DISRUPTING MOBILITY 2015

You want to know everything about the 2015 Disrupting Mobility Summit? here you will find it!

Program

Want to recap the program step by step? You find the program here.
Speakers

Who was speaking at the summit? Learn more.
Pics & Videos

Pictures, videos and a Twitter based recap can be found here.
Papers

The summit's topics were also discussed during a poster session that resulted in a book.
Hackathon

During a hackathon, we explored solutions for urban delivery processes.
Sponsors

Who made the event possible?
Organizing Institutions

Here, you find all the information about the organizing institutions.
Organizers

This is the page about the people behind Disrupting Mobility summit.

Speakers

Philipp Bouteiller

Berlin TXL – The Urban Tech Republic

Dr. Philipp Bouteiller is the CEO of Tegel Projekt, a state owned company. He is responsible for redeveloping the inner-city airport Berlin Tegel into Berlin TXL – The Urban Tech Republic, which will soon become the take-off area for Urban Technologies at the heart of the German capital. Here, students, entrepreneurs, industrialists and scientists will learn from each other and work together, building solutions for the city of the future. In the past Philipp has worked as a senior consultant for McKinsey & Company, as an IT-Entrepreneur and independent strategy adviser. He holds a PhD in International Management and Social Psychology from the London School of Economics.

Robert Burns

BCycle

Robert Burns is President of BCycle and oversees all aspects of the company. Bob is also a Vice President and General Counsel at Trek and dedicated to BCycle by Trek. He is a 20 year employee of Trek, a bicycle industry veteran and recipient of the 2009 BPSA Brainy Award for distinguished service to bicycle advocacy. As President of BCycle, LLC, Bob Burns leads a movement to revolutionize transportation, improve health, and get more people out of cars and on bikes. Bob’s leadership has elevated BCycle into a world-class bike share system provider, with more operating bike share systems across the U.S. than any other company. Starting with the launch of Denver BCycle in April 2010 – the first large-scale U.S. bike share system – to launching its first international system in Santiago, Chile, Bob’s company oversight has led to best-in-class product, high customer satisfaction, and ongoing product innovation

Steve Carroll

RideScout

Steve Carroll is the Senior Vice President for Strategic Development at RideScout, an Austin-based company working to revolutionize how people view ground transportation. He has been a partner in RideScout since its inception and developed the overall business and development strategy for the ride search engine and mobile application interface. Steve was formally the VP of Operations prior to the company’s acquisition by the Daimler Group in September 2014. Since January 2015, he has also served part time as the COO of OpenBeds Inc, a health care IT start-up that re-engineers processes to improve patient care.

Before joining RideScout, Steve served for over 23 years in the U.S. Army in various assignments including multiple combat tours and as an assistant professor at West Point where he taught economics and finance.

emily castor

Lyft

A member of the original Lyft team, Emily works with researchers, transportation planners, environmental advocates, and transit agencies to advance ridesharing as a sustainable transportation option and document its impacts. She started her career as a transportation policy aide for a U.S. Congresswoman and later served as a financial advisor for municipal infrastructure projects. Emily holds an MPA from the University of Pennsylvania and has been recognized by SAP as a Top 40 Influencer on the Networked Economy.

matt caywood

TransitScreen

Matt Caywood is a technologist with a passion for transportation and user interface design. He founded TransitScreen to pioneer a new kind of web based signage - displaying real time local transportation information and directions to make it easy for people to move around in a convenient, efficient, and sustainable way. Before founding TransitScreen, he worked on real-time brain-computer interfaces and mapping applications at a national lab. Matt has a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of California San Francisco and a B.S. in computer science from Harvard.

kaye ceille

Zipcar

Kaye became President of Zipcar in February 2014, bringing to her new position nearly two decades' worth of experience at Avis Budget Group (Zipcar's parent company), living in numerous Zipcar cities. Most recently she served as the Managing Director, United Kingdom, where she oversaw all aspects of the Avis Budget Group's UK operations, including customer service and fleet management; two things near and dear to Zipcar's heart. Before that, Kaye was Senior Vice President of International Sales and Marketing for North America. She has held numerous other roles during her career at Avis Budget Group in global partnerships, travel industry relations, sales, and business development. So when it comes to putting people behind the wheel, Kaye is second to none. Kaye received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, and earned a Masters degree in Business Administration from Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois.

tilly chang

San Francisco County Transportation Authority

Tilly Chang serves as Executive Director of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority. The SFCTA conducts long-range planning and allocates local, state and federal funding to SFMTA/Muni, BART, Caltrain, and other transportation agencies to improve transportation in San Francisco and the Bay Area region. Ms. Chang has 20 years of experience, including 2 years with the Transportation Authority as its Executive Director and 10 years as its Deputy Director for Planning. Ms. Chang previously held posts with the World Bank, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, and in the private sector. She holds degrees in Transportation and Economics from M.I.T. and U.C. Berkeley.

ryan chin

MIT Media Lab

Dr. Ryan Chin is the managing director of the City Science Initiative at the MIT Media Lab. He conducts research on disruptive urban systems in the areas of urban mobility, live/work, building-integrated agriculture, and big data analytics. Dr. Chin is creating Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand (MoD) Systems – a network of self-driving, shared-use, lightweight electric vehicles (EVs) for cities. He also developed MoD EVs including the GreenWheel, RoboScooter, Persuasive Electric Vehicle, and the CityCar – a foldable, electric, two-passenger vehicle. The CityCar is designed to meet European Union regulations for roadworthy urban EVs. Time Magazine named CityCar the “Automotive Invention of the Year” in 2007. Research on MoD systems led to the MIT Press publication of Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for the 21st Century by Mitchell, Borroni-Bird, and Burns in 2010.

john clippinger

ID3

John Henry Clippinger is co-founder and Executive Director of ID3 (Institute for Innovation & Data Driven Design), a 501 C(3) non profit organization (www.idcubed.org) formed to develop and field test legal and software trust frameworks for identity, personal data, data-driven services, infrastructures, and enterprises. He is also a Research Scientist at the MIT Media Lab’s Human Dynamics Group and Chairman of the ITU Working Group on Identity and Authentication. Previously, Dr. Clippinger was founder and Co-Director of The Law Lab (www.lawlab.org) at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University Law School.

