Status: Past event
6th training on commuter and regional train services
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About
Customer centricity – Evolutionary scenario
The UIC Passenger Department is eager and delighted to be holding the sixth Training on Commuter and Regional Train Services, in-person, in Athens hosted by Hellenic Train.
The training will be focused on the Customer Centricity – Evolutionary Scenario.
Objectives
- Offer an accurate and comprehensive overview of Commuter and Regional Train Systems all around the world and the latest challenges these services face to the new passengers’ behavior;
- Provide trainees with all the information needed to facilitate decision-making on the subject of Commuter and Regional Train Systems;
- Give a global vision of Commuter and Regional Train Services on the system regarding the evolutionary scenario with a customer’s centric approach;
- Foster exchange of experience and information about the latest developments in this field.
Target groups
The training is targeted at:- Managers in decision-making positions in the transport sector in general and in the railways in particular;
- Ministries, local or regional authorities, advisory bodies or agencies;
- Universities or associations ;
- The experience tells us that it is also very convenient for young employees in railway companies to start give them worldwide vision of the sector and creating their international network.
Conditions for participation
- The course is targeted at people interested in acquiring a comprehensive overview of the commuter and regional train systems
- Course participants do not need to have prior knowledge of any specific subject relating to commuter and regional train systems
- Therefore, we wish to make attendance mandatory for ALL sessions.
Venue
WYNDHAM GRAND, Athens 2, Megalou Alexandrou street 104 37, Athens Tel: +30 216 8009900 https://www.wyndhamgrandathens.com/
Programme
The main items regard :
- Trends and changes in customer’s regulation ;
- Trends and changes in regional train service’s contracts ;
- Trends and changes in journey experience.
Lectures, dynamic design thinking session and technical visit… a great opportunity for improving competences and enlarge international networking.
Detailed program:
Day 1. 25 October (from 09:00 to 17:20)
Opening
- Maurizio Capotorto , CEO, Hellenic Train
- Federica Follesa, UIC CRTS Chair
- Marc Guigon, UIC Passenger Director
TOPIC I: TRENDS AND CHANGES IN CUSTOMER RIGHTS
CRTS around the World
- Raffaele Alfonsi , CTO, UNeed.IT
EU Legal Framework Customer Rights
- Nina Scherf, Legal Advisor, CIT
- Ioanna Tsiparikou , President, Regulator Autorithy for Railways (RAS)
Rights/Procedure in case of cancellation or delay
- Roland Schmidt, Senior Referent Pricing and Cooperations, DB Regio AG
- Sakurako Aoki , Senior Manager, JR East
- Luc Favre , Customer Experience CRTS Manager, SNCF
TOPIC II: TRENDS AND CHANGES IN REGIONAL TRAIN SERVICE CONTRACTS
Overview worldwide PSO (Passenger Service Obligations)
- Andrea Giuricin , CEO TRA consulting
- Theodoros Tolias , Commercial Director of Passenger Transportation, Hellenic Train
- Hasan Emre Yücel , Division Manager Passenger Department, TCDD Taşımacılık A.Ş.
Relationship with institutional client and KPI
- Ahlam Janati, Head of Passenger Market Study Service, ONCF
- Ernesto Sicilia , Managing Director Trenitalia UK
- Federica Follesa , Head of Public Service Obligation, Trenitalia S.p.A.
