Markus is Country Manager for Turo  car sharing marketplace where car owners in the US, UK, Canada & Germany provide travelers with vehicles for their next adventure. They choose from a selection of nearby cars, while car owners earn extra money and help fuel the adventures of travelers from around the world.
Markus has over 20+ years of senior leadership experience in the internet, ecommerce, media and entertainment in Europe, the US and Asia, in boot-strapped start-ups and global corporates: Bertelsmann, AOL Europe, eGroups (today Yahoo! Groups), eBay Europe, studiVZ, Monster Europe, etc.
Meike Niedbal has held a variety of positions at Deutsche Bahn since joining more than seven years ago. As an expert in sustainable innovation, she has managed projects in areas such as e-mobility, autonomous driving and rural mobility.
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Today she is the project lead of Deutsche Bahn’s Smart Cities Project and she creates strategic concepts for stations in her position as Head of Business Development for the Station&Service business.
Holger G. Weiss is Managing Director and CEO of German Autolabs. He has over 15 years of experience in managing and building technology-driven companies with innovative business models in the Future Mobility sector.
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Holger also played a vital role in the navigation software startup g​ate5 in Berlin, from its genesis up to its acquisition by Nokia in 2006. Gate5 was the forerunner for HERE - a map and content provider recently bought by three German car makers at a price of close to three billion Euros.
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Jana Kugoth has been writing for the online magazine Gründerszene and its sister brand NGIN Mobility since May 2017. Prior to this, she worked as an editor for a Berlin business magazine, accompanying developments in the energy and mobility industry.
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Parallel to her studies in media science, she gained journalistic experience in several local editorial offices.
Alexander Götz is originally from the Frankfurt region - one of the first two cities where Lime launched its European operations. Founded in 2017 in California, Lime is the only shared mobility company that has deployed a multimodal fleet including pedal bikes, electric bikes, and electric scooters. With an MBA acquired in Shanghai and having managed projects for various tech companies, Alexander has gathered plenty of experience in the international start-up scene. Now back in his home country, he manages Lime’s German operations and is closely involved in the European expansion of Lime, working on a sustainable, green and intelligent transformation of urban mobility.
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