What is the course content focused on?
The course covers various aspects of digitalization in mobility including vehicle, infra and railway management with IT-driven predictive maintenance, digital twin and AI in transport systems, MaaS sharing/flexible transport, and CCAM and city logistics.
How is the course structured?
The course is delivered through a blend of lectures, hands-on exercises, workshops and individual projects. It includes three weeks of self-study followed by a week of in-person sessions in Berlin.
What are the prerequisites for participating?
Participants should have an interest in the course topic and possess English or German language skills (depending on the course language), equivalent to the level of at least B2, according to the European Framework. Participants also require access to a laptop/PC with a headset and microphone.
What support is provided for participants during the course?
Participants receive guidance from lecturers through virtual sessions during the self-study phase, as well as in-person sessions during the week in Berlin..
LEARNING GOALS
After successful completion of the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand trends in transport digitalization
- Define application fields, potentialities (and bottlenecks) for the digitalization of mobility
- Gain insights and ideas from real-world cases, gleaned from European managers and policy makers
- Develop future-oriented thinking about the digitalization of the transport industry, service and governance
CONTENT
The course will tackle current themes through the lens of business, tech, policy and a user’s perspective. The course includes a mix of lectures, hands-on exercises, so to provide participants with a holistic learning experience. Participants are encouraged to actively engage in discussions and apply learned concepts to real-world scenarios. All along the course, each participant is engaged in a personal project, which will be developed in the 4 weeks of duration, being presented at the end of the lessons.
After an overview about the role of ICT in transport (looking at digitalization in the context of ‘business as usual’ and disruptive innovations), the course will dive into the following key thematic points:
TARGET GROUP
- Mobility stakeholders such as energy, mobility and IT company managers, public transport operators, city entities, policy makers, NGOs.
- All course participants have access to a reduced course fee, as a result of the support of the European Union initiative EIT Urban Mobility.
- Participants of non-governmental organizations, non-profit organizations, government authorities, as well as TU Berlin alumni receive a discount price of 1071 € (incl. VAT). Please contact us for a discount code to book the reduced course price.
- All other participants pay 2000 € (incl. VAT) for the course (standard course fees at the TU Berlin Academy for a course of this duration are 3390 €). To book a course at the price of 2000 €, please click on “add to cart”.
- This course is recognized as Bildungszeit according to paragraph § 10 (5) of the Berliner Bildungszeitgesetz (BiZeitG).
PREREQUISITES
English, German or French
Laptop/PC + headset with microphone
DATES
This certificate course comprises a phase of guided self-study, followed by a phase of intensive, in-person sessions in Berlin. The three virtual classroom sessions are expected from 16:00 – 18:00 (CET).
Course schedule:
- Virtual classroom session
- On-site in Nairobi (expected hours Monday to Friday from 09:00 – 17:00 (EAT)
COOPERATION
This course is supported by EIT Urban Mobility, an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. The aim is to positively change the way people move around in cities in order to make them more liveable. You can find more information at eiturbanmobility.eu
This support enables participants to access a special, reduced fee for this TU Berlin Academy course.