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
CEO
Asistobe AS
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
Passenger Director – Coordinator for the Middle East Region
International Union of Railways (UIC)
Projects Technical Coordinator
SYSTRA
Director
SYSTRA
AI and Innovation Development Director
Alstom
CTO
Kodifly Limited
Global Head of Innovation and Trend Research
DHL
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 14:20
Keynote Speech
Chief Technical Officer
Global Centre of Rail Excellence
14:20 15:40
Mohamed Habib Mazouni, AI and Innovation Development Director, Alstom
Alfredo Rodríguez, Smart Products Manager, INECO
Victor Maritnez, Head of Rail Digital Solutions, SKF Railway
Muhammad Anwel, CTO, Kodifly Limited
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
15:40 17:00
Sandro Benetti, Director, SYSTRA
Dr. Melody Khadem Sameni. Dr. Associate Professor in Rail System Engineering and Integration, Birmingham University Dubai Campus
Daria Collard, Projects Technical Coordinator, SYSTRA
Speakers
Associate Professor of Railway Transportation Engineering
University of Birmingham
Director
SYSTRA
Projects Technical Coordinator
SYSTRA
17:00 17:40
Bertrand Minary, Passenger Director – Coordinator for the Middle East Region, International Union of Railways (UIC)
Gaurish Wagle, Manager, Sustainable Masterplanning, Masdar City
SPEAKERS
Passenger Director – Coordinator for the Middle East Region
International Union of Railways (UIC)
Manager, Sustainable Masterplanning
Masdar City
10:00 11:00
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
SPEAKERS
Global Rail Business Leader
Arup
Senior Manager
Global Rail Group GRG GmbH
Head of Innovation, EMEA
Parsons
11:00 12:20
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
SPEAKERS
Head of Innovation, EMEA
Parsons
Associate – Architecture
AECOM
12:20 14:00
SPEAKERS
Global Head of Innovation and Trend Research
DHL
13:00 14:00
14:00 15:20
Michael Houen, Director, Hatch Pty Ltd
Alaa Mahjoub, Independent Digital Business Advisor
Johan C. Haveland, CEO, Asistobe AS
Severine Marchal, Director, SYSTRA
SPEAKERS
Director
Hatch Pty Ltd
Independent Digital Business Advisor
CEO
Asistobe AS
Director
SYSTRA
15:20 16:00
Murali Varadarajan, Chief Strategy Officer, L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd
Rene Bambor, Business Unit Manager Rail Services, TÜV SÜD
SPEAKERS
Business Unit Manager Rail Services
TÜV SÜD
16:00 16:40
Bertrand Minary, Passenger Director – Coordinator for Middle East Region, UIC
Murali Varadarajan, Chief Strategy Officer, L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd
SPEAKERS
Passenger Director – Coordinator for the Middle East Region
International Union of Railways (UIC)
10:00 11:20
Michael Dutton, Senior Tunneling Engineer, Arup
Amar Shah, Director, 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
11:20 13:20
Diego Politano, CEO, Haslerrail
Lars Loewenstein, Senior Vice President, Siemens Mobility GmbH
Jens Lind, Head of Locomotive – International, Siemens Mobility GmbH
Ryan Janzen, Co-Founder, Transpod Inc.
SPEAKERS
CEO
Haslerrail
Senior Vice President
Siemens Mobility GmbH
Head of Locomotive – International
Siemens Mobility GmbH
12:20 13:20
13:20 14:20
Kenneth Wiseman, Associate Director, 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
14:20 15:40
Sylvain Laporte, Director of Railway Engineering Group, Hatch
Beat Stettler, CEO, Onway ag
Colin Johnson, Managing Director, DGauge TUV Rhienland
Ahmet Algin, System Engineering Director, SAVRONIK
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
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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