Feb 07, 2025

Chair Energy & Prosperity – Climate Economics Chair – OpenLab Carbon Economics for Mobility

The 11th edition of the annual International Conference on Mobility Challenges 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.

This year, the conference will take place slightly later in the academic calendar to ensure maximum participation. The key topics we will focus on include the decarbonization of long-distance transport, making the transition in private fleets more affordable, and carbon compensation strategies for the automotive industry. The event will close with a roundtable discussing how transport is at the cross-roads between the main challenges of the decade: accessibility, acceptability, energy transition, reindustralization, protectionism, climate justice.

Presentations during the day are invited talks but students and young researchers are welcome to submit their papers to be presented in the poster session.

Attendance is free but requires registration

Program

9h00-9h15 : Open Address – Maria Eugenia Sanin (U. Paris-Saclay).

9h15-10h45 : Decarbonizing long distance transport

Chair: Marc Baudry (CEC and Université Paris-Nanterre).

• Guewen HESLAN  (LEMNA, Nantes Université) «Maritime decarbonization pathways: a trade-off between operational and technical measures», with R. Loisel (LEMNA, Nantes Université), C. Bagoulla (LEMNA, Nantes Université) and P. Marty (LHEEA, Centrale Nantes)
• François COMBES (Univ Eiffel) « Analyzing the economic and environmental relevance of green corridors for the decarbonization of road freight transport in France », with M. Koning (Univ Eiffel), L. Letrouit (Univ Eiffel), F. Combes (Univ Eiffel), A. Kabre (Univ. Picardie), N. Roelandt (Univ Eiffel), L. du Pasquier (Voltix).
• Other speakers tba

10h45-11h15 : Coffee Break

11h15-12h45: Accessibility of transport transition

Chair: Maria Eugenia SANIN (Energy&Prosperity Chair and University Paris-Saclay).

• 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 Blandin,L. (UNCTAD) and Mathy, S. (CNRS-GAEL)
• Sirine OUSACI (IC4E) and Charlotte VAILLES (IC4E) – « Heterogeneous accessibility in transport in France »

12h45 – 14h15 : Lunch and posters sessions

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

Chair: to be confirmed

• Emma JAGU : On the role on negative emissions in Net Zero objectives for OEM. 
• Sinan KUFEOGLU (Senior Policy Manager at Ofgem): Decarbonising the transport sector. 
• Injy JOHNSTONE (Oxford Smith School): On principles for Net Zero aligned offsetting strategies.

15:45-16h15: Coffee Break

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

Facilitator: Peter SIGAL (Automotive News Europe).

• Nicolas TACONET (Direction générale du Trésor- French Treasury): financing challenges  and affordability
• Maria-Eugenia SANIN (Energy&Prosperity Chair and University Paris-Saclay): challenge of decreasing car ownership and greening the fleet in a context of decreasing subsides and investments.
• Other speakers tba

Scientific Committee

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

Energy and Prosperity Chair: Maria-Eugenia SANIN (CEPS, University of Evry Paris-Saclay)

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

Location of the event:

ENS Paris-Saclay

4 avenue des sciences, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette

 Room  1B26 Bâtiment Sud-Ouest

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