SOCIAL DINNER
Day 2. 26 October (from 09:00 to 17:30)
TOPIC III: TRENDS AND CHANGES IN JOURNEY EXPERIENCE (INFORMATION IN CASE OF DISRUPTION AND MULTIMODALITY)
Information in case of disruption/Use of Social Network/Social Caring
Design Thinking Dynamic Session organized by EELISA and Accenture (dynamic session with participants on a real case study) introduced by Federica Follesa, UIC CRTS Chair
- Federica Follesa, UIC CRTS Chair
- Fabiano Ferra, Digital Marketing Senior Manager, Accenture
- Michela Cuozzo, Digital Marketing Consultant, Accenture
- Oriol Juncadella, Operations Director, FGC
- XUE Rui, Research Assistant, China Academy of Railway Sciences Co. Ltd
Multimodality/MaaS
- Maria Mavroudi , Commercial Director, AFCS Project Manager, Athens Urban Transport Organisation
- Georgia Ayfantopoulou, Hellenic Institute of Transport (ΗΙΤ) of CERTH
- Magdalena Bodalón, General Director Organisation and Resources, INECO
- Magnus Just Hansen, Senior Executive Assistant and EU & International Affairs Manager, DSB
- Fulvio D’Aloio Cascone, Digital Development Executive, IBM Consulting Italy
Day 3. 27 October (from 09:00 to 13:30)
WELCOME SESSION
- Federica Follesa, Chair, UIC CRTS
TOPIC III: TRENDS AND CHANGES IN JOURNEY EXPERIENCE (KPIS AND ROLLING STOCK)
How to measure customer experience, UIC Customer Experience best practices
- Joaquin Botella , Chief Technical Engineer – Railways, Sener
How to measure customer experience, Information and quality experience
- Carlos Romero , PhD Civil Engineering - Teaching Assistant, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Customer centricity-customer satisfaction in Trenitalia
- Monica Rossini – Strategy Direction – Market research analyst, Trenitalia
Rolling Stock in Commuter and Regional Train Services – overview and latest trends for new fleets, seen from an operator
- Michael Beckmann, Vice-President Rolling Stock, DSB
Rolling Stock from the industry perspective
- Marco Sacchi , Senior Director - Global Platforms & Innovation - Rolling Stock, Hitachi Rail.
CLOSING SESSION Wrap up session and delivery of certificates to the participants
- Federica Follesa, Chair, UIC CRTS
- Marc Guigon, Director, Passenger Department, UIC
Speakers
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Sakurako Aoki is Senior Manager JR EAST Paris Office After completing her degree at the Faculty of Law at Waseda University in Tokyo, she achieved a master's degree in international environmental policy from the Graduate School of Policy and Media Studies at Keio University. During her second year, she specialised in European politics at Sciences Po in Paris. She started working at JR East in 2013, overseeing tourism development, commercial promotion and the planning and creation of train-based travel products. After moving to the Paris branch in 2020, she took on the role of senior manager in charge of tourism marketing across Europe.|
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Dr. Georgia Ayfantopoulou, Research Director at the Hellenic Institute of Transport (ΗΙΤ) of CERTH with experience for over 25 years in transport systems planning, management and optimization. Always focusing on new technology implementation, as enabler for transforming transport and mobility systems, her work emphases on: a) ITS, C-ITS for transport demand and traffic management, b) Big Data analytics and c) modelling and decision support tools for Sustainable Mobility, Multimodality, Intermodality and city logistics. She is coordinating the Thessaloniki Smart Mobility Living Lab, an ecosystem approach for data sharing, knowledge creation and innovation uptake in mobility, promoting also implementation of Maas applications.|
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Michael is the Vice President of Rolling Stock at DSB, the Danish State Railways, where he is in charge of the rolling stock fleet and also the company’s railway infrastructure. This includes integration of new rolling stock, disposal of old rolling stock, investment planning and contract management of the maintenance contracts. Before coming to DSB, Michael worked at Bombardier Transportation in various roles, including portfolio head for tram projects and Group Vice President for Strategy. |
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Digital marketing consultant in Accenture Song. Along her career in marketing - started in 2016 - she deepened her expertise in social media strategy, working for a wide range of industries, including Travel & Transportation and Public Administration sectors. She collaborates with Trenitalia Regionale to support the brand's social media project, by supervising brand reputation monitoring and assuring the correct functioning of social care technologies. Graduated in Economy, she then took a master in Marketing Management at LUISS Business School in Rome and a course in International Marketing and Logistics at ESSCA School of Management in Budapest.|
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Fulvio is a forward-thinking MaaS strategist with a proven track record of shaping the future of transportation through innovative approaches. With a deep understanding of the interconnected dynamics of transportation, urban planning, and technology, Fulvio has been at the forefront of the MaaS revolution. Fulvio possesses an in-depth understanding of the MaaS ecosystem, from public transportation and ridesharing to micro-mobility and beyond. Their insights into the interplay between these elements provide a holistic perspective on MaaS development, for big company (i.e. Railways) as well as for newco (i.e. Mobility Providers), With a finger on the pulse of technology trends, Fulvio explores how emerging technologies such as AI, IoT, and any Digital Solutions are driving MaaS innovation. They'll share practical insights into leveraging these technologies for a seamless and sustainable mobility experience. Fulvio is an advocate for a user-centric MaaS approach. His presentation will shed light on how to prioritize the needs of travelers, ensuring convenience, accessibility, and sustainability are at the core of MaaS solutions. Currently in charge of Travel & Transportation industry for Italy IBM Consulting, Fulvio is involved in the Maas projects and initiatives with hie international team, in Italy and Europe. |
