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Bakstad is Group Chief Executive officer in Vy. Before coming to Vy in 2020, she was Executive Vice President division Network
Caroline is Head of Inclusion at East West Railway Company and was appointed by the Minister for Disabled People as the Dis
Dr. Sabine Stock is Executive Board Member of ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG. ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG has around 7,200 employ
Gerhard Wennerström, CEO, Samtrafiken
Lauri is the CEO and co-founder of OnniBus.com, leading intercity coach brand in Finland. Prior to OnniBus.com, Lauri worked
Education Master of Commercial and Corporate Law (LL.M.) with Credit at the London School of Economics and Political Scien
Anne Hettinga joined the Arriva Management Board in the role of Managing Director, Arriva Netherlands in May 2021 with res
Mark Anderson is Head of Commercial Innovation at Go-Ahead Group with responsibility for growing the rail market with inno
Debbie Dekkers works as a project manager New Mobility at Chief Technology Office of Amsterdam. Innovation in local govern
Javier Marin Martinon, Director of Comercial for Clientes y Fidelizacion, RENFE
Maria Hofberg, Chief Commercial Officer, MTRX
Patrick “Pat” Kongsilp is Director of Revenue Management - Strategic Planning and Analytics at Amtrak, the national passenge
Jasmine Sulaiman is the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Commercial for Prasarana Malaysia Berhad and is b
After graduating from the University of Innsbruck with a degree in International Business in 2000, he started his career as a co
Serge Daems, Head Of Passenger Trains Activity Department, CFL
Deputy Commercial Director Sep 2017 - Present Head of Pricing & Yield Mar 2009 - Sep 2017
Kristian Kolind works as Head of Corporate Strategy & M&A at the leading Nordic transport company NSB (Norwegian State R
Jan Ilík started his career in the transport sector back in 2010 at the Ministry of Transport. Until 2018, he was responsible for r
Fabrizio Bona is the Italo - Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori Chief Commercial Officer from November 2014 and is responsible for t
Pilar Gorriz Ramon, Head of Innovation, Renfe
Stefan Costeur, Digital Sales And Marketing, NMBS-SNCB
Mark Thoma works as commercial manager at Transdev NL. Marketing and Revenue Management in Public Transport has alw
Since March 2021, Rubén Leonor has been Director of Strategy and Quality at Renfe Operadora. He has held different position
Laura Lassila, Senior Specialist, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Finland, is specialised in digitalization, competition
Verena holds a Master of Arts in Automotive and Mobility Management at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt with a focus on u
Rikesh leads Transport for London?s award winning market innovation activity to create new value for London by working wit
Tibor Jermendy studied geography & spatial research as well as sociology. He worked several years as a project manager in the
Dovilė Aleksandravičienė, Director Of Business Development And Marketing Department, LTG Link
SJ, Commercial traffic, Head of Price and Product20 years of experience in the commercial railway business. Mainly within the
David O’Leary is the Director of Commercial and Customer Experience at Transport for Wales. For the last 15 years he has wor
Trained in business law, finance and commercial negotiation, David Borot held various legal positions in law firm and compani
Lars Gunnar is a results-oriented and visionary program manager with a technical background and experience from managing
After 3 years working as a strategic consultant at Oliver Wyman, Marion joined Eurostar. She has occupied varied positions inc
Joined SAR in 2017 as part of the Passenger Operations department in relation to on board services and management. I was p
Julie is passionate about innovation, new technological trends and the opportunities they bring. Having kickstarted her career
Kristina Andersen is assistant professor at the Future Everyday cluster of the Department of Industrial Design at TU/e. Her wor
Endre Angelvik, Executive Vice President, Radical Innovation, RUTER
Laura Brianda has studied economics and China studies at University Cologne. She has been a consultant in the automotive se
Paul Brindley is Sales and Distribution Director at Eurostar and responsible for driving sales through our distribution partners a
Already while studying economics in the 80s, Eva was seized by a kind of a juvenile Interrail-Fever and later on traveled Europe
Catherine Logan is GBTA’s Regional Vice President for EMEA where she is responsible for the development and delivery of GB
Solene Flahault, Head of Aeropolitical affairs, E.R.A.A.
