IRS7 - International Railway Summit

IRS7 Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof, Frankfurt, Germany

The 7th International Railway Summit was held in Frankfurt, Germany, a city and a nation at the forefront of Europe’s transportation projects, and vital to its economic and political future.

What is International Railway Summit?

International Railway Summit is a meeting of the world’s key rail sector buyers and carefully selected technical experts.

Buyers’ project requirements are matched with experts’ solutions, which leads to 30-minute one-to-one consultation meetings during the International Railway Summit.

In addition, delegates also attend a conference programme given by key industry leaders and experts and network with industry colleagues and potential business partners over lunches, dinners and a site visit.

Why should I attend?

Listen to thought leaders debate pressing issues

Have guaranteed one-to-one meetings based on business matchmaking

Save time and meet up to 15 buyers over two days

Know buyers’ project requirements ahead of the meeting

Make friends over coffee, lunches and dinners

On the Agenda

Welcome Speech

Stefan Stroh

Chief Digital Officer

Deutsche Bahn

What is the endgame of digitalisation?

Elisabeth Werner

Director of Land Transport, DG Move

European Commission (EC)

What is the Endgame of Digitalisation?

Dr Tobias Miethaner

Director General Digital Society

Ministry of Transport & Digital Infrastructure, Germany

Power in the customer's hands - How can digital remove barriers to cross-border travel?

Jean-Pierre Loubinoux

Director General

International Union of Railways (UIC)

Power in the customer's hands - How can digital remove barriers to cross-border travel?

Bas Leermakers

Interim Secretary General

Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail, OTIF

What is the role of transport in the Smart City?

Jacob Bangsgaard

CEO

ERTICO

Better Data for Better Outcomes: How can operators keep on top of the data flood and maximise its potential?

Carlo Borghini

Executive Director

Shift2Rail

5G and FRMCS: The post-GSM-R Strategy for Railways

Dan Mandoc

Professional Head - Telecoms

Network Rail

The future of digital rail investment

Matt Bull

Head of Business & Financial Modelling

Steer Group

Recreating reality: The future is now

Matthias Patz

VP Innovation & Ventures and Head of Skydeck ThinkTank

DB Systel GmbH

Conference Chair

Francis Bedel

Chief Digital Officer

International Union of Railways (UIC)

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What our participants say about the conference programme

Through its well-balanced agenda, presentations from keynote speakers, which I was happy to take part in, the panel discussions and the bilateral contacts...certainly a particularly interesting event.

Jean-Pierre Loubinoux Director General International Union of Railways (UIC)

We found the event very well organized and attended. The level of decision makers was good, and therefore the quality of meetings was superb; we will definitely be back!

David McGorman Digital Director at Unipart Rail and MD of Instrumentel Unipart Rail

IRS7 buyers included

Roland Bosch

CEO

DB Cargo AG

Andreas Redling

Managing Director

Rail Cargo Group

Siegfried Bocionek

VP Products & Engineering TCMS Rolling Stock Equipment

Bombardier Transportation

Ankala Saibaba

Chief Engineer

Indian Railways

Jaap Bierman

Managing Director

HTM Personenvervoer N.V

Mogens Hagelskaer

CEO

Odense Letbane P/S.

Thomas Baake

CEO

ERL Maintenance Support Sdn Bhd

Olivier Waeber

Project Manager Innovation and Technology Initiatives

Swiss Federal Railways

Gary Franklin

Managing Director

Belmond Trains & Cruises

Maurizio Capotorto

Director of Foreign Subsidiares Direction

Trenitalia

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What our participants say one-to-one meeting programme

The International Railway Summit, a good opportunity and place to refresh contacts, establish new ones and widen your view on railway transportation topics by sharing experience with experts from around the globe.

Ulf Meyer Head of Bid Managemnent International Markets DB Engineering & Consultancy GmbH

The perfect platform to meet the ‘railway family’. Well-organized conferences and meetings, and the attractive supporting program, offer easy access to constructive dialogues. We are looking forward to the next summit.

Elke Frommann Head of Sales, Rail Systems PSI Transcom

An interesting mix of practitioners and solution providers , experiences from railway systems at different and diverse geographies and opportunities to structure one-on-one meetings made the event worth attending.

Mayank Tewari Executive Director, Mechanical Engineering (Development) Ministry of Railways

The summit I attended was a great success for our company. Good balance between attending buyers and sellers. Perfect location, good speakers and nice framework programme. Excellent opportunity for presenting our products and networking.

Johannes Hainbucher International Sales Manager Linsinger

IRS7 Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof, Frankfurt, Germany

IRS7 : How do we achieve an efficient railway system in the digital era?

20-22 February 2019 Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof, Frankfurt, Germany

What is International Railway Summit?

Why should I attend?

Listen to thought leaders debate pressing issues

Have guaranteed one-to-one meetings based on business matchmaking

Save time and meet up to 15 buyers over two days

Know buyers’ project requirements ahead of the meeting

Make friends over coffee, lunches and dinners

On the Agenda

Stefan Stroh

Elisabeth Werner

Dr Tobias Miethaner

Jean-Pierre Loubinoux

Bas Leermakers

Jacob Bangsgaard

Carlo Borghini

Dan Mandoc

Matt Bull

Matthias Patz

Francis Bedel

What our participants say about the conference programme

IRS7 buyers included

Roland Bosch

Andreas Redling

Siegfried Bocionek

Ankala Saibaba

Jaap Bierman

Mogens Hagelskaer

Thomas Baake

Olivier Waeber

Gary Franklin

Maurizio Capotorto

What our participants say one-to-one meeting programme

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