Interuniversity Chair “Companies & Sustainable Mobility. The Company Car Debate & Beyond“

VUB-based interuniversity & multidisciplinary research chair

Mobility definitely constitutes one of the biggest contemporary societal challenges. Therefore, eleven organisations / interest groups each provided a budget to be managed by Brussels Studies Institute (BSI) in the context of an academic research chair. The aim of this interuniversity research chair is to generate a broad, scientifically substantiated approach of (company) mobility based on cross-community and multidisciplinary academic research (focusing on different geographic scales and cases, with a particular interest in the Brussels metropolitan area).

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This closing session will present the main results of the Chair and open the debate with various experts and stakeholders around a round table (in French and Dutch).

The afternoon program is as follows:

• 13:00 : Welcome
• 13:30 : Introduction : Chair Sustainable Mobility and Company Cars | Joost Vaesen (VUB/BSI)
• 13:50 : Part I | The Current Situation : Company Cars in Belgium and their Impact | Xavier May (ULB), Michel Hubert (USL-B), Frank Van Gool (Renta), Annelies Baelus (Acerta), Bruxelles Mobilité/Brussel Mobiliteit (TBC), Cécile Huylebroeck (Brussels Metropolitan)
• 14:50 : Pause
• 15:10 : Part II | The Future of Company Cars in Questions : prospective scenarios | Cathy Macharis (VUB), Tom Truyts (USL-B), Michel Martens (Febiac), Pieter Van Bastelaere (Traxio), Mathias Bienstman (BBL), Sylvie Landriève (Forum Vies Mobiles)
• 16:10 : Sustainable Mobility in Transition : questions et réponses | Vincent Kaufmann (Ecole Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
• 16:50 : Pause
• 17:00 : Political debate
• 17:45 : Drink