CONFERENCE
Tuesday 08 October 2024
Wednesday 09 October 2024
Thursday 10 October 2024
10:00 10:05
Opening Ceremony
10:05 10:10
10:10 10:15
10:15 10:20
10:25 10:35
Agreement Signing Ceremony
10:35 11:05
Exhibition tour
11:15 11:45
PANEL: What is the next stage in automation?
Panelists
11:45 12:15
ROLLING STOCK PANEL: High speed rail: why is it not faster?
Panelists
12:15 12:45
CONSULTING PANEL: Are we still getting value from multi-disciplinary consulting?
Panelists
12:45 13:15
FINANCE & GOVERNANCE PANEL: Beyond risk and return: unlocking capital for rail infrastructure development with ESG metrics
Panelists
13:15 15:00
Networking Lunch
15:00 15:30
PORTS PANEL: Synergies capitalised by multimodal operations in the Middle East and beyond
Panelists
15:30 16:00
PROJECT FINANCING PANEL: Unlocking railway financing: closing the funding gap in Low and Lower - Middle Income Countries
Panelists
16:00 16:15
Coffee Break
16:15 16:45
CONSTRUCTION PANEL: Why is delivering on-time and on-budget so difficult?
Panelists
Guillermo Cobelo Fernandez
Chief Institutional Relations Officer & Global Head of Commercial Affairs
Técnicas Reunidas SA
16:45 17:15
CONSULTING & PLANNING PANEL: Increasing the bankability of railways through transit -oriented development and strategic land-use planning
Panelists
10:15 10:45
MINISTERIAL PANEL: The role of railways in driving economic development
Panelists
10:45 11:20
POLICY PANEL: From road to rail: policy and governance mechanism to drive modal shift and advance decarbonisation agendas
Panelists
11:20 11:45
INTEGRATED TRANSPORT PANEL: Exploring the role of aviation in an integrated transport ecosystem
Panelists
11:45 12:00
Coffee Break
12:00 12:40
MULTIMODAL PANEL: Multimodal transportation: compete or cooperate with trucking and maritime?
Panelists
12:40 13:10
SUSTAINABLE PANEL: Balancing operational costs with sustainability goals on the path to greener networks
Panelists
13:10 13:35
ENGINEERING PANEL: From vision to reality: enhancing infrastructure resilience
Panelists
13:35 14:55
Networking Lunch
14:55 15:25
CUSTOMERS PANEL: Challenges and benefits, for transitioning to rail
Panelists
15:35 15:50
Coffee Break
15:50 16:20
INTEROPERABILITY PANEL: Unlocking modal shift through cross-border interoperability and network harmonisation
Panelists
16:20 16:35
16:35 17:05
LEGAL PANEL: External legal support: enabler or hindrance in Transport Infrastructure Implementation
Panelists
10:00 10:20
INNOVATION & AI PANEL: What is the true value of AI within transport?
Panelists
10:20 10:50
FINANCING SCHEME PANEL: Financing a major infrastructure project
Panelists
10:50 11:05
Coffee Break
11:05 11:30
11:30 12:00
MOBILITY PANEL: Safe, secure and affordable: driving public transport modal share through digitalisation and connected mobility
Panelists
12:00 12:15
12:15 12:45
INTEGRATED TRANSPORT PANEL: Digitalisation: An Enabler Towards seamless end-to-end transport
Panelists
12:45 13:15
RESILIENT RAIL PANEL: Resilient rail: a whole ecosystem approach to future proofing rail infrastructure
Panelists
13:15 13:45
TECHNOLOGY PANEL: Opportunities and challenges in scaling innovation in the rail and transport sector
Panelists
13:45 14:45
Lunch & Close of Global Rail 2024 Strategic Conference
Tuesday 08 October 2024
Wednesday 09 October 2024
Thursday 10 October 2024
BBB
BBB
Director, Enterprise Business Group
HuaweiPwC Global and Middle East Transport & Logistics Leader
PwC Middle East TeamDirector, Road Transport and Land Transport Affairs Department
MOEICEO
Etihad Rail FreightCEO
Progress RailPartner, PwC Global Railways and Roads Leader
PwC ItalyCEO
SYSTRAChairman & CEO
RENFE-OperadoraEVP Global Transit
AECOMExecutive Director, Project Finance
Standard Chartered BankDirector, Marketing and Communications
Khalifa UniversityChairman and Executive Director
CRRC Corporation Limited