‘All major stakeholders from the transport and logistics industry will come together to discuss the future of rail freight’

Jean-Pierre Loubinoux, General Director
International Union of Railways (UIC)

UIC Global Rail Freight Conference

Shaping together the business of the future!

On 22 and 23 June 2016, the International Union of Railways (UIC) organised the Global Rail Freight Conference in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The 5th anniversary of this event was organised under the Patronage of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment and in collaboration with Prorail. The conference run Back-to-Back with the TEN-T Days and the European Rail Freight Corridor event.

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Rail Freight Conference

The Global Rail Freight Conference (GRFC) is one of the leading events in the international rail freight calendar and brought together top executives and decision makers, rail and logistics professionals, customers, influential politicians and institutions from across the globe.

The 5th edition of this event took place in Rotterdam and was a unique opportunity to exchange on rail logistics, to look at new business models, to develop the skills of workforces and to integrate new technologies and innovations. Read more >

The speakers:

Philippe Dume, Managing Director Services and Rolling Stock - Alstom

Thorsten Bomke, Market Portfolio Director Services - Alstom

Thierry Vanelslander, Research Professor Transport, Logistics and Ports - C-MAT

Pex Langenberg, Vice Mayor of Rotterdam in charge of Mobility

Ferdinand Schmidt, Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)

Robert van der Waal, Director Logistics Operations - Samsung Electronics Europe Logistics BV

Armand Toubol, Honorary General Manager SNCF, BIC Board Member

Hossein Ashoori, Vise President for Operation and International Transport of Iranian Railways (RAI)

Emile Hoogsteden, Vice President Containers, Breakbulk & Logistics - Port of Rotterdam

José Manuel Viegas, Secretary-General - International Transport Forum at the OECD

André Thinieres, Managing Director - Objectif OFP

Lorenzo Casullo, Economist - International Transport Forum (OECD)

François Davenne, Secretary General OTIF

Edouard Laverny, General Manager, Rail Freight Forwarding, Rail & Multimodal Division - SNCF LOGISTICS

Jean Pierre Loubinoux - General Director UIC

Eva Molnar, Director of the Transport Division UNECE

Peter Boom, Manager Business Development - Railwatch

Baher El-Hifnaw, Senior Economist in the Transport Unit - World Bank

Salman Babaev, Vice-President - Russian Railways (RZD)

Miroslav Obrenovic, Head of Asset Strategy & Program, DB Cargo

Harald Jony - Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)

Fabrice Walewski, General Partner & CEO Touax Group

Pawel Wojciechowski, European Coordinator - RhineAlpine Core Network Corridor

Rodan Šenekl - Chairman Czech Logistics Association

Esther Marconi, Chair of the UIC Expertise Development Platform

Bernhard Kunz, Managing Director - Hupac Group

Mark Frequin, General Director - Mobility and Transport in the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment

Hüseyin Teker, Freight Department, Turkish State Railway (TCDD)

Rossella Mattioli, Security and Resilience of Communication Networks Officer - ENISA

Gennady Bessonov, Secretary General, Coordinating Council on Transsiberian Transportation - CCTT

Claudio Diotallevi, Railway Director at Customer Group “Industry & Society”, Ericsson

Oliver Sellnick, VP European Corridor Management, DB Netz

Meet the speakers who shared their knowledge and experience at the UIC Global Rail Freight Conference 2016.

Who should attend:
Railway companies
Logistics companies
Ports and forwarders
Infrastructure managers
Shippers
Policy makers

Patronage

Supporting Organisations

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)

Supporting Associations

General Contract of Use for Wagons (GCU)

European Liaison Committee of Common Market Forwarders (Clecat)

Joint exhibition: TEN-T Days 2016

The 2016 edition is organised in co-operation with the TEN-T Days 2016 of the European Commission and the European Rail Freight Corridor event, organized by the Dutch Presidency of the European Union. The GRFC offers a natural continuation to the discussions on European corridors and multimodality and will move them to a global context where innovation and digitalization are at the heart of the success of rail freight.

The TEN-T Days 2016 edition, which will also host the Business conference on Rail Freight Corridors and the development of rail freight in Europe organised by the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Ministry for Infrastructure and the Environment, will be followed by the UIC Global Rail Freight conference. This conference will offer a natural continuation to the discussions on European corridors and multimodality and move to a global context where innovation and digitalisation are at the heart of the success of rail freight.

The Global Rail Freight conference on 22 and 23 June 2016 will focus on transcontinental corridors as well as on innovation and its impact on the rail freight industry business models and its work force.