International Railway Summit 2026
2 June 2026 – 4 June 2026
Millennium Gloucester Hotel London Kensington, London, United Kingdom
The 14th International Railway Summit (IRS14), themed 'The Power of Being Connected', convenes senior figures from the rail sector, governments and the supply industry in London. The programme combines high-level conference sessions, strategic one-to-one meetings, technical visits to UK railway facilities and networking events including evening receptions, covering topics from Great British Railways integration and military mobility to cost competitiveness, high-speed rail investment, AI-powered operations, cybersecurity resilience and international mega-projects.
23 sessions · 47 speakers
Organiser (1)
Speakers (47)
- Marc Guigon Founder & CEO, MG Consult
- Keir Fitch Senior Expert and Adviser to the Director responsible for Investment, Innovative & Sustainable Transport, DG MOVE, European Commission
- Simon Fletcher Founder & CEO, Fletch Rail Advisory
- Libor Lochman Former Executive Director, CER
- Emilien Dang CTO, Rail Baltica
- Carlo Borghini Former Assistant Secretary General, NATO
- Paolo Guglielminetti Partner and Global Railway and Roads Leader, PwC
- Blaž Pongračič Senior Policy Advisor Passenger, CER
- Julien Brunel Head of Economic Studies Division, SNCF Réseau
- Alvaro Ungurean Commercial Director, Europe - International Train, Trip.com Group
- Kristian Schmidt Director, Land Transport, DG MOVE, European Commission
- Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill Minister for Rail, United Kingdom Government
- Darren Fitzgerald Head of Electrotechnical & Digital Systems, RSSB
- Emanuela Vetrano Senior Manager, Capital Projects & Economics – Transportation, Logistics and Infrastructure, PwC
- Luca Milani Partner and Leader Travel, Logistics and Infrastructure, Mediterranean, McKinsey
- Andy Lord Commissioner, Transport for London
- Álvaro Mascaraque Deputy Director for International Organisations, ADIF
- Andrea Galluzzi Head of International Projects & Cooperation, RFI
- Catharina Dohmeier Sales Manager, Special Vehicles, Stadler Rail
- Dan Pearce Senior Accessibility Mentor, Great Western Railway
- Dominic Lund-Conlon Accessibility and Inclusion Manager, Rail Delivery Group
- Eddy Thesee VP Cybersecurity, Alstom
- Enno Wiebe Director General, UNIFE
- Faith Brown Head of Business Implementation, GB Railfreight
- Franck Lett Global Head of Transportation Sales - Mission Critical Services & Cybersecurity, Eviden
- General Philippe Guéguen Defence Advisor to the President, SNCF Group
- Gilles Peterhans Secretary General, UIP
- Girts Ruda Member of the Supervisory Board, Rail Baltica
- Ivan Dompé Head of Geopolitical Intelligence Unit, FS Italiane
- Jan Ilík Head of International Affairs, České dráhy
- Janne Schönerstedt Manager Public Affairs, FlixTrain
- Jérôme Ebrardt Projects and Innovation Manager, Rail Logistics Europe
- Luke Byrnes Pre Sales Technical Specialist, Worldline
- Marcin Mochocki Member of the Management Board, Director for Investment implementation, PKP PLK
- Marianto Zocco CTO, Mercitalia Intermodal
- Mike Short Chairman, UK Telecomms Labs
- Nasser Al Qahtani Interoperability Director, GCC Railway Authority
- Natasha Marsay Accessibility and Inclusion Strategy & Policy Lead, Network Rail
- Neil Barnfather Chief Commercial Officer, GoodMaps
- Nick Brooks Secretary General, ALLRAIL
- Ove Skovdahl Special Advisor, Coordinator of International Affairs, Norwegian Railway Directorate
- Raffaele Santulli Technical Director, ATAC
- Richard George Chair, Network Rail
- Thibault Pirard Sales Director Europe, Steel, Military and Special Transport, Lineas
- Vincenzo Manno Head of Innovation, Trenitalia
- Vish Kalsapura Principal Engineer, GBRX
- Mohamed Abd Alraheem Director of Cooperation & External Relations, Libyan Railways
Agenda
- Welcome Dinner & Welcome Speech 2 June 2026 · Kensington Ballroom, 1st floor - main building
- Opening Address: Welcome & IRS14 Theme Introduction 3 June 2026
- Special Keynote: The UK's Railway Transformation (TBC) 3 June 2026
- Keynote: International Perspectives on Railway Reform 3 June 2026
- Panel Discussion: Integration or Separation - International Perspectives on Railway Models and the Arrival of GBR 3 June 2026
- Keynote: Europe's Railway Cost Imperative (TBC) 3 June 2026
- Panel Discussion: The Cost Challenge - Track Access Charges, Infrastructure Investment, Commercial Viability 3 June 2026
- Special Keynote: Ukraine's Railway War - Lessons for European Resilience (TBC) 3 June 2026
- Q&A: Ukraine's Railway War - Lessons for European Resilience 3 June 2026
- Keynote: Military Mobility Package 2025 3 June 2026
- Panel Discussion: We shall fight on the railway tracks: Are Europe's Railways Ready for Military Mobility? 3 June 2026
- Session 3.1 | Panel: One Ticket, One Platform – Why Can't We Deliver? 3 June 2026
- Session 2.1 | Panel: The GSM-R Countdown: Europe’s Race to Deploy FRMCS 3 June 2026
- Session 4.1 | Panel: HSR Infrastructure - What Mature Markets Would Build Differently 3 June 2026
- Session 5.1 | Panel: Heavy haulage by rail: Meeting NATO's engineering challenge 3 June 2026
- Session 4.2 | Case Study Presentations: International Mega-Projects - What's Being Built 3 June 2026
- Session 4.3 | Panel: Closing the Rail Investment Gap: New Financing Models and Technology Economics 3 June 2026
- Session 5.2 | Panel: DAC: What's the Business Model? 3 June 2026
- Session 6.1 | Panel: AI in Railway Operations: From Challenges to Solutions 4 June 2026
- Session 7.1 | Panel: Cybersecurity for Connected Railways 4 June 2026
- Session 7.2 | Panel: Passenger Accessibility in Stations 4 June 2026
- Session 8.1 | Keynote Panel: Fuel Crisis, War and Ash Cloud: Can Rail Step Up and Step In? 4 June 2026
- Session 8.2 | Moderators’ Closing Panel: Competing for the Future - Growth Strategies & Market Evolution 4 June 2026