Regulating Transport on Demand in the EU

Bruno Liebhaberg is Director General of the think tank Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) which he founded in 2010. From 2018 to 2021, he was also the first Chairman of the European Union Observatory on the Online Platform Economy. He is also an Honorary Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles’ Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM ULB) where he taught from 1979 to 2018. Earlier in his career, he advised former European Commission President Jacques Delors on industry and R&D matters related to the completion of the EU Single Market. He holds a Master in Management Sciences from SBS-EM ULB and a Ph.D. in Industrial Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Vassilis Hatzopoulos is a full Professor of EU Law and Policies at the Panteion University, Athens. Previously he was a professor at the Democritus University of Thrace, where he also served as Chair of his Department, then Dean of his School. He is a visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges (Belgium).

His research interests cover EU institutional law and governance, the EU internal market with special focus on service liberalisation and the provision of services of general economic interest, state aid and public procurement, as well as EU asylum and immigration law. He has published five monographs, on the principle of mutual recognition in the internal market (in French, Bruylant/Sakkoulas, 1999), on domain names (in Greek, Nomiki Vivliothiki, 2001, with V, Tountopoulos), on the doctrine of essential facilities under EU competition law (in Greek, Sakkoulas, 2002), on the regulation of services in the EU (in English, OUP, 2012) and on the collaborative economy and EU law (in English, Hart, 2018). He has also published over a hundred articles and case notes, in English, French and Greek, in all the major EU-related reviews and periodicals and in edited volumes. His long-standing interest on services translates into dozens of articles as well as several consultations, both institutional and private, in this area.

He has a longstanding experience as a lawyer, practicing before the highest national courts and the Court of Justice of the EU. He has consulted i.a. the Greek Government (on the OECD-led regulatory reform and the Lisbon Strategy benchmarking), the EU Commission (on the Services Directive) and the European Parliament (on EU patients’ rights). Lately his research interests turn around the sharing economy and the EU preferential trade agreements (CETA, TiSA etc).

Enguerrand Marique is an Assistant Professor in Conflict Solving Institutions and Digital conflict resolution at Radboud University Nijmegen (The Netherlands) and a guest lecturer at the UCLouvain (Belgium). His current research interests address conflict resolution between users and platforms, EU harmonization policies and digital governance.

Jenny is responsible for all public affairs activities in the German and Italian market at FREE NOW. In addition to national regulatory topics, she also takes care of ride-hailing and data policy at EU level. Previously, she worked as Manager Public Policy & EU Affairs for five years in the Berlin office of Sky Germany, where she focused on consumer protection and copyright regulation. Prior to that, she worked in the German Bundestag and started her career in a public affairs agency. Jenny holds a master’s degree in political science, public law and French studies and comes from Hamburg.

Pedro Homem de Gouveia is Senior Policy and Project Manager at POLIS, the leading network of European cities and regions for transport innovation.

He coordinates the POLIS Working Group for Governance & Integration, which has been working extensively on ways to channel the creativity, dynamism, and capital of transport innovations to accelerate the shift to a new urban mobility that is sustainable, safe, multimodal, and equitable. He also coordinates the POLIS Working Group for Road Safety & Security, advancing the New Paradigm for Safe City Streets.

Pedro is an architect with extensive experience in Urban Governance, Public Participation, Strategic Planning, Universal Design, Public Space, Pedestrian Accessibility, Street Safety, and inquiry for design (surveys, focus groups, structured observation, user testing). He worked for more than 20 years at the local level, as a strategist, designer, trainer, consultant, and political advisor. In the City of Lisbon, he developed and implemented the Pedestrian Accessibility Plan, and kick-started the Vision Zero planning process.

Saul Lopez is the manager of the Electric Fleets program at Transport & Environment, Europe’s leading clean transport campaign group.

He leads campaigns to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles with a focus on corporate fleets, sustainable batteries and charging infrastructure. He is already an established online campaigner through his YouTube channel and social media networks, raising awareness on transport emissions and promoting technology disruption in mobility.

Gregor Beiner is the Chairperson of Taxis 4 Smart Mobility (T4SM), the voice of the European taxi industry. He is also the Managing Director of mtz – Münchner-Taxi-Zentrum, Munich’s largest taxi company, where he oversees plans for a sustainable electric mobility future.

In summer 2018, along with JLR, Gregor was instrumental in introducing Germany’s first electric taxi fleet. Gregor is a board member of the German taxi and rental car national association as well as the Munich taxi association TVM and takes an active part in representing and advocating for the taxi industry in Germany. He also represents the taxi.eu group at a global level since 2018.

Gregor holds a Master of Management from Witten/Herdecke University in Germany and took part in an MBA programme at the IPADE Business School of Mexico.