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IRF Young Professionals Summit
September 30, 2020 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm CEST
The International Road Federation, in collaboration with YOURS (Youth for Road Safety), had organised the first IRF Young Professional Summit. The event took place online on the 30th of September and aimed to give space to young professionals to debate key mobility issues and to get insights on start-ups world. 16 speakers from 14 different countries and more than 250 participants addressed: employment, innovation, road safety, sustainability, road financing, and entrepreneurship.
Final agenda
14:00 – 14:10 | Welcome and introduction
· Gonzalo Alcaraz – Senior Manager Membership and Innovation and Young Professionals Programme Lead @ International Road Federation (IRF)
14:10 – 14:50 | Youth Coalition for Road Safety: Professionals young leaders on the ground (Lead by YOURS)
· Alison Collard de Beaufort – Founder and Executive Director @ Vision Zero Youth Council
· Maolin Macatangay – Youth Advisory Board Member @ Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety
· Bashiru Mansaray – Tech Entrepreneur @ OS Hub and Plan International
· Tumwine Hosea – Community Development Officer @ Resilient Women’s Organization
14:50 – 15:25 | IRF Young Professionals: Working towards a more efficient, safer and sustainable mobility ecosystem
· Naville Geiriseb – Senior Economist @ Ministry of Finance Namibia
· Danai Stavrou – Sociologist – Adults Instructor @Road Safety Institute (R.S.I.) “Panos Mylonas”
· Frederic John – Senior Consultant @ Neckermann Strategic Advisors
· José Rodriguez – R&D Project Manager Innovation @ Swarco
· Bhuvanesh Bharath Alwar – Crash investigator and Road Safety Engineer @ JP Research
· Abrokwah Evans Twum – CEO @ Ambigain
· Faheem Ahmed Malik – PhD fellow @ Northumbria University
15:25 – 16:00 | Inspiring our next generation of leaders: be your own boss and become an entrepreneur!
· Grégory Merly – Managing Director @ European Startup Prize for Mobility (EUSP)
· Maya Pindeus – CEO @ Humanising Autonomy
· Martin Olczyk – Managing Director @ TechStars
· Evgeny Klochikhin – CEO @ Sheeva.AI
· Jordan Justus – CEO @ Automotus
Meet the speakers
