Urban Mobility innovation index Forum
MEETING AGENDA –21 November 2016
Venue: Royal Mirage Dubai
This meeting is the first Urban Mobility Innovation Forum. Taking place in Dubai
during the UAE Innnovation week, it is organised by RTA in collaboration of UITP
and FCC, as part of the development of the Urban Mobility innovation index
(UMii).
UMii aims to provide insights into urban mobility and innovation in cities across the world, and
to deliver a guide for cities to foster innovation in their urban mobility services and systems.
Data is collected from cities worldwilde and will be analysed and produced in a final report.
The research methodology is based on 9 composite indicators that enable inter-city
comparisation and conversation, rather than scoring and ranking cities competitively.
The UMii Forum allows cities contributing to UMii to exchange knowledge and learn “best and
next practices”, to enable city leaders and their officials to develop policies and conditions
that result in innovative mobility solutions.
UMii was initiated by RTA, its main sponsor, and is implemented by UITP in collaboration with
Future Cities Catapult.
UMii was officially announced on the 28th of August 2016 by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin
Mohammed Bin Rashed Al Maktoum – Crown Prince of Dubai.
The first results of the project will be presented at the Global Public Transport Summit (15-17 May
2017) in Montréal.
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AGENDA
09:00 -10:00
Welcome & Introductions
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09:00 – 09:15: Introduction & Welcome – RTA Director General and Chairman of the Board
of Executive Directors, HE Mattar Al Tayer
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09:15 – 09:35: Presentation of UMii project – UITP Vice Secretary General, Mohamed
Mezghani
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09:35 – 09:45: Introduction to innovation – Future Cities Catapult, Scott Cain, Executive
Director & Chief Business Officer
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09:45 – 09:55: UMii Website Launch
10:00 - 13:00
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Presentations from cities
10:00 – 11.00 (15 min per city): UMii Forum, an opportunity to transfer “best and next
practices” to foster innovation in Urban Mobility:
Presentation of Cities Case studies on:
 Strategy: how does a city develop a strategic vision and plan for mobility
innovation?
 Investment: does a city need investment to kick-start innovation ecosystem?
 Connectivity: how do cities to encourage seamless and integrated mobility?
Presentations’ order:
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Barcelona
Vienna
Istanbul
Johannesburg
Coffee break (30 minutes)
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11:30 – 13:00 (15 min per city): Continue presentations from cities
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2.
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Casablanca
Helsinki
AbuDhabi
Sao Paulo
Abuja
Dubai
Lunch & prayer break (1 hour)
14:00 -15:00
Indicators & Data collection discussions
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14:00 – 14:15: Challenges of Indicators Definition & Data Collection: Sofia Taborda, Head of
Projects, Future Cities Catapult (via skype)
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14:15 – 14:55: Brainstorming with cities on data set required for UMii and how cities
envisage the collaboration with UMii
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14:55 – 15:00 : Closing remarks, UITP Vice Secretary General, Mohamed Mezghani
15:00 – 17:00
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Guided Tour
Tour of Dubai (using tram, metro, marine & bus)
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Attendees
UMii Cities
Mohammed Bourrahim, Casablanca, Vice Mayor in charge of Transport
Jordi Martin, Barcelona, ATM, GIS & innovations Expert
Lisa Seftel, Johannesburg, Head of Transport
Emmanuel Sanni John, Abuja, Executive Director, Ministry of Transport of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Keskin Suheybi, Istanbul, IETT, Directorate General of Strategic Development
Sami Sahala, Helsinki, ITS Chief Advisor
Renata Verissimo, São Paulo Metropolitan Region, EMTU, Strategic Communications Advisor to the
Presidency
Anna Mayerthaler, Vienna – Head of Innovation & Science
Representative of Department of Municipal Affairs & Transport, Abu Dhabi City
Representative of Roads & Transport Authority, Dubai
RTA
H.E. Mattar Al Tayer, Director Generals & Chairman of Board of Executive Directors
Nasser Abu Shehab, CEO of Strategy & Corporate Governance
Abdulla Yousef, CEO of Public Transport Agency
Abdulla Al Madani, CEO of Technology Support Services
Laila Faridoon, Executive Director, DG Office, RTA Team Chairperson
Hussain Al Banna, Executive Director of Traffic
Abdulrahman Aljanahi, Director of Strategic Planning Department
Fahad Alsuwaidi, Director of Development and Corporate Performance
Abdulla Al Bastaki, Director of Corporate Technical Strategy
Ibrahim Al Haddad, Director of Investment Department
Mohammed Al Ali, Director of Planning and Business Development Department
Mohammed Al Mudharreb, Director of Rail Operations
Muna Al Osaimi, Director of Planning and Business Development Rail
Moaza Al marri, Director of Marketing & Corporate Communication Department
Ahmed Mahboub, Director of Customer Services Department
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Mohammad Al Khayyat, Director of Smart Services
Jamal Alsadah, Director of Driver’s Licensing
Hanan Bajash , Manager of Innovation
Dr. Abdelmalek Abu Alsheikh, Manager of Transport Policies and Planning
Dr. Sara Ishaq, Manager of Sustainability & Future
Dr. Khalid Hamdy, Projects Advisor
Joachim Bergerhoff Expert in PTA
Sameh Zeini, Expert in Traffic and Roads
Dr. Kamel Idir, Expert in Rail
Khaled Saleh, Senior Planner in PTA (RTA Youth Council)
Mohammed Ansari, Senior Engineer in Rail (RTA Youth Council)
Saeed Ishaq, Engineer in Planning and Business Development
UITP
Mohamed Mezghani, Deputy Secretary General
Ayman Smadi, Director UITP MENA
Karine Sbirrazzuoli, UMii Project Manager
Future Cities Catapult
Scott Cain, Executive Director & Chief Business Officer
Sofia Taborda, Head of Projects (via skype)
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