Dr. Clippinger is the editor with David Bollier of From Bitcoin to Burning Man and Beyond; The Quest for Identity and Autonomy in Digital Society (2014).

marcus coester

Aeromovel

Marcus Coester is Executive Director at ABSA - Aeromovel Brasil S.A, part of Coester Group. Over the last 30 years the company has developed a disruptive and cost effective transportation technology that uses air pressure propulsion. Marcus is strongly committed to innovation and sustainable initiatives and a recognized leader in the Brazilian industry. He is the Director of FIERGS, the Industrial Federation of Rio Grande do Sul, Vice President at ABIMAQ, the Brazilian Machinery Industry Organization, while also serving as Board Director for various nonprofit organizations and private companies.

raffaello d'andrea

ETH Zurich

Spanning academics, business and the arts, Raffaello D'Andrea's career is built on his ability to bridge theory and practice: He is Professor of Dynamic Systems and Control at ETH Zurich, where his research redefines what autonomous systems are capable of. He is co-founder of Kiva Systems (now operating as Amazon Robotics), a robotics company that revolutionized material handling by deploying thousands of autonomous mobile robots in warehouses. In addition to pioneering the use of semidefinite programming for the design of distributed control systems, he went on to lead the Cornell Robot Soccer Team to four world championships at international RoboCup competitions.

paul de long

car2go NA, LLC

Paul DeLong is President and CEO of car2go N.A., LLC, a role he assumed in March 2015. Mr. DeLong joined car2go in May 2009 as Chief Marketing Officer, and has been integral in the creation and execution of strategic marketing campaigns across North America. With 17 years of experience, Mr. DeLong has a diverse background with regional sales, product marketing and strategy and engineering for leading Daimler Truck Brands Sterling Truck, Western Star and Freightliner LLC. A graduate from Ohio University, Mr. DeLong currently resides in Austin, Texas.

dan doctoroff

Sidewalk Labs

Dan Doctoroff is Chairman and CEO of Sidewalk Labs, the urban innovation company that he founded in partnership with Google. Sidewalk Labs will develop products, services and platforms at the intersection of the physical and digital worlds to help make cities become more efficient, responsive, resilient and greener. Dan was President and Chief Executive Officer of Bloomberg L.P., the leading provider of news and information to the global financial community, until December 2014. During his tenure at Bloomberg, Dan led the company through the most severe financial crisis since the Great Depression by pursuing an aggressive strategy of investment, focused on enhancing the company’s core Terminal product, expanding into enterprise products and services, creating new businesses in government, law and energy, and building the company’s news operations, including its acquisition of Businessweek.

tony dutzik

Frontier Group

Tony Dutzik is senior policy analyst at Frontier Group, a public policy think tank, focusing on transportation, energy and climate issues. He is the lead author of numerous reports on changing trends in travel demand, the rise of technology-enabled transportation tools, and strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector. His work has received national and international media attention, including coverage in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and the Economist. A former newspaper reporter, he lives and works in Boston.

amanda eaken

Natural Resources Defense Council

Amanda Eaken is Deputy Director of the Urban Solutions Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Her recent work has focused on implementing California’s Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Law (SB 375) to create stronger, healthier, and more resilient communities in California. Ms. Eaken was honored by the San Francisco Business Times as one the Bay Area’s top Forty under 40 Emerging Leaders of 2013 in recognition of her role in securing passage of the nation’s first law to link greenhouse gas emissions with land use and transportation planning. She was the recipient of the inaugural President’s Award for Sustainability Leadership by the Southern California Association of Governments for her work creating a Sustainable Communities Strategy for the Southern California region.

guy fraker

Autonomous Stuff

Guy Fraker is the Chief Learning Officer of AutonomousStuff, CEO of SENDEX, and Executive Director of Cre8tfutures. Guy brings a unique perspective both provocative and inspirational, having been on the leading edge of multiple transformations. By sharing actual experiences, Guy’s #1 objective is inspiring clients and audiences to seize the opportunities brought by exponential technologies. As an entrepreneur Guy is dedicated to technological applications that save lives, empower personal independence, and enable sustainability. Guy has been featured in the NY Times, NBC, Silicon Valley blogs, Thinking Highways magazine, Forbes. and an upcoming documentary, “Life on Wheels”. He has also appeared on Bloomberg Finance and National Underwriter webinars, and provided keynotes in the U.S., Canada, India, Korea, and guest lectures at graduate schools around the world. He has been engaged by U.S. and foreign governments, Fortune 100 firms, international trade associations, as well as startup entrepreneurs, venture capital firms, and the X-Prize Foundation.

matthew george

Bridj

Matt is the founder and CEO of Bridj, which works to create the future of cities through intelligent urban transportation. Matt founded Bridj while in college at Middlebury, and helped grow the company from a three person team to be the nation’s largest provider of pop-up mass transit, while maintaining a focus on pushing the envelope of innovative service delivery. Matt’s work with Bridj has been featured in most major national publications, including the New York Times and the Economist. Matt has a B.A in Biology from Middlebury College where he focused on human biology and systems level access to healthcare. While in college, Matt worked as a Critical Care Paramedic and was appointed to the White House Internship Program during President Obama’s first term.

edward glaeser

Harvard University

Edward Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1992. He is Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and Director of the Rappaport Institute of Greater Boston. He teaches urban and social economics and microeconomic theory. He has published dozens of papers on cities, economic growth, and law and economics. In particular, his work has focused on the determinants of city growth and the role of cities as centers of idea transmission. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1992.

edward glaeser

Harvard University

aaron gowell

SilverRail Technologies

Aaron is an award-winning technology entrepreneur and the co-founder & Chief Conductor of SilverRail Technologies, an innovator in search and transaction platforms for the rail industry. In 2015, SilverRail will power over 1.5bn rail searches and 20M transactions globally. SilverRail’s door-to-door journey planners power rail carriers, retailers, and even large city transit systems, like for Manchester, UK. SilverRail is currently building the world’s first “seamless mobility” platform, enabling door-to-door search + booking, across all modes of transit, within a single platform and ecosystem. Prior to founding SilverRail, Aaron built National Leisure Group (NLG) into one of the world’s largest travel technology companies with over $1bn sales globally. NLG was a pioneer in ecommerce technologies for the cruise and vacation markets. NLG’s products powered most of the global travel agencies, including Expedia, Priceline, and Orbitz.

adam greenfield

Urbanscale

Adam Greenfield is a London-based writer and urbanist. From 2013–2014 he was Senior Urban Fellow at LSE Cities, concentrating his research on the interaction of networked information technology with urban experience, and particularly on the implications of emergent technologies for the construction of public space and the right to the city. In 2010, he founded Urbanscale, a New York City-based practice dedicated to “design for networked cities and citizens.” Between 2008 and 2010, he was Nokia’s head of design direction for service and user interface design; and as lead information architect for the Tokyo office of Internet consultancy Razorfish. He is the author of “Everyware: The dawning age of ubiquitous computing” (2006), “Urban computing and its discontents” (2007) and “Against the smart city” (2013), the last of which constitutes the first part of a forthcoming book entitled “The City is Here For You to Use”.

donald high

Walmart

Donald High has over 35 years of experience in designing and implementing technological solutions. Dr. High is a certified Data Scientist with over 230 inventions within different stages of the patent process. His work has primarily been with analytics, robotics, 3D objects (scanning, viewing, and printing), Internet of Things (IoT), head mounted optical displays, and geo-location technologies. His Ph.D. is in the area of Industrial and Organizational Psychology and a M.S. in Computer Information Systems.

colin hughes

ITDP - Bikesharing Perspective

Colin K. Hughes works at the crossroads of urban planning, sustainable transport, and international development as Director of National Policy & Project Evaluation at the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy. Colin co-authored ITDP's bikeshare planning guide and the planning for the Guangzhou bike-sharing system. In the past, Colin has worked with development banks, shared mobility companies, rapid transit authorities, and private sector consultants.

justin holmes

Zipcar

Justin is Zipcar’s director of corporate communications and public policy where he leads efforts to promote Zipcar’s brand of “wheels when you want them” to Zipcar members, city leaders, media and other stakeholders. Leveraging his experience in technology as well as public and government relations, Justin works with cities and policy makers to help accelerate the adoption of car sharing as a vital, sustainable part of the urban transportation ecosystem. Before joining Zipcar, Justin served as chief information officer to Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, where he led a number of initiatives to use technology to make the city work smarter and serve its citizens better. He is a native Bostonian and graduate of the College of the Holy Cross.

