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Karen Vancluysen

Secretary General

Karen was appointed as Secretary General of Polis in September 2014, after having been the network's Research Director for 8 years. Prior to joining POLIS in 2004, she was Network Manager at ACCESS-EUROCITIES for a New Mobility Culture and project manager at Langzaam Verkeer, a Belgian centre for mobility management. Since 1998, she has been involved in urban mobility networking, innovation and policy activities as well as a wide range of European urban transport research projects. You can contact her in English, Dutch and French.

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Cities and regions hold keys for Green Deal success

On the morning of the last day of the POLIS 2020 Conference, political representatives of leading European cities and regions convened for the Urban Green-Deal Makers Summit, where they engaged in a d...
Read more 03/12/2020
COVID-19 is an opportunity to change urban mobility for the better, cities and regions say

COVID-19 is an opportunity to change urban mobility for the better, cities and regions say

At the POLIS Annual Conference, cities and regions of the POLIS Network affirm that COVID-19 offers a window of opportunity to influence deeply rooted mobility habits for the better....
Read more 30/11/2020
POLIS Secretary General speaks to IMET about the future of urban mobility

POLIS Secretary General speaks to IMET about the future of urban mobility

POLIS Secretary General, Karen Vancluysen conducted an interview with Intelligent Mobility for Energy Transition (IMET)....
Read more 26/11/2020
Cities Emmen and Helmond (NL) join forces for the Small and Medium-Sized Cities Platform (SMC)

Cities Emmen and Helmond (NL) join forces for the Small and Medium-Sized Cities Platform (SMC)

To strengthen the SMC Platform, Deputy Mayors Guido Rink (Emmen) and Antoinette Maas (Helmond) discussed the potential of European cooperation for small and medium-sized cities (SMC) in the field of m...
Read more 07/07/2020
Bouncing Ahead… And Out of the Box!

Bouncing Ahead… And Out of the Box!

The webinar marks the end of the Post-Lockdown Mobility series, which brought stakeholders from across Europe to look at both the immediate challenges for cities and regions in the recovery from COVID...
Read more 30/06/2020
Post-Lockdown Mobility webinar report: Recharging urban mobility in Europe — Next steps for electromobility

Post-Lockdown Mobility webinar report: Recharging urban mobility in Europe — Next steps for electromobility

  The session was moderated by Karen Vancluysen, Secretary General at POLIS. This webinar, hosted in cooperation with Transport & Environment and Uber, investigated the next steps for e...
Read more 24/06/2020
Post-Lockdown Mobility report: Bikesharing in the aftermath of COVID-19: A new pillar of public transport?

Post-Lockdown Mobility report: Bikesharing in the aftermath of COVID-19: A new pillar of public transport?

  The session was hosted by Karen Vancluysen, Secretary General of POLIS Network. We were delighted to host this webinar in collaboration with Cycling Industries Europe. Unlike previous webi...
Read more 22/06/2020
Post-Lockdown Mobility webinar report: Sharing is (Still) Good

Post-Lockdown Mobility webinar report: Sharing is (Still) Good

  The session was opened by Pedro Homem de Gouveia, Senior Policy and Project Manager at POLIS. Pedro highlighted that with public transport capacity limited in most cities, and the desir...
Read more 27/05/2020
COVID-19 Tailored Technical Meetings: A new service for POLIS members

COVID-19 Tailored Technical Meetings: A new service for POLIS members

There is no precedent to the current COVID-19 crisis. Without any existing guidance, cities and regions have had to act fast in making sure that essential mobility services are safeguarded, that trave...
Read more 18/05/2020
Post-Lockdown Mobility webinar report: WeCount and insights from the POLIS members’ survey

Post-Lockdown Mobility webinar report: WeCount and insights from the POLIS members’ survey

Traffic monitoring post-lockdown: Telraam and the WeCount project (Sign up for news about WeCount here) Kris Vanherle, Researcher at Transport Mobility Leuven, delivered a presentation on ...
Read more 12/05/2020
Urbanism Next Europe: Moving ahead, to Spring 2021!

Urbanism Next Europe: Moving ahead, to Spring 2021!

After careful consideration, Urbanism Next Europe has been postponed to Spring 2021. The new date is being chosen, and will be announced soon. The place, however, will be the same – exciting Rotterd...
Read more 28/04/2020
Small and medium-sized cities webinar: Size doesn’t matter when it comes to innovation!

Small and medium-sized cities webinar: Size doesn’t matter when it comes to innovation!

