Early Confirmed 2019 Speakers Include:

Between 1996 and 2011 Stephane worked at Siemens as a systems engineer before joining SNCF as a project manager. Currently focusing on interlocking and train control

Duilio Fatti is Head of Knowledge Management and Interfaces in Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) International department since its constitution in 2016. Formerly he was SVC Rolling Stock in Egyptian National Railways and Supply Chain Director in Trenitalia. Duilio has been working with FS since...

Andy joined British Rail in 1984 and has spent his subsequent career in the development, implementation and operation of high technology command, control and signalling systems in the UK, Asia and Australia. He led Ansaldo STS through the delivery of the Cambrian ETCS Level 2 Early Deployment...

Tim B. Keith serves as President of Texas Central Partners (TCP), a private, Texas-based company that is developing a high-speed passenger railway that will connect Dallas and Houston. As a seasoned executive and investor with nearly 25 years of financial and operational experience in large real...

On January, 16, 2018, the Board of Directors selected Brian P. Kelly as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the California High-Speed Rail Authority.  He comes to the Authority with a wealth of experience in transportation.  Kelly served as the first secretary of the new California State...

Petr Kolář works at the Strategy Department at the state organization Správa železniční dopravní cesty (Railway Infrastructure Administration) in Czech Republic. His work is focused on the use of new technologies for railways, on the development of ERTMS (GSM-R, ETCS) and he is involved in the...

Bertrand MINARY is Chief Innovation & Digital Officer at Fret SNCF, which is the first railway freight company in France. With its important experience in logistics and rail, he is in charge of reinventing rail freight services and optimising techniques, using a lean startup and agile...

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Leanne Redden was appointed executive director of the RTA in October, 2014. In her role as executive director, Redden heads the unit of local government charged with regional financial oversight, funding, and transit planning for the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra and Pace Bus and ADA...

Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Management BoardKaspars Rokens is an experienced manager in power distribution and generation, retail, building automation and industrial applications’ business. Since 1994 he has served in multinational technical trading companies as sales teams’ and...

Yves Zischek is Program Manager of SmartRail 4.0 for the digitalization of train services in Switzerland. He has been working at SBB (Swiss Railway Services) since 2013, formerly as Head of Telecommunication in the Infrastructure Department. Yves holds a master's degree in Business...