Gulyasemin Meijers is the Digital Strategy and Execution Lead at NS, responsible from definition and implementation of NS’s d
Harsh is an engineer and a nerd at heart who has been in the technology industry for more than 11 years. He has played multi
Renee is the rural mobility lead at Midlands Connect – the subnational transport body for the English Midlands. She’s an advo
Aaron Burns, Business Development Manager, Heathrow Express
Ove Skovdahl, Special Adviser, Jernbanedirektoratet
An affiliate with 10 years of experience in hybrid Operational areas, Customer Experience in Technology & Transportation with
David Sarfatti graduated in 1998 with a Master's Degree in Mathematics from the University of Caen, France and in Applied St
Mr. Lorand is currently Senior Advisor within the Passenger Department at UIC (International Union of Railways), responsible f
Tiina Honkanen, Head of Product & Concept Design, VR
Massimiliano Astrologo studied economics in Rome as well as a 1 year Erasmus experience in Belgium. These experiences shap
University Studies: Law, Communication Sciences and Marketing2017 – 2018: Law Clerk, Vienna Higher Regional Court2018 –
Gorazd Marinic is a Programme Manager at EU-Rail, in charge of the programmes on disruptive innovation and exploratory re
Elmer has been fascinated by sleeper trains from childhood on. Boarding in the Netherlands in the evening, sleeping in a prope
Named in the UK's top 5 growth entrepreneurs, Iain is at the helm of Seatfrog as Founder & CEO. Seatfrog is helping the Rail in
Thibault Barbier has been working for ExPretio since 2013 in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) department. He entered the compan
Passionate, articulate and sincere; with a life-time of lived experience of being disabled, Neil has a wealth of genuine knowled
Philipp Bartke, Head of RM Systems Development, DB Fernverkehr AG
Jody Bauer, Research Analyst, Eurail
A certified customer experience professional, Matt has worked across disciplines such as ops, digital and customer experience
Tomeu Sabater is Head of Digital Services at Mobile World Capital Barcelona Foundation. He studied Telecommunication Engin
Marise Bezema is Head of Mobility Services at NS Stations, a business unit of the Dutch Railways. She is managing the operatio
Renzo Brunetti, Consultant , Advisor, Independent
Theo Hammond, Commercial Strategist, Govia Thameslink Railway
After graduating as an urbanist and traffic planner, he started his career as a consultant in public transportation and learned th
Since 2019, Lola Ortiz Sánchez has been the General Director of Planning and Mobility Infrastructures at the Madrid City Coun
Expert in new mobility and micromobility. Jean Ambert joined the French Federation of Micro-mobility Professionals (FP2M) o
Steve Howes has many years of experience in the design, development and operation of technology solutions to support publ
Montassar Draief, Smart and Sustainable Mobility Consultant, Independent Consultant
Josef Schneider, Chairman, European Passengers' Federation EPF
Cross-border individual & group travel rail specialist. The Kilroy Group Powering BENNS / ISIC / Jysk Rejsebureau / KILROY / Wi
Ferdinand is referred to as thought leader in MaaS and its Mobility Data Space. He currently leads the Benelux/NRW Living Lab
Diane is an experienced and successful driver of change, resulting in improved employee engagement, customer experience a
Jens Mullak, Managing Director, INIT Ltd.
Kerry Phillipson is the Retail Product Manager at Arriva UK Trains with a remit that ranges across Retail, Revenue and B2B prod
Edmund Butcher, Head of Business Development, HS1
Ralf CABOS is the founder and managing director of PaxLife Innovations GmbH, Potsdam based company specialized in IT arch
Kirsty is the Managing Director of PriestmanGoode. She has been with the consultancy since 2001, following work with the De
Roger Matthews, Chief Commercial Officer, Icomera
Bas was educated at Erasmus University Rotterdam, where he studied Business/Strategic marketing management. Prior to wo
Carmela Canonico holds a master’s in Research and Innovation Management from UNICAL and a certificate in European Studie
Barbara Corteselli, Managing Director, Accenture
Hanna Castrén-Ollila, Senior Business Manager, MaaS and New Business, VR
As a professional I have been working on improving digital service(s) and platform development for big corporations and local
Martin Tugwell is responsible for transforming pan-Northern connectivity in order to improve productivity and drive economic
Daisy is the Rail Knowledge Transfer Manager at KTN, with a passion for transport transformation, accessibility, sustainability a
Roland is a Senior Adviser working with start-ups, multinational corporates, VC?s and PE firms. With over 25 years of experien
Luca De Angelis joined the HRS family in 2013 with a variety of increasing management responsibilities and leadership roles fro
Esther works as project and community manager for Autodelen.net, the Belgian network for carsharing and shared mobility. S
As a bridge for long-haul markets, Yi Ding is a Business and Growth Manager at Eurail, the company behind the Eurail and Inte