Register now for the Polis SMC (Small and medium-sized cities) webinar taking place on 17 March 10:00 – 12:00 CET The Polis SMC (Small and medium-sized cities) platform gives a voice to SMCs an...
Read more 06/03/2020
Road safety is everybody’s responsibility

Road safety is everybody’s responsibility

Earlier this month, world leaders met in Stockholm at the Third Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety and discussed joint actions to achieve the global road safety goals by 2030....
Read more 27/02/2020
Polis to bring cities’ perspectives to world leaders summit on road safety

Polis to bring cities’ perspectives to world leaders summit on road safety

Polis will contribute to several sessions and side events of this year's Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, which will take place on 19-20 February 2020 in Stockholm, Sweden....
Read more 29/01/2020
Small cities, big impact! Ambassadors Initiative for Small and Medium-sized Cities

Small cities, big impact! Ambassadors Initiative for Small and Medium-sized Cities

The SMCs Ambassadors Initiative was launched during the 2019 Polis conference the founding Partner cities of Helmond and Emmen (NL)....
Read more 17/12/2019
Polis leads COP25 workshop on the role of cities in combatting climate change

Polis leads COP25 workshop on the role of cities in combatting climate change

On 7 December 2019, a workshop focusing on mobility and climate change took place in Madrid as part of the UN Climate Conference (COP25). Titled ‘Mobility and climate change: The integrated approach...
Read more 16/12/2019
Polis Secretary General talks ‘Automation’ beyond cars at CoMotion LA

Polis Secretary General talks ‘Automation’ beyond cars at CoMotion LA

Autonomy isn’t just for cars. What are the advantages and opportunities for autonomous buses and other new forms of transit — speed, efficiency, safety? How can cities harness this technology for...
Read more 14/11/2019
Join Shared and Micromobility experts talking at SAE Workshop in Paris

Join Shared and Micromobility experts talking at SAE Workshop in Paris

SAE International, in partnership with Autonomy & The Urban Mobility Submmit, is organizing the workshop “Shared and Micromobility: What’s Beyond the Hype?” in Paris....
Read more 13/10/2019
30/06/2020 Post-Lockdown Mobility webinar: Bouncing Ahead… and Out of the Box!
30/06/2020

Post-Lockdown Mobility webinar: Bouncing Ahead… and Out of the Box!

We are standing before a unique opportunity to make our urban mobility systems more sustainable and safe. But for change to happen, we have to overcome existing practices and prejudice, and an inertia...
Read more Online
23/06/2020 Recharging urban mobility in Europe: Next steps for electromobility
23/06/2020

Recharging urban mobility in Europe: Next steps for electromobility

Organised in cooperation with Transport & Environment and Uber Electrification could be a game changer for mobility in our fight to reduce emissions and noise in cities. Nevertheless, the curre...
Read more Online
23/06/2020 Urban transport innovation in the aftermath of COVID-19. Have the disruptors been disrupted?
23/06/2020

Urban transport innovation in the aftermath of COVID-19. Have the disruptors been disrupted?

This webinar will look at how disruptive urban transport solutions are coming out of the crisis and will reflect on their possible contribution to making cities’ mobility systems bounce back from CO...
Read more Online
03/04/2020 NEW DATE! Polis webinar on Small and medium-sized cities
03/04/2020

NEW DATE! Polis webinar on Small and medium-sized cities

The COVID-19 pandemic is heavily impacting our society. New drastic measures are being taken every day by an increasing number of countries, including Belgium. For this reason, the SMC webinar has bee...
Read more Webinar
11/02/2020 - 12/02/2020 MOVE2020: Mobility Re-Imagined
11/02/2020 - 12/02/2020

MOVE2020: Mobility Re-Imagined

MOVE2020 is a mobility event where disruptive technology and innovation drive much-needed change. MOVE brings together disruptors, their technology and their attitude with stakeholders across all mode...
Read more ExCeL London, One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock - E16 1XL, London
07/12/2019 COP25 Workshop “Mobility and climate change: The integrated approach of cities”
07/12/2019

COP25 Workshop “Mobility and climate change: The integrated approach of cities”

This COP25 workshop will show how cities are tackling transport sector's challenges and which planning tools, measures and solutions are being deployed. ...
Read more IFEMA exhibition centre, Madrid, Spain
14/11/2019 - 15/11/2019 3rd CoMotion LA Leadership Conference
14/11/2019 - 15/11/2019

3rd CoMotion LA Leadership Conference

The global conference CoMotion LA will take place in Los Angeles on November 14-15, 2019 and will explore the new mobility revolution and the challenges and opportunities it poses for cities....
Read more ROW DTLA, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
15/10/2019 SAE Workshop: ‘Shared and Micromobility: what’s beyond the hype?’
15/10/2019

SAE Workshop: ‘Shared and Micromobility: what’s beyond the hype?’

SAE International in partnership with Autonomy & The Urban Mobility Summit is organizing the workshop “Shared and Micromobility: What’s Beyond the Hype?” in Paris....
Read more Paris, France
25/09/2019 Polis Small and Medium-sized Cities Platform: First Meeting
25/09/2019

Polis Small and Medium-sized Cities Platform: First Meeting

Members of the Polis Small and Medium-sized Cities Platform will meet for the first time in Bilbao, Spain on 25 September 2019. The Small and Medium-sized Cities platform is open to Polis members i...
Read more Bilbao, Spain
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