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The Future of European Rail & The Future of High-Speed Rail
15th Annual Conference: Europe’s leading strategic rail event
15th, 16th & 17th March 2010, Hotel Husa Princesa, Madrid
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Speakers include:
Luisa Cecilia Velardi
Director of Strategy, Trenitalia
Dr Jochen Rau
Business Development Director, Abellio
Giuseppe Sciarrone
Managing Director, NTV
Giuseppe Sciarrone
Managing Director, NTV
Biography
He has accumulated in his professional activity, noteworthy experience in the field of transportation, especially as regards the management of major transportation enterprises, the management of firms engaged in the design of transportation systems on a European level and the management of public structures for the planning of transportation.
From February 1971 until July 1991 in FIAT Group he was General Director of the Centre for the Study of Transportation Systems.
From August 1991 until July 1993 he was Coordinator of the Technical Office of the Inter-Ministerial Committee for the Economic Planning of Transport (CIPET).
From August 1993 until September 1998, in State Railway Authority he was Director of the Transportation Area and Director of the PASSENGER Strategic Business Sector.
He is a founding shareholder of the Rail Traction Company (RTC), established in February 2000, when he was Managing Director until June 2008.
He is a founding shareholder and the Managing Director of Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori S.p.A. (NTV), established in December 2006. NTV has received a railway-enterprise license from the Ministry of Transportation, together with authorisation to transport passengers on the Italian railway network. In 2011 NTV will begin carrying passengers on high-speed lines.
Michel Jadot
Directeur Général, SNCB Europe
Michel Jadot
Directeur Général, SNCB Europe
Biography
Titles
Marketer of the Year 2000 (Foundation Marketing)
Ambassador of Brussels-Capital Region Tourist Board (1998)
Experience
Since June 2006: SNCB Europe, Directeur Général
- Member of the SNCB Comex
- Chairman of the Thalys International Board
- Co-Chairman of the Fyra Steering Committee (Brussels-Amsterdam)
- Non Executive Director of the Eurostar Group Ltd Board
Previous Jobs
From April 2003 until May 2006: SNCB - Direction Passengers (national & cross-border short distance traffic) - General Manager
- SNCB representative for discussion with the labour unions on Passenger topics
- Board Member Tourist Board for Wallonia-Brussels Community
From 1995 until March 2003: Thalys International (ex Westrail International until 1999), Directeur Général Adjoint
- Vice-President of the Thalys Executive Committee
1994: SNCB - Thalys project - International Product Management (IPM) - Commercial Manager
1992 – 1994: SNCB - Passengers Department (Eurostar & Thalys projects) - Head of the Division TGV (high speed trains)
- SNCB representative to the UIC Commission (high speed trains)
January 1993: Transurb Consult: on behalf of the Ministry of Transports
European Bank of Development - Lithuania (Vilnius) - Marketing trainer
1990 - 1992: SNCB - Passengers Department (promotion, tourism and real estate) - Head of Division
1989 - 1991: Transurb Consult:
World Bank Project - Indonesia (Bandung)
Head of Marketing & Sales (Passenger and Freight)
1988 - 1990: SNCB - Commercial Direction - Freight Division
Head of the European Sales Market (chemicals & fertilizers)
Victorino Pérez Fernãndez
Director of European Affairs, RENFE
Barbara Dalibard
Chief Executive, Long Distance Passenger Services, SNCF
Conference overview:
Now in its 15th year, Marketforce and the Adam Smith Institute's The Future of European Rail is firmly established as an industry leading event, providing senior stakeholders from across Europe with a platform to debate key strategic issues and assess the challenges facing the rail sector. Hot topics for 2010 include, capitalising on competition, opportunities for expansion throughout Europe, supporting growth and modal-shift through effective regulation, the challenge of infrastructure and how we can move toward a sustainable transport network.
2010 will also see a third day added to the conference, Marketforce and the ASI's inaugural The Future of High-Speed Rail. Bringing together senior level high-speed operators and Infrastructure Managers from across Europe, this dedicated day will explore the challenges of creating a trans-European network, managing large high-speed projects and will look at the question of whether high-speed can usher in a new golden age for the rail industry.
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