11th UIC Sustainability Conference

During 3 days the conference delegates have been able to learn where the rail sector stands today, share best practices and help influence where rail should go in future sustainable transport systems, introducing new and sustainable ways of life and business. This includes showing progress of rail on the classical environmental domain, such as energy efficiency and climate change, noise, emissions and polluted soil management, as well as the overall sustainability performance of rail
 as the backbone for sustainable mobility and transport systems in our society
 as provider of attractive mobility and transport solutions to our customers
 with sustaining the mobility and transport business by responsible leadership

By browsing through the Conference website take a look into the future with top global sustainable mobility pioneers!

  Conference highlights

Speakers
 Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director General of DG MOVE, EU Commission
 Teresa Ribera, Spanish Secretary of State of Climate Change
 Concepcion Gutierrez, Spanish Secretary of State of Transport
 Diego López Garrido, Spanish Secretary of State for the EU
 Victor Morlán, Spanish Secretary of State of Infrastructure
 Teófilo Serrano Beltrán, President of Renfe
 Yoshio Ishida, Chairman of UIC, JR East
 Jean-Pierre Loubinoux, CEO International Union of Railways
 Kamela Ernest, United Nations Environment Programme
 John Inglish President UtahTransit Authority
 Peder Jensen, European Environment Agency
 Holger Dalkmann, Transport Research Laboratory
 Joachim Kettner, Chairman of UIC Environment, Energy & Sustainability

Conference Days 16-17 June
 Lessons after Copenhagen: the rail challenge!
 The Spanish Railway Case
 European Transport Policies
 Sustainability of High Speed Rail
 Sustainability best practice and case studies from all over the world
 Rail Strategies to improve the Environmental Performance
 UIC Sustainability Awards 2010

Technical visit 18 June (in the morning)- All participants were invited to join a train trip on the High Speed section Madrid-Segovia of the Madrid-Valladolid HS line. (30 km. tunnels, record bridges, regional high speed trains…and Segovia!)

 Call for papers and UIC Sustainability Awards

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL WHO HAVE SUBMITTED PAPERS AND TO CONGRATULATE THE WINNERS! More details on page: http://www.uic-environment.org/Awar...

  Target audience:

This conference was open to all persons concerned with Sustainability & Transport - especially sustainable railway mobility and logistics solutions.
 Sustainable Development Managers
 Environmental Managers & Experts
 Business strategy managers
 Technical Experts
 Procurement Managers
 Politicians
 NGO’s