Steffan Heuer

+++ Has been reporting from the U.S. for European publication since 1995, among them the German business magazine brand eins and the Technology Review Deutschland +++ He is also a contributor to The Economist’s technology section +++ Studied history and economics at the FU Berlin and Tulane University in New Orleans +++ Graduate of the School of Journalism at Columbia University in New York +++ Awarded the annual prize for IT journalism by the German state of Saarland in 2010 and holds the Henry N. Taylor Award of Columbia University +++ Twice a finalist for the Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for German business journalism +++ Lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter +++

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Vancouver – Green Urban Planning and the Technologies of the Future

The world’s innovation regions are located where high tech, economic power, and creative potential come together. Vancouver offers its residents a quality of life matched by few other cities in the world – not to mention a wealth of smart mobility options. More »

“Every city can improve its quality of life.”

Brazilian achitect and urban planner Jaime Lerner, the famous father of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, talks about its global success and how a functioning city is more than the sum of its transportation routes.

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Mix in Motion

The concept of mobility is being redefined. It now includes everything from sus­tainable and efficient travel with electric vehicles and car-sharing systems to intelligent networked commercial vehicle fleets and transparent ad hoc logistics. The new trends for moving people and goods require an intelligent mobility mix.

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“We Need to Design Entire Journeys.”

Geoff Wardle, Director of Advanced Mobility Research at the renowned Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, talks about the transportation system of the future – and why he believes automobiles will continue to play a large role in it.

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ALWAYS ON

Computing power, Internet access, and ever-smaller sensors are already omnipresent. As a result, every person and every vehicle is becoming part of a global nervous system. Soon entire societies and economies will follow. A journey through a life without an off switch.

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“We Will Make ­Automobiles Part of the Cloud.”

Bharat Balasubramanian, Head of Product Innovations and Process Technologies at Daimler Group Research and Advanced Engineering, on the risks and opportunities associated with permanently networked vehicles.

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“Digital technology is moving into urban spaces.”

Carlo Ratti, professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), lays out his vision of smart, “senseable” cities of tomorrow. How millions of people and billions of sensors will together shape work, play, and our transportation systems. More »

Hyperlocal Mobility

The city of the future will have a sophisticated network of information and mobility synapses. Customized, fully flexible, inexpensive, and environmentally efficient transport systems will become the norm.

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Putting the iPhone into the S-Class

A constant cycle of new ideas and products originates on Hansen Way in Palo Alto, California – the home of the research and development lab operated by Mercedes-Benz in North America. It’s a great place to be for people who want to keep pace with developments in Silicon Valley.

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“Two Billion Vehicles Aren’t a Catastrophe”

Dan Sperling, a transportation expert in California and former advisor to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, talks about tomorrow’s sustainable mobility systems and the future role of privately owned vehicles.

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