IRS12 Rome, Italy
Wednesday, 22 February
Agenda
Innovation powering sustainable growth through challenging times
At the 12th International Railway Summit (IRS12), world-class speakers from the global rail sector and beyond debated sustainable growth.
The conference agenda tackled the technologies, policies and collaborative work that can transform mobility and help rail thrive, even in the midst of energy shortages, political crises and economic downturns.
High-level plenaries, breakouts, workshops and technical reviews were organised under two streams: ‘Digital Railway’ and ‘Mobility 2030’.
All timings in the agenda below are in CET.
8:00 am
9:00 am
9:20 am
9:40 am
9:50 am
11:00 am
11:30 am
1:00 pm
1:30 pm
2:30 pm
2:45 pm
3:00 pm
4:00 pm
4:30 pm
4:45 pm
5:30 pm
5:45 pm
7:00 pm
7:15 pm
7:30 pm
Registration
8:00 am - 9:00 am (60 min)
Introduction
9:00 am - 9:20 am (20 min)
The summit chairman and moderators preview the 2 days of the IRS12 conference
Simon Fletcher
Former Director Europe
International Union of Railways (UIC)
Paolo Guglielminetti
Partner PwC Italy, Global Railways & Roads Leader
PwC
Raimondo Orsini
Director
Sustainable Development Foundation
Special Keynote – Investing in the future: rail at the heart of sustainable mobility
9:20 am - 9:40 am (20 min)
Matteo Salvini
Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Infrastructure and Transport
Republic of Italy
Keynote – Making rail the backbone of seamless door-to-door transport
9:40 am - 9:50 am (10 min)
How all transport modes can collaborate to create a truly sustainable, multimodal mobility system
Luigi Ferraris
CEO
FS Italiane
Mobility 2030: how can we work together to enable seamless door-to-door transport?
9:50 am - 11:00 am (70 min)
Leading figures will debate how transport modes can collaborate to create a sustainable, integrated and seamless mobility system that meets passengers' and freight customers' needs for A-B and beyond. As the most sustainable form of mass transport how can rail help in difficult times and lead the way to an exciting future? In this session the audience will learn of new ideas and strategies for innovative connectivity.
François Davenne
Director General
International Union of Railways (UIC)
Eva Kreienkamp
CEO
Berlin Transport Company (BVG)
Clemens Först
CEO
Rail Cargo Group
Vincent Etchebehere
VP Sustainability and New Mobilities
Air France
Marc Billiet
Senior Advisor EU Goods Transport
International Road Transport Union
Simon Fletcher
Former Director Europe
International Union of Railways (UIC)
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am (30 min)
Disruptive technology – is transformative change for rail going fast enough?
11:30 am - 1:00 pm (90 min)
As other modes of transport innovate, is rail transforming quickly enough to meet passenger and customer needs? How can rail maintain its advantage as the most sustainable mode of mass transport and increase usage? This session will look at new technologies including Digital Automatic Coupling, AI and low- and zero-carbon forms of energy. Senior figures will also debate the barriers to change and how they can be overcome.
Luigi Corradi
CEO
Trenitalia
Keir Fitch
Head of Unit for Rail Safety and Interoperability, DG MOVE
European Commission (EC)
Luca D'Aquila
COO
Hitachi Rail
Jean-Marc Nizet
Vice President, Mainline Signalling Platform
Alstom
Paolo Pagliero
Vice President of Transit Engineering
Wabtec
Libor Lochman
DAC CSEE Ambassador
DACcelerate
Paolo Guglielminetti
Partner PwC Italy, Global Railways & Roads Leader
PwC
What is the role of the railway community in a humanitarian crisis and reconstruction?
