Sebastian SCHLEBUSCH

Biographical note
Sebastian joined nextbike GmbH in late 2010 as a sales and business development representative. He has been responsible for developing partnerships and strategic cooperation with various public transport companies, universities and big corporate clients across Germany.
Since 2012 Sebastian is responsible for the internationalization of nextbike and has pushed the number of nextbike cities to more than 120 around the world. Moreover, he is active across various industry working groups such as the UITP Combined Mobility Platform (UITP-CMP) or the Platform for European Bike Sharing Systems (PEBBS).
Sebastian holds a diploma in Geography and Urban Studies from WWU Münster (Germany’s capital of bicycles), with additional enrolments at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi – Centre for the Studies of Regional Development.

Presentation: The importance of collaboration for first/last mile connectivity – case study of KVB-Rad Cologne
After years of fear for cannibalization German PTOs have started to actively engage with nextbike as a strategic cooperation partner to extend their existing mobility portfolio with Bike Sharing.
White-labelled systems such as KVB-Rad Cologne, MVG-Rad Munich or VRN-Rad Rhein-Neckar as a regional system are offering Bike Sharing “powered by nextbike” as a new mode of transport to their PT customers. Based on the very successful example of the KVB-Rad Cologne Project this presentation discusses the advantages and measures of a cooperative approach between Bike Sharing and PT operators, especially in the light of disruptive new players from China swamping cities with huge numbers of bikes in cities around the world.