nigel jacob

City of Boston, Office of New Urban Mechanics

Nigel Jacob is the Co-founder of the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, a civic innovation incubator and R&D Lab within Boston’s City Hall. Nigel works to develop new models of innovation for cities in the 21st century. Prior to joining the City of Boston in 2006, Nigel worked for and launched a series of technology start-ups in the Boston area. He is also a board member at organizations such as Code For America and coUrbanize, and is an Executive-in-Residence at Boston University. Nigel’s work has been written about extensively in magazines such as Wired, MIT Technology Review, Fast Company and books including The Responsive City, by Stephen Goldsmith and Susan Crawford and Smart Cities by Anthony Townsend. This ground breaking work has earned Nigel a number of awards including being named a Public Official of the year in 2011 by Governing Magazine, a Whitehouse Champion of Change and the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation award for 2012.

mitchell joachim

Terreform ONE

Mitchell Joachim, Co-Founder of Terreform ONE, and an Associate Professor at NYU. Mitchell formerly was an architect at the offices of Frank Gehry and I.M. Pei. He is a TED Senior Fellow and has been awarded fellowships with Moshe Safdie and Martin Society for Sustainability at MIT. He was chosen by Wired magazine for "The Smart List” and was selected by Rolling Stone for “The 100 People Who Are Changing America”. Mitchell won many awards including AIA New York Urban Design Merit Award, 1st Place International Architecture Award, Victor Papanek Social Design Award, Zumtobel Group Award for Sustainability. He's featured as “The NOW 99” in Dwell magazine and “50 Under 50 Innovators of the 21st Century" by Images. He's coauthored two books, "Super Cells: Building with Biology" and "Global Design: Elsewhere Envisioned". He earned: PhD, MIT, MAUD, Harvard University, MArch. Columbia University.

ryan johnson

Enterprise Holdings

Under Johnson’s leadership, Enterprise Holdings operates Enterprise CarShare as an extension of its unique neighborhood network, which includes more than 5,500 fully staffed offices located within 15 miles of 90 percent of the U.S. population. These convenient and accessible offices reflect the company’s longtime focus on offering sustainable local transportation alternatives, including Enterprise Rideshare, the country’s second-largest vanpooling operation; Zimride, the online ride-matching program; and other Virtual Car® options. Johnson has overseen Enterprise CarShare’s retail expansion with the acquisitions of PhillyCarShare, Mint Cars On-Demand, IGO Car Sharing, AutoShare, Occasional Car, City Car Club, and Carpingo. Also under Johnson’s leadership, Enterprise has purchased Metavera Solutions Inc., a leading provider of car-sharing technology, and announced partnerships with the CarSharing Association, Nissan and Washington D.C. Metro.

sertac karaman

MIT Laboratory for Information & Decision Systems

Sertac Karaman is the Charles Stark Draper Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (since Fall 2012). He has obtained B.S. degrees in mechanical engineering and and in computer engineering from the Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, in 2007, an S.M. degree in mechanical engineering from MIT in 2009, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science also from MIT in 2012. His research interests lie in the broad areas of robotics and control theory. In particular, he studies the applications of probability theory, stochastic processes, stochastic geometry, formal methods, and optimization for the design and analysis of high-performance cyber-physical systems.

gabe klein

Fontinalis Partners

Gabe Klein is the former DOT director under Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration in Chicago and former Director of the District DOT under Mayor Adrian M. Fenty. Before working in local government, Klein worked at a few startups, including Zipcar. In 2015, in addition to his other roles, he joined Fontinalis Partners as an SVP (Special Venture Partner) on their new fund. Klein continues to advise a number of technology/transportation startups including Bridj, where he provides leadership on strategy. He is on the board of NACTO and Streetsblog. Gabe just finished his first book, Start-Up City, Inspiring Private and Public Entrepreneurship, Getting Projects Done, and Having Fun.

Kent Larson

MIT Media Lab

Kent Larson directs the Media Lab's Changing Places group. Since 1998, he has also directed the MIT House_n research consortium in the School of Architecture and Planning. His current research is focused on four related areas: responsive urban housing, new urban vehicles, ubiquitous technologies, and living lab experiments. Larson practiced architecture for 15 years in New York City, with work published in Architectural Record, Progressive Architecture, Global Architecture, The New York Times, A+U, and Architectural Digest. His book, Louis I. Kahn: Unbuilt Masterworks was selected as one of the Ten Best Books in Architecture, 2000 by The New York Times Review of Books. Related work was selected by Time magazine as a "Best Design of the Year" project.

Florian Lennert

InnoZ

Florian Lennert is Director of the Intelligent City Forum, a joint venture of InnoZ and LSE based in Berlin, Germany focusing on sustainable urban innovation at the interface of smart mobility, urban renewable energy systems, intelligent infrastructure and future city design. InnoZ is a leading German innovation centre, jointly established by the German Social Science Centre (WZB), the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Deutsche Bahn, Siemens and T-Systems in Berlin, Germany. InnoZ collaborates with industry, start-ups, utilities, municipalities, science and government in developing and scaling future energy and mobility systems. Florian previously co-founded the LSE Grantham Research Institute for Climate and Environment (with Professor Lord Nick Stern) and the LSE Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR) and served as Director of Corporate Relations at LSE.

greg lindsay

New Cities Foundation

Greg Lindsay is a senior fellow of the New Cities Foundation — where he leads the Connected Mobility Initiative — and a visiting scholar at New York University’s Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management. He is also a contributing writer for Fast Company, a non-resident senior fellow of The Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight Initiative, and co-author of Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Harvard Business Review, and The Financial Times, among many other publications. Greg is a two-time Jeopardy! champion (and the only person to go undefeated against IBM’s Watson).

paul mackie

Mobility Lab

Paul is Communications Director at Mobility Lab — “the source of information and tips for advocates to increase awareness and education about more and better transportation options for people.” Prior to this, he was Climate Change Communications Director at The Nature Conservancy and Director of Media Relations at the World Resources Institute. He has also been a daily newspaper journalist at various outlets in the St. Louis area; a freelancer for the Chicago Tribune, National Geographic, and other media organizations; and a writer at the National Association of Counties. Paul has a master’s from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s from Southern Illinois University.

david mahfouda

Bandwagon

David Mahfouda, Founder and CEO of the smart taxisharing company Bandwagon, started thinking about social mobility on the Transsiberian railroad. He has since become a pioneer of the networked-vehicle industry, having spoken at The Open Planning Project, Portland State University, Transportation Transformation, Advanced Energy 2012, Parsons School of Design and Google. David has won support from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Verizon Powerful Answers Award in Sustainability, and Ford’s Smart Mobility program. Prior to Bandwagon, David co-founded the Very Polite Movers and the Fixers Collective. David holds a master’s in product architecture from Stevens Institute.

