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Asia Pacifi c Rail returns for its 20th anniversary edition on 20-21 March 2018 at HKCEC, Hong Kong. The event brings together the leading rail leaders from across APAC and beyond to discuss and demonstrate innovations, technologies and strategies that are shaping the rail industry.

Uniting APAC rail leaders to discuss new digital paradigms shaping the future of rail

20-21 MARCH 2018

HONG KONG

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Industry best practice sharingThe two-day event will feature over 130 international speakers and industry experts from leading rail asset owners and partners. Through industry best practice sharing, case studies and panel discussions, they will explore the latest

developments in rail projects across the region, as well as the new digital paradigms shaping the future of rail.

Focus on key prioritiesKey highlights of the event include the exclusive keynote interviews conducted

by Richard Anderson, Managing Director of the Railway and Transport Strategy Centre at Imperial College London. He’ll be sitting down with Lincoln Leong, Chief Executive Offi cer of MTR Corporation, Jeroen Weimar, Chief Executive Offi cer of Public Transport Victoria and Abdul Mohsin Ibrahim Younes, Chief Executive Offi cer of the Rail Agency, Roads and Transport Authority (Dubai) to fi nd out more about how they are planning to manage growing passenger capacity needs and operational demands. In the following panel discussion, these leaders will talk more about how they see the rail industry being disrupted and the key priorities they will be focusing on in the coming years. Furthermore, Rolf Härdi, CTO of Deutsche Bahn AG and Edgar Sée, Project Director – Line 4 Automation at RATP will also be keynoting on some of the digital railway transformations that Asian Metros can adopt.

Across eight theatres of content at its largest ever edition, Asia Pacifi c Rail 2018 attendees will discover answers to their challenges in disciplines including:

■ Operations and asset management ■ Signalling and communications ■ Track infrastructure and maintenance ■ Rolling stock ■ Safety ■ Project management ■ Automated ticketing systems

Supplier of software solutions for rail freight and passenger services, the display by zedas® at Asia Pacifi c Rail 2018 will feature its latest functions. This complex solution provides rail and transport companies with integrated rail transport management, connecting the processes of shunting and long-haul logistics, as well as the maintenance and synchronisation of rail infrastructure and vehicle fl eets. ‘zedas®asset’ enables the user to monitor the condition of infrastructural networks and vehicle

fl eets, and to control the effi cient deployment of maintenance resources. The solution evaluates the operating data obtained from online diagnostics or inspection, and enables forecasts to be made about asset behaviour. Rail transport companies, operators of works and port railways, and the providers of shunting services can use ‘zedas®cargo’ to manage, control, monitor and document all kinds of rail freight transport, from the signing of contracts to planning, operation and invoicing.

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■ New metro projects ■ Mainline passenger and freight.

Supported by MTR Corporation, the event will also feature a technical site visit to the new Express Rail Link (XRL) ahead of its opening in the third quarter of 2018. Attendees for this very limited tour will visit the 26km-long Hong Kong Section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL) which runs from West Kowloon to the boundary between Hong Kong and Shenzhen on the Mainland. When it opens, the XRL will connect Hong Kong to the 20,000km-long National High-speed Railway Network.

Bringing together expertsWith over 2,000 attendees, Asia Pacifi c Rail’s exhibition will bring together the entire rail ecosystem, as leading rail technology providers spend time with rail operators and authorities to help move their digital railway transformation forward. They include:

■ Huawei Technologies ■ Traffi c Control Technologies

■ Bombardier Transportation ■ MOXA Inc ■ Teltroni ■ TÜV Rheinland ■ Roland Berger ■ ABB ■ Alstom ■ Axon Vibe ■ CRRC ■ Perpetuum ■ Systra ■ Thales.

Registration for Asia Pacifi c Rail 2018 is now open and admission to the exhibition is free.

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There will be more than 80 exhibitors showcasing products and solutions at Asia Pacifi c Rail 2018