The 11th edition of the annual International Conference on Mobility Challenges will take place on the 7th of February 2025.

The event brings together experts from academia and industry, pushing the frontier of challenges at the intersection of automotive, energy, and mobility sectors. We welcome internationally renowned speakers as well as participants from the three sponsoring chairs, along with specialists from a wide range of public and private sectors (economics, technical, business, finance). This diverse mix has consistently provided fertile ground for valuable insights, new connections, and fresh questions and ambitions.

Conference location: Université Paris-Saclay

(no on-line attendance)

ENS Paris-Saclay – 4 avenue des sciences, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette

Room  1B26 Bâtiment Sud-Ouest

Attendance is FREE but requires registration.

Register here.

Posters will be displayed at the coffee and lunch venue and participants will be encouraged to go discuss those posters throughout the day.

Submit your poster proposal to marc.baudry@chaireeconomieduclimat.org either by sending your poster or an extended abstract. 

Detailed Program

9h00-9h15: Open Address – Maria Eugenia SANIN (Chaire Energie et Prospérité; CEPS, U. Paris-Saclay).

9h15-10h45: Decarbonizing long distance transport

Chair: Marc BAUDRY (Chaire Economie du Climat;  U. Paris-Nanterre).

• Guewen HESLAN (LEMNA, U. de Nantes) “Maritime decarbonization pathways: a trade-off between operational and technical measures”, with R. Loisel (LEMNA, U. de Nantes), C. Bagoulla (LEMNA, U. de Nantes) and P. Marty (LHEEA, Centrale Nantes). confirmed
• François COMBES (U. Gustave Eiffel) “Analyzing the economic and environmental relevance of green corridors for the decarbonization of road freight transport in France”, with M. Koning (U. Gustave Eiffel), L. Letrouit (U. Gustave Eiffel), F. Combes (U. Gustave Eiffel), A. Kabre (U. Picardie), N. Roelandt (U. Gustave Eiffel), L. du Pasquier (Voltix). 
• Pedro PIRIS-CABEZAS (Environmental Defense Fund) “Bringing CORSIA to the next level while shaping the global carbon markets and fostering international cooperation”.  

10h45-11h15 : Coffee Break and Poster Sessions

11h15-12h45: Accessibility of transport transition

Chair: Maria Eugenia Sanin (Chaire Energie et Prospérité; CEPS, U. Paris-Saclay).

• Sirine OUSACI (I4CE) and Charlotte VAILLES (I4CE), “Voiture électrique, transports en commun, vélo … Dans quelle mesure ces solutions sont-elles accessibles aux ménages ?” 
• Ignacio BERASATEGUI (Paris School of Economics), “Women-only option in a peer-to-peer marketplace: the case of long-distance carpooling” with Nicolas Astier (Paris School of Economics).
• Hélène BOUSCASSE (INRAE-CESAER), “Assessing the ex-ante impacts of a low-emission zone on transport poverty and mobility vulnerability with the VulMob indicator” with L.Blandin, (UNCTAD) and S. Mathy (CNRS-GAEL).

12h45 – 14h15: Lunch and Poster Sessions

14h15-15h45: Compensating emissions for the automotive industry

Chair: TBC

• Emma JAGU (CentraleSupélec) “On the role on negative emissions in Net Zero objectives for OEM”.
• Sinan KUFEOGLU (Ofgem) “Decarbonising the transport sector”.
• Injy JOHNSTINE (Oxford Smith School) “On principles for Net Zero aligned offsetting strategies”.

15:45-16h15: Coffee Break and Poster Sessions

16h15-18h15: Roundtable: transportation at the crossroads of our decade´s challenges

Facilitator: Peter SIGAL (Automotive News Europe)

• Corinne PAKEY (Mobilize, Renault) – Innovative and affordable solutions confirmed
• Autorité de régulation des transports (ART) – Regulating innovative solutions – TBC
• Nicolas TACONET (Direction générale du Trésor Français) – Financing challenges and affordability.
• Maria-Eugenia SANIN (Chaire Energie et Prospérité; CEPS, U. Paris-Saclay) – Challenge of greening the fleet in a context of decreasing subsides and investments.
• Tommaso PARDI (CNRS-IDHES, GIS-Gerpisa) – European Regulations for an Affordable Sustainable (Battery) Electric Vehicle.

Scientific Committee

Climate Economics Chair: Anna CRETI (U. Paris-Dauphine) and Marc Baudry (U. Paris-Nanterre)

Energy and Prosperity Chair: Maria-Eugenia SANIN (Chaire Energie et Prospérité; CEPS, U. Paris-Saclay)

OpenLab Carbon Economics for Mobility: Yannick PEREZ (CentraleSupelec) and Emma Jagu (CentraleSupelec)

Local Organizing Committee:  Maria-Eugenia Sanin (CEPS, U. Paris-Saclay); Natacha Raffin (CEPS, U. Paris-Saclay)

Register via the form here 

On-site event, no videoconference format