UITP Summit 2025

EIT Urban Mobility will be at the UITP Summit 2025, a key event dedicated to sustainable mobility, bringing together all transport modes, industry authorities, operators, and exhibitors. The 2025 edition will take place in Hamburg, Germany, from 15 to 18 June 2025.

EIT Urban Mobility will be at booth A1440 in HALL A1 and will be hosting several activities:

Conference: “How public and private collaboration can foster public transport innovation for more resilient, attractive and sustainable operations”

Monday, 16 June | 11.30 to 12.30 | Expo Session B – Hall A4 – Ground Floor

The centrality of public transport in the sustainable mobility transition is clear. The key role public transport should play in future urban lifestyles, ensuring cities are accessible and carbon-neutral means that several pressures are being exerted on public transport authorities and operators.

In this context, it is timely to explore how collaboration between the public and the private sectors can help make public transport more inclusive by design, increasing the resilience of public transport operations. This begs the question as to what solutions can make public transport more attractive and at the same time less polluting.

The panel features:

• Dominik Nouri, Co-founder of Mobility Signage.
• Yoann Le Petit, Thought Leadership Manager at EIT Urban Mobility.
• Mina Kolagar, Co-founder and Innovation Manager at PANTOhealth.
• Martin T. Schlecht, Research Associate at TU Berlin.

Conference: “Showcase UPPER Project EU“

Monday, 16 June | 16.30 to 17.15 | UITP booth

As cities strive to increase the use of public transport and implement proven mobility solutions, collaboration and knowledge transfer become key. This joint session with UITP will introduce how the UPPER project, focused on strengthening the role of public transport, together with EIT Urban Mobility, is helping cities replicate and scale innovative mobility solutions across Europe; as well as other funding opportunities for innovation.

Startups supported by EIT Urban Mobility at UITP

• Karos (France): A carpooling app turning empty car seats into shared transport solutions. Now piloted in several countries, Karos reduces commuting emissions and costs, connecting workers to industrial zones in a sustainable way. 
• Meep (Spain): A MaaS (Mobility as a Service) platform simplifying multimodal journeys across transit modes—from buses to bike-sharing—into a single app. Meep helps users break find sustainable alternatives from car dependence. 
• PANTOhealth (Germany): Using AI-driven monitoring to detect faults in railway overhead lines and pantographs, PANTOhealth reduces maintenance costs and extends infrastructure life. Already scaling in Spain, and expanding in Italy, this rail-tech solution supports the most emission-efficient mode of urban transport. 
• Parabol (Türkiye): A mobility intelligence company offering smart, data-driven tools to help cities optimise transport systems. With support from EIT Urban Mobility through the ScaleTHENGlobal programme and a 2023 startup investment, Parabol expanded across Europe and MENA, deploying scenario-based planning tools in cities like Antalya and Modena. Their solutions help authorities adapt public transport services to real-time demand, improving sustainability, efficiency, and inclusiveness. 
• Nemi (Spain): Nemi enables flexible, on-demand public transport in low-density areas through a software solution that improves service reliability and vehicle occupancy. With EIT Urban Mobility support—including participation in the Better Mobility Accelerator—Nemi has launched 11 new services in Spain and Italy, including rural, night bus, and coastal shuttle routes. It is now the reference tool for planning and operating demand-responsive public transit, reducing car reliance in underserved regions.