Elmia Nordic Rail and Elmia Future Transport 6-8 October 2009:
The obvious meetingplace for the rail industry
Now we open the gates to the Nordic railway and transport industry’s most important meeting-place Elmia Nordic Rail and Elmia Future Transport 2009. The most obvious arena in which politicians, business and industry expertise will meet to discuss current issues.
-Deployment of high speed railways and the government’s decision on a new national infrastructure authority is two highly topical issues that will be in focus, says project manager Jörgen Nyström.
The conference is a key part with nearly 150 seminars covering the most important questions in the industry. Among the lectures are the foremost experts on current issues affecting the Nordic market, but the gaze is also directed against the rest of Europe and the world. High-speed train from an international and a Nordic perspective is the main theme of the head seminar. Gunnar Malm, the governments investigator in high-speed, will come to the fair to present his view on the possibilities for high-speed trains in Sweden. Leif Zetterberg, State Secretary at the Ministry of Industry, will speak about the government’s emphasis on a new national infrastructure authority and discuss the decision from an industry perspective. Other topics are the future transport corridors, the Green Train, Logistics for Community Development and Transportation Sector in change.
- Nearly 260 exhibitors are on site and the leading companies in the industry is here, says Jörgen Nyström. This year are the two fairs broader than previously. Elmia Nordic Rail is a pure international railway exhibition, focused on technology and infrastructure, while Elmia Future Transport aimes at everyone involved in the transport of goods and passenger. The international element is still high, around 40 per cent.
Elmia Nordic Rail 2007 attracted 4 800 visitors from 19 countries: buyers, technical designers, engineers and supervisors, as well as politicians and other decision-makers.
A warm welcome to Elmia Nordic Rail and Elmia Future Transport 2009!