Rene Perkins is the Co-Founder & CEO of CityMaas, a mobile app and web service using technology to achieve spontaneous and inclusive efficient travel for disabled people. It uses self-adapting UI/UX front end that are functional specifically to the type of disabilities once a user profile is set up, and intelligent algorithm using machine learning at the back end to continuously learn users travel behaviour so as to provide optimal options to users in real time. CityMaaS Assist provides end to end service from discovery, routing and essential information, providing booking and payment of each journey door to door in smart cities. CityMaas' cutting edge technology is backed by public sector UK Department for Transport and EU funding, and private sector Microsoft. It has been named one of the top EU startups, striving to solve the most pressing problems in society through innovation and dedication. Rene is a serial entrepreneur with 12 years' consultancy & investment banking and 6 years' start up experience. She is on the Advisory board for Scope and Disability Rights UK.