The Future Is Now – Shaping Shared Mobility

Sophie Eksler works at the Vienna Mobility Agency and is active in the field of shared mobility. In addition to managing the Grätzlrad project — the City of Vienna’s free cargo bike sharing program — she is also responsible for coordinating rental e-scooters in Vienna. Together with her colleagues, she is also working on improving the framework conditions for car sharing in Vienna.

Alexander is an urban planner and works for the Municipal Department for Urban planning and development in the section mobility strategies. He is responsible for the overall strategic mobility planning and for example coordinated the mobility topics of the new Urban development plan (Wien-Plan) or Smart Climate City Strategy. Shared mobility is an important component and complement to Vienna's sustainable transport network.

Gian-Luca Tellenbach supports Vianova Cities Worldwide in the analysis and processing of mobility data with the main goals of Multimodality, Vision and Net Zero. As Global Relationship Manager, he helps Vianova's customers in the application of data and technological innovations in the field of mobility, from hub planning and traffic safety to urban logistics. Vianova enables its customers to take new, data-driven approaches to existing challenges, through its unique data analysis and visualisation platform, helping cities to become more informed and effective decision makers.

With a background in spatial planning, I work at the intersection of mobility, shared services and social inclusion. My work focuses on how different life experiences affect access to mobility. I am currently exploring inclusive mobility and accessibility within ongoing transformation processes, particularly in the context of shared mobility and multimodal systems. I combine academic analysis with practice-oriented concept development. My intersectional approach centres on structural barriers within mobility systems. I consider accessibility to be not only a technical issue, but also a social, cultural and institutional challenge. During my sessions, I facilitate interactive dialogue to raise awareness of barriers and collaboratively develop approaches towards more inclusive mobility systems.

I am a social psychologist working on urban transformation, mobility innovation, and systemic change. Since 2023, I have been part of AustriaTech, where I help shape the future of urban mobility in Austria. Within the Mission “ClimateNeutral Cities,” I collaborate closely with Austrian municipalities to codevelop innovative, sustainable, and climateneutral mobility solutions. My work focuses on fostering learning processes across cities, enabling crosssector collaboration, and translating researchdriven insights into actionable strategies. I am particularly committed to creating environments where cities can experiment, share knowledge, and accelerate their transition toward climateneutral urban mobility.

As expert on Intelligent Transport Systems and Internet of Things, I am involved in the exchange of data and information between different areas in the mobility domain. I focus on topics like V2X communications, and how V2X applications can support automated driving. Furthermore I am involved in the experimentation of several European standards like OJP, which provides the possibility to exchange routing information. Besides those main focuses I also support activities to Car Sharing for harmonizing and exchanging data between relevant stakeholders.

After studying spatial planning and integrated urban development, I have been working at AustriaTech since 2024 on transforming mobility towards climate-neutral and livable cities and communities. As part of the Mission 'Climate-Neutral City’, we support cities in developing strategies and implementing measures to achieve climate neutrality by 2030. Our focus includes multimodal mobility hubs, promoting shared mobility services, and integrating innovative mobility concepts that make urban mobility more sustainable, efficient, and livable.