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Global Transport Forum events are powerful platforms for senior industry professionals to meet, share information, network and do business. 

Advisory Boards
 
Our Advisory Boards, made up of the industry’s most respected leaders and innovators, meet twice a year and constantly provide us with ideas for content, speakers, format, sponsors and attendees.
 
The quality of our events is guaranteed through our collaborative approach to arranging the conference, ensuring at every stage that the event remains industry lead and challenges the latest issues and trends within the industry. 
 
Partnerships with leading infrastructure owners and operators, industry associations, major suppliers and international and regional media outlets ensure that all the relevant parties are involved with the conference right from the start. Collaborating with the industry ensures that our events are always cutting edge. 
 
CREATED BY THE INDUSTRY FOR THE INDUSTRY
 
We deliver content in creative ways. Global Transport Forum selects the best venues in the world’s major cities and invest in professional presentation. 
 
We deliver this content via our unique event format: 
 
Keynote speeches
Our keynote speakers are the industry’s leading innovators focusing on the industry’s major projects.The purpose of these presentations is to offer insights into the major issues facing the industry. By Focussing on the industry's major projects, they will discuss the key issues that they are facing on a day-to-day abasis. These specific insights, unavailable elsewhere, will have the power to make a real difference to your business.
 
 
 
Case studies
Our case studies give insights into the most innovative industry projects and discuss the key issues and challenges. Case studies are specifically slected after meticulous research with the industry. They are designed to offer a concise 20 minute overview of the key strategic, technical and operational challenges facing the industry's key projects. All the case study presenters will also participate in a related panel discusion in order to further discuss and elaborate on points from the case study,and to answer further questions from the moderator and the audience.
 
 
Panel discussion
Our panel discussions create an open forum, overseen by expert moderators, in order to ensure honest discussion and debate; a productive and insightful outcome for all participants.No morwe than 5 participants will be seated on the stage along with the moderator. One by one, the moderator will then introduce the panelists who will give a summary of their opinions on the given topic. Strictly guided and controlled by the moderator, this willt hen lead to a question and answer session and open discussion amongst the panelists.
 
 
 
Round tables
The open round table format encourages audience participation to maximise information sharing, problem solving and networking between speakers, sponsors and attendees.With the room divided in two, hosted on tables of no more than 10, participants will deliberate for 45 minutes on a series of key, predefined topics Each group will put together a list of key findings and pass it to their moderatorFollowing these 45 minute sessions, the roundtable moderators will take a seat on the stage. One by one they will identify the key learning’s from the roundtable sessions, leaving attendees with real insights that will add value to their business.
 
 
 
Hands on Workshops and Technical Site Visits
These hands-on sessions feature specialist topics in an interactive environment to develop operational and technical theory into reality. Our hands on workshops and tecnical visits take you out of  the conference room, creating the chance to network with a targeted group. The specialised content and hands on approach offers common ground for in-depth discussion with your peers.
 
 
 
Networking
Dedicated networking time is built into the agenda to increase learning and business development opportunities in and outside the conference room.
 
  
  
Testimonials

“As a sponsor and as delegates, the Global Transport Forum team met our expectations and gave us the quality and attention that a customer expects. A job well done!”

Cees van der Moolen, Senior Consultant, DeltaRail

“Tim Smart’s presentation and tour of St. Pancras was very exciting, especially the examples he gave of the numerous roadblocks and ways to get around them. It was very special to meet Martine-SophieFouvez of UNECE, Tim Smart of High Speed 1, Rudolph Schilder of OBB, Làzlo Mosoczi from MÁVand Phil McQueen of Kiwirail in somewhat of a tête à tête.”

Ana Isasi, Director of Railway Maintenance Operational Unit, SNCF

“I found the conference to be very informative and particularly illuminating on the development of asset management strategies appropriate to specific circumstances and technology. The importance of data collection, management and analysis to extract full value was made throughout the conference.”

Andy Clayton, Engineering Services Manager, Balfour Beatty Rail

“Thank you for the opportunity to present. It was very well organized and the lectures were very interesting as well as extremely useful.”

Yariv Katz, Vice-President, Infrastructure, Israel Railways

“Global Transport Forum did a great job. A good agenda with interesting speakers and well thought through interaction between participants.”

Michael Clausecker, Director General, UNIFE