jeff maltz

SilverRide

Jeff Maltz is the CEO and co-founder of SilverRide, the award-winning, pioneering transportation platform helping seniors and those with disabilities get things done, socialize and have enriching life experiences either through its own cars and drivers, or via partner organizations around the world. Jeff also owns Pop-A-Lock of Las Vegas and the San Francisco Bay Area, the largest locksmith and roadside assistance company in those areas. Previously, Jeff led the major account sales division for Texas Instruments for Northern California, and was ranked the top sales person for TI as an individual contributor. Jeff received an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and a BS in Computer Science and BA in English Literature from Washington University in St. Louis.

peter marx

City of Los Angeles

Peter Marx is the Chief Technology Officer for the City of Los Angeles. He was the first Chief Innovation Technology officer for the city and was appointed by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on February 4th, 2014. His tasks include driving technology strategy across the City's departments and agencies, working with the local and worldwide technology industries, and using data to upgrade performance throughout City government. Prior to coming to the Mayor's Office, Marx was Vice President, Business Development, for Qualcomm Labs where he started the Gimbal initiative as part of his overall work on driving the development of new technologies ranging from augmented reality to context awareness. Marx also holds the position of Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California.

shomik mehndiratta

Uber Technologies

Dr. Shomik Mehndiratta is the head of transport research and policy initiatives at Uber Technologies. He is a transport economist and planner with prior stints at the World Bank and in consulting. Shomik is based in Washington DC, holds a PhD from the University of California at Berkeley and a eMBA jointly from INSEAD and China’s Tsinghua University.

victor mendez

U.S. Department of Transportation

Victor Mendez has served as the 20th United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation since July 30, 2014.

As Deputy Secretary, Mendez is the Department of Transportation’s chief operating officer, responsible for day-to-day operations of the 10 modal administrations and the work of more than 55,000 USDOT employees nationwide and overseas. Mendez is focused on ensuring the safety and efficiency of America’s transportation system, which plays a key role in economic development.

nicholas negroponte

MIT Media Lab

Nicholas Negroponte is the co-founder (with Jerome B. Wiesner) of the MIT Media Lab (1985), which he directed for its first 20 years. A graduate of MIT, Negroponte was a pioneer in the field of computer-aided design and has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1966. He gave the first TED talk in 1984, as well as 13 since. He is author of the 1995 best seller, Being Digital, which has been translated into more than 40 languages. In 2005 he founded the non-profit One Laptop per Child, which deployed $1 billion of laptops for primary education in the developing world. In the private sector, Negroponte served on the board of directors of Motorola (for 15 years) and was general partner in a venture capital firm specializing in digital technologies for information and entertainment. He has personally provided start-up funds for more than 40 companies, including Zagats and Wired magazine.

jenny o'brien

Hopista

Transportation activist, researcher, TED speaker and professional hitchhiker Jenny O'Brien investigates unconventional approaches to ride sharing. She co-authored "Community Rideshare for a Small City: The Lawrence OnBoard Prototype Program" detailing her roadside ridesharing research. The project was further developed by Carma Technology in 2014 as CarmaHop and was the subject of her talk at the 2014 TEDxKC event. A summary of the project and its results can be found at www.hopista.com. O'Brien has presented for the American Planners Association, at the National Rural and Intercity Bus Transportation Conference and the International Paratransit Conference. O'Brien is currently collaborating with GoGo Rideshare on a fast and easy app for carpooling.

timothy papandreou

San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

Timothy Papandreou serves as Director, Office of Innovation of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. The Office supports the city’s economic competitiveness through emerging transportation policy and innovative technology partnerships to enhance the customer experience and optimize the public rights-of-way. With over 15 years experience, Timothy is a key thought leader on shared-use mobility, complete street pilots, and integrating connected and autonomous vehicles into city transportation networks. His previous positions include head of Strategy and Policy for SFMTA, policy manager at LA Metro, local and state government, start-ups and consultancy firms. He holds degrees from R.M.I.T. and U.C. Los Angeles where his master’s thesis on car sharing and related work won several awards. He walks the talk and has been car-ownership free in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

philipp rode

LSE Cities

Philipp Rode is Executive Director of LSE Cities at the London School of Economics and Political Science. As researcher and consultant he has been directing interdisciplinary projects comprising urban governance, transport, city planning and urban design at the LSE since 2003. The focus of his current work is on green economy strategies in cities which includes co-directing the cities research programme of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. He has previously led the coordination of the chapters on Green Cities and Green Buildings for the United Nations Environment Programme's Green Economy Report. Rode is Executive Director of the Urban Age Programme and since 2005 organised Urban Age conferences in partnership with Deutsche Bank's Alfred Herrhausen Society in over a dozen world cities.

janette sadik-khan

Bloomberg Associates

Janette Sadik-Khan is a Principal at Bloomberg Associates and a former Commissioner of New York City’s Department of Transportation (2007-2013). Sadik-Khan is internationally recognized for her expertise in transportation issues, public policy development and innovative finance; she has implemented an ambitious program to improve safety, mobility and sustainability throughout NYC, and ensured a state of good repair on the city's roads, sidewalks and bridges. Sadik-Khan oversaw a series of innovative projects, including creating more pedestrian space in Times Square and along Broadway from Columbus Circle to Union Square, the planning and launch of the nation's largest bike share program, the addition of nearly 400 miles of bicycle lanes and the installation and design of more than 60 plazas citywide, and the publication of a Street Design Manual and Street Works Manual, which defined new standards for creating more durable and attractive streets.

max schwitalla

Studio Schwitalla

Max founded Studio Schwitalla, Berlin in 2012. The Studio has grown to a small team of international designers, researchers and scientists whose mission is to blur the boundaries between architecture and urban design. The experimental work between the two disciplines results in concepts for entire neighborhoods as three-dimensional structures and buildings as urban environments. The driving passion at Studio Schwitalla is the pursuit of future urban mobility. Research partners include multinational mobility experts such as Schindler Elevators and car manufacturer Audi. The team’s ultimate goal is to re-negotiate spaces for mobility and immobility in order to generate urban environments centered on human needs rather than those of machines.

Susan Shaheen

Transportation Sustainability Research Center, University of California, Berkeley

Susan’s interest in environmentally- and socially-beneficial technology applications led her to focus her doctoral research on carsharing, linked to public transit in the mid-1990s. Today, she is an internationally recognized expert in mobility and the sharing economy and co-directs the Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC) of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California (UC), Berkeley. She is also an adjunct professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. She has authored 55 journal articles, over 100 reports and proceedings articles, four book chapters, and co-edited one book. Her research projects on carsharing, smart parking, and older mobility have received national awards.

bob sheehan

U.S. Department of Transportation

douglas shinkle

National Conference of State Legislatures

Douglas Shinkle is the Transportation Program Director in the Environment, Energy and Transportation Program at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). Mr. Shinkle has worked for NCSL for ten years on transportation, traffic safety, shared mobility, healthy communities, natural resources and land-use issues. During his tenure at NCSL, Douglas has written numerous comprehensive, well-regarded publications on topics ranging from traffic safety, transportation reform, healthy communities, aging in place, active transportation, transit and other topics. He has presented at a number of national summits and legislative committees on his areas of expertise. Douglas is NCSL’s expert on shared mobility, and has spent considerable time over the past year staying apprised of current legislative trends and how these services may impact the future of transportation in the U.S. He has spoken on shared mobility issues at a number of gatherings.

gerry tierney

Perkins + Will

Gerry Tierney, an Associate Principal at Perkins + Will, has 30 years of experience in architecture and urban design, with a focus on housing and urban design projects that have required deep expertise in entitlement issues and regulatory procedures. The proposed Treasure Island and Mission Rock mixed-use developments in San Francisco are good examples of this.

