South Africa to host Africa Rail 2017 in June
Railway - Africa’s largest rail conference and exhibition of Africa, Africa Rail 2017, will be held from June 13 to 14, in South Africa, this year.
Apr 27, 2017: Africa’s largest rail conference and exhibition, Africa Rail 2017, will be held from June 13 to 14, in South Africa, this year. The conference will be held at Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
With more than 100 speakers, 7500 attendees, 850 VIP buyers and 250 exhibitors, the two-day event aims to focus on wide range of topics concentrating on better, faster and more innovative rail industry.
The conference will be discussing various topics such as mainline passenger and signalling and communication, track infrastructure, asset management, rolling stock, operational efficiency, construction, development and more.
More than 93 international speakers will be addressing at Africa Rail 2017 from railway operators, governments organisations, construction companies and the world’s leading solution providers, significantly talking about the improvements in the railway sector.
Barbara Mommen CEO, Maputo Corridor Logistics Initiative, South Africa; Bello Roni deputy director, Signalling and Telecommunications, Nigerian Railway Corporation; Chidi Izuwah executive director, The Presidency, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, Nigeria; Tshepo Kgobe senior executive manager, Technical Services, Gautrain Management Agency, South Africa; Essam Selim, chairman and former MD, Egyptian Railways Maintenance & Services; Derek Thomas, Development Economist, South Africa; Jean Mapouth, rolling stock projects director, Cameroon Railway; Jean Nepo Ndayambaje, railway and cable car development senior engineer, Rwanda Transport Development Agency; These are few speakers who will be attending the conference talking about the inside of rail industry.
One of the sessions on women in the rail industry aims to meet the needs of women in rail worldwide and to promote empowerment and gender equality.
