“eMobility Expo World Congress will become
the meeting point to analyze the sustainability challenges in the mobility”
869Interview conducted by: Youcef MAALLEMI (maallemi-youcef@lecourrierdafrique54.com
)
Le
Courrier d’Afrique 54. What are the main
objectives of eMobility Expo World Congress?
Jesús
Haro : The mobility and energy
sectors are amid a deep transformation, driven by the European Union's
initiatives to achieve a climate-neutral continent in terms of carbon emissions
from fossil fuels.From February 13th to 15th 2024, eMobility Expo World Congress returns to Valencia (Spain) to respond to new
mobility challenges that are leading to a more autonomous, electrified,
efficient, sustainable, intelligent, connected, and safer industry. Valencia
will become again the global meeting point to promote the transformation of the
transportation sector for people and goods, towards a more sustainable mobility
thanks to all the initiatives, projects, solutions and knowledge that will be
shared during this three-days event.
Around
two months before the eMobility Expo 2024 takes place, how are the preparations
going?
eMobility
Expo World Congress is working on celebrate another successful edition. The
event has already convened more than 40 leading firms and organisations in the
first advisory board. Companies such as Iberdrola, Ford, Cepsa, Port Authority
of Valencia, BP, Renault, Bosch, IATA, AirEuropa, Piaggio, Railgroup, Indra,
Renfe, Jaguar Land Rover, Total Energies, the Future Fast Forward group or
Stellantis, as well as institutional representatives from the Ministry of
Transport and Sustainable Mobility and the Generalitat Valenciana have
contributed to define the roadmap for the next edition. The event will host once again the eMobility World Congress, where more
than 375 international experts will share the keys to implementing new business
models and present the most cutting-edge technological and sustainable trends
in the field of mobility. The congress will feature different vertical forums
for each industry segment,from automotive, rail or energy and batteries, to urban
mobility and micro-mobility, logistics, maritime and air transportation. Together
with different c-level agendas, such as the CEO’s and Leadership Summit, the
Fleet Management Summit and the Governments & Manufacturers Summit.
What
is new in this edition compared to previous editions, what are the expected
challenges? What can participants expect during the 3 days of the conference?
One of the
novelties of this edition is that eMobility Expo will host, for the first time, the H2 - Hydrogen
World Congress, the largest green hydrogen congress in Europethat will be
celebrated during the same days and will bring together experts in the field
from around the world. The H2 - Hydrogen World Congress will share the main
initiatives developed in Spain and Europe and will include the participation of
major investment projects, where Spain is emerging as the world's leading power
with more than 20,000 million euros of investment planned. In addition,
batteries and charging systems will also have their place in the Energy &
Batteries Forum, where the most disruptive success stories in the energy
sector, as well as the different aspects related to battery technologies will
be discussed.
Who are the stakeholders in the organization
of this Congress?
The event will bring together all stakeholders from all segments of the
mobility industry (automotive, urban mobility and micro mobility, maritime
transport, air transport, rail, bus, logistics, integrated transport systems
and energy) to define the future of the industry and analyze the last
innovations in the sector. The new edition of eMobility Expo will gather more
than 6,000 mobility company executives, fleet managers, IT managers and
institutional representatives looking for technological and mobility partners
and the latest innovations.
What will be the theme of this edition and
why this choice?
The mobility sector will experience in this decade a transformation like
never before, driven by two key vectors, new alternative energy sources and
technology.Achieving the sustainability goals requires a collective effort,
both from the public and private sectors. With the claim 'We are the future
of eMobility', we want to help the industry and the public administrations
to embrace this transformation and boost more sustainable mobility.
What
is the contribution of expected foreign exhibitors and participants?
eMobility Expo aims to be the largest integrated and multi-specialist
business platform for the mobility industry in Europe.The new edition will
bring together more than 6,000 mobility industry executives, more than 375
international experts and more than 200 exhibiting companies worldwide. The
majority of participants come from Europe (80% approximately), but there are
also visitors from America and Asia & Middle East.
In the framework of the event, eMobility Innovation World Awards will recognise the most innovative projects in the sector. What is the significance of these awards?
eMobility Expo World Congress
will host a new edition of the eMobility Innovation World Awards 2024, that
will recognize those solutions and technologies that are shaping the new era of
sustainable mobility. The first edition, celebrated last year, received more
than 120 nominations and honored initiatives such as Zeleros' hyperloop,
Swedish company REH2's hydrogen refueling stations or IOKI's flexible and
on-demand public transport management model, among other initiatives. In 2024,
the awards will have six categories that credit the initiatives and projects
that promote more electrified, connected, green, and safe mobility. All
companies, organizations and professionals with innovative projects that
contribute to a more sustainable mobility can apply for the awards until
January 8, 2024. The winners will be announced at a gala dinner to be held in
Valencia on February 14.
What
developments do you envisage for eMobility in the coming years?
We can safely
predict that the future of mobility will be connected, sustainable and
safety-focused. And for this, technology and alternative energies are key
levers for the industry. During more
than 120 hours of inspiration, eMobility Expo World Congress will become the
meeting point to analyze the sustainability challenges in the mobility field
and to explore new technologies and alternative sources of energy to help the
decarbonization of the industry. In this sense, the congress will focus on the
hydrogen as an alternative fuel for the transportation sector, analyzing its
opportunities and challenges. In addition, new technologies such as 5G, IA or
IoT will be key to promote smart cities and the connectivity and
electrification of vehicles and cities.
What
do emissions from the mobility and transport sector represent today in the
European Union?
The transport
sector is responsible for a quarter of the EU's greenhouse gas emissions. It is
therefore crucial that Europe makes this sector more efficient and less
dependent on fossil fuels. The transport industry is moving towards a
transformation to reduce greenhouse gases and achieve climate neutrality.
eMobility Expo World Congress offers a perspective where technologies make
sense to integrate them in an innovative way to optimize their processes and
help the transport industry become more sustainable.
The
European Commission has set itself the objective of reducing net greenhouse gas
emissions by 55% by 2030, do you think they will arrive?
In the
mobility field, sustainability is a crucial element, in which all stakeholders
are involved. The European Union has set its targets, but also the mobility and
energy sectors, which are amid a transformation, are driven by the European
Union's initiatives to achieve a climate neutral continent in terms of carbon
emissions from fossil fuels. In fact, more than 15% of NextGeneration funds are
directed towards a more sustainable mobility industry, with the aim of making
Europe the locomotive that will drive the ultimate model change by 2035. We are
on the way to achieving this.
Finally, what information should you
remember before the day?
eMobility
Expo has become a platform by and for the mobility industry with the
involvement of many cross-cutting sectors. It is the platform that will once
again make Valencia the hub for sustainable mobility in southern Europe. It
will be a great opportunity for attendees to learn about the latest market
trends, to promotenetworking and create synergies among all professionals in
the sector, thanks to different networking activities: the eMobility Innovation
Awards 2024, mentioned before,the eMobility Startup Forum -a forum that will
host the entire ecosystem of startups that are revolutionizing the mobility
sector-, the Leadership Summit -a lunch with executives from the main leading
companies in the sector-, or the eMobility Plaza -a space with exhibitions of
the most innovative mobility solutions-. It will be the leading mobility event
in 2024.
