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Speakers 
Mr Andrew Allum,
Partner,
LEK Consulting
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 Lord Tony Berkeley,
Chairman,
Rail Freight Group (UK)
Lord Berkeley is chairman of the Rail Freight Group, the representative body of theUK rail freight industry.
He was Public Affairs Manager of Eurotunnel from 1981 until the end of construction of the Channel Tunnel in 1994 and, before that, worked for George Wimpey on a number of multi-discipline projects around the world.
He sits in the House of Lords from 1994, firstly as a hereditary peer and latterly as a life peer, and was an opposition Transport Spokesperson 1996-7. He is an Alternate Member of the European Energy and Transport Forum, and a Steering Group member of the European Rail Freight Customer Platform. Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport.
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 Mr Jean-Marie Bertrand,
Director General, RFF, Chairman,
European Infrastructure Managers Association
Mr. Bertrand graduated in economics and political studies from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. In 1976, after completing studies at the prestigious ENA (Ecole Nationale d'Administration—the French national school of public administration), he joined the French National Audit Office (Cours des Comptes) as an auditor.
From 1980 to 1983 he was second counselor at the French Embassy in Beijing. He then returned to the Cours des Comptes.
From 1989 to 1992 Mr. Bertrand was secretary general of the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), the renowned National Center for Scientific Research which spans a wide spectrum of scientific disciplines.
From 1993 to 1998 he was a director at the French Health and Social Affairs Department, in charge of administration, personnel and budget.
From January 1998 to October 2002 Mr. Bertrand was a counselor at the Cours des Comptes.
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Mr Ian Brown,
Managing Director of London Rail,
Transport for London
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Mr Albert Counet,
General Manager,
B-Cargo
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 Mr Jean-Michel Dancoisne,
CEO,
Thalys
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Mr Georges Di Lallo,
President,
European Rail Freight Customers Platform
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Mr Nol Döbken,
Managing Director,
High Speed Alliance
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 Ms Claire Dreyfus-Cloarec,
President,
SNCF Participatons
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Mr Gunther Ellwanger,
Director, Economics, Finance and Environment,
UIC
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Mr Mireille Faugere,
Director Voyages, France and Europe,
SNCF
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Mr Reto Feissli,
Group Treasurer,
SBB
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Mr Emilio Fernandez,
President,
Transfesa
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 Mr Jan Forsberg,
CEO,
SJ
Jan Forsberg, president and CEO of SJ AB, Sweden’s leading rail operator. He has held this post for two years, having previously spent a decade in the air transport industry with SAS. Since Jan took up his position, SJ has stabilised its financial status, markedly improved basic quality within its operations and has undertaken measures to create a sound, profitable and competitive company in an increasingly deregulated rail market.
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 Mr Hans-Peter Hadorn,
Director,
SBB Cargo
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 Mr Colin Hall,
Deputy Executive Director,
Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies
Colin has worked in the rail industry for 31 years: with British Rail, Network Rail and recently with CER (the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies) in Brussels.
He has extensive experience in rail operations and general management, including 4 years based in New York managing BR's North American marketing subsidiary.
Colin transferred from British Rail to Railtrack on its formation in 1994, as a Zone Production Manager. He developed national management procedures for the new train performance regime in time for Railtrack's privatisation in May 1996.
In 1997 Colin started up a new Railtrack process for Rolling Stock safety approval: his role later widened to include Railtrack infrastructure equipment acceptance.
In December 2000 Colin was seconded to the Community of European Railways (CER) which represents the railway companies of Europe in Brussels, He supported the CER Executive Director as the Infrastructure Expert, and has developed policies for the CER in response to a wide range of EU transport policy and legislative proposals.
In August 2002 he returned to the UK to become the Head of Performance in Railtrack's (subsequently Network Rail) Operations Directorate, responsible for train performance measurement and improvement processes.
In April 2004 Colin returned to CER in Brussels to take up the position of Deputy Executive Director, and specializing in rail passenger policy matters.
Colin is 55 and is married with 4 daughters. His home in Britain is in Reading, Berkshire. He has an Oxford University MA in Modern Languages (French and German).
