The Future of European Rail is a market leading transport event that addresses the key challenges and opportunities that the industry faces.  Annually bringing together 200 senior attendees from across the continent, the conference delivers both insights and networking for one of Europe’s most important transport industries.

There will be a third day added to the conference, The Future of Rail Freight in Europe. Key stakeholders from the sector will disuss the future strategic direction of this rapidly growing industry.

Allready confirmed topics are:

Session One: Leaders’ Forum

Setting the scene: identitying the big questions for rail´s future

Session Two: The prospects for funding rail in an age of austerity

One year on: is the rail industry still a safe bet?

Case study: SwissRapide Express - A new financing model at the heart of the European network

Session Three: Driving efficiency throughout infrastructure development

Panel discussion: Future challenges for infrastructure managers

The advantage of smart card technology for improving consumer commutes

Session Four: Attracting passengers: unlocking rail’s growth potential Session Five: Regulation: driving a competitive and harmonised pan-European network Session Six: The liberalised market in action Session Seven: Unifying the European network: developing efficient cross-border services