Under the Patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court
Supported by His Highness Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Etihad Rail
Chief Technical Officer
Global Centre of Rail Excellence
CEO
Onway ag
OCS Design Expert - Larsen & Toubro Limited
Larsen and Toubro
Head of Partnership and Academic Innovation
SYSTRA SA
Head of Locomotive – International
Siemens Mobility GmbH
Senior Vice President
Siemens Mobility GmbH
CEO
Haslerrail
Track Expert
Larsen and Toubro
Director
Asia Corporate Training Ltd
Business Unit Manager Rail Services
TÜV SÜD
Director
SYSTRA
Independent Digital Business Advisor
Director
Hatch Pty Ltd
Associate – Architecture
AECOM
Head of Innovation, EMEA
Parsons
Senior Manager
Global Rail Group GRG GmbH
Global Rail Business Leader
Arup
Manager, Sustainable Masterplanning
Masdar City
Projects Technical Coordinator
SYSTRA
Director
SYSTRA
AI and Innovation Development Director
Alstom
CTO
Kodifly Limited
Global Head of Innovation and Trend Research
DHL
Director of Consultancy, Enviroment and IT
INECO
Chief Strategy Officer
L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd
Co – Founder
Transpod Inc
Consultant
MG Consult
Vice President and Global Market Director, Transport Planning
Jacobs
Senior HSEW Director Middle East
Jacobs
Technical Principal – Rail
Surbana Jurong
Vice President – Customer Management -Middle East & eastern Africa
Voestalpine Railway Systems GmbH
Managing Partner and Facilitator
Asia Corporate Training Ltd
HSE Director
Jacobs
Head of Sales and Business Development
Siemens Mobility UAE
Chief Business & Capital Programmes Officer
Nevomo
Project Manager & Advisor, High-Speed Rail | Passenger Department
International Union of Railways (UIC)
CEO
Hexagon | NEXTSENSE
Co-Founder and Board Member
IronLev
Head of Consulting
Asistobe
Senior Researcher
Technology Innovation Institute
Senior Account Director
Siemens Mobility GmBH
Sustainability Consultant
Arup
Associate Director
Arup
The Global Rail Technical Conference will showcase cutting edge R&D from technology pioneers, research institutes, consortiums, industry and academia, with the potential to disrupt rail operations, maintenance, passenger experience, and project delivery, and unlock value for multiple stakeholders across the rail, transport and mobility value chains.
Global Rail 2024 will unite policymakers, network operators, transport authorities, financiers, technology pioneers, developers and OEMs, to discuss actionable strategies for realising rail’s transformative potential for communities, climate, and economies. The three-day Global Rail Strategic Conference will identify strategic pathways for unlocking value in the railway
project lifecycle, through global and cross-sector collaboration supported by regulation and policy mechanisms designed to accelerate innovation, scale new technologies, advance digital transformation and unlock rail’s potential as an enabler of economic growth, supply chain resilience and decarbonisation.
14:00 15:20
Mohamed Habib Mazouni, AI and Innovation Development Director, Alstom
Alberto Milanés, Director of Consultancy, Enviroment and IT, INECO
Victor Maritnez, Head of Rail Digital Solutions, SKF Railway
Speakers
Head of Rail Digital Solutions, SKF; Professor of Connected Industry 4.0, Madrid UC3M University
SKF; Madrid UC3M University
AI and Innovation Development Director
Alstom
CTO
Kodifly Limited
Director of Consultancy, Enviroment and IT
INECO
Chief Business & Capital Programmes Officer
Nevomo
Session Chair
Senior Researcher
Technology Innovation Institute
15:40 17:00
Meera Abu Soufah, Head of Sales and Business Development, Siemens Mobility UAE
Sandro Benetti, Director, SYSTRA
Marc Guigon, Consulant, MG Consult
Daria Collard, Projects Technical Coordinator, SYSTRA
Speakers
Director
SYSTRA
Projects Technical Coordinator
SYSTRA
Consultant
MG Consult
Head of Sales and Business Development
Siemens Mobility UAE
Session chair
Senior Vice President
Siemens Mobility GmbH
17:00 17:40
Michele Gesualdi, Project Manager & Advisor, High-Speed Rail, Passenger Department Intercity & High-Speed Committee, International Union of Railways (UIC)
Gaurish Wagle, Manager, Sustainable Masterplanning, Masdar City
Speakers
Manager, Sustainable Masterplanning
Masdar City
Project Manager & Advisor, High-Speed Rail | Passenger Department
International Union of Railways (UIC)
Session Chair
Senior Account Director
Siemens Mobility GmBH
10:00 11:20
TC Chew, Director, Arup Global Rail Business Leader, Arup
Andreas Oberhauser, Senior Manager, Global Rail Group GRG GmbH
Petros Zouzoulas, Head of Innovation, EMEA, Parsons
Hartwig Lankow, Vice President – Customer Management Middle East & Eastern Africa, Voestalpine Railway Systems
Speakers
Global Rail Business Leader
Arup
Senior Manager
Global Rail Group GRG GmbH
Head of Innovation, EMEA
Parsons
Vice President – Customer Management -Middle East & eastern Africa
Voestalpine Railway Systems GmbH
Session chair
Chief Strategy & Commercial Officer
Etihad Rail
11:20 13:00
Prabakaran Balasubramanian, Senior Researcher, Technology Innovation Institute (TII)
Petros Zouloulas, Head of Innovation EMEA, Parsons
Martin Yates, Government Technology Advisor, Presight
Mohamed Emad, Associate – Architecture, AECOM
Stephen Rutherford, Vice President and Global Market Director, Transport Planning, Jacobs
Speakers
Head of Innovation, EMEA
Parsons
Associate – Architecture
AECOM
Vice President and Global Market Director, Transport Planning
