"The shortage of skilled labour is a growing issue in the industry. For a successful transport turnaround, it is not only necessary to compensate for many deserved retirements, but also actively recruit new personnel. This is a major challenge, especially for drivers," says Dr Mareike Massow, Head of Product Management at IVU Traffic Technologies AG. "For IT Trans, I have bundled best practices from many discussions with public transport companies – and, of course, I have the right software tools to get to grips with the problem."

Further speakers include Rebecca Bissel, Director of Information Technology at Transport for London. Bissel specialises in digital transformation and technology-supported change processes in companies. Her topic at the IT-TRANS conference is "Capturing the digital value within public transport" (15 May, 1.30 pm).

"The full potential of AI: Making public transport the first choice" is the focus of the session being held by Wellington Toapanta, Head of Digital Strategy and Innovation at Hitachi Rail (15 May, 9.30 a.m.). In his position, he is responsible for the implementation of the Smart Mobility portfolio at Hitachi Rail and monitors and shapes international industry trends.

Silvia Roldán Fernandez will provide an insight into the municipal side of public transport. As the former CEO of the Madrid Metro, she is now Deputy Minister of Digitalisation at the City of Madrid and therefore has extensive expertise on both sides of the desk. The industrial engineer is one of six headline speakers at the conference.

Among the high-calibre speakers are numerous exhibitors, including Dr. Roxana Hess from Init, Max Sistig from IVU Traffic Technologies, Javier Guimera Tena from Padam / Siemens and Farnaz Tepper from PTV. Delegates will have the opportunity to find out more about the companies' digital solutions at their stands, Indira Khara, Senior Project Manager at UITP, comments: "The future of digitalization is being shaped at the IT-TRANS conference! A survey of 2022 delegates revealed that 87 percent want to implement content in their organizations, 92.5 percent were satisfied to very satisfied with the conference. This is a wonderful endorsement of the knowledge and exchange offered by our expert speakers. The dedicated focus on digital transformation in public transport makes the conference a unique source of information and inspiration."

The conference program is complemented by three networking events in the evening, which are included in the conference season ticket, as well as technical visits in the afternoon of the last day of the trade fair.

Tickets and information:

You can purchase tickets for the trade fair and conference at www.it-trans.org/tickets. Further information and the conference program can be found under the following links.