Past Speakers

Enhanced cross-functional team performance and fostered strong professional and personal connections. Delivered compelling and motivation conferences to 100+ multinational audiences, trained 500+ professionals, and coached 100+ executives in multinational environments. Managed teams in...

Thomas Auner is a member of the management board for cn-mobility and has been fulfilling the role of CSO for the past five years. He is responsible for strategic decisions and innovative growth within our product range with a focus on establishing new markets. His passion for our customers has not...

Valentin Barreau has been working for SNCF for the past 4 years as head of the SNCF Train Localisation team and as expert in localisation and data fusion. Valentin studied at the National School of Civil Aviation (ENAC) and obtained an electrical engineering master degree with specialisation in...

Omar Benjumea is a seasoned expert in cybersecurity, specializing in the railway sector. With a career that began in IT in 2005 and a focus on cybersecurity since 2006, he has held prominent roles such as Chief Cybersecurity Officer at Siemens Mobility and Head of Product Cybersecurity Advisory at...

Jason is the Head of Environment and Sustainability at Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) which comprises of Southern Railway, Thameslink, Great Northern Railway and the Gatwick Express. Jason leads a team of dedicated individuals and is the strategic lead in directing GTR on environment and...

After studying spatial planning, Claudio Büchel specialised in public transport. He first worked as a consultant, then for various transport companies. Since this year, he is the head of the services department at Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal, which is responsible for bus and tram transport in the...

Marco Buller is a skilled expert in the field of autonomous vehicles in automotive and non-automotive domains, currently serving as Business Development Manager at dSPACE, where he focuses on data-driven development and autonomous driving solutions. With an excellent academic background at...

Francisco Cabrera is M. Sc. Civil Engineer by the Polytechnical University of Madrid. He started to work in the Spanish Infrastructure Manager in 2007, in several positions. In May 2023 he joints UIC as Deputy Head of Operations and Safety, managing projects and working groups with a holistic...

With a rich educational background in Engineering for Transportation Systems from Sapienza University of Rome and Delft University of Technology, I bring over 13 years of comprehensive experience in rail operations. My career began with Italo - Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori in the Operations...

Edouard is Deputy Head of the Standardization and Regulation unit and coordinates the normative activity for the Engineering Department of SNCF Réseau, the French railway infrastructure manager. With over 20 years of scientific and technical experience in R&D and digital transformation...

Marcello Corsi | Head of Rail Investment – Transport Investment, National Transport Authority  Marcello is a Chartered Engineer with responsibility for the leadership, management, oversight and delivery of major rail infrastructure projects and programmes within the NTA in Ireland, including...

They call me Mr Tram. For the past decade director of the Swedish Light Rail Association Spårvagnsstäderna, where I've been helping cities, regions and suppliers navigate the Nordic light rail maze.  Come talk to me about anything light rail, sustainability, urban systems or (if you're...

I'm a seasoned Project Leader with more than 25 years in the railway industry; I have managed multidisciplinary teams in significant railway design schemes, particularly Spain's High-Speed programme, Light Rail and Classic railway. I have worked on projects in Spain, the...

MEng. Civil Engineering (ICCP U. Politécnica Madrid), he started his career holding various positions in infrastructure construction and management. He participated in water sector projects, high-speed train infrastructure, and has about 20 years´experience in urban rail transit. Metro de Málaga...

Head of the Digital Manufacturing Program Head of the Technical Policy and Innovation team for Signaling Pascal De Guio, MSc, has a 18 years experience in railway exploitation and infrastructure. In 2006 he joined SNCF and lead different teams and projects regarding exploitation and main...

David Delgado Vendrell is the Technical Coordinator of buildingSMART Spain. Architect and Consultant at DDV Solutions. He collaborates as a teacher in several BIM educational programmes at national and international level. He participates in the Commission ‘Construïm el Futur’ in...

María Domínguez es la CEO de Equimodal, una empresa especializada en el diseño, fabricación, test y homologación de soluciones contenerizadas. Bajo su liderazgo, la compañía se ha consolidado como un referente en el sector de la ingeniería y la sostenibilidad, destacándose por su enfoque innovador...

Mr. Escoda has 25 years of professional experience with an emphasis on planning, design, operations, and maintenance of railway public systems. Since October 2008, he is serving as CEO for the concessionaire of the Madrid west light rail transport (LRT) project. He was formerly the...