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm (30 min)
Oleksandr Pertsovskyi
CEO
Ukrainian Railways Passenger Company
Sabine Stock
Executive Board Member
ÖBB-Personenverkehr
Simon Fletcher
Former Director Europe
International Union of Railways
Networking Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm (60 min)
AI-powered capacity and traffic management system
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm (15 min)
Digital Railway
Technical review by InstaDeep
Waqaas Rehman
Business Development Lead
InstaDeep
East Japan Railway Company’s initiatives leading to the realisation of a decarbonised society
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm (15 min)
Mobility 2030
Tomoki Kuboshima
Assistant Manager Corporate Planning Department
East Japan Railway Company (JR East)
Energy storage systems and hydrogen solutions for tracks and trains
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm (15 min)
Mobility 2030
Krzysztof Dresler
Hydrogen Project Director
Impact Clean Power Technology (ICPT)
Forget ChatGPT, meet RailGPT: using AI to deliver rail projects on time and on budget
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm (15 min)
Digital Railway
Stephen McCartney
Account Director Rail & Transportation
nPlan
Potential of new transport corridors in North-East Europe
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm (60 min)
Mobility 2030
In this session we will hear about the many exciting transport developments in North-East Europe, including the Rail Baltica megaproject, and their place within a wider European network. How could these projects change more than just transport, but also improve other infrastructure (communications, energy etc.), power growth, and increase solidarity in troubled times?
Oleksandr Pertsovskyi
CEO
Ukrainian Railways Passenger Company
Weronika Karbowiak
Deputy Director Strategy Department
PKP PLK
Aleksander Wołowiec
Railway Stakeholders Deputy Director in Railway Subprogramme Strategy & Planning, Design & Engineering Department
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK)
Girts Bramans
Head of Strategic Stakeholders & Communication
Rail Baltica
Simon Fletcher
Former Director Europe
International Union of Railways (UIC)
To what extent should digital transformation go beyond technology?
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm (60 min)
Digital Railway
Digital transformation is about more than technology – it might require a significant shift in corporate culture that affects a variety of departments, and a willingness to risk new ways of working. This session will hear from leaders in digital technology and the operators and infrastructure owners who have to keep services running safely as digital transformation takes place.
Alessandro Mascis
VP Digital and Electronics
Wabtec
Bruno Mario Lochbrunner
Innovation Manager
Swiss Federal Railways (SBB)
Benjamin Göbelshagen
Co-Head of Mobility & Infrastructure
goetzpartners
Paolo Guglielminetti
Partner PwC Italy, Global Railways & Roads Leader
PwC
Coffee Break
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm (30 min)
Smart station navigation for rail passengers
4:30 pm - 4:45 pm (15 min)
Mobility 2030
Evelyn Tichenor
VP Sales and Partnerships
GoodMaps
Edge connectivity & edge computing as a service for trains
4:30 pm - 4:45 pm (15 min)
Digital Railway
Alexander Szlezak
CEO
Unwired Networks GmbH
Easy travel for all – creating an inclusive passenger experience
4:45 pm - 5:30 pm (45 min)
Mobility 2030
Travel should be open to everyone regardless of any disabilities or other challenges they face. This session will look at the technologies and strategies transport can use to make travelling by rail, and negotiating multimodal connections, as easy as possible.
Eva Kreienkamp
CEO
Berlin Transport Company (BVG)
Vanessa Pérez Miranda
Senior Advisor Passenger Department
International Union of Railways (UIC)
Eugenio Patanè
Deputy Mayor for Mobility
City of Rome
Evelyn Tichenor
VP Sales and Partnerships
GoodMaps
Raimondo Orsini
Director
Sustainable Development Foundation
Is rail cybersecurity the need of the hour?
4:45 pm - 5:30 pm (45 min)
Digital Railway
Jorge Aldegunde Piñeiro
Railway Global Technical Manager
DNV
Carla Trevino
Solution Architect of Connected Transport
Irdeto
Stefan Deutscher
Partner and Director for Cybersecurity and IT Infrastructure
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Day 1 Closing Panel
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm (15 min)
Mobility 2030
Libor Lochman
DAC CSEE Ambassador
DACcelerate
Simon Fletcher
Former Director Europe
International Union of Railways (UIC)
Day 1 Closing Panel
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm (15 min)
Digital Railway
Marco Caposciutti
Technical Director
Trenitalia
Carla Trevino
Solution Architect Connected Transport
Irdeto
Paolo Guglielminetti
Partner PwC Italy, Global Railways & Roads Leader
PwC
Free Time
5:45 pm - 7:15 pm (90 min)
Transfer to Offsite Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm (30 min)
Offsite Dinner
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm (150 min)
Fine-dining restaurant L’Archeologia in Rome will host the IRS12 Offsite Dinner. L’Archeologia was established in 1804 and presents traditional regional cuisine in new ways, made from fresh local produce. The site was an ancient post where Romans changed their horses and the restaurant’s wine cellar is housed within a 1st Century AD tomb.