2023 SPEAKERS

Meet the experts and visionaries who shared their expertise at the Congress.

DISRUPTIVE IDEAS FROM LEADING VOICES

A few of the urban leaders and world-renowned experts that took the stage at #TMWC23.

Timothy Papandreou

CEO,
Emerging Transport Advisors

Timothy Papandreou

Founder and CEO of Emerging Transport Advisors, Tim is a trusted global thought leader on emerging technologies, moonshots, smart cities, and the future of life & work. He also led key strategic partnerships at Google X Moonshot Factory. As former Chief Innovation Officer at San Francisco MTA, Tim is an expert in holistic community-centered smart city tools that benefit the broader economy.

Seleta Reynolds

Chief Innovation Officer,
Los Angeles County Metropolitan

Seleta Reynolds

Now CIO & interim CPO at LA Metro, Seleta is leading a large portfolio of projects including the mobility plan for the 28 Olympic and Paralympic Games and a Universal Basic Mobility pilot. Former General Manager of LA Department of Transportation, she was responsible for 52 different business lines. Also being a founding Chair of the Board of the Open Mobility Foundation, Reynolds has over 25 years of transportation experience in both the public and private sectors.

Tamira Snell

Futurist and Senior Advisor,
Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

Tamira Snell

With a background in cultural sociology, Tamira’s field of passion is people and culture – to understand the future drivers and barriers behind why we live and think, behave and consume the way we do, and to investigate the behavioural patterns and cultural consequences of broader societal currents.

Maria Tsavachidis

CEO,
EIT Urban Mobility

Maria Tsavachidis

Our top in-house expert, Maria is the CEO of EIT Urban Mobility, co-organizer of TMWC, and President of the event’s Advisory Board. With more than 20 years of experience at Siemens, she started her career as a researcher in the field of Intelligent Transport Systems and holds a Ph.D. in traffic engineering from the Technical University of Munich.

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Karima Delli

Karima Delli

Chair of the Committee on Transport and Tourism,
European Parliament

Karen Vancluysen

Karen Vancluysen

Secretary General,
POLIS

Susanna Zammataro

Susanna Zammataro

Director General,
International Road Federation

Michael Glotz-Richter

Michael Glotz-Richter

Senior Mobility Manager,
City of Bremen

Jacob Bangsgaard

Jacob Bangsgaard

Secretary General for Automobile Mobility and Tourism,
FIA

Randolf Wilson

Randolf Wilson

Head of the Department of Transport,
Kumasi Metropolitan Assambly, Ghana

Roamy Valera

Roamy Valera

Presdient,
Automotus

Dagmara Wrzesinska

Dagmara Wrzesinska

MaaS & Urban Mobility Specialist,
Trafi

Renske Martijnse-Hartikka

Renske Martijnse-Hartikka

Senior Project Manager Smart Mobility,
Forum Virium Helsinki

Michael Wanyama

Michael Wanyama

Team Leader,
Wanyama Autosafety Initiatives

Cristina Albuquerque

Cristina Albuquerque

Global Electric Mobility Director,
WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Cristian Bardají

Cristian Bardají

Director of Mobility Area,
RACC

Asuka Ito

Asuka Ito

Sustainable Mobility Manager,
Federation Internationale de l'Automobile

Monica Magnussen

Monica Magnussen

Head of International Affairs,
City of Copenhagen

Lola Ortiz

Lola Ortiz

General Director, Planning and Mobility Infrastructure,
City of Madrid

Toni Segarra

Toni Segarra

President,
FGC

Rikesh Shah

Rikesh Shah

Mobility Innovation Expert and Ex-Head of Innovation,
Transport for London

Ignasi Gómez-Belinchón

Ignasi Gómez-Belinchón

Cluster Director,
In-MOVE by Railgroup

Jill Warren

Jill Warren

CEO,
European Cyclists' Federation

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