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 Mr Roland Heinisch,
Chairman of the Board of Management,
DB Netz
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Mr Keith Heller,
Chief Executive,
English Welsh and Scottish Railway
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Mr Murray Hughes,
Editor,
Railway Gazette International
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Mr Timothy Jackson,
Director,
Angel Trains
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Mr Berend Klerk,
CEO,
ProRail
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Mr Deiter Klump,
Vice Chairman,
VDB (German Association of Railway Supply Industry)
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Mr Joachim Kroll,
Secretary General,
RailNetEurope
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Mr Olaf Krüger,
Senior Vice President and Chairman of the Executive Board,
Kühne + Nagel Management AG and Interessengemeinschaft der Bahnspediteure e.V. (Railforwarding Syndicate)
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 Mr Christian Kuhn,
CEO,
Connex Cargo Logistics
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Mr Bernhard Kunz,
Managing Director,
Hupac
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Mr Antonio Lagana,
"Director of the Safety System Directorate,
Trenitalia
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 Mr Francois Lamoureux,
Director-General, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport,
European Commission
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Mr Hans Leister,
Managing Director,
Connex Verkehr GmbH (Germany)
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Mr Adrian Lyons,
Director General,
The Railway Forum
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 Mr Hartmut Mehdorn,
Chairman, Board of Management,
Deutsche Bahn AG
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 Mr Ossi Niemimuukko,
Director General,
Finish Rail Administration
Education
M.Sc.-diploma from Helsinki Technical University in 1974, majoring in Teletechniques and Digital Techniques
Work Experience
Signalling engineer at Finnish State Railways 1974-1980
Project Leader at Finnish State Railways, Automatic Train Control evaluation, 1980-1984
Head of Finnish State Railways Electric Installations Centre, 1984-1989
Head of Finnish State Railways Electricity Section, 1988-1994
Project Leader, formation of Finnish Rail Administration, 1994-1995
Director General, Finnish Rail Administration, 1995-
European Activities
UIC Infrastructure Commission’s Steering Group 1995-2002
UIC Infrastructure Commission, Vice-Chairman 1999-2002
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Mr Len Porter,
Chief Executive,
Rail Safety and Standards Board
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 Mr Matthias Raith,
General Manager,
Rail4chem
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Ms Juliet Reingold,
Partner,
Simmons & Simmons
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Mr Heiner Rogge,
Chariman, Rail Committee,
CLECAT (European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistics and Customer Services)
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Mr Luca Ronzoni,
Managing Director,
Ferrovie Nord Cargo
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Mr Michiel C.J. Van Roozendaal,
Managing Director,
NS Internationaal
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 Mr Ferdinand Schimdt,
Executive Director,
ÖBB
Career at Austrian Airlines:
August 1976: Joining Austrian Airlines
1976-1977: Market Research
1977-1978: Management Planning
1978-1985: Controlling
1985-1988: Head of Budget Department
1988-1994: Head of Marketing Services and responsible for: Flight Planning, Yield Management, Tariffs, Sales, Marketing-Budget, System Planning, Commercial Training, IATA-matters
1994-1996 Head of Personal Department, Integration of Tyrolean Airways, Restructure of Organisation, Reduction of Hierarchy Negotiations with Works Council
Reduction of personal costs from 29% to 21%
Development of Management Training-Programs since 1996 Head of Network Management and Alliance Policy
Junction Optimization at Vienna Intern. Airport
Control of Network Group in the earlier Alliance „Qualiflyer“ Control of the strategic Network Development of the Austrian Airlines Group
Part of the strategic Planning team of Austrian Airlines Representative of the Austrian Airlines Group in the Airline
Management Board of Star Alliance
Responsible for the Results of the worldwide Network of
Austrian Airlines, Negotiations of bilateral Agreements with other Airlines
Lauda Air Luftfahrt AG
Nov 2000- July 2001: Chairman of the Board
