One Belt One Road: How Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation is getting up to speed with new initiatives

For immediate release – All eyes are turning east with the developments about China’s One Belt, One Road initiatives, with promise of the new business opportunities and investments. As the leading metro operator in the region, MTR Corporation is poised to be an early beneficiary of the initiatives. But what are the strategies and plans in development? How can other rail operators follow the footsteps of MTR Corporation monetize these golden opportunities?

Opening the plenary session of the 19th Annual Asia Pacific Rail 2017 on 21st March, Mr Lincoln Leong, Chief Executive Officer, MTR Corporation will sharing the key factors contributing to the operator’s success on the international stage in a Keynote Interview and Rail Leaders Panel. Dr Jacob Kam, Managing Director – Operations & Mainland Business, MTR Corporation will also be sharing about its expansion plans for the future and into Mainland China and the Global market on the morning of Day 2.

Mr Yi Min, Chief Advisor China Business, MTR Corporation will also sharing about the One Belt One Road Initiatives and how they are getting up to speed with the new projects to monetize these opportunities. Through this keynote, rail operators can also learn how they can better prepare to be a share of golden opportunities. Key stakeholders like Khun Voravuth Mala, Deputy Governor of Administration, State Railway of Thailand and Ms Aye Aye Hla, Advisor, Planning and International Relations (Land Transport), Union Minister Office, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Myanmar will also join Mr Yi Min on an OBOR panel to discuss about the challenges and developments on this global project uniting over 60 countries.

They will be joined by over 120+ speakers speaking across 4 Theatres covering strategic and technical case studies on New Technologies & Metro Projects, Signalling & Communications, Mainline & Rail Freight, Intermodality and Power, Rolling Stock, Asset Management, Passenger Experience, Rail Financing & Funding, Light Rail and Rail Safety and more.

The speakers at Asia Pacific Rail 2017 include:

•Mukul Jain, Director, High Speed Rail Corporation of India/Rail Vikas Nigam Limited

•Chung Li-Jung, Deputy Director-General, Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit Bureau (KMRT)

•Hermanto Dwiatmoko, Commissioner, Kereta Api Indonesia

•Lee Minseok, Senior Manager, Beijing office, KORAIL

•Chua Chong Kheng, Deputy Chief Executive, Infrastructure & Development, Land Transport Authority

•Kuldeep Gharatya, Head of Technical Strategy, Systems Performance, Innovation, London Underground

•Dr. Somprasong Suttayamully, Director, Business Development Department, Mass Rapid Transit Authority of

Thailand

•Ouk Sota, Deputy Director, Railway Department, Ministry of Works and Transport, Kingdom of Cambodia

•William Sabandar, President Director, MRT Jakarta

•Tonny Yeap, Director, Commercial Division, MYHSR Corporation

•Dato Azmi Abdul Aziz, President & Group CEO, Prasarana Malaysia Berhad

•Hermanto Dwiatmoko, Commissioner, PT Kereta Api Indonesia

•Yuslizar Daud, Head of Rail Division, Public Transport Commission Malaysia (SPAD)

•TC Chew, President, Global Business & Operations, Samsung C&T Corporation

•Voravuth Mala, Deputy Governor of Administration, State Railway of Thailand

•Kuo Tsair-Ming, Vice President, Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation

•Naoto Kimura, Director, International Relations Department, Corporate Planning Headquarters, Tokyo Metro

•Simon Shiao-Lien Chao, Commissioner, Transportation Bureau, New Taipei City Government

•Luvsandagva Purevbaatar, Advisor to the Chairman & Mega Projects Leader, UBTZ

•Martha Lawrence, Sr. Railway Specialist, Leader of Railways Community of Practice, World Bank

Alongside the conference, the exhibition will feature a showcase of the latest rail technologies by over 60 leading rail solution partners, 3 on-floor seminar theatres discussing rail ticketing, revenue and technologies and a new Underground/Overground University. Some of the exhibiting companies includes Huawei Technologies, Traffic Control Technology, Bombardier Transportation, Moxa Inc. Thales, Nokia, TÜV Rheinland Group, Laborex Rail, Bejing Jiaxun Feihong, CRRC, Dahua Technology, SYSTRA, TUV SUD and more.

The two-day conference and exhibition is expected to gather over 2,000 rail stakeholders from the region.

About Asia Pacific Rail 2017

Date: 21 - 22 March 2017

Conference opening hours: 09:00 am

Exhibition opening hours: 10:30 am

Venue: Halls 5FG, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

Website: www.terrapinn.com/aprailexpo

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