A focus on the future of green transport, digital transformation, and climate-driven strategies through collaboration and cutting-edge technologies.
A pressing challenge persists for the global economy: achieving sustainable mobility. The growing demand for greener transport solutions, the acceleration of digital technologies, and the urgency of climate targets are reshaping strategies for both public and private stakeholders. Technology stands as both the driving force and the enabling factor of the so called ‘seventh transport revolution’, which requires new managerial skills, cross-sector collaboration, and a forward-thinking vision capable of turning disruption into long-term value.
Luiss Business School and AlmavivA explored this critical topic during the webinar “Beacon Pulse – Sustainable Mobility Management and Innovation“, with an emphasis on challenges and opportunities in the mobility sector, including V2X technology.
Dellarciprete: “Facilitate knowledge sharing and network creation”
Throughout history, transportation modes and technologies have always played a crucial role in driving major progress for humanity. However, the current mobility revolution extends beyond mere technology: it is a cultural, social, and economic transformation, multifaceted and impactful.
“V2X solutions prove that technology doesn’t limit innovation. It propels it forward”, said Bice Dellarciprete, Moova Faculty Coordinator, AlmavivA.
“The real challenges now lie in adoption, implementation, governance, and management of such innovations. These processes can only thrive within collaborative, multi-stakeholder ecosystems.”
“Nowadays, the focus must be on initiatives that facilitate knowledge sharing and network creation”, went on Dellarciprete. “These are no longer optional: they are essential to fostering collaboration. The Executive Programme in Sustainable Mobility Management and Innovation embodies this concept, offering a new edition that emphasizes these values.”
Pirolo: “Innovation must be integrated into a sustainability framework”
Mobility is changing rapidly as well as the transportation ecosystem. “Transformative technologies are reshaping how we move, yet true progress only happens when innovation is integrated into a broader sustainability framework”, stated Luca Pirolo, Associate Dean for Multi-Hub Strategy, Luiss Business School.”
It is not just about addressing people’s needs: it is about enhancing their interactions. Customer-focused solutions and service integration will serve as the main drivers of a new mobility era, one that is more efficient, connected, and sustainable.”
The 7th Transportation Revolution: Trends and Pressures in the Mobility Sector
A revolution refers to the introduction of a technology that substantially changes the way people or goods move within a certain context and in a relatively short period. From animal traction, Viking ships, and the wheel introduction, to steam engines, internal combustion engines and containers, we are now facing the seventh transportation revolution.
There are four strands of innovation which will direct profound transformations in mobility patterns:
- self-driving vehicles connected with infrastructures;
- new modes;
- electric vehicles and green energy;
- transformation of mobility services.
“The combination and integration of these strands will lead to service models not even imaginable today, with the digital technologies playing a key role“, stated Daniele Pelosio, Intelligent Transport Systems & Smart Road Traffic Management, AlmavivA.
V2X and Sustainable Mobility
Self-driving vehicles are the core of V2X project led by AlmavivA. Over 1.1 million vehicles with V2X are on the road now. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration lays out six levels of automation, beginning with humans themselves doing the driving, and progressing through driver-assistance technologies to fully autonomous cars. The latter modes of transport can help cities become safer and more efficient, reducing accidents, improving public transportation, and decreasing pollution.
They can also repurpose unused parking areas, enhance traffic flow and productivity, and make transportation more affordable to ensure equal access to mobility.
“Cars will increasingly mirror human behavior”, said Chloe Hwang, Solution Manager, AlmavivA. Lidar and radar system creates a detailed data cloud that shows the surrounding environment, including precise sizes and shapes of objects as well as their proximity to the vehicle. As autonomous lidar system evolve, their perception becomes more comprehensive and precise, making possible more dependable object identification and recognition. AI will play a crucial role in the field of autonomous vehicles, raising various ethical Issues. Hence, communication between humans, infrastructures, vehicles and environment will further boost and transform mobility.
Executive Programme in Sustainable Mobility Management and Innovation
The upcoming edition of the Executive Programme in Sustainable Mobility Management and Innovation will be hosted at Italiacamp Dubai Hub for Made in Italy, serving as a bridge between Italian companies expanding into the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia, and key local economic and entrepreneurial entities.
The programme aims to equip participants with the necessary tools to navigate and lead within this transformative mobility landscape.
