Platinum & breakfast sponsor ALSTOM Transport

A promoter of sustainable mobility, Alstom Transport develops and markets the most complete range of systems, equipment and service in the railway market. With a market share of 13% and sales of 5.7 billion euros, the company is no. 1 in the high and very high speed train sector and ranks second worldwide in the urban transport market, regional trains, signalling, infrastructure equipment and all associated services. The growing complexity of technical solutions and infrastructure projects is leading increasing numbers of customers to demand complete solutions. Present in over 60 countries, with 26,000 employees, Alstom Transport’s strength lies in its ability to manage entire transport systems.

Platinum & lanyard sponsor Bombardier

Servicing a diversified customer base around the world, Bombardier Transportation is the global leader in rail equipment and system manufacturing and a provider of related services. The offering includes a full range of passenger railcars, locomotives, light rail vehicles and automated people movers. Bombardier also provides bogies, electric propulsion, control equipment and maintenance services, as well as total transit systems and rail control solutions. Present in 60 countries, including 45 production sites and 22 service centres, Bombardier has a total of more than 31,400 employees. Bombardier Inc. is a global corporation headquartered in Canada. Its revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2008, were $17.5 billion US, and its shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (BBD). ECO4: Revolutionary Energy-Saving Technologies from Bombardier Bombardier’s ECO4 technologies are built on four cornerstones: energy, efficiency, ecology and economy.

Silver sponsor Ansaldo STS

ANSALDO STS is the leading technology group operating in the railway and underground transportation sector. In particular, it controls Ansaldo Signal N.V., a Dutch holding company which is the largest of a group of companies operating in the field of railway and underground signalling as well as Ansaldo Trasporti-Sistemi Ferroviari S.p.A., an Italian company, expert in IT systems integration in the area of "turnkey" railway and underground transport systems. The activities of the ANSALDO STS Group are organized into two business units: - the Signalling Unit which works in design, realization, management and maintenance of systems, subsystems and components for signalling and monitoring railway and subway traffic systems, aimed at increasing the safety and efficiency of railway and underground transport systems - the Transport System Unit which operates in the design, realization, installation, integration, management, operation and maintenance of "turnkey" railway and underground transport systems among which signalling systems are an essential part The Group's head office is in Genoa, and Ansaldo STS has company branches located in 18 countries with over 3,600 employees. In 2005, the group realized profits amounting to 840 million euros with a gross operating margin of 89 million euros and a net profit of 44 million euros.

Silver sponsor Siemens

The Mobility Division (Erlangen, Germany) is the internationally leading provider of transportation and logistics solutions. With "Complete mobility", the Division is focused on networking the various modes of transportation in order to ensure the efficient transport of people and goods. “Complete mobility” combines the company's competence in operations control systems for railways and traffic control systems for roadways together with solutions for airport logistics, postal automation, traction power supplies and rolling stock for mass transit, regional and mainline services, as well as forward-looking service concepts. www.siemens.com/mobility

Session sponsor Bock

Bock is recognised worldwide for its high quality and reliable products. Air-conditioning compressors of Bock provide sustainable comfort for passengers in busses and trains around the world. Bock’s success story is based on more than 75 years experience with refrigeration and air-conditioning compressors. Bock is a family owned company based in Germany and distributed in more than 60 countries by agencies and subsidiary companies.

Session sponsor Maire Tecnimont

Maire Tecnimont is an international Engineering & Construction Group which provides services and installations in the chemicals and petrochemicals, oil and gas, power, infrastructure and civil engineering. In the Infrastructure sector, Maire Tecnimont works on highly complex projects, including the design and construction of roads, motorways, railways, underground and surface urban railway networks, tunnels, bridges and viaducts. Maire Tecnimont is present in 24 countries with about 4,300 employees.

Panel sponsor ITNL Enso Rail Systems Ltd

ITNL Enso Rail Systems Limited (IERS) is a Railway solutions company delivering end-to-end solutions.  The organization is a part of the IL&FS Group, one of the largest infrastructure development and finance company in India. IL&FS is pioneer of Public Private Partnerships for infrastructure projects in India. From concept to execution, IERS houses the expertise to provide the complete range of Rail Transit solutions and services necessary for successful Rail project completion: visioning, documentation, finance, development, management, execution, operations and maintenance. IERS has senior rail professionals with diverse skills and experience on board and is in the process of executing a key Rail Transit project with a unique business model. IERS intends to become a leading developer of Rail Transit projects worldwide.