Austrian Federal Railways
Since August 2001: Member of the Executive Board responsible for Passenger Traffic and Rail Cargo
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Mr Walter Schulze-Freyberg,
Managing Director,
Polzug
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 Mr Keld Sengeløv,
Chief Executive Officer,
DSB
Education
1976: BSc Business Economics, Copenhagen Business School
1978: MSc Business Economics, Copenhagen Business School
Career
1978 - 1982: Secretary to the Executive Board, NKT Metaller
1982 - 1985: Chairman of the Executive Board for NKT subsidiary Fr. Raschs's Eftf. A/S
1985 - 1986: Director, NKT A/S
1986 - 1994: Member of the Group Executive Board, NKT Holding A/S
1993 - 1995: Chairman of the Executive Board, Nilfisk A/S
1996 - 1997: Strategic Adviser and Project Director, TeleDanmark A/S
1997 - 2002: Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board, DSB
2002 - At Chief Executive Officer & President, DSB
Present positions of trust: Member of the Supervisory Board of:
Chr. Fabers Fond
Modulex A/S (Deputy Chairman)
DSB S-tog a/s (Chairman)
DSB Retail A/S (Chairman)
DSB Rejsekort A/S (Chairman)
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Mr Friedrich Smaxwill,
Chairman,
VDB (German Association of Railway Supply Industry)
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Mr Julian Smith,
Partner, Corporate Finance - Transport,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Mr Vincenzo Soprano,
Director,
Ferrovie dello Stato
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 Mr Dirk Stahl,
CEO,
BLS Cargo
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Mr Helmut Steindl,
Head, System and Signalling Technology,
ÖBB
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Mr Chris Stokes,
Non Executive Board Member,
Office of Rail Regulation
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 Mr Jan Sundling,
CEO,
Green Cargo
1965 – 1974 Employed at the Swedish Merchant Navy in various shipping companies.
1975 Military service as captainin the Swedish Navy.
1975 – 1978 Productioneconomist, Gränges Shipping.
1984 – 1986 Freight Manager of the Northern region, SAS Cargo.
1986 – 1990 Managing Director, Olsson & Wright.
1991 Managing director, Scanair.
1991 – 1992 Deputy Managing Director, SAS Operation.
1992- 1994 Managing Director Regular airline and Senior Deputy Managing Director, SAS Sweden.
1994-1998 Managing Director, ASG Sweden. Deputy Managing Director of the ASG Group.
1998 – 2000 Managing Director, PanNordicLogistics.
2000- 2001 Manager, SJ Cargo Group
2001 – CEO Green Cargo AB
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 Mr Christian Thing,
Managing Director,
Railion Denmark
Christian Thing (47) originally received his education through the Danish company, EAC/ØK. After doing his service at the Royal Guard, he joined Copenhagen Business School studying for his B.Sc. and a degree as Bachelor of Commerce, followed by a venture into Insead, France.
Christian Thing has had 8 years working for a German sub-supplier within the automotive industry and after that he has held positions as managing director within Danish shipping and transportation organisations, both in DHL Danmark and APost. Most of his executive positions have been in adjustment and development of logistics companies. His latest position was as managing director for the FLS Group’s Unicon Concrete Inc., USA.
In his private life Christian Thing lives in Gentofte, Denmark, where his family consists of his wife Eva, who is a social worker, a boy 15 years old and a daughter who is 13. The children were the main reason he and his wife went home, as they wanted them to grow up as Danes.
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Mr Enrico Trapazzo,
Director of the International Department of the Passenger Division,
Trenitalia
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 Mr Anton Valk,
Managing Director,
Ned Railways
Anton Valk is Managing Director of NedRailways, a 100% subsidiary of NS Dutch Railways aiming at acquiring and operating rail concessions abroad. Prior to this assignment Mr. Valk was Director and Boardmember of Nedtrain, vice president of KPN International and AT&T-Unisource and had several international director and senior management positions within Philips Electronics. Mr. Valk holds an engineering degree of Delft University of Technology.
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Mr Dick van den Broek Humphreij,
Chairman,
European Shippers Council
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Mr Alfred Veider,
General Manager, Transport Solutions Division Austria,
Alcatel
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