M2G Con­fe­rence: Mul­ti­func­tion­al Hubs as Dri­vers of Sus­tainable Urban Trans­for­ma­ti­on – Stra­te­gies at the Inter­sec­tion of Mobi­li­ty, Ener­gy, and Logistics

31th Octo­ber 2025, 09:00 to 15:00 at the Green Gara­ge, EUREF-Cam­pus 15a Berlin

Atten­dance

The event will take place on the EUREF-Cam­pus. You can take part in this event on site. Plea­se regis­ter in advan­ce. The regis­tra­ti­on form, our pro­gram and fur­ther infor­ma­ti­on can be found fur­ther down on this page.

Intro­duc­tion

Mul­ti­func­tion­al hubs open up new pathways for sus­tainable urban and trans­port deve­lo­p­ment.
By spa­ti­al­ly com­bi­ning mobi­li­ty ser­vices, ener­gy sup­p­ly, and logi­stics, they crea­te places that use space effi­ci­ent­ly and fos­ter exch­an­ge. Human mobi­li­ty needs, com­mer­cial acti­vi­ties, and logi­stics pro­ces­ses meet rene­wa­ble ener­gy and smart grids here — making neigh­bor­hoods more liva­ble and climate-friendly.

At mul­ti­func­tion­al hubs, buses, (shared) bicy­cles, (shared) cars, and deli­very vehic­les are char­ged; par­cels for the last mile are con­so­li­da­ted; and sha­ring ser­vices are inter­con­nec­ted. In this way, cen­tral nodes are crea­ted that help redu­ce emis­si­ons, ease traf­fic flows, and open up new poten­ti­al for local value crea­ti­on and com­mu­ni­ty development.

Initi­al (M2G) rese­arch fin­dings show that the­se hubs can ser­ve as dri­vers of sus­tainable urban deve­lo­p­ment. They pro­mo­te the shared use of infra­struc­tu­re, redu­ce emp­ty trips, faci­li­ta­te the shift to sus­tainable modes of trans­port, and sup­port rene­wa­ble ener­gy use in urban are­as. At the same time, they place high demands on plan­ning, accep­tance, and gover­nan­ce — from inte­gra­ting into exis­ting neigh­bor­hoods to fos­te­ring col­la­bo­ra­ti­on among muni­ci­pa­li­ties, busi­nesses, and civil society.

Within the M2G Con­fe­rence, we aim to bring the­se stake­hol­ders tog­e­ther and look ahead:
How can we spa­ti­al­ly and orga­niza­tio­nal­ly ali­gn the diver­se requi­re­ments of dif­fe­rent stake­hol­ders to crea­te the desi­red syn­er­gies? Which stra­te­gies are most pro­mi­sing for con­nec­ting mobi­li­ty, ener­gy, and logi­stics at their inter­faces? And which pilot pro­jects can pave the way?

In the first part of the event, various stake­hol­ders will share their per­spec­ti­ves on the requi­re­ments and inte­rests rela­ted to mul­ti­func­tion­al hubs. After­wards, we will dis­cuss con­cre­te imple­men­ta­ti­on pathways in a work­shop. The pro­gram will con­clude with a gui­ded tour of the EUREF Cam­pus Ber­lin and a pre­sen­ta­ti­on of our zeeMo­ba­se as a prac­ti­cal exam­p­le of a hub lin­ked with a micro smart grid.

Pro­gram

08:30 – 09:00
Regis­tra­ti­on and Networking
09:00 – 09:20
Wel­co­me and Introduction

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Diet­mar Göh­lich,Chair­man of the Board, Mobility2Grid e.V.; Head of the Depart­ment of Methods for Pro­duct Deve­lo­p­ment and Mecha­tro­nics, TU Berlin

Lars Tasche, Head of the rese­arch area “Elec­tri­fi­ca­ti­on of Fleets and Hubs”, Rese­arch cam­pus Mobility2Grid
09:20 – 09:40
Mul­ti­func­tion­al Hubs – The Par­cel – The E‑Scooter – The E‑Cargo Bike – all in one place?

Andre­as Schwa­ger, Pro­ject mana­ger, Deut­sche Post DHL Group
09:40 – 10:00
Con­nec­ti­vi­ty as a Path toward Consolidation

Rolf Mien­kus, Mana­ging part­ner, Insel-projekt.berlin GmbH
10:00 – 10:20
mobil.punkte in Bre­men: Core Com­pon­ents of Sus­tainable Mobi­li­ty – from the Inter­mo­dal Jour­ney to a Mul­ti­mo­dal Lifestyle

Micha­el Glotz-Rich­ter, mobi­li­ty con­sul­tant, Glo­ricon glotz-rich­ter consult
10:20 – 10:40
Net­wor­king break
10:40 – 11:00
Insights into the Prac­ti­ce of Plan­ning, Ope­ra­ti­on, and Expan­si­on of Mobi­li­ty Sta­ti­ons in Germany

Micha­el Abra­ham, head of com­mu­nal mobi­li­ty manage­ment, Deut­sche Platt­form für Mobi­li­täts­ma­nage­ment (DEPOMM e.V.)
11:00 – 11:20
Mul­ti­func­tion­al Hubs – Ber­lin as a Pioneer?

Ger­not Loben­berg, chair of the Ber­lin agen­cy for elec­tro­mo­bi­li­ty, Ber­li­ner Agen­tur für Elek­tro­mo­bi­li­tät eMO
11:20 – 12:00
Open Podi­um Discussion

 All spea­k­ers; mode­ra­ted by Alex­an­der Grah­le (Mobility2Grid)
12:00  — 13:00
Net­wor­king lunch
13:00 – 15:00
Work­shop & EUREF Cam­pus tour by inno2grid

Visit at the zeemo base – Show­room for the mobi­li­ty transition
15:00 – 15:15
Wrap-Up and Look-ahead

Fol­lo­wed by drinks and networking

Cont­act

Lars Tasche

Sci­ence Cam­pus Mobility2Grid (M2G)

Chair of Logistics

Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­si­ty of Berlin

l.tasche@tu-berlin.de

Jonas Fahl­busch

Sci­ence Cam­pus Mobility2Grid (M2G)

Chair of Work Stu­dies, Tech­no­lo­gy & Par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on (ARTE)

Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­si­ty of Berlin

jonas.fahlbusch@tu-berlin.de

Regis­tra­ti­on