Antti Vuorela has since 2010 been specializing in digitalization and customer experience at HSL Helsinki Region Transport. He b
Pete has published a new book called ‘Transport For Humans: Are we nearly there yet?’ with his co-author, Rory Sutherland. P
I have over 17 years’ experience gained in the transport industry. Previous assignments have included both commercial and op
Laurent EISENMAN is the rural mobilities Program Director of SNCF Tech4Mobility of the Technologies, Innovations and Group
I have been with Irish Rail for 22 years, the last 5 of which have been spent developing the Revenue Management function. Th
Eduardo is a Service Designer within the Smart Mobility team, supporting projects and teams in designing data-driven strategi
Karin Fest is Head of New Rail Business at ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG and responsible for the business development of new inte
Silvia Festa joined Eurail Group GIE in 2016 as a Market Manager for Southern Europe. In 2019, Eurail Group G.I.E. and Eurail.c
Fiona Peter, Partnership Management & Business Development, Siemens AG
David Flesher, Commercial Director, LNER
Lisa Frank, Project Manager – strategic customer information, Wiener LinienLisa Frank is project manager in strategic custome
Marcus Fromm is a managing director at Accenture and is based in Switzerland. His focus areas include mobility, logistics and
Diego Fuentes has over 15 years of experience developing complex information systems and transportation planning, with a g
Ralph has a strong involvement into the transportation and mobility sector. During his career he has built up a large experienc
David Glantz was born and raised in Germany. After university’s degree he joined a management consultancy and specialized
Delphine Grandsart, senior researcher for EPF, has been working on mobility and public transport related projects for 12 years
Tjalle Groen is Project director for Mpact, a non profit organization from Belgium with the vision to do more with less. The last
Through academic research, projects in the public sector, open-source community and emergency industry Kenneth Gulbrand
Rahul Gupta, Managing Director, Infrastructure and Mobility Lead, Public Sector, North America, Accenture
Siegfried (Sig) Luft is a serial entrepreneur with a Silicon Valley background and has been at the forefront of technical innovati
Hugo Knobbout is Head of IT at Eurail. He has been working for several companies as an IT leader. At Eurail he is part of the lea
Remi Habfast, Vice President, Wiremind
Jon Hall is Chief Executive Officer at Novo Onboard Retail. Having worked in the Rail and Airline onboard retail sector for over
Harald Havenith is currently responsible for the sales of train tickets to international destinations. This responsibility includes
Gerard Hellburg, Program Manager Clean & Sustainable, Vervoerregio Amsterdam
Joep Hendriks (40) leads startup company ‘Rivier’, which has set the ambitious goal to realize a nationwide B2B MaaS-platform
As a strategy consultant at the Strategy and Innovation department of NS Mariska is mostly working on mobility projects. For e
Natascha Hooft, Pricing & Revenue Management Expert/Vice Chair Eurail BV, SNCB + Eurail BV
Arjen Jaarsma is a Public Transport Expert with more than 25 years of professional experience. He has worked as a self-emplo
Baiba Muceniece is the Passenger Mobility Expert on RB Rail AS, Rail Baltica global project` s joint venture, and leads the mega
Barbara Wajnchold - Deputy Director of the Aerotropolis & Development Subprogramme Implementation Department at Solid
Cat Jones, Byway
Bartosz Sokoliński – Director of the Aerotropolis & Development Subprogramme Implementation Department at Solidarity Tra
Lukas Karrer graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Communications from the University of Lugano in 2006 and then gained
Daan Klaase (1970) studied Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences at the Delft University of Technology. Since 2015 Da
Jo is Associate Director of Strategy at leading aviation and transport design consultancy PriestmanGoode. Trained in Product a
Susan Vermeulen is a researcher in urban and transport economics at Erasmus UPT. Susan has worked in a large horizon 2020
Robert Kleinfeld studied Computer Science at the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences. He received his M.Sc. in Computer Sc
Søren Kofoed Bom has a broad field of competence when it comes to communication and policy making in mobility and innov
Eva König acts as a business manager in strategic pricing and marketing for DB Fernverkehr AG, Deutsche Bahn. Currently she
Jakob Lambert is Managing Director of One Mobility GmbH, founded by Republic of Austria to distribute the new “KlimaTicket
Chris is an experienced business leader with extensive technology and programme delivery expertise developed over 30 years
Yan Laporte, Director of Products and Innovation, ExPretio
Colin has over 20 years’ experience in transport and joined Transport for Wales in 2018 after leading the KeolisAmey team as B
