Our promise:you won’t be feeling sleepy at this conference!

The conference will offer a unique possibility to hear about the very latest worldwide innovations being developed in ticketing, train design, passenger information systems and airport station design and how this knowledge and experience can be adapted to the local market.

Delegates from four continents:

Ticketing & Travel Booking

Do you go to a travel agent to book your trip or do you keep your own travel planner in your palm? Tap and app, tap another - and you are all set for your next flight, trip to the airport and transfer to your hotel. The conference will discuss the future of integrated travel booking and e-ticketing with suppliers and operators.

Dedicated Airport Rail Operators are the first to implement innovative solutions to sell their tickets.

Safety & SecuritySecurity in the aviation sector is well advanced but rail is increasingly looking into improving safety & security standards and the first rail operators who will start to implement airport style security will be the airport expresses around the world. Mass body scanners, iris and face recognition, advanced CCTV, behaviour monitoring at stations - these solutions can be implemented both in airports and rail terminals and our delegates will discuss what the future of airport & rail terminals’ safety and security will look like when you will take that trip around the world in five years.

Train Manufacturing & Design

Space

Comfort

Seat Room

No-step

Luggage area

Easy access

Modern

Speed

In last year’s conference we identified the main passenger issues in using air rail services.

This year we will look at the latest developments in train manufacturing and design and how airport rail links are dealing with these issues.

Rail & Sport

World Cup 2010 and GautrainWinter Olympics 2010 and Canada Line

Last year we saw these two amazing sporting events coinciding with the openings of the two dedicated airport rail links that brought much excitement for the public and a lot of pressure for the operators!

But the future holds even more exciting events for sport and rail fans: The Euro 2012 football championship will see airport rail links built in Poland and Ukraine and Russia is looking forward to two major sporting events – Winter Olympics 2014 and World Cup 2018, which has put a lot of pressure to transport infrastructure developers.

Awards & Networking

Global AirRail Awards is the first ever international awards ceremony dedicated to the air-rail market, taking place at the international conference 'The Future of AirRail - Innovations & Modern Technologies'.

We are convinced – if there is anybody worth an award – it is definitely the air-rail operators around the world!

Info

The Future of AirRailInnovations & Modern Technologies18-19 May 2011 – Riga, Latvia – Radisson BLU hotel

www.airrailevents.com/Riga2011.html

Global AirRail Awards 201118 May 2011 – Riga, Latvia – Radisson BLU hotel

www.airrailawards.com