In addition Gerry has been involved in the study of evolving urban mobility options and their potential impacts on the urban public realm. This work has include his involvement in Mobility and the City’s REDCAR project, UC Berkeley’s TSRC Future of Transportation Workshop, being a jury member at a number of PACE’s annual student mobility competitions, being an outside reviewer of OEM’s urban mobility concept prototypes, as well as presenting at conferences addressing urban mobility.

anthony townsend

Bits + Atoms

Dr. Anthony Townsend is an internationally-recognized expert on urbanization and digital technology. He is an advisor to Sidewalk Labs, a startup whose mission is to improve life in cities for everyone through the application of technology to solve urban problems. In 2009, he founded Bits and Atoms, a consultancy that works with industry, government and philanthropy on economic development, digital placemaking, and strategic technology forecasting. His first book, Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers and the Quest for A New Utopia was published by W.W. Norton & Co. in 2013.

vincent valdes

Federal Transit Agency

Vincent Valdes has been the Associate Administrator for Research, Demonstration, and Innovation at the Federal Transit Administration for over seven years. As the AA for FTA’s research office, Vincent manages an office of program managers, transportation specialists and engineers who work on FTA’s transit research program. The program provides a forum for transit research at the national level and facilitates the development of transit technologies and methodologies that support national transportation goals. In his 30 years as a senior manager in the public and private sector, Vincent has led innovation in various fields including transportation research, urban and regional planning, aerospace engineering, neighborhood economic development, environmental protection, and international development. Vincent graduated with a degree in Aerospace Engineering from Boston University and received a Master’s of Science in Urban Planning from Columbia University.

zack wasserman

Via

Zack Wasserman is the VP of Strategy at Via, where he oversees the licensing of the company's technology to public transit agencies and other transportation providers. Previously, he was the Managing Director of Pacific Stainless, a global manufacturer and distributor of specialty raw materials. In December of 2015, Zack expects to receive a Ph.D. in History from Yale University, where his dissertation explores the origins of entrepreneurial capitalism on the San Francisco Peninsula during the Cold War and its impact on American politics. He holds multiple master's degrees from Yale and a BSFS from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.

erika young

Transportation for America

At Transportation for America, Erika runs the organization’s outreach program, which includes enhancing relationships with external partners, identifying trends and opportunities for new alliances, and developing strategies for raising revenue, among other issues. Erika brings over ten years of outreach and legislative experience to the T4America team, building on her past experience running the transportation program for the National Association of Regional Councils and serving members of both the US House and Senate. Erika has a Masters degree in Corporate and Nonprofit Communication from The Johns Hopkins University.

nicolas zimmer

Technologiestiftung Berlin

Nicolas Zimmer is an innovation policy strategist and founder with a legal and engineerial background. Since the beginning of 2013 Nicolas is CEO of Technologiestiftung Berlin (Technology Foundation Berlin), a non-profit foundation and think-tank, supporting science and technology and pursuing political agenda-setting for technology-driven topics in Berlin. Before joining the Technologiestiftung Berlin, Nicolas has worked from 2006 to 2011 as an attorney with a focus on intellectual property and has subsequently been appointed as Permanent Secretary at the Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Research. A great deal of Nicolas’ interest and strength lies in coding and entrepreneurship. He's actively involved in the German Startups Association and the Open Knowledge Foundation Germany.

shoshana zuboff

Harvard Business School

Shoshana Zuboff is the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School (emerita), where she joined the faculty in 1981. One of the first tenured women at the Harvard Business School, she earned her Ph.D. in social psychology from Harvard University and her B.A. in philosophy from the University of Chicago. She is a frequent contributor to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and has been a featured columnist for BusinessWeek.com and Fast Company. Books include the influential treatise, The Support Economy: Why Corporations Are Failing Individuals and the Next Episode of Capitalism (Penguin 2002), co-authored with Jim Maxmin, and the celebrated classic, In the Age of the Smart Machine: The Future of Work and Power (Basic Books 1988). Professor Zuboff developed and led the path-breaking educational experience Odyssey: School for the Second Half of Life at the Harvard Business School.

Program

Looking for the hackathon program (November 6-8)? See here.

disrupting mobility summit (november 11-13, 2015)

All events at MIT Media Lab unless otherwise noted (Media Lab Building, E14 - 674, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, 02139, MA).

November 11

5:00-7:00pm	Kick-off reception at Zipcar headquarters 35 Thomson Place; Boston, MA 02210 *Space limited to 150 registrants on a first come, first serve basis.

5:00-7:00pm

Kick-off reception at Zipcar headquarters

35 Thomson Place; Boston, MA 02210

*Space limited to 150 registrants on a first come, first serve basis.

November 12

7:30-8:30am	Registration & Breakfast E14-6th floor lobby
8:30-9:00am	Event Welcome E14-674 Ryan Chin, MIT Media Lab Florian Lennert, InnoZ Philipp Rode, LSE Susan Shaheen, U.C. Berkeley Master of Ceremony: Greg Lindsay, New Cities Foundation
9:00-10:30am	Disrupting Mobility Keynote Session, E14-674 This keynote will set the stage for the conference discussing megatrends disrupting mobility. Topics highlighted will include globalization, megaregions, urbanization, demographic shifts, and climate change. Dan Doctoroff, Sidewalk Labs Kent Larson, MIT Media Lab Victor Mendez, U.S. Department of Transportation Nicholas Negroponte, MIT Media Lab Moderator: Greg Lindsay, New Cities Foundation
10:30-11:00am	Coffee Break E14-6th floor lobby
11:00am-12:30pm	Technology Disrupting Mobility E14-674 This session examines the role of technology disrupting mobility. Topics may include the role of autonomous and connected vehicles, mega logistics, social networking, and smartphone apps. Guy Fraker, AutonomousStuff Donald High, Walmart Sertac Karaman, MIT Aero/Astro Gabe Klein, Fontinalis Partners David Mahfouda, Bandwagon Moderator: Greg Lindsay, New Cities Foundation
12:30-1:30pm	Lunch E14-6th floor lobby
1:30-3:00pm	Innovating to Zero Parallel Session, E14-633 Global decarbonization requires the sustainable transformation of both energy and transport systems. This session explores the potential of disruptive technologies and services to enable ubiquitous zero-emissions smart mobility. Philipp Bouteiller, Berlin TXL – The Urban Tech Republic Marcus Coester, Aeromovel Lawrence Frank, University of British Columbia A aron Gowell , SilverRail Technologies Philipp Rode, LSE Max Schwitalla, Studio Schwitalla Shoshana Zuboff, Harvard Business School Moderator: Florian Lennert, InnoZ Social Trends Disrupting Mobility (Parallel Session, E14-674) Generational differences, lifestyle shifts, geo-socialization, and social technologies are increasingly impacting how we socialize, communicate and travel. This session focuses on these socio-demographic shifts coupled with technological changes disrupting consumers' mobility and consumption choices. Paul DeLong, car2go Tony Dutzik, Frontier Group Colin Hughes, ITDP – Bikesharing perspective Shomik Mehndiratta, Uber Zachary Wasserman, Via Erika Young, T4America Moderator: Susan Shaheen, U.C. Berkeley
3:00-3:30pm	Coffee break E14-6th floor lobby
3:30-4:00pm	Disrupting Cities Keynote Session, E14-674 Edward Glaeser, Harvard University Adam Greenfield, Urbanscale Moderator: Philipp Rode, LSE
4:00-5:30pm	Transforming Cities: Implications for an Urban Age Parallel Session, E14-674 This session discusses implications for global urbanization and urban change that may emerge as a result of disruptive changes of mobility and transport systems. Specifically, it will consider how urban policy makers and planners may have to respond in the present to best equip cities for the changes to come. Edward Glaeser, Harvard University Adam Greenfield, Urbanscale Philipp Rode, LSE Janette Sadik-Khan, Bloomberg Associates Anthony Townsend, Bits + Atoms Moderator: Greg Lindsay, New Cities Foundation Access & Mobility to Cross Income, Digital, and Land Use Divides (Parallel Session, E14-633) This session focuses on a variety of environmental justice and equity issues pertaining to the access and mobility of special needs populations such as, but not limited to low-income, older adults, disabled, single parents, and zero vehicle households. Tilly Chang, San Francisco County Transportation Authority Matt Caywood, Transit Screen Ryan Johnson, Enterprise Jeffrey Maltz, SilverRide Jenny O'Brien, Hopista Douglas Shinkle, National Conference of State Legislatures Moderator: Gerry Tierney, Perkins + Will
5:30-6:30pm	Posters session E14-ground floor lobby More information can on the poster session can be found here.
6:30-10:00pm	Reception with award ceremony for Best Posters and Hackathon winners and book announcement E14-6th floor lobby Hackathon Award presented by: Nicolas Zimmer, Technology Foundation Berlin

