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Representatives of the Argelian Government visit Move at Hospital Rovisco Pais

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:52:20 +0000

On the 8th February 2012, representatives of the Argelian Government, invited by the Portuguese Government, will visit Hospital Rovisco Pais.
The purpose of this visit is to road show Portuguese Technology, like Movemile´s Move – the electric driverless vehicle, which is currently in use at this Hospital.
During this visit they will be accompanied by elements of the Portuguese Ministry of Economy and Employment and it will be a great opportunity to promote Move and its great features!

DHMS: 2nd Health Open Day

admin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:27:58 +0000

On the past 26th of October 2011, Move Mile was on display at the DHMS: 2nd Health Open Day, held at IPN ( Instituto Pedro Nunes), Coimbra, along with other innovative medical solutions.
This meeting was organized by IPN, AIBILI ( Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light), AP BIO (Portuguese Association on Bioindustries), CCDRC (Coordinating Committee and Regional Development of the the Center) and UATEC (Aveiro University).
There were more than 120 participants (such as, for example, BIO Cant, PT Inovação, IdealMed R&D) coming from different walks of health and more, who attended conferences and workshops, with the purpose to create synergies to achieve outstanding solutions for the health world.
This event was about to gather all the players on the regional level in the healthcare world.
Move Mile presented its mobility solution, already working with tremendous success for almost two years in the Hospital Rovisco Pais.
During the lunch and coffee break all the participants visited the exhibition, in which Move Mile’s was very requested, because of its positive impact on the patients mobility in the daily life in the hospital facility.
In the exhibition space where companies and their solutions for the medical area were shown, Move Mile also presented a promotional film, showing its application in a real environment (at Hospital Rovisco Pais) where it is used by real people.

2nd Conference about Urban Mobility

admin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:45:35 +0000

MOVEMILE was present at the 2nd Conference about Urban Mobility at Museu da Carris located at Lisbon.
This Conference was organized by Arquitecturas Newspaper in partnership with the Carris, Lisboa City Hall and TICE.pt.

Participated in this conference about 142 people, 22 invited experts and 46 companies, partner organizations, supporters and exhibiting about Urban City Mobility. This Conference had the purpose to inform and discuss all the strategies and solutions for an efficient mobility management for the mobility future in Portugal with experts, companies and political decision makers from all over the world.

During this conference, Professor Bruno Santos invited professor from DEC (Civil Engineering Department of Coimbra University), presented an essay about Urban Mobility with the title: “The autonomous electric vehicle in the collective public transport” where Movemile Company and its mobility solution were presented. The purpose of this paper, among others, was to show the impact of Movemile vehicle in the urban transport system.
In the exhibition space where companies and their solutions for urban mobility were shown, Movemile also presented a promotional film, showing its application in a real environment (at Hospital Rovisco Pais) where it is used by real people.

There was also a network lunch with thematic tables to enable all the participants gathered in each table to exchange ideas and thoughts about the subject of the conference.

European Energy Venture Fair 2011

admin — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:39:46 +0000

Move Mile has been selected as one of the 15 companies attending European Energy Venture Fair 2011, an exclusive investor conference that will be held in Zurich on the 13th and 14th September.

The European Energy Venture Fair is organized by the Energy Venture Forum, a Swiss non-profit association established in 2007. The founding members of the Forum are Emerald Technology Ventures AG and BI Technology A/S. The goals of this event are to strengthen relationships, learn more about new technologies, hear from experts in the business and meet up-and-coming companies looking for investors.

For more information on this event, please consult: www.europeanenergyventurefair.com

Generation MOBI.E Conference

admin — Mon, 23 May 2011 08:22:59 +0000

On the 23rd May 2011, Movemile is participating in Generation MOBI.E Conference, at Lisbon Oceanarium, organized by CEIIA (entity of Mobility Cluster management).

Currently Portugal is a leading country in a new and emerging market place with enormous growth potential in the links between technologies and transportation systems, energy and information and communication systems. OEMs and energy companies have been investing heavily in the already recognized opportunities within Portugal to date.

This conference will stimulate the discussion around the future of mobility applications, products and services, oriented to a new generation of users, professionals, and researchers.
Movemile is participating in this conference to present this project – SmartCar – an autonomous electrical vehicle (without driver) fully controlled by computer.

For more information about the program, speakers and conference, visit the website www.eiseverywhere.com

Inogate acquires Critical Move

admin — Mon, 16 May 2011 15:04:59 +0000

Coimbra, Portugal, May 13, 2011 – Critical SGPS announced today an agreement with Inogate to sell its stake in Critical Move, the company dedicated to the development of the innovative “horizontal” elevator transport system. As part of the deal Critical Move will re-brand as Move Mile.

“After a successful proof of concept and with two Move vehicles already in operation at the company first customer – hospital Rovisco Pais, in Tocha – it is the right time for Critical SGPS to open the door for a new step of development in the company” highlights Diamantino Costa, Critical SGPS’s Managing Partner.

“With an accomplished seed capital stage for the Move project, it is time to hand over to new investors” adds Diamantino Costa, adding that this operation comes at a time where Critical Group is bootstrapping the Critical Ventures I fund – an operation that will invest seed capital in IT ventures up to an amount of €6 million.

“At Inogate our focus is to exploit disruptive business models. Move brings a game changing product for a new market – a combination that allows Inogate to full apply our expertise. Leveraging on Critical’s seed phase investment, we’ll now add to the growth and expansion of this project”, adds Paulo Janeiro, Inogate’s CEO.