Rethinking Mobility - Masterclass with Dr. Stefan Carsten
Rethinking Mobility – Understanding and Leveraging the Operating System of the Future.
Anyone who continues to plan and think of mobility as merely a transportation issue is focusing on the wrong area. This masterclass with Dr. Stefan Carsten shows how energy, connectivity, and movement interact today and what that means for organizations, municipalities, and companies that want to remain capable of taking action tomorrow.
This is based on 30 years of observing and shaping real-world mobility and product markets, from car2go and moovel to today’s cities and regions.
Topics range from legacy infrastructure and new mobility to the mobility transition in cities and autonomous driving in rural areas. Every transformation has an impact on economic actors, the energy and healthcare sectors, tourism, and the workplaces of tomorrow.
The focus is not on technology, but on the thinking behind it:
- How can the mobility transition succeed in cities when old infrastructure meets new forms of mobility?
- What does autonomous driving mean for rural areas—beyond the urban debate?
- What trends and levers will shape mobility, urban planning, and their impact on the economy and society over the next decade?
Target Group
Decision-makers, C-level executives, and managers
The right choice if you ...
- … want to know how close “Gen Scooters”—the new generation of mobility—already are to your core market.
- … are responsible for spaces, buildings, modes of transportation, or locations and want to understand how they can become mobility platforms.
- … want to establish time, reliability, and access as game-changers in the mobility transition.
- … need to make decisions that remain robust no matter how politics, technology, or markets shift.
Typical challenges:
- Mobility is still being planned according to outdated transportation and industrial growth models, rather than with a focus on access, time, and customer needs.
- Digital services remain silos instead of becoming machine-readable, bookable infrastructure.
- A world of fossil-fuel-powered vehicles is giving way to digital energy ecosystems that bring new opportunities.
- Autonomous driving is transforming the entire mobility landscape and requires quick decisions.
What the master class offers:
The Importance of Trends and Scenarios for Shaping the Mobility System of the Future
A clear overview of the four levels—Generation & Identity, Everyday Life & Behavior, City & Space, Systems & Planet—that shape mobility and urban development.
The “Manifesto of Dynamic Spaces” as a Tool
Ten principles—from “Access Instead of Ownership” to “Vulnerable First”—as a practical framework you can apply directly to your own projects and decisions.
The Question Checklist for Your Own Organization
Specific guiding questions on future customer insights, customer orientation, and energy x operations as a tool for your next decision.
Brainstorming with Dr. Stefan Carsten
Applying three future scenarios to specific decision-making situations through direct dialogue.