The first ECOMM was held in Amsterdam in 1997 - then still within the framework of the MOMENTUM project. The conference brought together local experience from several European countries and the USA.
It helped to establish the role that Mobility Management could play in reducing car use for the journey to work, and put Mobility Management on the political map for the first time in several countries.
It also provided a major networking opportunity for professionals across Europe who hitherto had worked largely in isolation from one another.