The programme of the 9th edition of the European Railway Award is now known.

In addition to Isabelle Durant and Eric Fontanel, who will be awarded for their achievements, we will have the pleasure to hear other outsanding speakers, such as Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc, Chairman of the EP TRAN Committee Michael Cramer, and Secretary-General of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment Lidewijde Ongering.

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Opening

Libor Lochman, CER Executive Director and Philippe Citroën, UNIFE Director-General 

Keynote speeches

European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc

Chairman of the European Parliament's Transport and Tourism Committee Michael Cramer (DE, Greens/EFA)

Secretary-General of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment Lidewijde Ongering (The Netherlands Presidency of the Council of the EU)

Introduction

Christian Kern, CER Chairman/CEO of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)

UNIFE Chairman

Technical Award

Eric Fontanel, engineer

Charity project: SNSM (Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer)

Political Award

Isabelle Durant, former Vice-President of the European Parliament

Charity project: Train World

CER & UNIFE Annual Reception