MaaS: Digital revolution and challenges of urban mobility

Matthew Baldwin is Deputy Director-General of DG MOVE and was appointed on 2 October 2018 as European Coordinator for road safety and sustainable mobility. These issues are now the main focus of his professional activities. He is also managing the Commission’s network of COVID-19 transport contact points with a particular focus on helping find a coordinated, safe and sustainable way out of the crisis.

In his Commission career of more than 20 years, he has served in the cabinets of President Barroso, Commissioner Lamy, and Commissioner Hill, the last as Head of Cabinet.  He has also been Director of Market Access and Industry in DG Trade and Director of Aviation in DG MOVE.

He is of Italian and British nationality, has two sons, speaks English, French and Italian and lives in Brussels.

Jean Coldefy is an independent expert, Director of the programme ‘Mobility 3.0’, by ATEC ITS France.

From 2010-16, he was Deputy Director of Mobility for the Grand Lyon Métropole. In this position, he supervised the development of large-scale projects such as Optimod’Lyon (winner of the World ITS Prize in 2013) and OptiCities.

More recently, he was heavily involved in the planning of the Mobility Orientation Law (LOM) in France, alongside the Ministry of Transport and the cabinet of the Transport Minister.

He is a graduate of the Central School of Lille, where he obtained a Master’s degree in business management and computer science.

Yves Crozet is a researcher associated with CERRE and is emeritus professor at Sciences Po in Lyon.

An economist specialising in the transport economy, he is a member of the Laboratory of Urban Planning, Transport, Economics (LAET) at Lyon University, where he was director from 1997 to 2007.

From 2010 to 2015, he was Secretary General of the World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR).

Since 2009, he has been President of the think tank French Road Union (URF). He is also a member of the quality control committee for the transport services of Ile-de-France and is a member of the CITEPA administrative council and the Conseil National Routier (CNR).

In 2016, he published a book in Editions Economica titled “Hyper-mobility and public policy: a new era?”

Edouard Hénaut is a graduate of Centrale Nantes and ESCP Europe. He began his career in 1993 at Waste Management where he held many operational positions.

He joined the Suez group in 1998 and held various management positions over twenty years, working with both industrial clients and local authorities and communities. During this time, he served as Deputy Director of Suez FD & Remédiation Europe, Managing Director of the SCORI joint venture with three French cement partners, and Managing Director of Suez OSIS (On Site and Industrial Services).

In 2016, he was appointed General Manager of Suez Recycling and Recovery for the Ile-de-France region. At the beginning of 2017, he became General Manager of Services to Local Authorities in Suez Recycling and Recovery France.

In January 2019, he joined Transdev as Chief Executive Officer, France and as a member of the Group’s Executive Committee.

Bruno Liebhaberg* is Director General of the think tank Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE). He is also currently the chair of the EU Observatory on Online Platform Economy.

He was a professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles’ Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM ULB) from 1979 to 2018. Earlier in his career, he advised former European Commission President Jacques Delors on industry and R&D matters.

He holds a Master in Management Sciences from SBS-EM ULB and a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

*Representing B.Liebhaberg S.A.

Pearse O’Donohue is Director for the Future Networks Directorate of DG CONNECT, European Commission, dealing with policy development and research as regards 5G networks, IoT, cloud and data flows, service platforms and next generation Internet.

Laurent Probst is the CEO of Île-de-France Mobilités and also Vice-President of the association of European Metropolitan Transport Authorities (EMTA).

He was a civil servant in the field of transport for more than ten years, fulfilling positions such as the head of the Infrastructure Financing Mission and the head of the Public-Private Partnerships Expertise Mission. He was also deputy director managing the contracts for the network of motorway concessions between 2012 and early 2016.

Laurent Probst was an advisor to Valérie Pécresse for more than three years, first as an advisor for financial affairs and real estate at the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, then as deputy chief of staff at the Ministry of Budget and State Reform.

Furthermore, he is a Chief Engineer of Bridges, Waters and Forests, a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and a postgraduate of the London School of Economics.

Adina Vălean is the European Commissioner for Transport.

Before taking office on December 1^st 2019, she was a Member of the European Parliament for 12 years. As an MEP she served as the Chairwoman of ITRE Committee (July-December 2019), Chairwoman of ENVI Committee (2017-2019) and as Vice-President of the European Parliament (2014-2017). She was also a Member of the Romanian Parliament between 2004-2007.

Adina Vălean holds a Master degree in European Integration Studies and Security and a bachelor degree in Mathematics.

Karen Vancluysen was appointed as Secretary General of POLIS, the leading European network of cities and regions on urban transport innovation in September 2014, following eight years as the network’s Research Director. Prior to that, Karen worked as network manager at ACCESS-Eurocities and as project manager at Langzaam Verkeer, a Belgian centre for mobility management.

Since 1998, Karen has been involved in European urban transport networking and policy activities and EU research and innovation projects, covering a wide range of urban mobility topics from the perspective of cities and the governance of innovation.