Programme

Special Sessions: The Future of Mobility

Special Session
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12 November
Venue
Room 2 C

The future of mobility will be centered around sustainability, accessibility, and inclusiveness. The main session will be focused around a manifesto on the Right to Move which focuses on the importance that mobility has across all instances of citizens’ daily lives. The panel will be illustrating Mayors' visions and approaches on how mobility is key today in the development process, especially in urban development. It will also be, with the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) as co-organizer of the session, projecting the future of mobility and how it could play a central role in improving the livability and sustainability of cities with and from citizens, especially within the context of public transportation.

Speakers

Pere Calvet

Pere
Calvet
President of International Union of Public Transports

Esteban Galuzzi

Esteban
Galuzzi
Undersecretary for Transportation and Traffic, City of Buenos Aires

Saskia Sassen

Saskia
Sassen
Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, Centennial visiting Professor at the London School of Economics

Richard Sennet

Richard
Sennet
Centennial Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics

Roland Ries

Roland
Ries
Mayor of Strasbourg, President of CUF, Co-President of UCLG

Rafael Forero

Rafael
Forero
Urban Policy and Metropolitan Expert, UN-Habitat