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EIT Digital showcases tech innovations at New Mobility World, IAA 2015
From September 17th to 27th, EIT Digital will be showcasing a range of its most successful start-ups and innovation activities at the world’s leading International Motor Show (IAA) being held in Frankfurt am Main. EIT Digital is an official partner of the first New Mobility World (NMW) exhibition at the event, launched to reflect the growing impact of digital innovation on the automotive industry.
EIT Digital, set up to foster digital innovation and bring new solutions to market, is exhibiting in the Mobility Services section of NMW. The Mobility Services theme looks at how mobile internet and smart phones are shaping the future of travel management, car-sharing, location-based services and efficient traffic flow control in smart cities.
Fourteen of EIT Digital’s successful innovation activities and coached start-ups are attending NMW to showcase their solutions to businesses and potential buyers. While most will be found at the EIT Digital stand, the following innovators will be exhibiting close by in the NMW hall:
- Carzapp offers complete smart access solutions for car sharing, logistics and smart home applications (Mobility Solutions Centre)
- Ebee Smart Technologies offers a low-cost and easily available solution for charging electric cars in public places while embedding them into local smart grids in (Start-up-Zone on September 22nd)
- ICE Gateway’s wireless infrastructure (IaaS: Infrastructure as a Service), optimises outdoor lighting and adds value-added services for people passing by street lights and also for sensors and devices (IoT: Internet of Things) in smart cities (Mobility Solutions Centre)
- PlugSurfing is an application and billing system that empowers electric car drivers to find and use charging points wherever they are and whenever they want(Electric Vehicle Plaza)
- Unu Motors is committed to creating a mobility solution that fully and independently connects people to their city by producing e-scooters that are customisable and powered by a portable battery system that can be charged “on the go” anywhere (Electric Vehicle Plaza).
Find out more about EIT Digital and its innovation community by visiting us at our stand (stand A-21 Mobility Solutions Centre, New Mobility World, hall 3.1) or attending the events below:
| Date and time | Event | Location |
| 11.30am September 15th | Start-up pitch session Moderator: Fergie Miller, EIT Digital Business Developer | Start-up Zone |
| 4.15pm September 15th | PresentationCarzapp presents on ‘Car sharing models at a glance’ | Multimodal Market Hall |
| 5.15pm September 15th | Presentation Carzapp presents on ‘New mobility and fleet services’ | Multimodal Market Hall |
| 10.30am September 16th | Presentation Gilles Betis, EIT Digital, Head of Urban Life and Mobility presents on ‘European Growth Capital’ | Start-up Zone |
| 10.40am September 16th | Press conference EIT Digital, Johanna Gavefalk, Director of Communications introduces EIT Digital and presents on chances for start-ups in New Mobility | Multimodal Market Hall |
| 10am September 17th | Start-up pitch session Moderator: Thomas Herlin, EIT Digital Business Developer | Start-up Zone |
| 11am September 17th | Presentation Carzapp presents ‘Crashing systems: competition or addition?’ | Multimodal Market Hall |
| 11.50am September 17th | Presentation EIT Digital start-up, Unu Motors presents ‘What we drive tomorrow’ | Unu Motors stand, Start-up Zone |
| 2.50pm September 17th | Presentation EIT Digital start-up E-Mobility Innovations presents ‘Plugsurfing’ | Electric Vehicle Plaza |
| 3.10pm September 17th | Discussion: Carzapp joins discussion on ‘Sharing economy moderated by Thomas Herlin, EIT Digital Business Development Accelerator | Start-up Zone |
| 4pm September 17th | Presentation EIT Digital start-up ICE Gateway presents ‘Smart Urban Spaces’ | Mobility Solutions Center |
| 4.30pm September 17th | Presentation Klaus Beetz, Digital Infrastructure, EIT Digital presents on EIT Digital | |
| 1pm September 18th | Panel discussion:‘Usage-based insurance – How the connected car transforms the insurance sector’ EIT Digital speaker - TBC | Digital Infrastructure Theme Park |
| 1.30pm September 18th | Discussion Moderator: Thomas Herlin, EIT Digital Carzapp will join the discussion on the ‘Sharing Economy – Access versus ownership’ | Start-up Zone |
Topics
- Education
Categories
- new mobility world
- iaa
- innovation
- europe
- entrepreneur
- ict
- business
- start-ups
- entrepreneurship
- mobility
About EIT Digital
EIT Digital* is a leading European open innovation organisation. Our mission is to foster digital technology innovation and entrepreneurial talent for economic growth and quality of life in Europe. We bring together entrepreneurs from a partnership of over 130 top European corporations, SMEs, start-ups, universities and research institutes.
EIT Digital invests in strategic areas to accelerate the market uptake of research-based digital technologies and to bring entrepreneurial talent and leadership to Europe. Our innovation and education activities are organised in and around our co-location centres, where students, researchers, engineers, business developers and entrepreneurs come together to drive the digitalisation of society.
EIT Digital is a Knowledge and Innovation Community of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Since 2010, EIT Digital is consistently mobilising talents, ideas, technologies, investments and business across Europe and beyond to stimulate disruptive digital innovation. The headquarter is in Brussels with co-location centres in Berlin, Eindhoven, Helsinki, London, Paris, Stockholm, Trento, as well as in Budapest and Madrid.
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