Volvo Group will host its inaugural Innovation Summit, Smart cities – infrastructure and transport of the future, in London on May 16 2017.

The event will gather leading people from government, major transport systems, industry bodies and manufacturing to examine the role that innovation in commercial transport, including automation, electromobility and connectivity, will play in the cities of tomorrow.

The London event is the first in a series of similar summits to be held around the world during 2017, including Brussels and Beijing, and is designed to further the debate and introduce new thinking on prominent current issues including air quality and pollution, congestion, health & road safety.

Speakers at the event include Matthew Hudson, head of technology and Data Strategy at Transport for London, Terri Wills CEO of World Green Building Council and Lars Stenqvist, chief technology officer at Volvo Group.

The Volvo Group Innovation Summit will be held at Here East, Stratford, and runs from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm on 16th May, 2017.