Carsharing Conference in Vancouver//
NEW DATES: April 8-9, 2021
Shifting mobility. Driving change. Accelerating impact.
Program
Carsharing organizations, city officials, transportation planners, tech platform companies, insurance companies and others in the evolving shared mobility ecosystem are welcome to attend.
Call for research and presentations
You are invited to submit an abstract of your presentation for a plenary session or a research paper, to provide industry stakeholders with insight to help inform strategy and policy to future-proof the sector.
Detailed
Program
Day 1
7:30 am : Registration and breakfast
8:30 am : Opening
9:00 am : Is carsharing having a mid-life crisis? The evolution of carsharing from infancy, adolescence and adulthood.
9:30 am : The personal car is still king: Getting past the constraints and on to a path of accelerated growth and impact.
10:45 am : Break
11:15 am : Collaborate, create and conquer: Roll up your sleeves in this interactive ideation workshop designed to develop a tangible action plan towards accelerated growth.
12:30 pm : Lunch
2:00 pm : Pecha kucha with purpose: An energetic session where you’ll hear best practices from CSOs around the world.
3:30 pm : Break
4:00 pm : Parallel sessions
A: Tech talk: Technology driven innovation for carsharing – what’s happening today, for tomorrow.
B: Think global, act local: How smaller CSOs can leverage hyper-local strategies to advance their mandate.
5:30 pm : Sponsor Exhibits
6:30 pm : Evening reception
8:30 am : Opening
9:00 am : Is carsharing having a mid-life crisis? The evolution of carsharing from infancy, adolescence and adulthood.
9:30 am : The personal car is still king: Getting past the constraints and on to a path of accelerated growth and impact.
10:45 am : Break
11:15 am : Collaborate, create and conquer: Roll up your sleeves in this interactive ideation workshop designed to develop a tangible action plan towards accelerated growth.
12:30 pm : Lunch
2:00 pm : Pecha kucha with purpose: An energetic session where you’ll hear best practices from CSOs around the world.
3:30 pm : Break
4:00 pm : Parallel sessions
A: Tech talk: Technology driven innovation for carsharing – what’s happening today, for tomorrow.
B: Think global, act local: How smaller CSOs can leverage hyper-local strategies to advance their mandate.
5:30 pm : Sponsor Exhibits
6:30 pm : Evening reception
Day 2
9:00 am : Integration innovates; Hear from TransLink, Vancouver’s transport authority, on their collaborative approach with carshare providers.
9:30 am : And the winner is… Hear from award-winning carshare cities. What are they doing right that others aren’t (yet!).
10:45 am : Break
11:15 am : The role of carsharing in a thriving transportation ecosystem.
12:30 pm : Lunch
2:00 pm : It’s all in the numbers: An academic perspective on carsharing, its impacts, limitations and opportunities.
3:30 pm : Break
3:45 pm : Electrifying our future: How to make the economics of EVs in carshare fleets work.
4:30 pm : Closing
9:30 am : And the winner is… Hear from award-winning carshare cities. What are they doing right that others aren’t (yet!).
10:45 am : Break
11:15 am : The role of carsharing in a thriving transportation ecosystem.
12:30 pm : Lunch
2:00 pm : It’s all in the numbers: An academic perspective on carsharing, its impacts, limitations and opportunities.
3:30 pm : Break
3:45 pm : Electrifying our future: How to make the economics of EVs in carshare fleets work.
4:30 pm : Closing