Sponsor List

SPONSOR 2019

Silver Sponsor

Part of the Société Générale Group, ALD Automotive is leader in the sector of long-term rental for cars, motorbikes and vans. We propose a complete offer ranging from global formulas for multinational groups and companies, to modular, flexible products for small and medium enterprises, freelancers and private individuals. With two headquarters in Rome and Milan, 550 highly qualified professionals and 8.000 service points, in Italy ALD offer to 69.000 clients customised mobility solutions to provide all-round management for their vehicles with a fleet composed of 190.000 vehicles. Info: www.mobilitysolutions.aldautomotive.it

 

FREE NOW (formerly mytaxi), is a leading multiservice mobility provider which currently operates in 100 cities across Europe – 7 in Italy -, with 14 million passengers and more than 100,000 drivers. The FREE NOW brand is not just about getting from A to B, it is about switching off and freeing your mind while we take care of the journey. FREE NOW service is part of the FREE NOW Group, which is the ride-hailing joint venture from BMW Group and Daimler AG. Info: www.free-now.com/it

 

Geotab is advancing security, connecting commercial vehicles to the internet and providing web-based analytics to help customers better manage their fleets. Geotab’s open platform and Marketplace, offering hundreds of third-party solution options, allows both small and large businesses to automate operations by integrating vehicle data with their other data assets. As an IoT hub, the in-vehicle device provides additional functionality through IOX Add-Ons. Processing billions of data points a day, Geotab leverages data analytics and machine learning to help customers improve productivity, optimize fleets through the reduction of fuel consumption, enhance driver safety, and achieve strong compliance to regulatory changes. Geotab’s products are represented and sold worldwide through Authorised Geotab Resellers. Info: www.geotab.com


Supporter Sponsor

Be Charge is a company of BE Power SpA’s Group, dedicated to the diffusion of recharging infrastructures for electric mobility, which is developing an extensive charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Italy. Be Charge plays both the role of managing owner of the charging infrastructure network (Charge Point Operator) and provider of recharging and electric mobility services (Electric Mobility Service Provider). Be Charge’s business plan is aimed to install around 30.000 top-up points in the next few years. Info: www.bec.energy

 

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 410,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2018). The company generated sales of 78.5 billion euros in 2018. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT company, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, smart cities, connected mobility, and connected manufacturing. It uses its expertise in sensor technology, software and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to deliver innovations for a connected life. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life.” The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 460 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. The basis for the company’s future growth is its innovative strength. At nearly 130 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 68,700 associates in research and development. Info: www.bosch-mobility-solutions.com

 

Rent a car anywhere and anytime – that’s SHARE NOW. As the market leader and pioneer of free-floating carsharing, SHARE NOW has over 4 million members and is represented in 31 major cities globally with over 20,000 vehicles, more than 3,200 of which are electrically powered. From registration through the rental process, all steps are performed digitally via a smartphone app. SHARE NOW provides a sustainable solution for urban mobility and contributes significantly to reducing vehicular congestion in cities: each SHARE NOW vehicle replaces up to 8 private cars and is used up to six times more frequently. SHARE NOW born from the merger between car2go and DriveNow and is one of five mobility services under the joint venture of the BMW Group and the Daimler AG. Info: www.your-now.com/our-solutions/share-now


Technical Sponsor

ACCIONA provides sustainable infrastructure and renewable energy solutions. Innovation and the use of pioneering technologies are the distinctive features of its projects. In 2018, ACCIONA joined the challenge of sustainable mobility, launching a scooter sharing service in Madrid, Valencia, Seville, Barcelona and Lisbon. In these cities, it offers a total of 4,500 electric scooters powered by rechargeable batteries with certified renewable energy, on which 6 million kilometers were traveled – 148 turns around the Earth. The scooters have equivalent performance to 125 cc and offer two driving modes, allowing users to drive on any type of road. Thanks to the service, in 2019, about 498 tons of CO2 were not produced, the equivalent of the emissions of 53,000 cars in one day. Info: www.acciona-motosharing.com

 

Esri Italia, Esri’s Official Distributor for the Italian market, is the leader in geospatial solutions. Through its offer of products and services, it supports organizations and companies in the digital transformation, allowing them to take the opportunities offered by “The Science of Where”. Esri Italia’s strengths are to provide customers with the ability to perform complex geospatial analyzes on their data, to support organizations and companies in integrating the geographical component with their own Enterprise platforms and to spread the power of the geographical reading of information within organizations. Info: www.esriitalia.it

