An online course on Electromobility jointly hosted with Shenzhen Bus Group

UITP Academy is launching an online course on Electromobility, starting on 16 November and ending 26 November with our Regional Training Center, Shenzhen Bus Group (SZBG) which has achieved full electrification. This course features 8 interactive online sessions.

SZBG is the largest and oldest public transportation operator in Shenzhen, China. After achieving full electrification (operating 6,053 e buses) in 2018, SZBG has become the largest new energy public transportation operator in the world.

The training and all training materials will be provided in English, and Simultaneous Interpretation (SI) from English to Chinese will be provided in this online training.  A good level of English is a compulsory requirement to attend the training except Chinese participants.

Reach your objectives

  • Introduce the electric solution, the different types of technologies and compare their benefits and drawbacks
  • Understand how to get value from electric buses, electric cars or other modes looking at their economic, environmental and societal feasibility
  • Plan for Electrification which is widely considered as a viable strategy for reducing oil dependency and the environmental impact of transportation
  • Learn from experience on how to implement and run electric solution in the city
  • Understand the implications for operations and infrastructure
  • Learn about the implementation and running of electric modes
  • Learn about the infrastructure for Electromobility
  • Discuss the performance of an electric solution with a practical application during our dedicated workshop
  • Listen the best practices from Asia and Europe

Why choose an online course?

  • Interact with public transport professionals from across the world
  • Be time efficient, with 8 sessions over a 2-week timespan
  • Flexibility to join the sessions from any location in the world, at work or at home

A top-level methodology

  • Participate in interactive online sessions which includes an introduction by course leaders and open discussions with participants
  • Exchange your current practices and experience with your peers
  • Each theme will be approached as followed
    • Basic principles and conceptual approach
    • State of the art development and innovations
    • Good practices examples
    • Interactive exchange between participants and experts

UITP Training Programmes and all related processes are certified for ISO29990:2010 – the standard for learning services for non-formal education and training.

  • Project managers, engineers and other professionals eager to learn more about the technology, the implementation and the running of different electric modes
  • Staff from public transport or authorities planning to extend a fully-electric solution to the core part of the urban network
  • Staff from the industry worldwide involved in the market uptake of different electric modes
  • Professionals interested in obtaining a wider and international perspective on electrification and eager to learn more from international best practice

Inspiring trainers

Our skilful trainers are composed of international experts and professionals with extensive experience and knowledge in the strategic, operational and technological areas of electric buses, taxis and new mobilities.

Programme

Welcome & Introduction to the course

08:00 08:20

Expectation Analysis

08:20 08:45
  • Challenges facing the world
  • Driver of transport demand
  • Population growth and effect on urbanisation
  • Increased mobility and congestion
  • Mega trends for tomorrow’s world
  • Circular Economy
  • Strategies to meet 1.5ds goals
  • Sources of emission savings
  • Sustainable transport strategies

Trainers

Joseph Ching Yuen MA

Business Development Advisor
SAPTCO, Saudi Arabia

Oleh SHCHURYK

Project Manager – Mobility & Innovation
Factual Consulting, Belgium

Eglantina Dani

Consultant
FACTUAL

Cristiano FRANCESE

Consultant and Lecturer
Renewable Energy and Hydrogen, Germany

Atalay TAŞKOPARAN

Chief Marketing Officer & Co-Founder
Adastec Corp, United States of America

Alok JAIN

CEO & Managing Director
Trans-Consult Ltd., Hong Kong SAR, China

Imane WORIGHI

Director of the Intelligent Solutions Business Unit for Battery and Power Systems
ABEE, Belgium

Asher MOSES

CEO
Sherbet London, United Kingdom

Chris LIANG

Operations Manager, International Development Dept.
Shenzhen Bus Group Co., Ltd., China

James WANG

National Chief Scientist Communications in China Transit Science
Founder of Shared Mobility Laboratory, China

Jost GEWEKE

Business Development Manager at PSI Transcom
GmbH, Germany

Arnd BÄTZNER

Founder
Baetzner Metropolitan, Switzerland

Contact Us

Ozlem TATAR

Senior Manager – Product & Business Development Unit
Events & Academy Services, Belgium

Organiser

UITP Academy