We cordially invite you to become one of our guests at the 1st International Smart Cities' Symposium “Urban Mobility Dialogue 2017” (the “UMD”), exclusively designed by our company - academus GmbH. The event will take place in Berlin on the 1st - 4th of November 2017 and is organized under the patronage of Senator Ms. Ramona Pop – Berlin Senate department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises. It will gather the governmental delegations from a number of cities worldwide, who will bring their stories of success as well as open questions and challenges, addressing them to the experts from academia and research, industries, business and civil enterprises, who will fulfill our Dialogue. Please, find all the details attached, the official web-site is www.smartcity-dialogues.com.

1. URBAN MOBILITY DIALOGUE- BERLIN-NOV 1st
– 4th
Program
Please have a look at the UMD program, and find the key-note lectures and dialogue/workshop
sessions that interest you the most. Please also check www.smartcity-dialogues.com or
download the UMD Broschure.
Highlights
The UMD17 is full of highlights you should not miss ....
Within the Parade of Cities high-ranked city representatives describe the mobility situation and its
challenges in their cities. Amongst others we are happy to welcome
Abuja Buenos Aires Kazan Las Vegas Medellin
Portland
Saint
Petersburg
Santiago Toronto Vienna
The History of Berlin's Mobility from bygone days up to now is presented by Jan
Gympel (Journalist and Urban Historian)

2. Our Dialogue sessions bring you into deeper discussions about various topics of urban mobility.
An evening guest lecture about the Future of Mobility: presented by Dr. Michael Mischke (PCH
INNOVATIONS) will give you an impression about what may happens.

3. Move around with vehicles, such as Segways and electric cargo-bikes and see
how loomo follows you behind.
On the Tourboat and during the subsequent Evening Dinner you can discuss with colleagues
from the international mobility community and enjoy the beauty of the city of Berlin by night.
The World Café prepares the Dialogues of the next days by collecting the main questions, topics
and challenges for the future.
Our Smart City Excursions to innovative projects in Berlin give you an impression about the
creativity and the innovation that is living in and characterizing Berlin.

4. Experts
The keynote speaker and experts of the UMD17 are specifically invited on the basis of their
experience and skills in the topic they cover. Amongst others these are:
Doc. Prof. Esteve
Almirall
Esade Business
School, Spain
Stéphane Barbier
TRANSPOLIS Smart
City Lab, France
Chris Barker
Technology
Consultant, United
States of America
Frank Beckmann
Smart Parking
Consultant, Germany
Olaf-Gerd Gemein
FIWARE Foundation,
Germany
Thomas Günther
Fraunhofer Institute
FOKUS, Germany
Jan Gympel
Journalist, Urban
Historian, Germany
Seppo Haataja
Director OASC
Secretariat, Belgium
Frank Hansen
BMW Group,
Germany
Tony Ho
Segway Inc., United
States

5. Christian Hochfeld
Agora
Verkehrswende,
Germany
Emmanuel John
Transportation
Growth Initiative,
Nigeria
Dewan Masud
Karim
Transportation
Planner Toronto,
Canada
Prof. Andreas Knie
InnoZ GmbH,
Germany
Martin Kracheel
Luxmobility,
Luxemburg
Mauricio
LeclercTransportatio
n Planning Portland,
United States
Juan José Mendez
Secretary of
Transport Buenos
Aires,Argentina
Dr. Michael
Mischke
PCH Innovations
GmbH Germany
Gunther Neidlein
FIBERIN, Germany
Miguel
OlivaresCoordinator
Urban Mobility
Santiago, Chile
Rene Peralta
San Diego State
University, United
States of America
Natalie Pfau-Weller
Fraunhofer IAO,
Stuttgart, Germany
Tina Quigely
General Manager,
Regional Transport
Commission of
Southern Nevada
Sandra Retzer
GIZ China, Beijing,
China
Phillip Schmitz
Volkswagen
Immobilien GmbH,
Germany

6. Thomas Schubert
Leitner Ropeways,
Austria
Ariel Sella
Tel Aviv University,
Tel Aviv, Israel
Maximilian Thess
numa, Berlin,
Germany
Mag. Dominic
Weiss
TINA Vienna GmbH,
Austria
Dr. Gabriele
Wendorf
Centre for
Technology and
Society, Germany
Jörg Welke
eMo, Berlin Agency
for Electro Mobility,
Germany
Registration
To register for the Urban Mobility Dialogue 2017 please use our online Conference
Management Tool(ConfTool).
Early Registration
(till September, 30th
)
Late Registration
(starting from October, 1st
)
Regular
850 EURO
(1011,50 incl. VAT)
980 EURO
(1166,20 incl. VAT)
Regular (FIWARE / OASC
Members) (Registration Code
required)
600 EURO
(714,00 incl. VAT)
690 EURO
(821,10 incl. VAT)
Students
400 EURO
(476,00 incl. VAT)
450 EURO
(535,50 incl. VAT)
Companion (bring your spouse for
the tour boat trip, the evening dinner and
300 EURO
(357,00 incl. VAT)
350 EURO
(416,50 incl. VAT)

7. other social gatherings)
All fees are provided in EURO and exclude VAT. The current VAT rate (19%) will be added and is
explicitly displayed on the invoice.
Press Accreditation is required for all media who wish to cover the UMD17. A Registration
Code for media representatives is available on request.
Partnership
The UMD has been made possible by our partners, those who have already confirmed their
support and those who will join us soon.

8. Thanks for showing up
We are looking forward to seeing you at the UMD17 in Berlin and would highly
appreciate if you can distribute this information to your colleagues and within your
professional catchments area. We kindly ask you to support us in making the UMD17 a
successful event and to start a series of Smart City Dialogues bringing us to joint
solutions for our future.
Please follow us on Facebook and/or retweet your ideas about the future of mobility
at Twitter .
Yours sincerely
Dr.-Ing. Bernd Stary CEO academus GmbH
Manager and Host of the 1st
International Urban Mobility Dialogue
The UMD17 is organized by

9. and held under the patronage of
Senator Ms. Ramona Pop
academus GmbH (Berlin, Germany) organizes high level events for the international scientific community as well for civil
society and government. For more than 15 years we have been providing symposiums, conferences, seminars and workshops
on topics such as innovative materials (architectural and technical textile), architecture, geodesy, geoinformation technologies,
medical technologies, the newly designed “smart city” concept, investment climate and more. We provide an international
platform to guests and partners who would like to present their elaborations and share their know-how and their technologies.
We develop appropriate concepts for those interested in a special project-related market presence or a suitable market entry.
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