 

FLOWBIRD addresses the sector of urban mobility, transport and parking management for a “Smart City”. With dedicated solutions and over 40 years of partnerships abroad, 25 years with Rome and 10 with Milan, it provides its customers and partners with a global vision to offer solutions and technologies capable of responding to the new needs of mobility and integration of systems. Info: www.flowbird.group

 

hive was established in 2018 with a first launch in Lisbon in November 2018. It is led by CEO Tristan Torres Velat and offers shared electric scooters in a free-floating system within urban areas. Based in Barcelona, hive is available in 11 cities in Portugal, Austria, Greece and Poland offering more than 4.000 kick scooters for 630.000 users. Hive foresees to launch the service in more than 50 cities, including in the Italian market, within the end of 2020. Since February 2019, hive is part of the FREE NOW Group, the ride-hailing joint venture of BMW Group and Daimler AG. Info: www.ridehive.com


 Startup Special

K-city is a newco founded by a group of entrepreneurs with consolidated experience in the management of parking areas and urban mobility in general, we produce hardware and software for the implementation of IoT systems for the control of parking areas and roads in the city. With the “K-City” platform we offer a wide range of services, able to facilitate the liveability of the city in terms of mobility stop, energy saving, air quality and safety. Our system has received the award for the best innovative idea in the field of technology day announced by ST Microelectronics under the patronage of ENEA and the National Research Council. Info: www.k-city.eu

 

Traffic tickets are becoming a serious social problem all over the world. VINCO.NET’s  mission statement is to help drivers to resolve traffic tickets through a friendly application right from your device in two minutes or less. We know getting a traffic ticket hurts and VINCO.NET can make it a little better combining the latest technology with a professional legal team fully committed to fight and win every single case. VINCO.NET is an extension of a service operating for many years under different brands in USA, now available also in Italy and soon in more European countries. The service is sponsored by a group of entrepreneurs with international experience in the transportation and mobile technology industries. Info: www.vinco.net


Mobility Partner

Circ​, a European electric micro-mobility company, was born with the aim of creating a world in which mobility is more sustainable, safe and interconnected. The first step offered by Circ is an e-scooter sharing service, active throughout Europe, in order to facilitate “first and last mile mobility”. Founded in 2018 in Germany​, the company is currently present in over ​40 cities in 12 different countries​ including Portugal, France, Germany and Spain. The name “Circ” reflects the circular nature of the service, as the vehicles are produced and managed by the company for a shared and constant use, integrated with the urban and intercity transport network. Our approach is that of a company which works proactively and in synergy with municipal administrations in order to create mobility solutions for the benefit of citizens and to allow transportation within short distances to become more convenient, simple and safe. All of this while working in a coordinated manner with both local authorities, communities and with the public transportation network of each city. Info: www.circ.com

 

Energica Motor Company S.p.A. is the first Italian manufacturer of high-performing electric motorcycles. Energica line up includes: Energica Ego is the first model of Energica, an electric sportbike; Energica Eva, is the second model of the company, an electric streetifighter; Energica Eva EsseEsse9, is the third model, an “old-style” electric motorcycle”. Energica factory, located in the Italian Motor Valley, is the headquarters and base for the distribution of Energica motorcycles towards the international network of importers and dealers. The company is the single manufacturer for FIM Enel MotoE™ World Cup. Info: www.energicamotor.com

 

MiMoto is the first electric scooter sharing and 100 % Made in Italy service active in Milano, Turin and Genova, even though it’s much more: it’s very effective, quick and green in order to move around the city. It’s easy first of all because it’s keyless since the scooter can be started just with a few clicks via App. By using MiMoto you will avoid traffic; it is completely electric and, therefore, it totally respects the environment. MiMoto really is the best solution to every city burden since it consists in a free floating service. More livable and sustainable cities, integrated transport and respect for the environment are the vision of MiMoto. Info: www.mimoto.it

 

Enter Mobike: a bike sharing service to fulfil urban short trips – anytime, to any legal parking destination – by combining innovation and today’s IoT (Internet of Things) technology. Mobike is green, reduces congestion and continually strives to improve the quality of city life. Mobike is a service present in 12 cities in Italy, has exceeded 1 million users and is integrated into the urban transportation system. Info: www.mobike.com

 

 

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