Neil Backer met at UIC with his colleague Brian Bock who is on secondment from QR Limited to UIC and is responsible for UIC Meter gauge activities. He also met with Paolo de Cicco, Senior Advisor at UIC Infrastructure Department, to discuss ETCS (train control) matters, with Margrethe Sagevik, Senior Advisor, on Environment and Sustainability issues, and Franco Schiavi, Senior Advisor, Infrastructure Department, to discuss about infrastructure standards. Ignacio Barron de Angoiti, UIC Director for High Speed, made a presentation on high speed rail operations. Neil expressed his appreciation for the time and effort taken by all UIC specialists to present their work at UIC HQ.