Dr Frank MENTRUP

Biographical note 
Frank Mentrup from Germany has been Mayor of Karlsruhe and Chairman of the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion since 2013. He chairs the supervisory board of the Karlsruhe Public Transport Executive (KVV), the third largest public transport executive in Baden-Württemberg.
Before being elected mayor by the people of Karlsruhe, Mentrup spent two years as political state secretary at the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. He had been a member of the Baden-Württemberg State Parliament since 2006, sitting on the Finance Committee and playing an active role as education policy spokesperson for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) state parliamentary party on the Schools, Youth and Sports Committee.
After studying medicine and completing his doctorate, Mentrup worked at the Central Institute for Mental Health in Mannheim from 1993 to 2006 and, following his family’s relocation to Karlsruhe, at the Karlsruhe Municipal Hospital Paediatric and Adolescent Psychiatric Department from 2007 to 2011.

Presentation: Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion as a Mobility Centre: Model region for future transport policies with a global perspective
Karlsruhe is a pioneer in future-oriented mobility. Thanks to its links with a strong IT sector, a sizeable scientific and research landscape and well-known companies in the transport technology sector, the whole of the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion has outstanding expertise in mobility at its disposal, a position which it is keen to strengthen on the international level.