More than 15 years in the Railway sector, in the area of Marketing and Comunication. Involved in the Zaragoza Tram project from its beggining.

Pedro Farinha Pereira has a background in electrical engineering and a master's degree in management and an MBA. He has worked for the Lisbon Metro for 35 years, having had various responsibilities in terms of maintenance, operation and new projects. He is currently responsible for innovation...

I am the Inspector in charge of the Drone Safety Team with British Transport Police, focused on public safety and security through the effective use of drone technology.

Experienced business leader in the Transportation Consultancy sector. Building teams and developing strategy to deliver year on year growth. Chartered train control engineer with nineteen years of project delivery and consultancy experience across all project lifecycle stages, including leading the ...

Dr. Gregor Fleischmann joined ÖBB in 2007 and has been responsible for the knowledge networking of all BIM projects at ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG since 2019. His role also includes the exchange of BIM experience throughout Austria and within the European context. He has been working on digitization in...

Tim is a Railway Maintenance professional specialising in the deployment of innovative technology and processes to improve asset reliability and efficiency. Prior to joining KONUX Tim dedicated 21 years to Network Rail with leading roles in data management, planning, and leading complex...

Raquel Frisa is the Head of Product Management at Teltronic.  She is responsible for shaping the strategy and managing the product portfolio provided by Teltronic for a variety of customers worldwide including rail system integrators and manufacturers.   She envisages the adoption of the most...

David Gallati is project leader at public transportation services of Zurich (VBZ) focussing on the future network development. After studying economical geography at University of Zurich, David Gallati specialised in data analysis. He first worked in academic research, later for public...

María José García is Project Officer in the ERTMS Unit at European Union Agency for Railways (ERA). She is currently working on FRMCS and Train Positioning topics at the Unit and also collaborating in Vehicle Authorisation and Trackside Approval activities.María José García has been working in the...

At the European Research Executive Agency (REA), he serves as Head of Sector for Project Management. Prior to this role, he worked as a Project Officer at the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA), overseeing the implementation of EU Regulation 1305/2014 for rail freight transport. Earlier, he...

Previously resposnible for defining and leading the workflow for project teams spanning16 EU member states with a team of 26 specialists collaboratively focused on the CER Directive, NIS 2 Directive and Risk Management/Business Continuity/Cyber resilience capabilities. Skilled and highly competent...

As Founder & Chair of The Rail Innovation Group, I oversee initiatives such as the Recognised Innovation Scheme and regular knowledge-sharing Meet Ups. I have built robust stakeholder networks across the rail and tech sectors to foster partnerships and help traditional organisations attract...

Manuel Herrmann is a project manager and a specialist in Public Affairs and Communication. He is the founder of Sentido, a consulting agency with a strong focus on transport, rail freight, and environmental policy. Manuel has several years of experience at SBB Cargo, where he focused on the...

I work at East Japan Railway company(JR-East) as a seconded from West Japan Railway company(JR-West). Recent 5 years, I was in charge of cutting back cost regarding with station. And now I'm mainly in charge of researching "Modal shift policy in Europe" and "Inbound...

Karina Jacobsen is a senior mechanical engineer working for the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, a research center under the U.S. Department of Transportation.   With over 20 years of experience in the field of train crashworthiness, her roles include conducting accident...

Dr. Florian Kappler is the Head of ERTMS at BLS AG, the second largest integrated Rail and Infrastructure Operator in Switzerland. Previously, he has led the "smartrail4.0" Program of BLS and held various leadership positions at BLS and SBB. He holds a Master's degree and a PhD in...

https://www.linkedin.com/in/j%C3%A9r%C3%B4me-kazmierczak-50bb18/ 52 years old. Jérôme joined the SNCF Group in January 1997. He held several technical and operational positions in the field of railway infrastructure maintenance. He continued his professional career in Human Resources as a Career...

Dr. Günther Koller is a distinguished expert in civil engineering, specializing in innovative solutions for the railway industry. He earned his PhD in Civil Engineering from the prestigious Technical University of Vienna in 1994. His early career saw him leading major infrastructure...

Paul Kootwijk is program manager at the ProRail DataLab for the last 6 years and has a large experience in railway. As a program manager, Paul and his team are working on several projects in which (IoT) sensors are used for the condition monitoring of ProRail assets or in the logistics...

