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Seminars add visitor value

This year’s programme of 20 free drop-in technical seminars – organised jointly by the rail engineer magazine and Mack Brooks Exhibitions – again proved a big draw for visitors. Located in the main exhibition hall, these well attended sessions ran over all three days of Infrarail, adding value for visitors by providing deeper insights into many of the innovations on show by exhibitors.

Highlights of the programme

were an informative briefing on the status of the Crossrail project by the company’s Chairman, Terry Morgan, and a timely presentation by Amey Consulting’s Managing Director Andy Milner on how an integrated approach to the challenges facing transport in the UK can provide a response to reduced public sector spending. A more international perspective on many of

Terry Morgan’s update on Crossrail draws an attentive audience

on Infrarail. Entitled ‘Building Tomorrow’s Railway’, this featured top-level speakers from the UK and elsewhere in Europe discussing how the industry can best meet growing traffic demands in a tight economic and regulatory climate. Opportunities for UK suppliers in foreign

those challenges was offered at a conference hosted by show media partners Railway Gazette International during the first two days

markets were the focus of Meet the Buyer sessions held in conference rooms adjoining the exhibition. Organised by UK Trade &

Investment, the Rail Alliance

and the NEC’s Trade Promotion Centre, these followed a well established format of one-to-one meetings between buyers and manufacturers – and provided a welcome influx of overseas visitors to the exhibition. Infrarail also served as the

Full attendance at one of the 20 seminar sessions

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venue for one of the regular meetings of the Rail Freight Group, one of the event’s supporting organisations. Topics covered included ways in which the UK’s rail infrastructure can be improved to meet rail freight traffic growth projections.

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