Henry Ledden, Head Of Commercial - Ancillaries, New Digital Business, Eurostar International Ltd
Eric Léopold is a strategy and transformation expert in the air travel industry and an entrepreneur. He founded Threedot in 20
Member of the Arriva Group Management Board Sian joined Arriva as Chief Transformation Officer in March 2021 with respon
Senior Expert Public Transport Services Management at SCHIG mbH.Robert Liskounig has vast experience in land based transp
Barry is the Head of Customer Experience Development and Innovation at Transport for Wales (TfW). TfW are driving forward
After a significant experience in the Airline Industry, Serafino Lo Piano joined Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Group in 2002, in Ma
Vanessa Macho is Senior Specialist in the Strategy & Corporate Development Department at ÖBB Personenverkehr, Austria's l
Gustav is responsible for Nagarro’s Travel & Logistics operations in Europe. He joined Nagarro in 2019 with the goal to increas
Anna Mayerthaler is leading the business development if the field of integrated mobility and first/last mile – ÖBB 360 at ÖBB-P
Sonila Metushi, Policy Advisor, Koninklijk Nederlands Vervoer
30 years in British Transport Police, 20 years as a Detective, the final 10 years as a Financial Investigator and Fraud specialist. R
Sven Pöllauer is Head of PR, Marketing & Public Affairs at ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG. He worked in the public sector, as Adviso
Since 2018 Head of Intermodal Cooperations Department at DB Vertrieb GmbH, a company of Deutsche Bahn AG - we are tak
Floris Roelofsen is a professor in Language Sciences and Technology at the University of Amsterdam, director of the Language
David currently works as Director of Customer Experience and Design at SNCF Connect, leading the experience definition for t
Michelle Russell Head of Workforce Analytics – NSAR Ltd As head of the Skills Intelligence team at the National Skills Academy
With a background in engineering and a degree from technical university TU Ilmenau and Fraunhofer IDMT, Sebastian has alw
Andreas Schlapbach is an enterprise software architect at SBB's passenger division. He is an expert on pricing, distribution, and
Nils Zeino-Mahmalat has been managing director of VDV eTicket Service in Cologne since 2013. The company is a partner and
Chris has been working at the Department for Transport in London for four years. He is currently a rail fares policy advisor; du
Neil Shah is the IT & Digital Director at Arriva UK Trains with a remit that ranges from core operational IT through to the digita
Andy Shaw joined TfL in 2007 as a Graduate Trainee. Working within Surface Transport, he gained experience in business man
Simon is a Director in the UK Department for Transport's Rail Strategy and Services group, and is responsible for a major proje
Hayden Sutherland, Founder, Open Transport Initiative
Mario Theis has been Head of the Competence Center for Revenue Management and Product Innovation at DB Regio AG since
Giorgio Travaini as Shift2Rail Head of Research & Innovation is responsible for coordination of the JU?s programme with a view
Kilian is the Head of Business at Axon Vibe and a dedicated international business development professional with entrepreneu
Jan-Frederik Valentin is an entrepreneur & marketeer. He is founding partner of Howzat Ennea Group (HEG). Jan‘s notable fiel
Joyce van Brecht is a researcher and project leader at the research group Psychology for Sustainable Cities at the Amsterdam U
Nicole van der Honing joined Eurail in 2014 as a Senior Project Manager responsible for the conceptualization and implementa
Harmen van der Kooij is leading the Mobility Track at the Dutch Blockchain Coalition.Together with public, private and knowle
As Executive VP Talent Acquisition at Deutsche Bahn AG, Kerstin´s responsibility includes the global employer branding and re
Senior Manager International Pricing Jan 2017 – present (Deputy Head since Jan 2020) Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), Bern, Swi
Stefan Weiss is Managing Director of SCHIG mbH, a government enterprise facilitating railway transport in Austria, especially i
Jon Worth is a freelance communication consultant, EU politics expert and blogger based in Berlin. He teaches politics and com
Femke Woudstra is the Director of Station Management and Exploitation at the Dutch Railways. She is responsible for the dail
Jannes Zier is project manager for strategic pricing and marketing projects at DB Fernverkehr AG. Since 2017, Jannes has been
My name is Tommy Zonnekein, I’m the accessibility manager at SNCB since January 1st 2020. Accessibility is key in an public tr
Jordie is an energetic, creative, and result driven spirit, who strives to combine courage and common sense in the right balanc
DSB Vice President for Sustainability since October 2019. DSB has set goals to become completely CO2 neutral in 2030, reduce
I have 27 year's experience working in public transport, with 20 years working with Iarnrod Éireann. Over the past years I have