Jacobs
Government Technology Advisor
Presight
Session Chair
CEO
Haslerrail
13:00 14:00
14:00 14:40
Klaus Dohrmann, Global Head of Innovation and Trend Research, DHL
Nilesh Patil, Technical Principal – Track and Alignment, Surbana Jurong
Speakers
Global Head of Innovation and Trend Research
DHL
Technical Principal – Rail
Surbana Jurong
14:40 16:00
Michael Houen, Director, Hatch Pty Ltd
Alaa Mahjoub, Independent Digital Business Advisor
Jostein Hauken, Head of Consulting, Asistobe
Severine Marchal, Director, SYSTRA
Speakers
Director
Hatch Pty Ltd
Independent Digital Business Advisor
Director
SYSTRA
Session chair
Associate Director
Arup
16:00 17:00
Murali Varadarajan, Chief Strategy Officer, L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd
Rene Bambor, Business Unit Manager Rail Services, TÜV SÜD
Amanda Aldred, Senior HSEW Director, Middle East, Jacobs
Mark Carrington, HSE Director, Jacobs
Speakers
Business Unit Manager Rail Services
TÜV SÜD
Chief Strategy Officer
L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd
Senior HSEW Director Middle East
Jacobs
HSE Director
Jacobs
Session Chair
Sustainability Consultant
Arup
17:00 17:40
Michele Gesualdi Project Manager & Advisor, High-Speed Rail | Passenger Department Intercity & High-Speed Committee, Internationa Union of Railways (UIC)
Murali Varadarajan, Chief Strategy Officer, L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd
Speakers
Chief Strategy Officer
L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd
Session Chair
Consultant
MG Consult
10:00 11:20
Michael Dutton, Senior Tunneling Engineer, Arup
Amar Shah, Director, Asia Corporate Training Ltd
Philippe Degrange, Managing Partner and Facilitator, Asia Corporate Training Ltd
J S Kohli, Senior Manager, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
Tijo Kuriakose, Assistant General Manager, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
Akshay Wahal, Track Expert, Larsen and Toubro
Speakers
Director
Asia Corporate Training Ltd
Track Expert
Larsen and Toubro
Managing Partner and Facilitator
Asia Corporate Training Ltd
11:20 13:00
Diego Politano, CEO, Haslerrail
Lars Loewenstein, Senior Vice President, Siemens Mobility GmbH
Jens Lind, Head of Locomotive – International, Siemens Mobility GmbH
Renate Grabler-Gussmagg, CEO, Hexagon | NEXTSENSE
Ryan Janzen, Co-Founder, Transpod Inc.
Speakers
CEO
Haslerrail
Senior Vice President
Siemens Mobility GmbH
Head of Locomotive – International
Siemens Mobility GmbH
Co – Founder
Transpod Inc
CEO
Hexagon | NEXTSENSE
Session Chair
Head of Locomotive – International
Siemens Mobility GmbH
13:00 13:40
13:40 14:40
Kenneth Wiseman, Associate Director, Arup
David Jewkes, Sustainability Consultant, Arup
Etienne Pansart, Head of Partnership and Academic Innovation, SYSTRA SA
Pritish Chandra Mohapatra, OCS Design Expert - Larsen & Toubro Limited, Larsen and Toubro
Speakers
Head of Partnership and Academic Innovation
SYSTRA SA
OCS Design Expert - Larsen & Toubro Limited
Larsen and Toubro
Session Chair
Global Rail Business Leader
Arup
14:40 15:40
Sylvain Laporte, Regional Director – Rail, Hatch – Infrastructures
Beat Stettler, CEO, Onway ag
Colin Johnson, Managing Director, DGauge TUV Rhienland
Speakers
CEO
Onway ag
Session Chair
AI and Innovation Development Director
Alstom
15:40
Head of Research and Development
Etihad Rail
Head of Strategy
Network Rail
Executive Director (Rail/Public Transport)
National Transport Research Organisation (NTRO)
VP PMC & Rail Practice Lead, Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)
Parsons
Partner
Kearney
Business Development Manager, Transportation and Mobility
ASPIRE
Associate Professor of Railway Transportation Engineering
University of Birmingham
Head of Rail Digital Solutions, SKF; Professor of Connected Industry 4.0, Madrid UC3M University
SKF; Madrid UC3M University
Government Technology Advisor
Presight
Sustainable solutions for driving down project costs, reducing project timelines and increasing stakeholder collaboration, and cutting-edge innovations in rail track design and engineering, station design, tunneling and overhead lines, to advance electrification, reduce infrastructure costs, and increase network capacity.
The latest innovations in high-speed rail engineering, planning and design.
Harnessing the potential of 4IR technologies such as AI, IIoT and blockchain for operational efficiencies, predictive maintenance, intermodal connectivity and transparency across rail and transport value chains.
Passenger-centric solutions such as smart ticketing, 5G, MaaS and integrated mobility platforms to increase ridership across rail networks and the seamless integration of passenger rail with mobility ecosystems.
Technologies to increase supply chain transparency amongst intermodal operators to future proof supply chains globally.
Innovations to improve the sustainability, safety, life cycle and cost of rolling stock including, hydrogen fuel cell and battery powered locomotives.
Next generation solutions supported by AI, edge computing, IIoT and cloud applications for the secure operation of rail infrastructure and the real-time monitoring of passenger and employee safety.
Novel methods for integrating rail networks into smart city and sustainable urban environments.
Global Rail heralds a transformative era of multimodal, intermodal and smart mobility solutions, revolutionising the movement of people and goods worldwide.
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