BrusselsSalon
x = independently organized TED event

Theme: All Aboard !

This event occurred on
September 21, 2021
6:15pm - 8:30pm CEST
(UTC +2hrs)
Brussels, Bruxelles-Capitale, Région de (fr), Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest (nl)
Belgium

Come on board! 🚂

Comfortably seated in a vintage streetcar, let yourself be taken on an unforgettable journey through the heart of Brussels. Starting from the Public Transport Museum, take part in a unique concept between exchanging ideas on mobility and an atypical moment of encounter.

Next stop: Talks! Qualified speakers will take the floor on the mobility of tomorrow. The opportunity in particular to question us on different themes: Mobility as a privilege?; Mobility changing perception of space; Is the future of mobility high tech or low tech?

Don't wait any longer to book your moment with us, come out inspired and have a crazy urge to get off the beaten track !

Today more than ever, questions about mobility in Brussels and around the world are at the heart of the news. Are we all equal when it comes to the different means of transport available to us? How can we leave no one on the edge of the platform? How do old means of transportation still fit into our environment today? From advances to scientific breakthroughs, how have the means of transportation and their use changed?

Embark with us at our next TEDxBrusselsSalon All Aboard! to try to answer these questions, discover others... and exchange on the theme of mobility in our capital to create together the future that everyone wants to build.

IN PRACTICE
The experience is 35€ per adult; 15€ per student.
Departure at 18:15 at the Public Transportation Museum, with talks by the speakers. A moment of exchange will follow during a loop in a vintage streetcar.
End of the event at 20:30.
Simultaneous translation FR/EN

Museum of Urban Transport Brussels
Avenue de Tervueren 364
Brussels, Bruxelles-Capitale, Région de (fr), Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest (nl), 1150
Belgium
Event type:
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Speakers

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Céline Vanderborght

Smart City Manager – Board member STIB
Céline Vanderborght is smart city manager for the Brussels Region within the CIRB (Centre d'Informatique pour la Région Bruxelloise) since 2015, a position she fulfils with a mixture of enthusiasm for urban innovation and the rigour inherent in her initial training as a management engineer (Solvay - 1998). Her interest in mobility began with a thesis on car sharing companies, and continued with a master's degree in urban planning and sustainable development (University of Geneva - 2011) and an analysis of pedestrian mobility in peri-urban areas. She then became involved in the many "Smart Mobility" projects currently being launched in Brussels under the Smart City label. She is a director of the MIC (My Innovation Center) and has joined the board of directors of the STIB.

Jill Warren

CEO of the European Cyclists’ Federation
Jill Warren is CEO of the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF), a Brussels based NGO that promotes cycling as a sustainable and healthy means of transport and leisure. Prior to joining ECF she worked in progressively senior roles in major international law firms, most recently as global Chief Marketing Officer at Bird & Bird LLP, and has also worked in the automotive industry. A US and Dutch national, Jill has spent the past 30 years in Germany, London and Brussels. She holds an MBA from Solvay Business School/Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Matthew Baldwin

Deputy Director General at DG Move, EU Commission
Matthew Baldwin is a European Commission official: he is Deputy Director-General of DG MOVE where he has been since July 2016. Amongst his principal professional activities, he is Manager of the Commission’s Mission for 100 Climate Neutral Cities by 2030; he is the EU Coordinator for road safety and sustainable urban mobility; and he is also managing the Commission’s crisis network of COVID-19 transport contact points. In his Commission career of more than 20 years, he has served in the cabinets of President Barroso, Commissioner Lamy, and Commissioner Hill, the last as Head of Cabinet. He has also been Director of Market Access and Industry in DG Trade and Director of Aviation in DG MOVE. He is of Italian and British nationality, has two sons, speaks English, French and Italian and lives in Brussels.

Olivier Malay

Economist at ACV-CSC
Olivier Malay is dedicated to find solutions to the climate crisis while leaving noone behind. To reach this goal, he advocates for free of charge public transport as well as for a "zero cost" housing insulation policies. He developed expertise on these issues while working fix six years as researcher on socio-ecological transition at UCLouvain. His key topics are the practical policies which account simultanously for ecological and social concerns. Now that he holds a phD in economics, he teaches business and economic ethics at ULB and works as economist for ACV-CSC.

Philippe Lovens

CEO and co-founder Urbike
Philippe Lovens is an entrepreneur in urban logistics in its entirety, including technological, social and environmental dimensions, multimodality, support for local commerce, circular economy and concept of city in transition. Based on a strong network, Philippe Lovens puts his energy, his curiosity, his pragmatism at the service of innovation and the concretisation of systemic solutions working for the global improvement of our society. In 2014 Philippe Lovens co-founded CityDepot, a reference in smart city distribution. The company has then been acquired by the Belgian postal group bpost. Philippe was a member of the management committee and of the board of directors. In March 2018, with Delphine Lefebvre and Renaud Sarrazin, Philippe Lovens co-founded the cooperative company urbike. urbike's mission is to transform the mobility and the quality of life in the heart of cities by stimulating the replacement of vans and light trucks with cargo bikes for the last mile deliveries.

Organizing team

Martin
Nera

Brussels, Belgium
Organizer

Dounia
El Mohandiz

Brussels, Belgium
Co-organizer
  • Clarisse D
    Marketing/Communications
  • Edward McMillan
    Curation
  • Imane Es Sraïdi
    Marketing/Communications
  • Simon Laroche
    Marketing/Communications