MaaS Market London: Ertico’s Jacob Bangsgaard joins speaker line-up
MaaS Market London: Ertico’s Jacob Bangsgaard joins speaker line-up
More leading ITS innovators have been confirmed as speakers at ITS International’s fourth MaaS Market conference in London, UK, on March 20-21, 2019.
Among them is Jacob Bangsgaard, CEO of European association Ertico and president of the MaaS Alliance, the public-private partnership working to create the foundations for a common European approach to Mobility as a Service (MaaS).
From the UK, Paul Campion, CEO of Transport Systems Catapult and Chris Lane, head of smart travel from Transport for West Midlan
December 20, 2018
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More leading ITS innovators have been confirmed as speakers at ITS International’s fourth 8545 MaaS Market conference in London, UK, on March 20-21, 2019.
Among them is Jacob Bangsgaard, CEO of European association 374 Ertico and president of the MaaS Alliance, the public-private partnership working to create the foundations for a common European approach to Mobility as a Service (MaaS).
From the UK, Paul Campion, CEO of Transport Systems Catapult and Chris Lane, head of smart travel from Transport for West Midlands, will also be speaking at the conference.
They join a programme that includes Gary C Thomas, president and executive director of Dallas Area Rapid Transit in the US and Michael Hurwitz, head of innovation for Transport for London.
The conference will debate the latest developments in transport provision and MaaS projects in the UK, Europe and the USA.
The 2019 programme will cover themes such as the role of vertical transport providers and explore whether MaaS risks destroying public transport as we know it. There will also be cutting-edge reports from the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland and the US on putting MaaS into practice.
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A major restructuring of transport services is underway in a growing number of cities worldwide as new consumer-lead business models threaten the future of traditional operators.
That’s the message Paul Campion, CEO of UK innovation agency Transport Systems Catapult, will give to delegates at the opening of ITS International’s 2019 MaaS Market Conference (20-21 March, Inmarsat Conference Centre, London).
Campion will argue that the digitisation of transport is driving a move from a supplier-centric system
Almost a year after it came into operation, Transport for West Midlands’ head of smart travel, Chris Lane, will update delegates at the MaaS Market Conference (London 20 and 21 March) on how the Whim West Midlands pilot scheme is working in practice.
Introduced in conjunction with MaaS Global, Whim West Midlands is the UK’s first Mobility as a Service platform to go live to the general public and combines public transport (bus and tram) with on-demand taxis and bike sharing. The initial Pay-As-You-Go se