Refreshment break sponsor Areva T&D

Luncheon sponsor Invensys Rail

Invensys Rail is a multinational leader in delivering state-of-the-art railway control and communication solutions. We enable the world’s railways to meet the ever-increasing demand for rail services by providing a range of solutions that safely increase the capacity of their networks by increasing frequency and maximising operational effectiveness. Our broad offering ranges from highly complex integrated control centre solutions that supervise and control complete railways to sophisticated train based systems that automate train operation and protection, interlocking systems that ensure safe running across a network and a complete range of trackside products.

Cocktail sponsor Cubin Transportation Systems, Inc.

Cubic is the world’s largest provider of automated fare collection systems and services for public transport. From system design, manufacture and software development to installation, integration, and customer services, Cubic provides its transit authority customers with a complete fare collection and processing system. The infrastructure for these fare collection systems is built on Cubic’s model of end-to-end system integration, from the front end, where passengers buy fares and enter the transit system, to the back end or central computer system, where all the daily transactions of revenue and passenger-travel information are processed and reconciled. Our fare collection systems are designed and delivered with an emphasis on innovation and reliability, and we provide the operations and maintenance services to keep these platforms running, while driving down costs and increasing revenues for our customers around the world, including London, Brisbane, Los Angeles, Atlanta and beyond.

Masterclass sponsor PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd. (PwC) is the oldest and largest professional services firm in India, with a presence of over 130 years. In India, PwC has over 5900 employees and offices in nine cities. PwC network entities in India offer a comprehensive portfolio of Assurance, Advisory and Tax & Regulatory services; each, in turn, presents a basket of finely defined deliverables. PwC India was adjudged India Tax Controversy Firm of the Year, 2008 by International Tax Review.

Exhibitor ACS Solution Switzerland Ltd

ACS develops, builds, installs and maintains multimodal and interoperable fare collection systems for all types of public transport operators. By delivering comprehensive customized solutions and a powerful management system ACS enables public transport operators to improve their productivity, profitability and customer satisfaction. ACS has over 1’000 customers in the urban, regional and national train, metro and bus operator business throughout the world. More than 35’000 of ticket vending machines, validators, entry gates and mobile terminals are currently in operation. Around 40 million passengers, daily, use buses, subways and trains equipped with ACS fare collection systems.

Exhibitor GERB Vibration Control Systems Pvt. Ltd

GERB  is a German multinational group working worldwide for several decades , in the field of vibration control protecting machinery, equipment and buildings against disturbing vibrations from near by machines , traffic or earthquake. Floating Track bed system (FTS) for Underground Metro is a specialized area of  GERB preventing transmission of non permissible structure- borne- noise / low frequency vibrations (generated by the passing trains) into the neighborhood buildings above the metro-tunnel. American and European Standards relating to human comfort  show values of permissible vibrations according to building type (hospital, residence, school, theatre etc) in order to avoid a devaluation of those overlying and nearby buildings above the metro-tunnel. Today GERB FTS system is used worldwide to meet demands for local applicable environmental norms regarding vibration and structure-borne–noise (caused specially by underground railway traffics in urban areas) as recognised by experts in many parts of the world.

Exhibitor Faiveley Transport

Faiveley Transport, a world leader in the railway industry since 1919, has been in Asia for more than 30 years and in India already for more than 20 years.  While a global company, yet in every country and region, Faiveley is proud to be a truly local partner providing timely, customized and quality railway equipment systems and services to accommodate our clients’ needs and concerns. Faiveley specializes in modular and tailor made design, supply, installation and maintenance of railway and public transport equipment for rolling stock and station concourse platform doors & gates. www.faiveleytransport.com www.platformscreendoors.net

Exhibitor OTN Systems

OTN Systems designs, develops and markets a unique range of Open Transport Network Solutions for specific market segments: metro systems, light rail systems, mines, motorways, utilities, oil & gas, railways, airports and large industrial plants.   The company's innovative Open Transport Network solutions are based on the latest fiber optical technology and offer you the most reliable, open and easy-to-use systems available on the market. Our systems are conceived to meet the needs of the industrial environment of our market segments. Our market segments employ all kinds of communication - voice, data, audio, video, etc. and our Open Transport Network Networks offer the reliability and the resilience required in these industrial environments.   The industrial environment also favors systems that are easy to install and easy to use, as this will decrease the operational cost for our customers. We are able to operate our Open Transport Networks over a lifecycle of 10 to 15 years.   "It is OTN Systems' mission to provide innovative Open Transport Network solutions of the highest quality and reliability coupled with best-in-class customer support…"