November 13

8:30-10:00am	Mobility and the Sharing Economy E14-674 This session discusses the role of technology as it empowers individuals and institutions to share and redistribute excess capacity of goods and services. Topics include collaborative consumption, peer-to-peer products and services, and other emerging social trends and technologies. Bob Burns, B-Cycle Emily Castor, Lyft Steve Carroll, RideScout Amanda Eaken, NRDC Matt George, Bridj Justin Holmes, Zipcar Moderator: Tim Papandreou, San Francisco Municipal Transport Agency
10:00-10:30am	Coffee Break E14-6th floor lobby
10:30am-11:30am	Governing for Disruption E14-674 This session focuses on the legal issues, policies, and best practices around governing, taxing, and regulating disruptive technologies. John Clippinger, MIT Media Lab & Berkman Center Nigel Jacob, City of Boston Paul Mackie, Mobility Lab Peter Marx, City of Los Angeles Chris Osgood, City of Boston Bob Sheehan, U.S. DOT Vincent Valdes, U.S.F.T.A Moderator: Greg Lindsay
11:30-12:30pm	Designing for Disruption E14-674 This session discusses the role of design in the creation of future mobility systems. Introductions: Florian Lennert, InnoZ Raffaello D'Andrea, ETH Zurich Mitchell Joachim, TerreForm ONE Moderator: Ryan Chin, MIT Media Lab
12:30-1:00pm	Moving Beyond Disruption Conference Conclusion, E14-674 Introduction: Susan Shaheen, UC Berkeley Kaye Ceille, Zipcar Closing Remarks: Greg Lindsay, New Cities Foundation
1:00-2:00pm	Lunch E14-6th floor lobby
2:00-5:00pm	Company visits and campus tours (optional) *Sign-up required at registration on November 12th.

disrupting mobility summit poster session

Adams, V. “Connected Biking and the Connected City: A State of the Practice Assessment”
Presented by Sudeeksha Murari, Booz Allen Hamilton

Baez, C. “The Disruption of the Private Vehicle and Rideshare Markets via Price Discrimination.”
Presented by Carlos Baez, University of California, Santa Barbara

Caywood, M., et. al. “UrbanMobilityScore: Quantifying Multimodal Transportation Access”
Presented by Matthew Caywood, TransitScreen

Ciari, F. and H. Becker. “How Disruptive Can Shared Mobility Be? A Scenario-based Evaluation of Shared Mobility Systems Implemented at Large Scale.”
Presented by Francesco Ciari, ETH Zurich

Davidson, A. “Data Exhaust from App-based Trip-Planners for Travel Surveys”
Presented by Adam Davidson, CUNY Graduate Center

Davidson, A. “The Impact of Information Communication Technology on Transport Decision Making: A Qualitative Study”
Presented by Adam Davidson, CUNY Graduate Center

Dinning, M. and T. Weisenberger. “Multimodal Payments Convergence – the Key to Delivering Seamless Mobility”
Presented by Michael Dinning, US DOT/Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

Feigon, S. “Shared Mobility Trends and Transit”
Presented by Tim Frisbie, Shared-Used Mobility Center

Ferreras, L. “iTRANS: Intelligent Transportation System to optimize mobility with V2X Technology and ITS Software”
Presented by Luis Ferreras, Parsons Transportation Group

Fine, S. "Everything Old Is New Again: Developing a Policy Response to Jitneys." Presented by Tilly Chang, San Francisco County Transportation Authority

Fischer, I. “Do Autonomous Vehicles Need Ethics?”
Presented by Igor Fischer, University Hospital Duesseldorf

Fischer, I. “Passenger Owner Matching with AVs?”
Presented by Igor Fischer, University Hospital Duesseldorf

Garcia-Verdugo, L. “Mobilescapes: A New Frontier for Urban and Vehicle Design”
Presented by Lino Vital, Nissan Technical Center Europe

Gould, J. “Future Mobility for Seniors: Deft but Disruptive”
Presented by Jane Gould, Aging in Suburbia

Henao, A. and W. Marshall. “Comparing Google Maps, Actual Driving Times, and Ridesourcing”
Presented by Alejandro Henao, University of Colorado

Herdtle, C. “Integrating Car-Sharing into a Medium-Sized City’s Housing Project”
Presented by Carolin Herdtle, University of Stuttgart

Iacobucci, J. “Transit Systems and The Impacts of Shared Mobility”
Presented by Joseph Iacobucci, Sam Schwartz Engineering

Jain, S. et. al. “Exploring Susceptibility of Shared Mobility in Urban Space”
Presented by Ronny Kutadinata, University of Melbourne

Karim, D. “Innovative Mobility Master Plan: Connecting Multimodal Systems with Smart Technologies”
Presented by Dewan Karim, City of Toronto

Kutadinata, R. et. al. “Shared, Autonomous, Connected and Electric Urban Transport”
Presented by Ronny Kutadinata, University of Melbourne

Lisson, C. “What Drives the Usage of Multimodal Mobility Services? A Unifying Approach”
Presented by Christopher Lisson, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Millonig, A. “Sharing is Daring: Societal Challenges of Disruptive Mobility”
Presented by Alexandra Millonig, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Navidikashani, Z. et. al.” Disruptive Effects of Demand Responsive Transport Systems on Mobility”
Presented by Ronny Kutadinata, University of Melbourne

Niles, J. and B. Grush. “Creeping Toward a Workable Urban Infrastructure for Robo-Cars”
Presented by John Niles, Grush Niles Associates

