Conference Sessions

Ankit R. Patel is a Chief Innovation Officer – Technology and Design (Mobility) at BitGreen Technolabz Pvt. Ltd., India. He has been involved as a keynote speaker in more than 25 international venues, including India, Italy, Germany, the USA, Morocco, the Czech Republic, South Africa and China.

He has associated with various prestigious international conferences like ACM (CHI, CHIWORK, NordiCHI, OzCHI, AutomotiveUI, Mindtrek, COMPASS, GROUP, IMX, MuC), IEEE (ITEC, AFRICON, e-Science, MELECON, LOGISTIQUA, WF-PST, ECCE, GTSNZ, SeFeT), Design Research Society (LXD), Participatory Design Conference (PDC), and IFAC (CTS).

At the ASME/IEEE 2026 INNOVARail Conference (erstwhile JRC), he will serve as the paper chair. He also serves as a lead editor for special issues in the Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces and Future Transportation, and as an editorial board member in multiple prestigious journals.

We are at an inflection point in mobility, where the focus is rapidly shifting from the movement of vehicles to the personalized journey of the individual. This keynote will explore how the convergence of digitization and artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally reshaping how we experience daily mobility, transforming it from a logistical challenge into a seamless, intuitive, and highly personalized experience.

We will move beyond the traditional view of transportation and delve into the Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) model, where a digital backbone integrates public transit, ride-sharing, micromobility, and personal vehicles into a single, cohesive ecosystem. This personalization is not just a convenience; it is the key to unlocking new levels of efficiency, sustainability, and equity in our urban environments.