EAB Members

Dr. Johanna Tzanidaki

Dr Johanna Tzanidaki holds a PhD in EU Law from the Universities of Southampton and Cambridge, UK, and an LLM from Leiden Law School, NL. She also holds an MA and an MPhil from the UK Universities of Bristol and Cambridge respectively, and has professional qualifications in Project Management (PRINCE2), in CSR (Harvard Business School) and in Social Accountability (SAI). With long experience in EU Affairs and Policy, she has previously worked for the TomTom Group as Director of Public Affairs (6,5 years) and ERTICO -ITS Europe initially as Director of Innovation and Deployment and later, as Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) for almost 7 years. She has launched and co-chaired the ERTICO Innovation Platform TM 2.0 on Interactive Traffic Management since 2014. Johanna has been extensively involved in the TISA ITS Directive WG and the EU EIP-TISA work on the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) related EU Commission Delegated Regulations. She has participated in the workings of the C-ITS Platform, the Single Platform for CCAM and has served until March 2024 as the elected co-leader of Cluster 4 (integration of CCAM in the transport system) at the CCAM Association (PPP) run under the auspices of the European Commission. She has been appointed a member of the US Transport Research Board (TRB, US Academy of Sciences) in April 2022 (renewed in Nov. 2025) and is very active in European and International Forums in the field of ITS and Traffic Management. Dr Tzanidaki has founded AYA Consulting in 2022 and TELAVGIS Innovations in 2024 offering strategic and technical advice to the European Institutions and other public and private organisations in a number of R&I fields and policy areas related to Mobility and New Technologies. She serves as the Executive Director, EU Policy and Innovation Research at SAE Group Europe since March 2024.

Susan Harris

With an extensive career in transport strategy, Susan is ideally placed at the nexus of technology and transport to translate the benefits to business and the Australian community. She brings to the role deep connections with the local and international transport technology community. Susan is highly regarded for her roles supporting the growth and innovation of the transport technology sector, sitting on a number of Australian and international industry advisory groups. She is a regular advisor to government and Ministers on transport technology and mobility related issues, leveraging technology to deliver seamless, sustainable and equitable transport. Susan is a strong advocate for the next generation of transport professionals and the importance of diversity in our sector.

Marco Comerio

Marco Comerio is Mobility Research Lead and Knowledge Transfer Manager at Cefriel, where he contributes to the management and realisation of applied research projects in the mobility and transport domain. His main research interests include the design and development of data spaces and data governance frameworks to enable trusted data sharing among heterogeneous stakeholders, leveraging semantic metadata profiles and techniques for data harmonisation and knowledge graph integration. He also promotes the transfer and valorisation of research results, bridging scientific and technological innovation with real-world applications and fostering collaboration across the European mobility ecosystem. He has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications in books, conference proceedings, and scientific journals.

Johannes Lauer

Johannes Lauer is a Senior Engineering Manager at HERE Technologies, where he leads engineering teams in the field of map making. He has an academic background in (applied) computer science and geo information science (PhD). His work spans multi-source data integration, map quality and freshness, location services, standards and interoperability, and the application of AI and machine learning to geographic data. He has contributed to European research and innovation projects addressing mobility data sharing, automotive sensor data, transport data standards, and cross-sector collaboration. Johannes also brings experience working with industry, research, public-sector, and standards organizations, with a particular interest in turning diverse mobility data into scalable, interoperable solutions and services.

Biagio Ciuffo

Biagio Ciuffo, Deputy Head, Sustainable, Smart and Safe Mobility Unit, European Commission Joint Research Centre Renowned expert in transportation engineering with over 150 peer-reviewed publications and several science for policy projects successfully managed. Launched pioneering research programs on Connected and Automated Mobility and the JRC Living Labs for Future Mobility Solutions. Award-winning researcher with multiple prizes from the US National Academy of Science's Transportation Research Board. Key contributor to European and International Regulations on Sustainable and Smart Mobility

MJC2

MJC² develops fast powerful algorithms to solve very large, complex planning and scheduling problems, addressing the ever-increasing demand for dynamic planning and real-time optimization in business and industry operations. Our software addresses areas such as distribution planning, strategic logistics optimization, real-time scheduling, employee scheduling and synchromodal logistics optimization.

MJC²'s advanced planning and scheduling software provides automated scheduling capability, optimizing the operation with minimal manual intervention while ensuring that all operational rules and constraints are followed. We provide tailored integrated solutions that are configured to fit business and user requirements, making them easy to use and integrate with legacy systems and processes.

In FEDORA MJC² will develop the Synchromodal Conflict-Free Vehicle Routing Optimiser providing powerful new software tools and algorithms for multimodal logistics planning and scheduling.

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