On September 25th and 26th, 2025, the 31st National Urban and Metropolitan Transportation Congress took place in Seville, organized by Spain’s Association of Urban and Metropolitan Public Transportation (ATUC). Held at the Seville Conference and Exhibition Centre, known as FIBES, the event brought together representatives from transportation operators, public-sector agencies, and companies in the industry, under the theme of “Innovation and Sustainability in Public Transportation”.

With a full schedule of sessions and activities offered over the course of two days, the event was designed to address the main challenges and opportunities related to urban and metropolitan mobility. The first day included technical sessions on bus, rail, and mixed-mode transportation, as well as an ATUC General Assembly meeting. On the second day, the scheduled presentations were focused on innovation and sustainability, with a concluding roundtable discussion dedicated to “Human teams for the upcoming decade”.

GMV was a sponsor for the event, and it also had its own prominent space to present its latest intelligent transportation system (ITS) solutions. In addition, Javier Gómez, head of GMV’s Smart Rail and Metro Systems Division, participated in the session entitled “Railway Modes: Thinking about tomorrow – lifecycles, scalability, and open systems”. In his presentation, he shared the company’s experience and perspectives regarding the future of rail transportation and the importance of digitalization, scalability, and open systems.

With this double form of participation, GMV reaffirmed its commitment to modernizing urban and metropolitan transportation, while promoting its technological solutions that can help improve service quality as well as the user experience.