Welcome Addresses & Official Opening

Conference welcome: Οbjectives and Κey Τhemes

Welcome Addresses

Ms Evi Tsolaki, Minister of Transport, Communications and Works

Mr Andreas Vyras, President, Union of Cyprus Municipalities

Mr Andreas Theodotou, Secretary-General, Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber (ETEK)

Mr Tasos Christofides, Rector, University of Cyprus

Mr Michael Lambrinos, President, Cyprus Association of Transportation Engineers

Climate-Neutral and Resilient Cities: The Role of Transport

Keynote Speech / Presentation:

Climate- Neutral and Resilient Cities — Mr Ioannis Konstantatos, Mayor of Elliniko–Argyroupoli and President of Hellenic Network of Resilient Cities (ΕΛΔΑΠ)

Perspectives from Cypriot Mayors:

Mr Kyriakos Xydias, Mayor of Amathounta

Mr Pantelis Georgiou, Mayor of Kourion

Mr Andreas Vyras, Mayor of Larnaca

Mr Yiannis Armeftis, Mayor of Limassol

Mr Charalambos Prountzos, Mayor of Nicosia;

Mr Stavros Stavrinides, Mayor of Strovolos

Roundtable Discussion

Additional Panelists

Ms Aimilia Pistrika, Head of the European Investment Bank Office in Cyprus

Mr George Ioulianos, Vice-President, Bankers without Boundaries

Session Chair: Ms Evie Anayiotou, Senior Executive Engineer and Head of Sustainable Mobility Unit, Public Works Department, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works

Sustainable Mobility Investment Programme: Progress and Project Delivery

Keynote Speech / Presentation:

Overview of the THALIA Programme Investment Plan — Ms Anthi Philippidou, Director of Cohesion Policy and the EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), Directorate General for Growth, Ministry of Finance.

Presentations:

Building a New Era for Public Transport — Mr Aristotelis Savva, Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works

Sustainable Mobility Infrastructure in Limassol and Larnaca — Ms Phivi Kyprianou, Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works

Infrastructure for Improved Accessibility and Road Network Connectivity — Mr Charis Christodoulou, Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works

Urban Regeneration within Nicosia’s Walled City and Connections to the Commercial Triangle — Mr Panayiotis Thrasyvoulou, Technical Services Officer, Transport Planner, Nicosia Municipality

Regeneration of the Historic Core of Strovolos, Improvement of Tseriou Street, and Development of the Pedieos Urban Linear Park, Mr Athanasios Kolyvas, Municipal Engineer, Strovolos Municipality

Urban Neighbourhood Regeneration in Limassol , Mr Yiannis Armeftis, Mayor of Limassol

Development Projects for a Better City — Ms Neofytoula Angelidou, Municipal Engineer, Larnaca Municipality

Urban Mobility Infrastructure in Ypsonas – Phase I — Mr Pantelis Georgiou, Mayor of Kourion

Roundtable Discussion

Session Chair: Mr Athanasios Kolyvas, Municipal Engineer, Strovolos Municipality

Mobility as a Service (MaaS)

Keynote Speech / Presentation:

Collaboration Opportunities and Funding Instruments to Advance New MaaS Services — Mr Vasiliοs Mizaras, Research Associate and Senior Project Manager, CERTH/HIT

Presentations:

Care Mobility and Demand-Responsive Transport: Design, Implementation and Findings of the WeeDrive Pilot — Prof. Maria Kamargianni, Director, MaaSLab (Mobility as a Service Lab) and Honorary Professor, UCL& Mr George Kyriakou, CEO, EMEL

Public Transport Services and MaaS, Mr Joseba Lopez Operations Director, Cyprus Public Transport

Towards People-Centered Cities: Reimagining and Co-Designing Urban Space and Mobility in Limassol -Mr Giorgos Demosthenous, ΑΙ Data Scientist, MaaSLab

Bus-Based Public Passenger Transport Use in Cyprus — Mr Andreas Nikiforou, Head of Public Passenger Transport Sector, Road Transport Department

Mobility Hubs for Sustainable Urban Mobility: Mediterranean Insights and the Cyprus Perspective — Dr Christos Gartzonikas, Lab of Transport Engineering, University of Cyprus

Roundtable Discussion

Session Chair: Dr Byron Ioannou, Professor of Urban Planning and Head of the Department of Architecture, Frederick University

Sustainable Mobility-Oriented Urban Development

Keynote Speech / Presentation:

Urban Planning Principles Supporting Sustainable and Multimodal Mobility — Ms Arestia Aspridou, Senior Officer, Town Planning and Housing Department, Ministry of Interior

Presentations:

Integrated Policies for Sustainable Urban Mobility: European Insights and the Limassol Urban Lab, Dr Christos Gartzonikas, Head of Transport Research Group, MaaSLab

Reimagining Cyprus: A Vision for Transit-Oriented Development— Mr Michael Lambrinos, President, Cyprus Association of Transportation Engineers & Director, XBX Biokinesis

The Future of Trams and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Cypriot Cities: Opportunities, Contemporary Requirements and the Path from Planning to Delivery — Dr Loukas Dimitriou, Professor of Transportation Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cyprus