Klaus Mariën is passionate about the customer and has built a career in customer experience management, retention marketi
Vanessa Stichelmans is since end 2019 a proud member of the SNCB Innovation lab. As an innovation project manager, she’s h
Currently the Director for NEORide. Katherine oversees the day-to-day needs of 18 transit members across Ohio, Kentucky, an
Markus Basler holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and ICT, as well as an Executive MBA. With more than 10 years of exper
Adrian Varma, Head Of Business Transformation, LNER
Alexander has been with SBB since 2012 and is currently in charge of international marketing and distribution. Apart from his
For more than a decade I have been developing digital services for Danish and International brands across branches such as re
After two masters in ?Intercultural Communication and Translation? and ?Full-stack Development?, Fanny Blandenet joined T
47 years old Industrial Engineer as profession Working for Deutsche Bahn since 2004 Since 2019: Head of Payment Procedures
Grand Central Rail (part of Arriva) have operated on the East Coast Mainline (ECML) in the UK since 2007, providing the only d
Polle de Maagt is a seasoned digital professional who has been consulting companies like Nike EMEA, LEGO REEMEA, IKEA, KLM
Dr. Dominik Elsmann is Head of Cross-border Public Transport at Aachener Verkehrsverbund. He joined AVV in 2015, where he
Lee manages rail fares policy within the Department for Transport (the UK’s Transport Ministry). He oversees the annual rail fa
Nicky Gardner, Journalist, hidden europe publications
Jenny is responsible for SJ's digital sales & self-service channels. Jenny also has responsibility for SJ's digital roadmap as well as
Stein Batalden is head of long term strategic planning in the Norwegian Railway Directorate, a position he has held since 2017
Deutsche Bahn Manager focusing on first/last mile passenger transportation offers within DB Connect GmbH, Deutsche Bahn?
Jakob Michael Heider is working for BVG since 2018, first as Head of e-Commerce and Sales Innovations and now as Head of Je
Duncan started his career in the UK Telecoms sector, branching out internationally and touching on finance and utilities before
Snälltåget was established in 2007 as the first long distance open access train operator in Sweden with the mission to give cus
Inge is an enthusiastic people manager with strong ambitions to improve Public Transport. She puts the customer first in every
Mark Langmead is Director, Compass Operations with TransLink. He is responsible for revenue collection and the customer ex
Jan Luijben is Information manager at GVB Amsterdam. He has a long track record in public transport and technology. Jan is re
I am currently the Accessibility and Inclusion Manager at Network Rail. Having a dissability myself has made me a passionate a
Jennie joined ITS United Kingdom, the Intelligent Transport Society for the UK, in 1998. Prior to that, she worked in the City En
Since 2008, Jeffrey Matthijs is director of Autodelen.net, (network carsharing). His mission: to maximize the ecological, social a
William McGookin (Head of Ticketing Technology) has worked in public transport and ticketing systems for over 25 years. He
Head of International Partnerships and Industry Partners at DB?s passenger transport sales division, in Frankfurt am Main, Ger
Vincent Neumayer holds both degrees in natural resource management and urban & regional planning. After having gained fiv
With multi-sector experience in customer proposition development and delivery, for the past 7 years Rob has held senior role
Gisle Pedersen, Head Of Digital Product Development and Acting CTO, Entur
Freek is working at Rover since 2015, first as policy worker and lobbyist. Since 2018 he is CEO of in both regional and national
Mark spent the early part of his career in FMCG sales with GlaxoSmithKline and then Heineken before moving into rail. He join
As head of Passenger Information and Innovation Manager for Metropolitan Transportation located in Munich, Germany at DB
Eduard Rollmann has headed the Marketing NRW Competence Center since 2019 and, as project manager, is responsible for t
Consultant focused on digital transformation in transport. Passionate about customer experience, business needs and technic
Olivier Roy, Director Of International Distribution, SNCF
Oana works at International Air Transport Association (IATA) overseeing the interline related matters and the evolution of the
Dominik Schröder acts as product manager for Deutsche Bahn's central WiFi@DB platform. As such he develops the vision and
Jorgen Scott, Head Of Revenue Management, DSB
Bernardo has over 15 years experience in railway sector covering different roles in the High Speed Division of Trenitalia, the m
I have been with Eurostar for 5 years in commercial and operational roles. Currently Head of UK Stations responsible for increa
Rail travel as a real alternative for planes and cars is the best the rail sector can contribute to a sustainable society! Reinout W
Jerry Angrave is a Certified Customer Experience Professional and managing director of Empathyce. Jerry is an advisor to busin