All India Smart Move High Level Group Workshop

"Mobility 2030: A Global Vision"

Moderator: Ms Mary Crass

Head of Institutional Relations and Summit, International Transport Forum (tbc)

This workshop aims to contribute to a wider understanding of mobility for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and implementing the New Urban Agenda. It also aims to help developing countries like India address the challenge of rising congestion and pollution, particularly in urban areas, and to better tap into the significant opportunities that sustainable transport can make possible.

More specifically, the objective of this workshop is to present and debate the preliminary findings of new major studies, focusing on the main trends affecting mobility in general and buses and taxis in particular. It will also examine the future scenarios for the expected development of the global bus and taxi markets.

Tuesday 9 May 2017 UN Conference Hall, 55 Lodhi Estate, 110003, New Delhi Working language: English
09:00 – 9:30	Registration
Welcome Address and Overview of the Workshop Objectives
09:30 – 10:00	Ms Mary Crass, Head of Institutional Relations and Summit, International Transport Forum (ITF) (tbc)
Keynote on "Trends in Mobility: the main findings of the study on vision 2030 for buses and coaches covering urban dimension as well as intercity dimension"
10:00 – 10:15	Mr Oleg Kamberski, Head of Passenger Transport, IRU
Panel Discussion
10:15 – 11:15	Mr BN Puri, Executive Director, Asian Institute of Transport Development (AITD) (tbc)
	Mr Anand Rao, Managing Director, Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
	Mr Prasanna Patwardhan, President, Bus Operators Confederation of India (BOCI) (tbc)
	Mr M. K. Sinha, Director General, Institute of Urban Transport (IUT) (tbc)
	Mr Raghav Gupta, India Country Manager, Blablacar (tbc)
11:15 –11:30	Tea/Coffee Break
Keynote on "The first and last mile connectivity in 2030: main findings of the ongoing study on the Taxi of the Future"
11:30 – 11:45	Ms Sonila Metushi, Manager – Mobility of People & Taxis, IRU
Panel Discussion
11:45 – 12:45	Mr Nilesh Sangoi, CEO, Meru Cabs (tbc)
	Mr Bhavish Aggarwal, CEO, Ola Cabs (tbc)
	Mr Jaspal Singh, Head of UITP India Regional Office (tbc)
	Mr Amit Bhatt, Strategy Head - Integrated Urban Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities (tbc)
	Ms Shweta Rajpal Kohli, Head of Public Policy, Uber India & South Asia (tbc)
12:45 –13:45	Lunch Break
Keynote on Trends in Mobility – Indian Perspective
13:45 – 14:00	Dr Kulwant Singh, Coordinator, All India Smart Move High Level Group
Panel Discussion
14:00 – 15:00	Dr Manoj Singh, Adviser (Infrastructure –Connectivity), National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog), G.o.I (tbc)
	Prof. Geetam Tewari, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) (tbc)
	Dr Sanjay Gupta, School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) (tbc)
	Ms Sonia Arora, Urban Transport Expert, Institute of Urban Transport (IUT) (tbc)
	Mr Hitesh Vaidya, Country Manager India, UN-Habitat (tbc)
Conclusions