Mobility infrastructure: which models, which uses to support territorial development?

As global challenges and transitions accelerate, the pace of action must accelerate too. École nationale des ponts et chaussées, Leonard (VINCI’s foresight and innovation platform) and La Fabrique de la Cité - VINCI’s urban transitions think tank - with the support of VINCI Autoroutes, present Deciding Now, a series of conferences bringing together builders, researchers, citizens and decision-makers to collectively explore solutions for a desirable future and to act both in the short and long term, through meaningful innovation and breakthrough innovation in the service of our current and future infrastructure.

This new conference in the Deciding Now series, Mobility infrastructure: which models, which uses to support territorial development?, will take place:

18 February 2026, 9:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Leonard:Paris, 6 place du Colonel Bourgoin, 75012 Paris

► Detailed programme and registration

Décider maintenant conference explores major governance models for mobility infrastructure worldwide, shaped by economic and political choices adapted to diverse contexts.

By bringing together researchers, experts and public officials, it examines how these governance approaches affect economic development, social cohesion and well-being, with the aim of better reconciling performance with the public interest.
 

Programme

Moderated by Jean-Marc Vittori, editorialist at Les Échos.

Welcome – 9:00 a.m.

• Introduction – 9:15–9:30 a.m.: Infrastructure governance rooted in the history of states
• Session 1 – 9:30–9:50 a.m.: Governing through infrastructure: a historical and geopolitical perspective
• Session 2 – 9:50–10:45 a.m.: Infrastructure as a lever for territorial cohesion
• Keynote – 10:45–10:55 a.m.: Concession models around the world: adapting to regional contexts

Break – 10:55–11:15 a.m.

• Session 3 – 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.: Value of service delivered, priorities and infrastructure financing: how to arbitrate?
  Conclusion – 12:15–12:30 p.m.

Registration required via this link