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Luc Favre has been working for 15 years for SNCF exclusively in the passenger rail field (mass-transit, regional and long-distance). He held different positions at both operational and strategic levels. He has assumed managing positions as well as support positions at headquarters. Luc is customer-oriented and focused on improving customer satisfaction.|
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In Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane - then Trenitalia - since 1998, she is head of PSO (Public Service Obligation)’s contracts, Fares, Terms and Conditions for the Regional Business and Intermodality development Department. She has been involved in many international activities within the UIC and UITP Associations. Currently she is Chairwoman for the Commuter and Regional Train Services group in UIC and member of Urban, Suburban, Regional Railways Committee in UITP. From 2008 to 2011 she was professor of Transport at the University Sapienza in Rome. Graduated in Architecture (Urban and regional planning), she studied in the University Sapienza in Rome, the Oxford Brooks University (UK) and the Savaria Urbanisztikai Nyari Egyetem (HU). Then she took the 1st master on Regional Public Transport by Politecnico di Milano and ISFORT and then a master in Economics and Politics of Transport at the University Sapienza in Rome.|
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Adj.Prof. Dr. Andrea Giuricin is CEO of TRA consulting, a strategic consultancy company based in Barcelona and Milan with international customers from Europe, Middle East, Asia, America working with the top management (CEO and President) in the strategic and operational decisions. He created the “studies office” for the CEO of Italo-NTV, the first private high speed rail company in open access competition and he worked in the first HSR markets open to the competition (Italy, South Korea, Spain and France) as strategic and operational consultant for the CEOs and top managers of the Railway companies. He is working with several other project in the rail industry, including rail freight operators and infrastructure managers. He is senior transport consultant for the World Bank, reforming transport sector in Asia and Africa and for the United Nations. In the last years he was speaker at International Transport Forum of OECD. He is teaching Transport Economics at University Milano Bicocca in Italy. In the same University he is responsible for the development of transport studies at CESISP – Unimib and he is adj. Prof. at University of Southern California, United States. He is also former visiting professor at China Academy of Railway Sciences, the leader organization in the world for the railway industry. He is also professor at UIC (International Association of Railways). Dr. Andrea Giuricin cooperates and works with several Transport Authorities (CNMC in Spain, ART in Italy, CMA in UK, LATRA Tanzania, SPAD in Malaysia, RSR in South Africa), with the European Commission and European Railway Agency.|
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Marc Guigon is Passenger Director at UIC (International Union of Railways). He joined UIC in June 2012 and is responsible for Passengers activities, including development of High-Speed Rail in the world, Railway Stations, Ticket Distribution, Regional and Commuter Train Services and Tourism in Trains. He is also coordinator of UIC Middle East and Latin-American Regions, involved in the development of railways in these countries, coordinating studies and projects. He is also supporting the coordinator of Asia-Pacific Region. Prior to joining UIC, Marc worked 7 years for the office of the French Prime Minister, responsible for French national policies of transport in the field of spatial planning including railways, roads, urban transport, airports, ports and waterways. He was also the central point of coordination between the French Central Government and one French Province for all topics concerning spatial planning and development. He was also responsible of intergovernmental cooperation between France and China on spatial planning. Lastly, Marc has a solid background in Railway Activities having managed French rolling stock workshops, research teams, and freight departments at the French Railways (SNCF).|
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Oriol Juncadella-Fortuni is a Civil Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (class of 1988) and Graduated from IESE in Business Management (Class of 1996), and in Crowd Management from the Tokyo Metro Training School (class of 2018). Between 1988 and 1990 he was assistant director of the Office of the General Plan of Sabadell City Council, for the development of the mobility plan, the road plan and the economic program. Since 2011 he has been Director of FGC Operadora. Previously, at Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, he was Director of Operations (2000-2011), Coordinator of the General Technical Secretary (1999-2000), Head of Studies and Programmes (1996-1999), Head of Commercial Development (1993-1996) and Deputy Head of Planning (1990-1993). Currently he is the representative of FGC in different committees, commissions and various initiatives of the Administration and civil society related to mobility, security, intermodality and accessibility, in its management aspect and with a high content of innovation. He chairs the Mobility, Transport and Logistics Committee of the College of Civil Engineers in Catalonia.
He is a member of the following international committees:
- UITP Regional and Suburban Railways Committee.
- Committee on Commuter and Regional Rail Services of the UIC.
