This report includes contributions from experts in the transportation sector, futurists, intellectual property, policy and innovation. Their viewpoints and comments complement and add context to the information revealed in patent data, addressing issues such as legal and regulatory questions, standards, data protection, infrastructure challenges, and ethical concerns regarding the future of transportation.
The views expressed by the contributors are solely their own and do not reflect the opinions or positions of their affiliated organizations.
Vassilis Agouridas is an Innovative Aerial Services specialist based in Brussels, Belgium, working with ERTICO – ITS EUROPE, a public-private partnership delivering innovation and deployment in Intelligent Transport Systems
Arina Anisie is an Analyst on Renewable Energy Innovation at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Bonn, Germany
Nikolas Badminton is a world-renowned global futurist speaker based in Toronto, Canada, and Chief Futurist at futurist.com
Manuela Cirilli is part of the Knowledge Transfer team at CERN, an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world, based in Geneva, Switzerland
Driss El Hadani is Deputy Director at the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, in Vienna, Austria
Martin Ettlinger is a Member of the Management Board at Verkehrshaus, the Swiss Museum of Transport, based in Lucerne, Switzerland
Robert Garbett is Founder and Chief Executive of Drone Major Group Limited, the world’s leading global Drone and Counter Drone consultancy based in London, United Kingdom
Grigore Havârneanu is a Transport Psychologist and Senior Research Advisor at the International Union of Railways (UIC) in Paris, France
Yoann Le Petit works as a Thought Leadership Manager for EIT Urban Mobility (EIT UM) in Munich, Germany
Devin Liddell is the Principal Futurist at Teague in Seattle, United States of America, and works with clients like Amtrak, Boeing, and Toyota to design preferred futures
Michael Maas is the CEO of Zimi, electric vehicle infrastructure specialists based in Stellenbosch, South Africa
Mohamed Mezghani is the Secretary General of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP), based in Brussels, Belgium
Seyedeh Fatemeh Moghimi is the founder and CEO of Sadid Bar International Shipping and Transportation Ltd., one of the largest freight shipping companies in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Thor Myklebust is a Research and Certification Manager at SINTEF, one of Europe's largest research organizations based in Norway
Eujin Pei is a Full Professor in Additive Manufacturing and Associate Dean for the College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences at Brunel University of London, United Kingdom
Carlos Ruiz is a Program Officer for Innovation and End-use Sectors at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Bonn, Germany
Juan Carlos Salazar is the Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), based in Montreal, Canada
Jason Schenker is Chairman of The Futurist Institute and the President of Prestige Economics, based in Texas, United States of America
Tom Standage is Deputy Editor of The Economist and editor of its future-gazing annual, The World Ahead. Based in London, United Kingdom, he is also author of “A Brief History of Motion”, published in 2021
Thomas Ting is the Chief Digital Officer at the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), Singapore
Agnieszka Wiszowaty is a co-founder of Maviator Group, a Polish startup and eVTOL producer, based in Kraków, Poland