BMW Group XChange Dialogue in collaboration with the City of Rotterdam, April 2023

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.

Over the course of two days the Urban Mobility Team together with representatives of the City of Rotterdam conducted an XChange Dialogue and discussed solutions for the future of liveable cities with global key stakeholders.

Focus Topics:

Urban Vehicle of the Future powered by MINI: The changing role of cars, Product features and services, efficient use of public and parking space, mobility use cases

Electro Ecosystem: How can we shape the charging infrastructure to be ab able to cater to a fully electrified vehicle fleet?

Transforming Mobility Behavior: How to create target group specific mobility offers and frameworks to maximize sustainability benefits?

Partnerships & Collaboration Models: What makes a successful cooperation?

The following protagonists discussed about the future of liveable cities together with 117 stakeholders:

Vincent Karremans, Deputy Mayor Mobility Rotterdam
Anne Brons, CEO BMW Netherlands
Maik Boeres, BMW Group – Digital Car, Mobility

Carlo van de Weijer, EAISI
Dorrith Dijkzeul, City of Rotterdam
Giovanni Circella, University of Ghent & UC Davis

Nathalie de Vries, MVRDV Architects
Monika Dernai, BMW Group – Strategy Sustainability & Mobility