Science and Technology perspectives on urban mobility: the power of ad-hoc and why pure data is not enough , Dr Demetra Kourri, Senior Lecturer in Architectural Humanities and Urbanism, Manchester School of Architecture, Manchester Metropolitan University

Roundtable Discussion

Additional Panelists

Mr Andreas Theodotou, Secretary-General, Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber (ETEK)

Session Chair: Mr Michael Lambrinos, President, Cyprus Association of Transportation Engineers & Director, XBK Biokinesis

Day 1 Summary & Closing Remarks

Research and Innovation by Universities and Industry in Cyprus:

Keynote Speech / Presentation:

Living Labs: From Research to Continuous Innovation —Mr Vasilios Mizaras, Research Associate and Senior Project Manager, CERTH/HIT & Dr Evangelos Mitsakis, Research Director, CERTH/HIT and Managing Director deeptraffic

The Evolution of Intelligent Transport Systems in the EU — Mr Joost Vantomme, CEO, ERTICO–ITS Europe (Pre-recorded Presentation)

Presentations:

Intelligent Pavements — Dr Symeon Christodoulou, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cyprus; Director, EUPALINOS Laboratory; and Member of the Academic Council, NIREAS International Water Research Center

Automated and Cooperative Driving — Mr George Christou, Manager, ERTICO–ITS Europe

Smarter Parking, Greener Mobility — Dr. Aristodemos Pnevmatikakis, Chief Innovation Officer, Novoville

From Open Data to Smarter Urban Mobility

— Dr Paraskevas Nikolaou, Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Cyprus University of Technology

Charging Without Limits: Sun, Storage and Wireless Power for Urban Buses — Mr Andreas Demetriades, Director of Technology and Innovation, Cyprus Public Transport

GreenH2Cy: Cyprus’s First Green Hydrogen Production and Distribution Infrastructure for Clean Mobility and Energy Storage — Dr Chryso Sotiriou, Energy Policy & Climate Change Expert, Wincono Cyprus Ltd

Pharos-CY: Accelerating Trustworthy AI Innovation in Cyprus - Dr Yolanda Englezou, Senior Research Associate, KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence, University of Cyprus

URANUS: Real-Time Urban Mobility Management via Intelligent UAV-based Sensing - Dr Stelios Timotheou, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus

Roundtable Discussion

Session Chair: Dr Stelios Timotheou, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus

National ITS Initiatives and Infrastructure in Cyprus

Keynote Speech / Presentation:

When Innovation Outpaces Regulation: Lessons from E-scooters for ITS
and Automated Mobility, Dr Daniel Rudmark, Senior Research Lead, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI), and Docent (Associate Professor) in Informatics, University of Gothenburg (Remote presentation)

Presentations:

Intelligent Transport Systems: Investment Roadmap and Steps Towards a Digital Twin —Mr Aristotelis Savva, Executive Engineer, Department of Public Works, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works

Smart Traffic Signal Control Applications in Cyprus — Mr Alexis Avgousti, Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works

Smarter Mobility starts before your journey: How better data shapes the road ahead, Mr Rodolfo Da Silva, Senior Research Engineer, KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence, University of Cyprus

Traffic Monitoring Centre Activities & Future Development — Mr Andreas Tsiakkaris and Mr Gary Terzian, Research Engineers, KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence, University of Cyprus

GNOSIS: The GIS Backbone of the Cyprus Transport Digital Twin, Mr Andreas Georgiou, Senior Research Engineer, KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence, University of Cyprus

DiGiNN: European Digital Innovation Hub Cyprus, Dr Christos Panayiotou, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus

Public Transport Telematics: Emerging Technologies and Future Developments –Mr Rubén Herrero – Key Account Manager – Cyprus, GMV & Mr Iker Estébanez – Head - Europe Business Development, GMV

Innovations & Systems in ITS – Mr. Alessandro Murro, Managing Director, SWARCO Italia

Roundtable Discussion

Session Chair: Dr Christos Panayiotou, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cyprus

Smart Cities: Initiatives in Cyprus and Internationally

Keynote Speech / Presentation:

Smart City Systems — Ms Kyriaki Pantziarou, Director of Digital Policy and Communications, Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy

Presentations:

‘EVAGORAS’-Intagrated Information System: Development of an Integrated Information System for the Municipalities of Cyprus , Mr Christodoulos Rousias, Senior Officer, Union of Cyprus Municipalities

Smart Nicosia: Developing Smart City Infrastructure and Systems, Ms Andrie Vitsaidou Technical Services Officer, Nicosia Municipality

Integrated Park-and-Ride (P&R) System of Amathounta Municipality — Mr Iraklis Bourantas, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Novoville & Mr Ioannis Panagiotidis, Sustainable Mobility and Telematics Consultant to the Ministry of Transport Communications and Works and CEO, INFRAMIND Ltd

Fix Cyprus – Mr Andreas Georgiou, Senior Research Engineer, KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence, University of Cyprus

Advanced Traffic Management Technologies — Mr Pambos Michaelides, Kapch TrafficCom Κύπρου, Director Cypronetwork Consultancy Group

Roundtable Discussion

Session Chair: Mr Iraklis Bourantas, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Novoville

Conference Conclusions & Closing Remarks