Event
03/11/2026 - 05/11/2026 Barcelona, Spain

Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress 2026

Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress (TMWC) will take place from 3 to 5 November 2026 in Barcelona, co-located with the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC).

As a leading global platform for smart urban mobility, the event brings together city representatives, industry leaders, researchers, and innovators to explore how cities can harness innovation to create mobility systems that are cleaner, safer, and more inclusive. Key topics include active and micromobility, shared mobility services, sustainable commuting, urban logistics, mobility data, autonomous technologies, urban mobility planning, and zero-pollution solutions.

The programme combines a high-level congress with an international exhibition, side events, and dedicated spaces for startups and innovation, offering opportunities for knowledge exchange, networking, and collaboration.

The event takes place alongside the Smart City Expo World Congress, dedicated to cities and urban innovation.

TMWC is organised by Fira de Barcelona in collaboration with EIT Urban Mobility, an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).


What to expect?

The future of mobility is sustainable! This summit brings together global experts, policymakers, industry leaders, researchers, and innovators to explore the solutions driving the transition to a more efficient and sustainable transport system.

From inspiration to implementation, participants will exchange ideas, share best practices, and explore the technologies, policies, and partnerships shaping the future of mobility. Discussions will focus on the 10 key enablers of sustainable mobility growth, including:

  • Air quality data
  • Vision Zero cities
  • Electrification in cities
  • Battery waste management
  • Seamless multimodality & parking
  • Delivering next-generation public transport
  • Inclusive mobility planning
  • Governing mobility data
  • Zero-emissions logistics
  • Urban logistics & resilience

POLIS' participation

POLIS will host the breakout session:

Deciding Who Drives: Governing Automated Mobility

📅 Wednesday, 4 November 2026
🕒 17:45 - 18:30
📍 Stage: Shaping Mobility

As automated mobility shifts from pilots to real deployment, cities are confronted with fundamental governance choices. The session will discuss use cases they want to prioritise, considering principles like safety, inclusion, sustainability, and the regulatory frameworks needed for policy-driven automation. The session features POLIS members leading the way, in line with the principles of the POLIS-Eurocities Joint Charter on Automated Mobility.

Featuring speakers:

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POLIS' Secretary General, Karen Vancluysen will also be speaking in the following sessions:

“The Barcelona Dialogue” – Integrating Vehicle Safety into Urban Policy

📅 Tuesday, 3 November 2026
🕒 13:30 - 15:30
📍 Stage: CC1 – Room 1.3

As cities transition toward sustainable urban mobility, the interaction between heavy vehicles, passenger cars, and vulnerable road users—particularly cyclists and pedestrians—presents a critical challenge. The FIA and Euro NCAP will co-host an exclusive, closed-door session focusing on vehicle and truck safety in dense urban environments.

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Ushering in City Stewardship in an Autonomous Future

📅 Tuesday, 3 November 2026
🕒 18:20 - 18:50
📍 Stage: Shaping Mobility

As AVs deploy on European streets, local governments have a lot to learn. European cities need new tools for policy, data sharing, curb management, and oversight. This panel brings together global perspectives from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Waymo, Veluto, and the Open Mobility Foundation, exploring how cities can move from reactive to proactive stewardship, connecting U.S. experience with European regulatory realities and fast "followship".

Featuring speakers:
  • Karen Vancluysen, Secretary General, POLIS
  • Evan Costagliola, Managing Director, Cityfi Europe
  • Marcel Porras, Deputy Chief Innovation Officer, Los Angeles Metro
  • Elia Ferrer, Public Policy and Government Affairs Lead for Spain, Waymo
  • Andrew Glass Hastings, Executive Director, Open Mobility Foundation
  • Aliza Narin, Founder and CEO, Daro

Find out more here 


Driving Vision Zero: Using Safety Ratings & Procurement for Safer Cities

📅 Wednesday, 4 November 2026
🕒 10:25 - 11:10
📍 Stage: Shaping Mobility

To achieve Vision Zero, protecting vulnerable road users from commercial vehicles is a critical priority. This panel explores integrating heavy vehicle safety into urban policies via advanced safety technologies and corporate procurement. We highlight Euro NCAP ratings and FIA safety tools to mandate accountability and transform fleets into a force for safer cities.

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Managing Urban Space in the E-Mobility Transition

📅 Thursday, 5 November 2026
🕒 12:35 - 13:20
📍 Stage: Main Stage

An exploration of how the electric mobility transition is reshaping urban space allocation and transforming approaches to public and private fleet management in cities.

Featuring speakers:

  • Karen Vancluysen, Secretary General, POLIS
  • Keith Kerman, NYC Citywide Administrative Service
  • Daryl Barron, Lord Mayor, City of Dublin
  • Bernadette Bergsma, Director of Communications and EU Affairs, EIT Urban Mobility

Find out more here 


Karen Vancluysen will also participate in the Smart City Expo World Congress in the roundtable:

Who Will Deliver Future Mobility?

📅 Tuesday, 3 November 2026
🕒 11:45 - 12:30
📍 Stage: Hall P2 · Stand 158

A discussion on preparing Europe's mobility workforce for the green and digital transition, covering skills shortages, reskilling, talent attraction, diversity and inclusion.

Featuring speakers:

  • Cora Vinagre Sendinio, Innovation Manager, FSAS Technologies
  • Mohamed Mezghani, Secretary General, UITP
  • Floridea Di Ciommo, Director, cambiaMO
  • Lucía Mejía Dorantes, Ambassador for #DiversityInTransport
  • Stefania Pesavento, PNO Innovation

POLIS will also support POLIS member, OMF in their workshop:

Urban Safety Intelligence: Integrating Near-Incident Data into Mobility Standards

📅 Thursday, 5 November 2026
🕒 09:00 - 12:30
📍 Stage:  CC1 – Room 1.1

This workshop will deep-dive into the Open Mobility Foundation, Amsterdam, and NTM’s blueprint to standardise near-incident data exchange between urban authorities, light electric vehicle OEMs and shared mobility providers using the Mobility Data Specification. The workshop will explore potential use cases, build an implementation and use case roadmap for action, and establish the building blocks for European application and partnerships.

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Project events

JULIA: Final Event

📅 Tuesday, 3 November 2026
🕒 13:00 - 17:00
📍 Stage: CC1 – Room 1.4

Space technologies are transforming the way we move. During JULIA´s Final Event, we will take a deep dive into how space data from Galileo and Copernicus can enhance public transport, optimise urban mobility services and empower cities to make more informed and sustainable decisions.

We are honoured to have the participation of EUSPA (EU Agency for the Space Programme), which will join us to delve into the vital role of initiatives like JULIA in bridging space data and real-world transport solutions.

The programme will offer a firsthand look at the main takeaways from our three pilot sites and the JULIA Global Observatory, expert panels, hands-on demonstrations, liaison with other EU initiatives and more.

Find out more here 


More info

Registrations for TMWC26 and SCEWC26 are now open.

As a collaborating organisation, POLIS has an exclusive offer for members. To take advantage of this special offer, consult the news in the Members Area.

 



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