Ronald, N. et. al. “Optimizing Shared On-Demand Passenger and Goods Mobility”
Presented by Ronny Kutadinata, University of Melbourne

Schechtner, K. and M. Hanson. “Shared Mobility in Asian Megacities: The Case of Metro Manila”
Presented by Katja Schechtner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Stanley, M. “Mobility as a Service" with an UltraLight Elevated Transit Network”
Presented by Mike Stanley, TransitX

Tierney, T. “Transit-Oriented Developments: Optimized, On-Demand, and Networked”
Therese Tierney, University of Illinois

Wang, Y. et. al. “How Much is Trust: The Cost and Benefit of Ridesharing with Friends”
Presented by Ronny Kutadinata, University of Melbourne

Wilhelms, M. and S. Henkel. “Understanding the Peers in Peer-to-Peer Carsharing: What Motivates Participants? What Concerns Non-Users”
Presented by Mark-Philipp Wilhelms, EBS University

Yousuf, M. et. al. “Accessible Transportation Technology Research Initiative.”
Presented by Bob Sheehan, Federal Highway Administration

Call for Papers

The rise of the sharing economy has completely disrupted existing products and services in the urban mobility space. Peer-to-peer mobility services, like Uber and Lyft, have challenged the taxi, livery, carsharing, and mass-transit establishment. Disruptive innovations like this have the power to not only redefine industries, it can bankrupt companies as well. The shift from analog to digital cameras eventually led to the demise of Polaroid. The mass adoption of personal computing saw the end of industrial manufacturers like Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Technologies like VHS tapes, landlines, and even encyclopedias all have been uprooted with the introduction of new technologies. More recently, Airbnb has disrupted the travel and hotel industry by increasing the supply of options for people to stay and providing matching services.

Disruptive trends and technologies present tremendous challenges and open new debates around:

The Sharing Economy and Shared Mobility

The role of ownership and access;
The role of shared mobility in the 21st century;
How shared mobility and other sharing economy goods and services are modeled and evaluated

Changing Demographics, Sociological, and Other Key Trends

Theoretical concepts of sharing and sociology;
Changing socio-demographic trends by impacted and contributing to shared mobility and disruptive technologies;
Role of autonomous vehicles in shared mobility;
Changing travel behavior associated with autonomous vehicles

Role of Courier Network Services (Flexible Goods Movement) and Shared Mobility

Shared mobility’s contribution to flexible goods movement and sustainable urban logistics;
How shared goods and services are designed, delivered, and managed

Urban Design and Infrastructure of Disruptive Mobility

The urban and spatial impacts that could emerge from disruptive technologies;
Physical and digital infrastructure needed to accommodate disruptive technologies;
Shared mobility and multi-modal integration;
Opportunities for shared mobility and transit-oriented development;
Shared mobility in the countryside (rural areas): opportunities and obstacles

The Role of Policy and the Public Sector

Opportunities for public and private partnerships and collaboration;
The role of shared mobility in de-carbonization and renewable energy strategies;
Partners or opponents? Shared mobility and relationship to public transport;
Data sharing and privacy in the new economy;
Policy recommendations for disruptive mobility;
How disruptive mobility is experienced and perceived by both the public sector and the public at large.

Designing for the Sharing Economy

The role of design (with a capital “D”) in the sharing economy including product, interface, service, and experience design;
How to design products and services for the on-demand market;
How to we educate designers for the sharing economy

The summit is seeking abstracts for poster presentations that explore these challenges and opportunities around disruptive mobility and affiliated industries and technologies. Posters will be considered for paper submittals to be included in an upcoming book volume on Disrupting Mobility, which will be co-edited by Susan Shaheen and others. Please email your abstract of 300 words to submissions.disrupting-mobility@media.mit.edu by August 25, 2015.

Notice: Call for papers is now closed. Thank you for all the submissions.

disrupting mobility Hackathon 2015

theme: urbanautonomous deliery

register here

The Disrupting Mobility Hackathon 2015 will be about creating your own concepts for an Urban Autonomous Delivery system that moves goods, services, or people within a city.

The application of urban autonomous delivery is wide ranging. The six focus areas for this Hackathon are:

Moving people (Seniors, people without a driver’s licence, drunk drivers, distracted drivers)
Small packages (max. 17.88" x 12.38" x 3", e.g., Electronics/Books/small Furniture)
Food & Beverages (Fit to temperature requirements)
City Services (Garbage collection, street cleaning, street maintenance, parking tickets)
Medical Services (Focus on safety, cleanliness)
Disaster/Emergency Handling (Fire, Police, natural disasters)

During the event there will be a series of one-hour seminars where you can learn about sensors, controls, prototyping and fabrication, platforms, and programming. Prior to the event, a set of online tutorials will be provided on our website.

expected deliverables

Your team’s creative output could be in the form of mock-ups, working prototypes, virtual models (animation, video), graphics (renderings, infographics), simulation models, business and operational models. Hackathon kits will be provided during the event to assist you in your projects. Participants are welcome to bring any additional hardware, software, or other materials and components to the Hackathon.

evaluation criteria

Each team will present their concepts to a panel of expert judges at the end of the Hackathon starting at 2pm on Sunday, November 8th.

The judges will evaluate your project based on the following criteria:

Creativity, 20%
Feasibility, 20%
Scalability, 20%
User experience, 20%
Originality, 20%

Winners of the hackathon will be awarded prizes at the end of the event and will be given the opportunity to make a short presentation during the Disrupting Mobility Summit on November 12th.

registration

This 48-hour Hackathon is open to university students and professionals. Participants are welcome to join from academia, government, and industry. We invite participants from the U.S. and abroad to attend this event. You can sign-up as a team (2 to 4 people) or register alone. Participants registering alone will be organized into small teams at the start of the event. There is a $20 registration fee per person for this event. The Hackathon will provide food during the event -- Evening of Nov 6th (snacks), Breakfast/lunch/dinner on Nov 7th, Breakfast/Lunch on Nov 8th. Registration information is below:

http://www.disrupting-mobility.org/registration-venue/#registration

schedule

November 6

5:00-6:00pm	Registration + Snacks
6:00-7:00pm	Introduction to Hackathon (rules, schedule, kits, team formation)
7:00pm	Commence Hackathon!

November 7

7:00-8:00am	Breakfast
8:00am-12:00pm	Group work, mentoring, small workshops (optional)
12:00-1:00pm	Lunch
1:00-6:30pm	Group work, small workshops (optional)
6:30-7:30pm	Dinner
7:30-10:30pm	Continue Hackathon through the evening

November 8

7:00-8:00am	Breakfast
8:00-12:00pm	Finalize projects
12:00-1:00pm	Lunch
1:00-5:00pm	Presentations and Judging
5:00-6:00pm	Awards and closing

venue

The Hackathon will take place on the 3rd floor of the new Media Lab building. The address is 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139:
http://www.media.mit.edu/contact

faqs

Where to do I stay?

There are a number of hotels within walking distance or accessible by mass transit (see below). Other options include local hostels, AirBnB, or crash at a local friend’s house.

http://www.media.mit.edu/contact/accommodations

Where do I park?

If you have to drive, you can park here:

http://www.media.mit.edu/contact/directions/parking

Can I bring a friend?

If you would like to bring a friend, please register him or her as a teammate.

How do I access the Media Lab Building?

