Tuesday, October 10, 2023

World Passenger Festival 2023

 Last week I not only attended the World Passenger Festival in Vienna (moved this year after several in Amsterdam), I was the moderator for the Digital Tech / Transformation Summit... a large presentation room dedicated to the increasing amount of online technologies being applied to passenger transit globally.

This was a packed 2 days of presentations and Q&A hosted my yours truly, where representatives from across the transport & mobility sector got to hear about the latest innovations and projects.

The highlights for me were:

1. Being judge (and 'Dragon') at an event held the day before at the OBB Innovation Factory

2. Moderating a panel oon the topic of:
"Driving Innovation in transport: overcoming the barriers to success in developing a digitally savvy mindset in risk averse organisations. "

With European innovation leaders:

  • Peter Schindlecker, Head of Open Innovation, ÖBB Open Innovation  
  • Robert Lynn, Head of Innovation, Dublin Bus  
  • Carolin Kodde, Lead, Long Distance Train Start Ups, DB Mindbox 
  • Benoit Muller, Innovation Lab Director, SNCF Connect & Tech 
  • Severine Mastikian, Rail and Transit, Europe Lead, Accenture


3. Moderating the keynote panel with senior leaders



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