BMW Group XChange Dialogue “Liveable Cities – One Goal – Different Visions & Solutions” in London, June 2024

The BMW Group is deeply engaged in its four partner cities Rotterdam, Berlin, Beijing and Los Angeles.
You can read more about our Urban Mobility Engagement here.

The Urban Mobility Team conducted an XChange Dialogue during the London Climate Week and discussed different visions and solutions for the future of liveable cities with global key stakeholders.

Focus Topics:

Insights of the mobility studies, in collaboration with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

• Understand travel behavior and its determinants
• Generate insights for cities and neighborhoods
• Comparison of cities and neighborhoods

Conclusion of the discussion:

Overall, the aim is to develop tailor-made, integrated solutions for sustainable urban mobility through open dialogue, experiments and cooperation across sector borders.

The following protagonists gave statements afterwards:

• Agnes Weiss-Tar: Spokesperson Urban Mobility, BMW Group, Munich, Germany
• Kirstin Hegner: Managing Director Digital Hub Mobility by UnternehmerTUM, Munich; Germany
• Alphonso Coulot: Project Manager Alliance for Decarbonisation of Road, France
• Vincent Joanknecht: Advisor Mobility Innovations at Municipality of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
• Dr. Thomas Becker:  Vice President of Sustainability, Mobility, BMW Group, Munich, Germany
• Kate Wright: Executive Director of Climate Mayors, California, USA
• Liz Leffmann: Leader at Oxfordshire County Council, Oxford, UK