Oliver May-Beckmann
Managing Director of MCube
About
Oliver May-Beckmann is the Managing Director of MCube – Munich Cluster for the Future of Mobility in Metropolitan Regions – at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Oliver serves as Deputy Climate Councilor for the City of Munich, is a member of the board of trustees for the International Building Exhibition (IBA) Metropolitan Region Munich, and is an advisory board member of the ZUKUNFT NAHVERKEHR initiative. He is an expert in entrepreneurship, urban and social innovation, an educator, mentor, and connector across universities, industry, the public sector, and startups.
He has lived and worked in 🇨🇳🇺🇸🇩🇪🇻🇳🇮🇱🇵🇰 – is a proud father of two and loves Munich and the mountains.
About MCube
MCube - the "Munich Cluster for the Future of Mobility in Metropolitan Regions"- is a flagship initiative with a budget exceeding 50 million euros, dedicated to researching and implementing sustainable mobility innovations and scalable model solutions for Europe and beyond. MCube is funded by the BMFTR (Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space) and has been in its second funding phase since November 2024. Under the leadership of the Technical University of Munich and together with over 80 partners from science, business, society and administration, we are shaping the mobility of tomorrow - innovative, sustainable and transferable to other regions.
Our goal is to bring mobility innovations into practice more quickly. To this end, we develop new ideas, business models, administrative principles, co-determination formats, patents and practical prototypes. The focus is on central mobility topics such as autonomous driving, electromobility, smart infrastructures, legal framework conditions and the livable redesign of public spaces.
Further
Further information about MCube
Challenges
We aim to create an AI-powered digital tool that helps citizens and municipalities visualize sustainable mobility futures right on their doorstep—personalized, playful, and easy to share. The goal: make MCube’s research tangible, inspire local action, and scale impact through digital storytelling and social platforms.