The Future of Cities and Movement

Our cities and mobility systems are on the edge of a decisive shift. New technology is already reshaping urban life as we know it, but the end result is yet unsettled. The framework, however, is clear. Cities have more pulling power than ever, and with it a growing responsibility to provide better decision making, better understanding and protection of the environment, and ultimately better user experience to rising citizen numbers.

The best solution that we know so far is smarter cities. Structures and local governments using data from citizens, devices, and assets to manage traffic, transportation systems, power plants, water supply networks, waste, law enforcement, information systems, schools, libraries, hospitals, and any other service for their citizens.

Many cities have begun this journey, but none have yet reached the final destination. Now is the time for conversation, connection and innovation, which will shape the future of cities and mobility systems. People are already informed and connected to everything, everywhere, all the time. Now is the time for city builders and the business to figure out what this means for the places we live and move in, and how they should respond.

The annual SMART CITIES AND MOBILITY FORUM is already becoming the leading platform in SEE for the transforming mobility and urban living concepts. It is a meetup of the policy, business and citizen sectors, where you can get up to date with and explore new trends, business models and policies in urban development and mobility technology.

The forum combines a challenging agenda with insightful speakers and a vibrant networking atmosphere to support city and market development in Sofia, Bulgaria, and the SEE region. Participants include relevant industry leaders from the automotive, building, tech and utility sectors, startup founders, investors, local government, and high level EU policy makers with focus on smarter governance, transportation and living.

The Forum

● The current trends in smart city development. Where will sustainability, economy, technology and human wellbeing meet in the future cities?

● The smart responses to the rising challenges of air quality, climate change and water management, among others

● The digital shift in transportation: electric cars, autonomous vehicles, mobility as a service

● Infrastructure and urban planning for the changing services: IoT, new mobility, smart utilities, connected homes, urban agriculture

● Technology solutions for more effective city governance● New economic opportunities and disruptive business models

in a changing urban and mobility frameworks. Their effect on the social models of today

● Business, academia and local government synergy for better user experience

Topics in 2019

Why attend ?

Тhe E-MOBILITY AND FUTURE CITIES forum is a platform for sharing trends, innovations and strategies for the future development of cities in the region. The forum brings together ideas, resources and authority to create potential. It is a meeting place for all the stakeholders who can make change for cities possible and execute it.

Speakers featured in 2018

350+Urban planners and policy makers, representatives of European Institutions, CEOs and senior managers from the utility, tech and automotive sectors, mobility service providers, IT companies, consulting companies, NGO sector.

Audience

"...it was a pleasure to participate and being part of the event in order share our view as Tech Provider. I really got the impression that there is a lot of movement in Sofia towards the right direction in terms of a clear vision and of course e-mobility. The three sessions and its panelists were very well selected, structured and a lot of interesting insights, challenges and different perspectives came up."

Peter Schneidermann, INVERS

What some of the speakers say

"Thank you for inviting me to the event and an honor to be a speaker there. It was an interesting and very well organized conference."

Maria Sorokina, Vulog

"...I would like to commend you on a very well executed and very professional event. It was an impressive line-up and you had succeeded in attracting many relevant and interesting speakers. The entire setup was done in a very professional way."

Anders Wall, Green Mobility

I believe the conference was very well organized and I believe the group of speakers you gathered to speak about the topics of e-mobility was of a great interest for the experts and for the visitors.

Ekaterina Dmitrakieva, car2Go

CAPITAL

Capital is the leading business media platform in Bulgaria, reaching an average audience of 1.8 mln per month, and one of the biggest conference organizers in the region of SEE.

The company’s event portfolio includes 30+ events, covering topics like Government to Business relations, Banking and Finance, HR and Leadership, Industry 4.0, Investment and Entrepreneurship, Smart Cities and Transportation, E-commerce and Retail of the Future

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