Paige leads initiatives for high-speed rail projects in the United States and Canada. She is skilled in strategizing effective communications to build support of projects and addressing reputational challenges. Paige is currently working with International Union of Railways (UIC) on researching the ...

Juan A. March is Industrial Engineer by Valladolid University (UVA) and has a General Management Program (PDG) by IESE and a Senior Program Manager (SMP) by IE. He has more than 24 years of experience in executive positions in the field of Intelligent Transport Systems. He joined Indra in 2017...

Emanuele Mastrodonato is a Chartered Electronic Engineer and a PhD candidate in Business Economics, after having served as Officer Engineer for the Italian Military Navy, he has been working for the railways since 2002: at the Italian Infrastructure Manager RFI (www.rfi.it) as Lead Project Manager; ...

Dr.-Ing. Michael Meyer zu Hörste holds a PHD in mechanical engineering from the technical University of Braunschweig. He has joined DLR Institute of Transportation Systems in 2001 bringing already 6 years of railway research experience with him. He is expert in railway operations, command, control...

More than 15 years of EU Funds management experiencie Deputy Director of Eu Funds at Spanish Rail Infrastructure Manager From Dic 2020 Area Manager of Eu Funds at Spanish Rail Infrastructure Manager From Dic 2015 to Dic 2020 Financial Head Manager of Eu Funds at Spanish Rail Infrastructure...

As the Engineering Project Director at Metrotenerife, he has managed and elaborated more than 20 planning and engineering studies, within the urban rail transportation: feasibility studies, detailed design, master plans, etc. He has also acted as a Works Director in all the infrastructure works...

Business Development – Rail Sector Head Isidro Prieto is Industrial engineer and Master in Marketing and Commercial Management. He has spent most of his professional career at GMV-ITS within the Business Development department where he currently holds the position of head of the rail sector.

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With over 25 years railway experience both in the UK and abroad, Phil has spent the majority of his rail career in passenger rail operations in the UK serving both London commuter & long distance train operating companies in the UK. Inbetween this time Phil also spent two years on the Taiwan...

Natalie Rodriguez Faria is the head of Innovation at the Hamburger Hochbahn AG, the second largest public transport operator in Germany. From 2018 until 2021 she was the lead project manager of automated driving, Bus-Segment, particularly for the HEAT-Project (Hamburg Electric Autonomous...

PATRICIA RULLÁN DE LA MATAHEAD OF THE SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION DIVISION & ESIA EXPERTPatricia Rullán is a Senior Specialist in ESIA and PPP with more than 22 years of experience in the environmental and climate change sector. Previously serving as the Environmental Manager...

Sven SCHIRMER has been working in various management positions in the logistics, defense, mechanical engineering and railway sectors in Europe since 1996, including in the areas of purchasing, supply chain management and contract management.His particular expertise lies in the management of...

Melissa Shurland is a Program Manager in the Office of Research Development & Technology at the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).  Melissa is a team member within the Rolling Stock Research Division, and she manages the Rail Energy, Environment & Engine Technology Research Program...

Marc Silverwood is the Digital Trains Programme Lead at Northern Trains Limited with over 25 years of experience in the railway industry and across multiple disciplines. Marc currently manages the design and fitment of complex digital systems to Northern’s Rolling Stock and is an advocate for...

Program manager Monitoring, Infra Condition, Maintenance and Performance at ProRail https://www.linkedin.com/in/rvdv21/ 

Stéphane Vergnault works as Industry Solution Sales for transportation segments within Nokia Network Infrastructure focusing on mainlines, urban railways and highways enterprises customers. Being intrigued by the opportunities of connected technologies and network infrastructure digital...

CEO & General Management at Grupo Técnico RIVI S.L. (2017 - currently) Key Account & Area Manager at Grupo Técnico RIVI S.L. (2008 - 2017) Application Engineer at Grupo Técnico RIVI S.L. (2001- 2008) I.T professor at Edicurs S.L (1999 - 2001) Managing Director at Alfacom S.C (1997 -...

Heikki Viika Programme Director, City Transport Ltd, Helsinki   Heikki Viika is an industry professional with 30+ years rail project business experience. Heikki began his rail career in product development, focusing on control and communication systems for railways. Over the next few years, he ...

Safiya Yu is a dedicated Senior Engineer in the Railways Branch of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) for the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. With a career at EMSD that began in 2007, Safiya has developed robust expertise in electronics and...