CONFERENCE 2008 overview 
New Mobility: The Emerging Transportation Economy
“New Mobility: The Emerging Transportation Economy” will bring researchers together with business leaders, entrepreneurs, practitioners and policy-makers to:
• share conceptual frameworks and foundations related to New Mobility and the emerging New Mobility economy
• share new knowledge and experience in piloting and implementing innovative, integrative ways to bring sustainable urban mobility and accessibility to urban regions around the world
• explore emerging markets, business innovation and employment opportunities, new private sector roles, and other economic factors related to sustainable transportation in the context of accelerating urbanization, globalization, climate change, demographic shifts (including aging populations), and economic disparity
• formalize a collaborative research network to study and support New Mobility implementation
• establish a collaborative industry network (a collaboratory, or “link tank”) to support and accelerate private sector innovation and business development related to New Mobility.
The meeting aims to build on your invaluable wisdom and experience, and on SMART’s ongoing work to understand and support development of sustainable, systems-based solutions to mobility and accessibility in global urban regions
