Tuesday 24 January 2017
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International Railway Summit at UIC Headquarters – three weeks to go

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UIC is delighted to welcome the 4th edition of the successful International Railway Summit to its Paris headquarters from 15 – 17 February 2017.

International Railway Summit is a meeting of the world’s key rail sector buyers and carefully selected technical experts. The event features:

  • Pre-arranged one-to-one meetings between buyer companies and technical experts
  • A full conference programme delivered by industry leaders and curated by International Railway Journal
  • High-level networking over lunches, dinners and a site visit

UIC’s Director General, Jean-Pierre-Loubinoux, will participate in the summit and give the opening keynote speech on “What does the future hold for rail?”

Other key speakers include:

  • Josef Doppelbauer, Executive Director, EU Agency for Railways
  • Alain Flausch, Secretary General, UITP
  • Guillaume Pepy, President, SNCF
  • Khalid Al-Olayan, Director of Transport, Gulf Cooperation Council
  • Erich Forster, CEO, Westbahn
  • Jeremy Long, CEO, European Business. MTR Corporation
  • Pierre Izard, Chief Technology and Rail Systems Officer, SNCF
  • Prof. Andy Doherty, Chief Rail Technology Officer, Network Rail
  • Manuel Gerres, Managing Director, Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures, Deutsche Bahn AG
  • Philippe Citroën, Director General, UNIFE
  • Wolfram Schwab, VP Regional Platform - Products & Innovation, Alstom
  • Carlo Borghini, Executive Director, Shift2Rail
  • Franck Avice, Member of Executive Board & Director of Services, Customer Relations and Public Areas, RATP Group
  • Gareth Powell, Director of Strategy & Contracted Services, Transport for London

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“Through its well-balanced agenda, the presentations of keynote speakers, which I was happy to be part of, the panel discussions and the bilateral contacts, the latest edition of IRS in Vienna was certainly a particularly interesting event.”

Jean-Pierre Loubinoux, Director General, UIC

As a UIC member, you are eligible for a special 20% discount code. Please visit http://www.irits.org/special-offer-for-UIC-members.html to receive the discount code. The discount is valid until 27 January 2017.

Alternatively, you can contact the organisers at chandini.saikia at irits.org or visit www.irits.org.

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