STRATEGIC CONFERENCE SPEAKERS AND VISIONARIES
Minister of Energy and Infrastructure
United Arab Emirates
Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility
Spain
CEO
Etihad Rail
Chairman and CEO
Korea National Railway
Chairman & CEO
Renfe-Operadora
CEO
Siemens Mobility
CEO
Nurminen Logistics
Chairman
Rail Working Group
Group Chief Executive Officer, Non Independent Executive Director
SBS Transit
Chief Executive Officer
Global Centre of Rail Excellence
CEO
SYSTRA
Director – UAE Real Estate, UAE Investments Platform
Mubadala
Chief Executive Officer of the Rail Agency
Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)
Senior Vice President - UAE Industries
Mubadala
CEO
Hafeet Rail
Chief Transport Officer
BEEAH
General Manager and Project Director
Renfe KSA
Chief Technology Officer
Bayanat
CEO and Chairman
Ineco
Group CFO
Asyad
Chief Executive Officer
Presight
Chair
Arup
Chairman and Managing Director
RITES
Executive Vice President, Locomotive
Progress Rail
Chief Institutional Relations Officer
Técnicas Reunidas SA
Managing Director
DSV Air & Sea Abu Dhabi & COO, DSV Solutions, Abu Dhabi
Managing Director & Head of Project & Export Finance Middle East and Africa
Standard Chartered Bank
Chief International Officer, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
Executive Chairman, Mercitalia Logistics
President, IEC International
Co-Founder, InfraEconomy Group
CEO
Globalvia
CEO
MESEA, a subsidiary of VINCI Railways and SYSTRA
CEO
TRA Consulting
CEO
HyperloopTT
Chairman
Thelo Group
VP Commercial - Ports Cluster
AD Ports Group
CEO, Railtraction Company (Italy)
Member of the Board, Brenner Base Tunnel
Executive Director, Project Finance
Standard Chartered Bank
Group COO
Gulftainer
CEO, Middle East & South Asia
Egis
CEO
DHL Global Forwarding Middle East & Africa
CEO
Etihad Rail Mobility
CEO
Etihad Rail Freight
Chief Financial Officer
Etihad Rail
Head of Infrastructure, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Co-Head, Business Group
UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Co-Head of Global Origination
UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Head of Land-based Transportation
KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH
EVP Global Transit
AECOM
Senior Railway Specialist
World Bank
Senior Transport Economist (MENA)
World Bank
Professor in Rail Strategy
University of Birmingham
Global Deputy Director, Transport
Egis
VP PMC & Rail Practice Lead, Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)
Parsons
Operations Director – Transport
Serco
Global Director – Urban Solutions
Hatch
Director, Climate Services and Sustainability
Arup
Director of Mobility Consulting
DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH (DB E&C)
Head of Downtown Line (DTL)
SBS Transit
Senior Financial Advisor
Hafeet Rail
Chief Technical Officer
Global Centre of Rail Excellence
Partner, Dubai, UAE
Kearney, Worldwide Lead for the Kearney Center of Advanced Mobility
Senior Partner, MEA Mobility and Infrastructure Lead, Dubai, UAE,
Kearney
FINANCING
Unlocking value in the rail project lifecycle through innovative partnership and procurement models, green financing, operational efficiency, and business model innovation supported by digital transformation and green technologies.
INTERMODAL AND MULTIMODAL CONNECTIVITY
Increasing rail’s inter-modal share of passengers and freight, through collaboration and integration across transport modes and networks, to future-proof supply chains and drive economic growth.
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
Leveraging 5G communications technology to realise the transformative potential of AI, IoT and automation, for passenger experience, operational efficiency and business model innovation.
INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE
Increasing the ability of rail systems to withstand extreme weather and unforeseen events through collaboration between project stakeholders, supported by digital technologies and infrastructure innovation.
SMART MOBILITY
Harnessing the proliferation of transport data to drive interoperability and real-time collaboration across transport networks, for the seamless movement of people and goods.
THE SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITY
Capitalising on rail’s role in global decarbonisation agendas by positioning rail at the center of sustainable transport policies, to drive innovation and investment in electrification, alternative energy systems, and green technologies.
POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
Developing innovative policy and governance frameworks to keep pace with innovation, reduce barriers to entry, improve interoperability of new systems, and reduce time to market for disruptive technologies with the potential to unlock value for rail project stakeholders.
SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCY
Understanding the importance of railways for the development of robust trade corridors and the secure, sustainable and reliable movement of goods across the globe.
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