Thursday, 28.04.2022 from 6.30 pm at the German Transport Museum
(Auditorium in Hall 3, Am Bavariapark 5, 80339 Munich)
Topic: Presentation of MCube - Innovation cluster for the mobility transition in Munich & Germany with leading mobility experts Munich
- Dr. Jessica Le Bris (Head of Mobility | Consulting & Research | Green City Experience GmbH)
- Prof. Sebastian Pfotenhauer (TUM, MCube Co-Director)
- Prof. Gebhard Wulfhorst (TUM, MCube Co-Director)
- Prof. Markus Lienkamp (TUM, MCube Co-Director)
- Oliver May-Beckmann (MCube Managing Director)
Registration: here
What is it about? Munich has big plans. Over the next few years, the city wants to become a European pioneer of sustainable mobility innovations and, just like Amsterdam, Paris and Barcelona, be recognized globally with its very own vision of the mobility transition. We can only achieve this together - if science, civil society, business, politics, administration, the cultural and creative scene and innovative founders from the city and region work towards the common goal. The start of the brand new Speaker Series "The future of mobility" offers an inspiring space to bring together and present ideas and the minds behind this vision.
Various experts from the MCube Cluster will be asking the perhaps uncomfortable question: What do we need to change today to really create the liveable cities of tomorrow? How can technical and social innovations help to ensure that both society as a whole and one of Germany's strongest economic sectors benefit from the mobility transition?
Let us welcome you on April 28 at the German Museum Transport Center (or via live stream on LinkedIn) and then discuss them with the following MCube experts.
At the Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum an entrance fee of € 3 is payable on site. Students are exempt from this requirement.
The following MCube experts await you:
Jessica Le Bris
Head of Mobility | Consulting & Research | Green City Experience GmbH
About Dr. Jessica Le Bris: At the interface between science and practice, Dr. Jessica Le Bris brings her expertise to consulting practice and at the same time builds a bridge to the world of research. Her areas of expertise include sustainable mobility in municipalities and companies (participatory strategy development, operational mobility management, change processes), acceptance and diffusion of new technologies, shaping behavioral change through experience and communication as well as (experimental) approaches to transformation.
Sebastian Pfotenhauer
MCube Co-Director | STS Department Head & Associate Professor for Innovation Research Program Coordinator | Technical University of Munich
About the personSebastian Pfotenhauer is Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Society (STS), and Carl von Linde Professor of Innovation Research. As an expert in the fields of science and technology studies and innovation policy, he heads the Innovation, Society and Public Policy research group at STS and the School of Management. Together with TUM colleagues, he leads the Munich Cluster for the Future of Mobility in Metropolitan Regions (M Cube), which was awarded a EUR 45M initiative by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of the Future Cluster Competition. Professor Pfotenhauer's research interests include innovation policy, regional innovation strategies and cultures, the circulation of innovation models, responsible innovation, and science and innovation in international contexts. Prior to his appointment at TUM, Professor Pfotenhauer was a Research Scientist and Lecturer at the MIT Technology and Policy Program and a Fellow at the Harvard STS Program.
Gebhard Wulfhorst
MCube Co-Director | Chair of Settlement Structure and Transportation Planning | Technical University of Munich
About the personGebhard Wulfhorst has headed the Chair of Settlement Structure and Transport Planning since July 2006. He is a spatial and transport planner and specializes in the interactions between spatial structures and mobility behaviour. His teaching, research and consulting activities focus on the development of integrated settlement and transport concepts, model-based impact assessment and the design of planning and implementation processes at the city-regional level. Together with TUM colleagues, he leads the Munich Cluster for the Future of Mobility in Metropolitan Regions (M Cube), which was awarded a EUR 50M initiative by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of the Future Cluster Competition.
Markus Lienkamp
MCube Co-Director | Chair of Automotive Engineering (FTM) | Technical University of Munich | (Vice) world champion of the Indy Autonomous Challenge 🏅
About the personProf. Dr. Markus Lienkamp conducts research in the field of electromobility and automated driving with the aim of developing truly innovative and new vehicle and mobility concepts. He heads the Chair of Automotive Engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and was involved in the CREATE project in Singapore. Together with TUM colleagues, he leads the Munich Cluster for the Future of Mobility in Metropolitan Regions (M Cube), which was awarded up to EUR 50 million by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of the Zukunftscluster competition. After studying mechanical engineering at TU Darmstadt and Cornell University, he completed his doctorate at TU Darmstadt (1995). At Volkswagen, he was head of the "Electronics and Vehicle" research department in Group Research. His focus was on driver assistance systems and vehicle concepts for electromobility. Prof. Lienkamp has headed the Chair of Automotive Engineering at TUM since November 2009. With around 60 doctoral students, the chair conducts research on current topics in the fields of automated driving, electromobility and smart mobility.
Oliver May-Beckmann
MCube Managing Director / Managing Director | Technical University of Munich
About the person: Oliver is an expert in the fields of urban innovation and entrepreneurship. He is building the central structure of MCube at the Technical University of Munich. Together with industry partners, politics, start-ups, NGOs, civil society and research institutes, MCube develops innovative mobility solutions for the challenges of our time. Over the past 10 years, Oliver's work in education, entrepreneurship and consulting has focused on all three major innovation poles of our time (Europe, China and the United States). Oliver led the ecosystem department at the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship and at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. He has lived in Shanghai and Boston and co-led the European-Chinese program CITYMAKERS, which empowers international urban innovators to create more livable cities. Oliver and his colleagues built from scratch the educational programs for social and sustainable entrepreneurship of the Social Entrepreneurship Academy - a joint initiative of the four major Munich universities and their entrepreneurship centers, supported by corporate partners such as BMW, SAP and Vodafone. He was program manager of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) in Vietnam and head of the East Asia department of the KAS in Berlin, which focused on cooperation with China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. He is the father of two children and enjoys hiking with his family.
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