- ALAMYS Steering Committee
He is a member of the following permanent working groups:
- Observatory of Civic Behaviour in Rail Transport, which coordinates, with representation from all operators of railway and tram systems in Spain.
- Working Group of Experts on Railway Operations, coordinated with the collaboration of the Spanish Railways Foundation
- ATUC Accessibility Working Group
- MoU UITP-International Trade Federation Coordination Group
Teaching:
- Lecturer of the "General Land Transport Course" of the Spanish Railways Foundation, in the module "Operation of regional lines"
- Coordinating lecturer of the subject "Technical Exploitation of Railway Infrastructures" of the "Master in Railway Systems and Electric Traction" of the UPC
- Lecturer of the "Master of Planning and Management of Mobility" of the UPC
- Lecturer of Commuter and Regional train services Training at UIC
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Monica Rossini is market research analyst at Trenitalia. During the last six years, she has worked at the Strategy Department, in the market research and customer satisfaction area. Her responsibilities consist of collecting and analysing data and information with the goal of incorporating customer needs and experience into Trenitalia’s strategy. Her background is in economics and management, she graduated at Roma Tre University in Rome. |
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Senior Legal Advisor, CIT After studies in law at the University of Mainz (Germany) and Genoa (Italy) Nina Scherf specialised in “International Private and Procedural Law” and “International Public Law” before passing her first and second German State examination in law. In addition, she completed a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) in “Negotiating and designing contracts“. Ms. Scherf worked at Deutsche Bahn in Frankfurt am Main before joining the CIT in the end of 2014 where she works as Senior Legal Adviser, leading passenger and infrastructure sections.|
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London-based since 2016, Ernesto acts as Managing Director of Trenitalia UK Ltd. He has led operations for the company’s entry into the UK rail market when it acquired Essex train operator c2c in February 2017. In partnership with First Group, Ernesto has led on the winning tender for West Coast Partnership awarded in August 2019 and since December 2019, he sits in the Board of the Joint Venture which manages the Avanti West Coast services connecting London with towns and cities across England, North Wales and Scotland. Since 2021 he serves as UK Country Manager for Ferrovie dello Stato, owning group of Trenitalia. Ernesto has worked for Ferrovie dello Stato Group since 2001 covering a several different roles. Before leading Trenitalia’s UK branch, he has spent five years as Trenitalia Chief Strategy Officer. In his career he developed skills in middle/long-term planning, investment evaluation, M&A projects, PSO contracts, market analysis, strategic marketing, digital strategies and sustainability Recently he also acted as International Business Director of Trenitalia, supporting the launch of high speed services in France and Spain, with core responsibility for integration process of European subsidiaries, covering for multi-markets: France, Germany, Greece, Spain and UK. Before joining FS Group, Ernesto has worked for ENI, Italian leading energy company, for 10 years, where he has been involved in planning, investment and strategy activities included IPO process. Ernesto was born in 1963, and graduated in Statistics and Economics at Unversity of Rome, and holds an MBA.|
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Present:
- Commercial Director for Passenger Transportation at HELLENIC TRAIN S.A. In railways sector since 2004.
- PSO Contract Manager for Hellenic Train, PSO Committee member
- Chairman of SERG (UIC South-East Europe Railway Group for passengers)
- Member of the Steering Committee at UIC Passenger Services Group (PSG)
- Member of the UIC Task Force for Covid-19 and other Groups of UIC
- Member of CIT, FTE RU Ambassador Passenger Transportation
Previous experience:
- Superintendent Engineer and Director of Quality and Safety Management Systems in the International Maritime and Shipping
- Plant Director at Food Industry and Logistics
- Freelancer as Mechanical and Marine Engineer
- Software development
Studies:
- Diploma (MEng) Naval Architect, Marine - Mechanical Engineer
- MBA (HR & Economics)
- MSc in Applied Economics and Finance|
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Rui XUE, a distinguished researcher at the China Academy of Railway Sciences (CARS). Rui has an impressive track record in the realm of technology, particularly within the domains of artificial intelligence. Her work extends to the application of these cutting-edge technologies in the railway sector. Her professional journey, spanning roles at the Big Data and AI Innovation Center and the Infrastructure Inspection Research Institute, underscores her expertise in digital applications and algorithms within the railway industry. |
Registration
- Registration fee is 700 Euros (500 euros for UIC Members)
- Fee includes all training sessions, full working documents, lunches and a social dinner.
- Fee does not include Hotel accommodation and dinners