Sustainable Multi-Modal Mobility Congress (SIIMC) 2022 is the 10th Edition of the International Mobility Conference which will bring together the mobility ecosystem, held between Oct 12 and 14, 2022. The conference witnessed participants presenting more than 180 papers and 543 abstracts on engineering innovations, focusing on promoting sustainable and multi-modal mobility in India and globally.
The country’s leading resource for mobility technology SAEINDIA (Society of Automotive Engineers India) organised the 10th edition of its flagship event SAEINDIA International Mobility Conference (SIIMC 2022), the first-ever International Sustainable Multi-Modal Mobility Conference. The three-day event was hosted at Hilton Bengaluru Embassy Manyata Business Park, with the theme “Sustainable Multi-Modal Mobility Ecosystem” and it took forward SAEINDIA’s commitment, to advancing and promoting mobility engineering.

Mahesh Babu, SIIMC 2022 Conference Patron and CEO – India, Switch Mobility said, “A robust mobility framework is the need of the hour to mitigate the impact of growing emissions and rapid urbanization. Sustainable Multi-Modal solutions will help de-carbonize ~100 million CO2 by 2030. SIIMC 2022 is a platform where all 3 stakeholders – the Government, the Industry and the Communities have come together to make sustainable multi-modal mobility a reality.”
Munirathinam Dhananjayan, Chair of the Organising Committee, Founder and Managing Director of Focus Group said, “During the three days of the summit around 700 mobility experts, including industry leaders and professionals from research and development, manufacturing and services came together and did network under one roof. The key highlight of the 10th edition of the SIIMC 2022 was the presentation of more than 180 papers and 543 abstracts on engineering innovations, with a focus on promoting sustainable and multi-modal mobility in the country.”

He further added, “SIIMC 2022 will see a host of panel discussions and individual presentations, putting the spotlight on trends and innovations shaping the future of mobility.” Talking about the focus areas and theme of the SIIMC 2022 conference, K Venkataraj, Deputy Director General, SAEINDIA, said, “This year’s conference theme “Sustainable Multi-Modal Mobility Ecosystem” resonates well with the present-day reality, where mobility is considered to be playing a big role in achieving sustainable development by promoting goals like a clean and green environment and equitable livelihood.”
C V Raman, CTO, Maruti Suzuki; Vijay Nirani, Managing Director, MRN Group; Vinay Harne, CTO, TVS Motors; Brian McMurray, President, General Motors – Korea, Dr Sri Srinath, President – SAE International and Prashant Doreswamy, President, Continental Automotive India are some of the eminent industrialists who will be delivering various sessions at the conference.
TechHive: Startup Initiatives for Indian Automotive
Suhas Gopinath, the CEO, of Globals Inc., inaugurated TechHive, a one-stop shop for startups to showcase their products and services to the global and Indian automotive market, another highlight of the SAEINDIA conference. TechHive is aimed at facilitating networking and supporting new business opportunities, by bringing together startups, the automotive industry, and investors and will offer startups an opportunity to make technical presentations and carry out product demos and put up B2B stalls.

Panel discussions led by industry experts and researchers featured speakers from the country’s leading automotive and technology organisations, as well as science and engineering institutes. The key organizations that participated in the conference include Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Volvo, Tata Consultancy Services, Ashok Leyland, Infosys, Bosch, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Indian Oil Corporation, and the Indian Institute of Science.
Some of the key sessions of the conference saw speakers coming together and discussing themes, including the role of the automotive industry in meeting the challenges of global warming, the Design and development of low-cost electric microcars for urban commuting, Edge computing for multimodal and intermodal mobility, Building (Globally) connected car platforms – Unearthing complexity, Balancing of energy efficiency, Driving excitement and comfort in battery electric vehicles, and Is battery swapping a viable alternative to accelerate the electric vehicle (EV) adoption in India.