On 21 May, the first lecture of the UrbanElevate initiative’s start-up module took place — a project that promotes the development of entrepreneurial and innovative skills in the field of urban mobility in Zhytomyr and the region.

🎓 The participants included researchers, teachers, and representatives of educational institutions. 

During the online session, they learned about the latest technologies that are changing the transport ecosystem of cities:

🔹 Digital Twins

🔹 V2X communications for interaction between transport and infrastructure

🔹 Generative AI in forecasting and optimisation

A series of training sessions, mentoring, entrepreneurship support and international partnerships are ahead.

🎯 Stay tuned for updates — we are just getting started!

UrbanElevate is supported by EIT Urban Mobility, an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union.

UrbanElevate https://urbanelevate.ztu.edu.ua/ is implemented by Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University and Vacuum Deep Tech Acceleration in collaboration with Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the municipal institution “City Development Agency” of Zhytomyr City Council.