Successful first day for MaaS Market Conference

ITS International’s Maas Market conference opened this morning to a packed crowd of over 200 delegates at the Inmarsat Conference Centre in London.
March 22, 2017 Read time: 1 min
Anne Berner, Minister of Transport and Communications, Government of Finland
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ITS International’s 8545 Maas Market conference opened this morning to a packed crowd of over 200 delegates at the Inmarsat Conference Centre in London.

In her opening keynote speech, Anne Berner, Minister of Transport and Communications, Government of Finland, spoke of the role of governments in facilitating MaaS and the implications for central government policies and funding.

MaaS Market Conference continues tomorrow, 23 March, at 1000 with the opening keynote speech by Michael Hurwitz, Director of Transport Innovation, 1466 Transport for London, who will discuss MaaS in major cities: its potential and obstacles to progress.

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