Understanding that the way we move around cities is going to dramatically change, I set about creating a world first event to host the disruption. I chose Paris for the first edition of Autonomy which was held from the 6th to the 9th of October at La Villette and was a great start to realising this vision. We had 150 exhibitors from 22 countries, 154 speakers and 13 000 visitors. We are now building the second edition for October 2017 and welcome innovators, policy makers, press and public to participate.