Programme

Day 1

The business approach for an efficient railway market

 

08:00 – 09:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:00 – 10:00 Opening Speeches

10:00 – 11:00 Official opening of the railway technology exhibition & tour

11:00 – 12:30 Panel 1: Policies and strategies for a high competitive and efficient railway transport sector
(application of the 4th Railway Package, bridging the gap – increasing cross-border rail connections, Shift2Rail – an essential tool for research and innovation, financing infrastructure projects)

 

12.30 – 14.00 Networking Lunch

14.00 – 15.30 Panel 2: Challenges and opportunities in the Single EU Rail Area
(meet passenger expectations with on-train digital services, rail freight – a sector in transition, future outlook for a railway system able to meet mobility challenges, unlocking the railway infrastructure projects and building the missing links, shaping the TEN-T Core Network – challenges and opportunities)

 

15.30 – 16.00 Networking Coffee Break

16.00 – 17.00 Railway PRO Investment Summit Day 1 Conclusions

 

19.30 Networking Dinner

 

 

Day 2

09:00 – 09:30 Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:30 – 11:00 Panel 1: Policies and strategies for a high competitive and efficient railway transport sector
(ERTMS – the viable solution for a seamless railway transport, the need of a harmonized and interoperable freight transport system to increase competitiveness, use of Internet of things – data collection, rolling stock acquisition, open access to freight terminals for a better logistics, creating a high capacity infrastructure, predictive maintenance, using the UAVs for rail infrastructure maintenance, use of new materials and state-of-the-art technologies in track construction)

 

11.00 – 11.30 Networking Coffee Break

11.30 – 13.00 Panel 2: Challenges and opportunities in the Single EU Rail Area
(planning and delivering metro and LRTs projects, reshaping the urban transport system, new solutions for boosting public transport attractiveness – opportunities in rail passenger transport development)

 

13.00 – 14.30 Networking Lunch

14.30 – 15.30 Railway PRO Investment Summit Day 1 & 2 Sum up and Conclusions