#EUCAD2025: Driving the future of mobility

Held on 13-15 May 2025 at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra, Italy, the hybrid event put the spotlight on the progress and future of Cooperative, Connected, and Automated Mobility (CCAM) in Europe. Accelerating innovationOrganised by the European Commission, the CCAM Partnership and the FAME project, EUCAD 2025 underlined how automated transport can drive Europe’s green and digital transitions. In the opening session, Marc Lemaître, Director-General of DG Research and Innovation (RTD), urged Europe to "embrace the disruption" and move faster from research to real-world deployment. He stressed the EU’s strategic investments across the innovation chain – from AI to user studies – and called for stronger coordination and speed.Matthias Langemeyer, Head of Department for Green Research and Innovation in the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), highlighted the value of aligning funding tools like Horizon Europe, the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), and the Innovation Fund to turn research into market-ready solutions.“In CINEA, we work to ensure that research results can find their way to the market through our deployment programmes, like the Connecting Europe Facility or the Innovation Fund.” © Jonathan Vahsen / CCAMChallenges and opportunitiesAcross three days, discussions focused on:Innovation acceleration: bridging research and deployment via the CCAM Partnership.Policy alignment: promoting harmonised...