Organized by IFEMA MADRID and by Smobhub, with the sponsorship and promotion of the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility and the support of the Community of Madrid and the Madrid City Council, Global Mobility Call was born as a strategic event to position Spain as the international hub for sustainable mobility. The post-pandemic recovery, the Next Generation EU funds and the European Green Deal laid the essence of an event of international scope that celebrates its third edition from November 19 to 21.
More than 450 public and private speakers will participate in the call, many of them international, in the 115 debate tables and keynotes, and nearly a hundred companies, corporations and startups from different countries. World leaders, senior institutional representatives, business executives, experts and entrepreneurs will contribute to the result of an authentic ‘summit’ of sustainable mobility, in a very active environment of promoting alliances, public-private collaboration, dialogue, networking and innovation.
In this edition, GMC has the participation of international organizations of global relevance such as WWF, UN-Global Compact, UN-Habitat, PIARC, C40, Slocat, GIZ, International Energy Federation, among others, which strengthen their collaboration. As a novelty, GMC will reinforce the presence of representatives from numerous cities around the world who will share their advances in mobility, urban planning and investment; This will happen with guests from cities such as, among many others, Stuttgart, Copenhagen, Milan, Krakow, Bordeaux, Chicago, Istanbul, Guimaraes and Athens, as well as numerous Latin American cities.
The event will once again present in the congress area, GMC Congress, a powerful program of national and international conferences that represent all sectors of sustainable mobility, covering major topics such as the development of sustainable mobility, technological solutions, urban planning , transport services, the role of companies and administrations, the energy transition, environmental challenges, etc. Activity to be distributed in spaces such as the Main Stage; the Debate Agoras and the Insight Plaza, which will develop the agenda of six of the thematic itineraries, in addition to the Innovation Studio, a unique space in which the ‘Strategic Disruption: Innovation, Talent and Cyber’ itinerary will take place.
21st century sustainability
The latest developments in the electric vehicle charging industry and safe, inclusive and accessible mobility solutions (intelligent traffic management and road safety) will also be part of GMC which, in the case of the second of these initiatives, will present the celebration of the Traffic Forum, led by the General Directorate of Traffic. A set of proposals that will inform about the present and future of connectivity, digitalization and efficient management of road safety, promoting areas such as infrastructure development, road safety, parking, ‘last mile’ and urban mobility. A scenario marked by the relevance of the efficient application of digitalization.
As a model of sustainable air mobility, IBERIA will be present at the Global Mobility Call with a presentation on the sustainability of Aerospace transport, which will be titled ‘How to make Spain the European leader in SAF’. The company has just presented the new A321XLR transoceanic aircraft, which is positioned as one of the most efficient aircraft on the market, with fuel savings of more than 40% compared to wide-body models, maintaining the high comfort standards characteristic of other long-haul aircraft in the IBERIA fleet.
The event will promote public-private collaboration, dialogue, networking and innovation, etc.
The event, which will be broadcast 24/7, 365 days a year thanks to the IFEMA MADRID LIVEConnect platform, will also feature the presentation of the first GMC 2023 Sustainable Mobility Report, which collects all the knowledge, debates and experiences exhibited in the 2023 edition. As highlighted by the organization: «This Report is born from the commitment that Global Mobility Call intends to establish with society through a call to action (CALL), identifying the most relevant topics and tangible solutions to build “a more sustainable, safe, efficient and equitable mobility, with solutions that respond to the demands and needs of today’s society.”
Useful information:
• Location: Pavilion 3 IFEMA MADRID
• Date: From Tuesday, November 19 to Thursday, November 21
• Entry: Professional (check prices on the website)
• More information: www.ifema.es/global-mobility-call
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