Karen Vancluysen has been the Secretary General of Brussels based POLIS Network since September, 2014. POLIS is a network of European cities and regions working together to develop innovative technologies and policies for local transport. We ask Karen about managing mobility policies at local, regional, and national level, and the role of POLIS network for cities and mobility in Europe.

In this episode we speak to Ana Pinela, a Senior Innovation Consultant and Project Leader at Beta-I, with a PhD in Marine Sciences and Conservation of Biodiversity. Ana coordinates and manages Blue Economy and Bluetech projects such as the Atlantic Smart Port Blue Acceleration Network (AspBAN) in which Magellan also has a management role. 
Ana provides us with the a state-of -the-art of the ever more growing Blue Economy and discusses new concepts such as blue biotechnology, aquaculture and plastic substitutes.

In this podcast we speak to Jordi Espin, who is the Secretary General of TransPrime Spanish Shippers Council and Director of Strategic Relations at the European Shippers Council. We speak to Jordi about the digitalization trends in the world of cargo, and how can EU funding and national funding programs contribute to address the shipper's needs.

Päivi Aakko-Saksa is Principal Research Scientist at VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland with a research focus on fuels, air pollution and emissions. Päivi is also the project coordinator PAREMPI which stands for Particle emission prevention and impact: from real-world emissions of traffic to secondary PM of urban air where Magellan Circle leads communication and dissemination. We talk to Päivi about air pollution, its hazardous potential on human health and the state-of-art of research and policy activities to fight it.

Marzena Jougounoux is the Head of Office at CCAM in Brussels. In this episode we ask Marzena how the CCAM association works in practice and more information about CCAM’s first 2023 call for projects under Horizon Europe which opened in January.

In this episode, we speak to Braz Costa, the managing director of CITEVE, Portuguese Technology Center for Textile and Clothing Industry and since this month the coordinator of ambitious €138 million BE@T project. We ask Braz about the Portuguese textile and clothing strategy and how will the new project funded by the Portuguese Resilience Plan (PRR) transform the sector and set an example for other industries. 

In this episode we speak to Nik Delmeire, coordinator of the Inland Waterways Transport platform as well as project coordinator of the new Horizon Europe ReNEW project.  We speak to Nik about shifting more freight transport to inland waterways and setting the sector on an irreversible path to zero-emissions and how the recent initiatives like Naiades III action plan are going to support this.

This podcast is special for many reasons - not only the host is Teresa Presas, Senior Consultant in Magellan Circle, but we also had the pleasure of talking with Ana Paula Mesquita and Alexio Picco, CEO and Chairman of Magellan Circle, respectively. For this unique podcast, we discussed everything there is to know about the new merger that saw Magellan and Circle Group unite into what is now Magellan Circle. Get to know our new venture, and understand better the motivations, values and vision behind Magellan Circle. 

The future looks promising - discover more by listening to our brand new episode below!

In this episode, we talked with Antonio Torregrosa Maicas, IManaging Director at Fundación Valenciaport. Fundación Valencia Port is an Applied Research, Innovation & Training centre providing services to the port and logistics cluster. During our conversation, Antonio shared his insights on how can Europe make maritime transport the most sustainable transport mode in the upcoming decades.

Pedro Barradas is Chief Strategy Officer at Armis ITS and President of the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Portugal. We talk to Pedro about smart cities, the state of ITS in Portugal and the role of ITS in the green transition.