At Hypermotion in Frankfurt, over 200 experts discuss the future of mobility.

Hypermotion aims not only to be a forum of discussions and lectures with exhibitions, but also to encourage its visitors to think and debate. Over 200 speakers intend to stimulate discussions with their contributions. The overarching question is: What does the future of railways, roads, air, water, logistics, and mobility look like?

The eight organizers—Convent Gesellschaft für Kongresse und Veranstaltungsmanagement mbH, HUSS-VERLAG, ITS Deutschland e.V., Forum Elektromobilität e.V., Fraunhofer-Allianz Verkehr, KCW GmbH, SmartCity.Institute, and the Travel Industry Club e.V.—have coordinated the individual conference modules both in terms of time and content. Participants can flexibly switch between lectures with an RFID ticket and book additional modules on-site. A detailed overview of the individual lectures and speakers is available at events.hypermotion-frankfurt.com and in the Hypermotion app. Tickets for the conferences are available online at tickets.hypermotion-frankfurt.com. The conference ticket also grants access to the exhibition.

Digitization, disruption, and decarbonization are the core themes of the 5th ZEIT Logistics & Mobility Conference on November 20, 2017, which kicks off the series of conferences. Only if the digital transformation succeeds will Germany’s infrastructure location remain competitive. Speakers include Andreas Schmitz, CEO of Schmitz Cargobull, Jürgen Sturm, CIO of ZF, and Alexander Zosel, Managing Director of Volocopter.

The magazine VISION Mobility organizes three panel discussions on November 20: "Connected Cars and Autonomous Driving," "Hypermodality and Mobility on Demand," and "Urban Mobility and Smart City." Speakers include Dirk Reimelt, Senior Manager of Shared Mobility & Transportation at Mercedes-Benz Vans, Dr. Michael Barillère-Scholz, Vice President of Autonomous Driving & New Mobility at Deutsche Bahn, and Lukas Foljanty, Manager of Smart Cities at moovel Group GmbH.

"Shaping the Future of Logistics and Mobility" is the motto of the Logistics Digital Conference LDC! on November 21 and 22, organized by HUSS-VERLAG. The conference showcases paths and benchmarks for digital services in the supply chain. In six sessions, exciting panelists and renowned representatives from industry, science, and service sectors will discuss topics such as "Digital Services in the Supply Chain," "Smart City Logistics," "Driverless in the Logistics Chain," "Logistics Infrastructure in the Digital World Order," "E-Mobility in the Industrial Truck Sector," and "Big Data in the Supply Chain." Participants can expect top experts from BMVI, BMW, DFKI, DLR, Fraunhofer Institutes, Hyster-Yale, IG Metall, Lieferlotse, Jungheinrich, Linde, LoadFox, SAP, Salesforce, SSI Schäfer, Still, Swisslog, Teradata, UPS. The conference will be opened by Dorothee Bär, MdB, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure and the German Government Coordinator for Freight Transport and Logistics.

At the Aviation Symposium on November 21, leading industry experts and analysts will discuss the end of Air Berlin and its consequences for competition. Speakers include Oliver Wagner, Managing Director of Eurowings, Roland Keppler, CEO of Tuifly, Heike Birlenbach, SVP Sales Hub Airlines at Deutsche Lufthansa, René Herzog, CEO Central Europe at DER Touristik Deutschland, and Martin Gauss, CEO of Air Baltic.
The first German Smart City Convention on November 21 and 22 will address various infrastructural and societal urban challenges. How will digitalization change our cities, and what must we do to ensure a desirable urban transformation? Topics include “Governance,” “Smart City+Smart Community,” “Future Mobility+Logistics,” “ICT+Cybersecurity,” “Critical Infrastructures+Urban Security,” “City Pioneers,” “Smart Buildings,” and the “New Economy.” Speakers include Johann Jungwirth, CDO of Volkswagen AG, Dr. Wolfgang Eckert, Head of Critical Infrastructures at Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, and filmmaker Valentin Thurn. For more information, visit: www.blisscity.global.

Flexible services, new sales channels, and electronic timetable information have long since become part of public transport. KCW seeks to explore how the developments currently being discussed can improve public transport. What opportunities and risks exist, and where does it make sense to take precautions today for future developments? Speakers include Christian Hochfeld, Managing Director of Agora Verkehrswende, a joint initiative of the Stiftung Mercator and the European Climate Foundation (ECF), Berlin, Dr. Gian-Mattia Schucan, Founder and Managing Director of FAIRTIQ, and Maxim Nohroudi, Founder and Managing Director of Door2Door.

"Intelligently Connected – Where Is the Journey Heading?" and "Autonomous Driving in Connected Mobility" are the topics of the “Fraunhofer Mobility Infusion." The professional conference on November 21 will address questions about the future of connected mobility and current issues such as intermodality, multimodality, and autonomous driving. Participants include Ilka Heidschwager, Head of Strategy Projects Energy & Mobility at Siemens AG, Roland Werner from UBER, Dr. Till Ackermann from the Association of German Transport Companies e.V. (VDV), Karl Peter Naumann from the Passenger Association PRO BAHN e.V., and Wolfgang Müller-Pietralla, Head of Future Research and Trend Transfer at Volkswagen AG.

On November 22, the Travel Industry Club, in cooperation with Hertz, will host a half-day conference on the topic of Business Travel 4.0. Focusing on the transformation of business mobility and different future scenarios, current topics will be addressed. This includes future requirements for integrated mobility concepts and pioneering business models under the keyword “Mobility as a Service” (MaaS). Speakers include Marcus Wagner, Project Manager Sustainability at SAP, Trevor Storey, Senior Director Mobility Partnership at Hertz International, Andreas Stendera, Head of Corporate Solutions at Amadeus.

The 1st ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) Germany Congress will focus on current topics in the field of Intelligent Transport Systems and Mobility Services on November 21 and 22, with the digitalization of mobility in Germany as the focal point. On the topic of the Digital Gateway Hessen, Hessian State Secretary Mathias Samson will speak. State Secretary Rainer Bomba will open on the topic of mobility platforms for multimodal travel information.

The Forum ElektroMobilität e.V. and the Fraunhofer Alliance for Batteries will discuss on November 22 with renowned company representatives, among others, alternative concepts and solutions such as overhead line trucks, dynamic inductive charging, or hydrogen, whether Germany is prepared for the development of future energy storage or fuel cells to production readiness, and how future mobility concepts will affect vehicle production. Speakers include Holger Gritzka of TerraE Holding GmbH and Dr. Michael Lehmann from the Mobility Division at Siemens AG.

What does this mean?

The Hypermotion conference program is packed with interesting and multifaceted approaches, offering something for practically every area of mobility.