French Minister of Transport to open the 3rd AUTONOMY

Urban Mobility Summit 18 - 20 October 2018 in Paris

Autonomy, now in its third year, has become THE must-attend event in the new mobility ecosystem. With

over 10,000 visitors, partnerships with Alstom, Qualcomm, TomTom, and Uber, and the participation of fifty of the world’s greatest cities including our Paris home, and neighbours in London, Brussels and Frankfurt.

Participants will engage in thought exchange programmes and reveal some of the sectors latest autonomous and personal transportation inventions

The program: More than 60 conferences including roundtables, keynotes and meetups with the biggest

players in new mobility; pitch sessions from promising new start-ups; 14,000 m2 of exhibition space where more than 250 innovative businesses will showcase products around the show’s specially built test tracks.

New for 2018: a matchmaking platform for business and press networking.

Paris, 10 September 2018: Autonomy – an independent, Paris-based company dedicated to improving the way we move in cities – holds its 3rd annual Urban Mobility Summit next month, 18 - 20 October at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris. The first two days are dedicated to professionals, while the third is open to the general public, who will enjoy a showcase of exciting innovations in the sector. As in the previous two years, the event offers an important opportunity for relationship building between the various public and private players in the mobility ecosystem.

Key speakers discussing the future of urban mobility

The event will feature various conferences and workshops led by an internationally recognized roster of speakers. CEOs, policymakers and urban mobility experts and innovators will address the various challenges of the sector in more than 60 keynotes, roundtables and meet-ups. Just a few of the headline speakers:

§ Markus Villig, Founder & CEO, Taxify § Catherine Guillouard, CEO of RATP Group § Laetitia Gazel Anthoine, Founder & CEO of Connecthings § Anne-Marie Idrac, High Representative of the French Government for the development of

autonomous vehicles § Stan Boland, Co-founder & CEO of FiveAI § Anne Mellano, Co-founder, Bestmile § Remo Gerber, CCO of Lilium § Michael Barillère-Scholz, Managing Director of ioki, Deutsche Bahn

Find the complete program here: https://www.autonomy.paris/en/programme-2018/ An exhibition zone bringing together leading innovators

Nearly 250 exhibitors will unveil their latest products and services. Among them: ViaID, Tilgreen, OriBiky, EP Tender, Zoov, Weebot, ALD Automotive, Addax Motors, Knot, Shimano, Ion energy, Stigo, Cityscoot, Drust, CarPay Diem, Gyromax, Cycleurope, Centaur Cargo, Kerprix, Escape, Ubeeqo, Overade, Douze Cycle, Sodetrel, Clem, Abri Plus, Mask Generation, Union Sport & Cycle, Niu, dSpace, Smob, Wallbox, Pink Mobility, Troopy, etc. Find the full list of exhibitors here: https://autonomy.vimeet.events/en/list

A new matchmaking platform fosters connections between participants and exhibitors and facilitates business and press meetings leading up to the event. Book a meeting here: https://autonomy.vimeet.events/en/

Dedicated programs

Funding the Movement gives 25 new mobility startups, (selected from 250 applicants), the opportunity to pitch in front of an audience of investors, VCs and incubators. This call for projects is supported by some of the largest mobility investment funds, including MHP (Porsche), InMotion (Jaguar Land Rover) and Urban US (Smart Cities specialists). Friday, October 19 also includes a new program: The Future of Fleets, which brings together fleet managers and innovative professionals developing ground breaking fleet solutions.

A summit supported by our sponsors and prestigious partners

Autonomy sponsors and international enterprises – make this event possible, thank you.

The third edition of the Urban Mobility Summit is organized under the patronage of the French ministry of transport.

Other institutions developing a sustainable vision of urban mobility supporting the 2018 edition include:

Find all institutional partners here: https://www.autonomy.paris/en/institutional-partners/ Representatives from numerous cities have also confirmed their participation, notably: London (UK), Manchester (UK), Brussels (Belgium), Hamburg, Mannheim (Germany), Tehran (Iran), Turku (Finland), Budapest (Hungary), Rosario (Argentina), Oslo (Norway), Saint-Jérôme (Canada), as well as French delegates from Rennes, Aix-Marseille, Lille, and Issy-les-Moulineaux. Find all participating cities here: https://www.autonomy.paris/en/cities/ The French Minister of Transport, Elisabeth Borne, will open the summit. *

“At the moment where transportation is in the midst of a revolution, the Autonomy summit has become the premier event not to be missed for the many actors, companies, and startups who are innovating and inventing the mobility of tomorrow: a cleaner, smarter, more connected and shared mobility.” Elisabeth Borne, French Minister of Transport “Paris has all the assets to position itself as the world’s mobility capital. Innovation is part of the story and it’s exciting to see government encouraging private investment and growth in new mobility. For our part, as a private player, it is imperative that we make connections with public actors, speak their language and understand their world. Autonomy is dedicated to helping private and public players collaborate on new mobility that contributes to better city living.”

Ross Douglas, Founder & CEO of Autonomy

Press Requests: www.autonomy.paris/espace-presse

Press Conference: 25 September 2018, 9h00-10h30 - The Square, Emerging Innovation Lab 3 Passage Saint-Pierre Amelot, 75011 Paris

* Autonomy opening keynote – Auditorium de la Grande de la Villette, 9h30-10h. Subject to possible changes in the Minister’s schedule

About Autonomy Autonomy, created in 2015, is an independent French company dedicated to improving the way we move through cities. Its ambition is to accompany the transition towards a more sustainable, intelligent, urban mobility by building bridges between innovative companies creating mobility solutions adapted to contemporary issues and institutional decision makers able to adopt and implement these solutions. Autonomy's flagship event, The Urban Mobility Summit, is in its 3rd year and takes place 18 - 20 October 2018 in Paris. The event gathers an estimated 12,000 visitors, 110 speakers, 250 exhibitors from 30 countries and numerous prestigious partners. The Urban Mobility Summit also offers an independent networking system for the mobility ecosystem and an opportunity for the general public to experience the latest innovations disrupting the industry. https://www.autonomy.paris Twitter : @AUTONOMY TICKETS: https://www.autonomy.paris/en/get-your-pass/

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