult Forschung und Beratung GmbH)

• 10.40 h - 11.00 h: Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning recommendations and roadmaps -speaker: Simone Bosetti (Partner at TRT Trasporti e Territorio and chair of the EU SUMP Platform Coordinating Group)

• 11.00 h - 11.15 h:​ A poster session and coffee break​

• 11.15 h - 12.00 h: HARMONY MS: The next generation of planning tools (Rotterdam, Turrin, Oxfordshire) -10 min pitch: Athena Tsirimpa (Head of Research at MobyX) and speakers: Michiel De Bok - Rotterdam case study (Research Leader at Significance and Researcher at the Delft University of Technology), Francesca Fermi - Turin case study (Expert in Transport Modelling at TRT Trasporti e Territorio Srl), and Panos Georgakis (Reader in Transportation Systems at the University of Wolverhampton).

• 12.00 h - 12.30 h: PANEL: Data-based decisions for transport planning + data standardisation - moderator: Angelo Martino (Chairman at TRT Trasporti e Territorio) and panellists: Antulio Richetta (Director at Arcadis IBI Group), Andreu Ulied (Owner, MCRIT), and Amalia Polydoropoulou (Professor of Department of Shipping Trade and Transport, University of the Aegean).

• 12.30 h -13.00​ h: PITCH - Data app as a solution, MOBY - speaker: Prof. Maria Kamargianni (Professor of Transport Systems Innovation and Sustainability and the Head of the MaaSLab -Mobility as a Service Lab at University College London - UCL)

• 13.00 h - 13.45 h: A poster session and lunch break

• 13.45 h - 14.30​ h: PANEL: The cities – demonstrations of AV and drones (case studies: E-Trikala, City of Rotterdam, Oxfordshire City Council) - challenges, experience and required policies​ - moderator: Tariq van Rooijen (Senior Project Manager at TNO Transport & Mobility) and panellists: Odisseas Raptis (CEO of E-Trikala), George Fourtinas (UAV Analyst – Future Mobility Team at Oxfordshire County Council), and Stefan Schimmel (Mobility Advisor, municipality of Rotterdam).

• 14.30 h - 15.15 h: PANEL -  Transition to sustainable mobility the role of CCAM and UAVs - moderator: Tamara Djukic Senior Manager - Innovation and Development at ERTICO), panellists: Eman Martin Vignerete (Director at BOSH), Dirk Schindler(Product Manager Air Operations at Airbus), Jordi Casas (Global Head of R&D at AIMSUN), and Benoît Larrouturou (Expert Urban Mobility, EIT Urban Mobility).

• 15.15 h - 16:00 h:​ PANEL- How do cities see the implementation of new mobility technologies in city and transport planning? Panellists: Sara Udina (Head of the city’s Department of Urban Planning at AJUNTAMENT DEL PRAT DE LLOBREGAT), Raúl Sánchez (Director of Strategy, Alliances & Open Innovation - Las Rozas Innova), Pedro Moreira (Head of Transport Authority and Mobility Management Unit @ Município de Braga Smart Cities | MaaS | Member of the EC Expert Group on Urban Mobility) and more are soon to be confirmed!

• 16.00 h – 17.15​ h: Poster Session: Networking & cocktail party

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* What is #HARMONYH2020?

HARMONY is a project that has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement Nº815269. HARMONY is a project under the CIVITAS Initiative, an EU-funded programme working to make sustainable and smart mobility a reality for all.

* Who are HARMONY experts?

HARMONY H2020 project is run by a consortium of 20 partners from 9 countries, coordinated by UCL - University College London.

* Why do we need HARMONY?

Harmony’s vision is to enable metropolitan area authorities to lead a sustainable transition to a low-carbon new mobility era. Our spatial and multimodal transport planning tools will update the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans of the future.

* What is HARMONY Model Suite?

HARMONY Model Suite or HARMONY MS is a platform bringing together transport and spatial planning tools, people and freight activity-based models, network models and land-use models. By providing evidence-based spatial and transport planning, HARMONY MS seeks to contribute to the realization of sustainable metropolitan and urban development.

* Why use HARMONY MS?

HARMONY Model Suite harmonises spatial and multimodal transport planning models allowing HARMONY MS users to comprehensively model the dynamicity of the changing transport sector and spatial organisation in urban and regional areas.

* Environmental impact:

We are committed to advancing sustainable mobility towards a safer and healthier life in our cities and regions. During its lifetime, HARMONY aims to:

• REDUCE CONGESTION by 15%
• REDUCE NOISE LEVEL by 10%
• INCREASE TRIPS WITH LOWER EMISSIONS by 10%
• INCREASE INTERMODALITY by 10%