The doors will be open for the kick-off event from 5-7pm. Access instructions will be provided in the starter kit.

Can I work throughout the night?

You can work quite late (until 1am), however, under MIT rules for hackathons, we are not allowed to operate 24-hours without police supervision. You can, of course, go home and continue working and return when the Media Lab opens its doors at 8am.

Will there be wifi available?

Yes, free high-speed wifi is available at the Media Lab (MIT Guest).

What can I bring?

Enthusiasm, energy, and willingness to compete. Please bring your own laptops and chargers. Participants can bring additional materials if they like (foam core, any tools, arduino boards, etc.). We can provide markers, poster boards, paper, and starter kits.

Can we build upon previous projects?

Yes, you can leverage previous research and design projects in this space. Keep in mind that originality counts for 20% of the overall judging evaluation.

What’s in the Kit?

To be announced.

What do I do in case of an emergency?

Call the MIT Emergency phone line at 617-253-1212: http://emergency.mit.edu/emergency/contacts.html

disrupting innovation is organized by the following institutions

Building upon the first Shared Use Vehicle Summit held in 2013, the 2015 Disruptive Mobility Summit is co-hosted by the University of California at Berkeley, MIT Media Lab, InnoZ, and the London School of Economics.

city science initiative, mit media lab

The City Science Initiative at the MIT Media Lab is a unique network of research groups experienced in the design of technology and infrastructure, the analysis of big data, and the development of rigorous scientific theories. The City Science Initiative at the MIT Media Lab provides an interdisciplinary nexus where these research networks join to improve the design, livability and understanding of high performance urban environments.

http://cities.media.mit.edu/

transportation sustainability research center (tsrc), university of california, berkeley

In addition to performing research informed by a diverse array of perspectives, TSRC also engages in education and outreach to promote its core values of sustainability and equity, to ensure that we are able to meet the transportation needs of the present without compromising future generations.

TSRC conducts research on a wide array of transportation-related issues, addressing the needs of individuals as well as the public.

http://tsrc.berkeley.edu/

lse cities, London School of Economics and Political Science

LSE Cities is an international centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science that carries out research, conferences, education and outreach activities in London and abroad. Its mission is to study how people and cities interact in a rapidly urbanising world, focussing on how the design of cities impacts on society, culture and the environment. LSE Cities investigates how complex urban systems are responding to the pressures of growth, change and globalisation, with new infrastructures of design and governance that both complement and threaten social and environmental equity.

https://lsecities.net/

innovation centre for mobility and societal change (innovationszentrum für mobilität und gesellschaftlichen wandel, innoz)

The Innovation Centre for Mobility and Societal Change (InnoZ) is a living lab for connected mobility located on the European Energy Forum (EUREF) Campus in Berlin. InnoZ offers research, testing and consulting services, and develops - in cooperation with its partners from industry, research, and government - innovative system solutions in the fields of mobility and societal change. Research at InnoZ focuses on sustainable future mobility concepts and their impact on society.

http://innoz.de/innoz_start.html?&L=1

Organizers

the leaders driving the new mobility trends are here. they will give you insights on the technologies, trends, policies, and businesses that are disrupting mobility, and changing society.

Ryan Chin

MIT Media Lab, City Science Initiative

Adam Cohen

Transportation Sustainability Research Center, University of California, Berkeley

Adam Cohen is a research associate at the Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC) at the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Since joining the group in 2004, he has focused his research on shared mobility. He has co-authored numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. In 2008, he completed a dual Masters degree in city and regional planning and international affairs from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Wolfgang Gruel

Institute for Mobility and Digital Innovation, Stuttgart Media University / Daimler Mobility Services

Wolfgang is passionate about digital innovation and mobility. His work at Daimler Mobility Services and at the Stuttgart Media University’s Institute for Mobility and Digital Innovation focuses on creating more sustainable mobility systems that make use of new technologies and change the way we travel. Wolfgang has worked on shared autonomous mobility systems as Head of Autonomous Mobility Services at car2go, and as a researcher at the MIT Media Lab. Prior to that, he worked as an entrepreneur and as a manager in Daimler’s Business Innovation unit where he initiated moovel, a mobility platform that offers customers the best options for traveling from point A to point B by combining diverse modes of transportation.

Florian Lennert

Innoz

Philipp Rode

LSE Cities

Susan Shaheen

Transportation Sustainability Research Center, University of California, Berkeley

Pictures

November 5-7

Hackathon

November 11

Kick-off Reception

November 12

Registration & Breakfast

Event Welcome & Disrupting mobility Keynote Session

Ryan Chin, MIT Media Lab; Florian Lennert, InnoZ; Philipp Rode, LSE; Susan Shaheen, U.C. Berkeley; Dan Doctoroff, Sidewalk Labs; Kent Larson, MIT Media Lab; Victor Mendez, U.S. Department of Transportation; Nicholas Negroponte, MIT Media Lab; Greg Lindsay, New Cities Foundation (Moderator)

Technology Disrupting Mobility

Guy Fraker, AutonomousStuff; Donald High, Walmart; Sertac Karaman, MIT Aero/Astro; Gabe Klein, Fontinalis Partners; David Mahfouda, Bandwagon; Greg Lindsay, New Cities Foundation (Moderator)

Innovating to zero

Philipp Bouteiller, Berlin TXL – The Urban Tech Republic; Marcus Coester, Aeromovel; Lawrence Frank, University of British Columbia; A aron Gowell , SilverRail Technologies; Philipp Rode, LSE; Max Schwitalla, Studio Schwitalla; Shoshana Zuboff, Harvard Business School; Florian Lennert, InnoZ (Moderator)

Social Trends Disrupting Mobility

Paul DeLong, car2go; Tony Dutzik, Frontier Group; Colin Hughes, ITDP – Bikesharing perspective; Shomik Mehndiratta, Uber; Zachary Wasserman, Via; Erika Young, T4America; Susan Shaheen, U.C. Berkeley (Moderator)

Disrupting Cities / Transforming Cities

Edward Glaeser, Harvard University; Adam Greenfield, Urbanscale; Philipp Rode, LSE; Janette Sadik-Khan, Bloomberg Associates; Anthony Townsend, Bits + Atoms; Greg Lindsay, New Cities Foundation (Moderator)

Access & Mobility to cross income, digital and land use divides

Tilly Chang, San Francisco County Transportation Authority; Matt Caywood, Transit Screen; Ryan Johnson, Enterprise; Jeffrey Maltz, SilverRide; Jenny O'Brien, Hopista; Douglas Shinkle, National Conference of State Legislatures; Gerry Tierney, Perkins + Will (Moderator)

Poster Session

Reception with award Ceremony

November 13

mobility and the sharing economy

Bob Burns, B-Cycle; Emily Castor, Lyft; Steve Carroll, RideScout; Amanda Eaken, NRDC; Matt George, Bridj; Justin Holmes, Zipcar; Tim Papandreou, San Francisco Municipal Transport Agency (Moderator)

governing for disruption

John Clippinger, MIT Media Lab & Berkman Center; Nigel Jacob, City of Boston; Paul Mackie, Mobility Lab; Peter Marx, City of Los Angeles; Chris Osgood, City of Boston; Bob Sheehan, U.S. DOT; Vincent Valdes, U.S.F.T.A; Greg Lindsay (Moderator)