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Transport Ticketing & Passenger Information Global 2016

Celebrating its eighth consecutive year, the illustrious Transport Ticketing & Passenger Information Global continues to host the world’s most comprehensive transport summit. Taking place from 26-28 January 2016 at Old Billingsgate, London, the three day event is set to welcome more than 700 delegates from over 50 countries to explore the latest developments in smart ticketing and transit.

A distinguished selection of public and private sector innovators and pioneers will provide unique insight, beginning with a guest keynote address from Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport Claire Perry.

Lauren Sager Weistein, Head of Analytics at Transport for London will then deliver a data driven presentation titled ‘Understand how your future passengers will choose to travel and consume data: take a look at projected forecasts for modal shifts and how you need to adapt your service’.

A panel discussion led by Justin Stenner, Head of Technology for Heathrow Express, will discuss what the public transport industry can learn from the aviation sector when updating their ticketless platforms. Michael Devitto (Vice President and Program Executive, Fare Payment Programs) Metropolitan Transport Authority New York, will chair a panel discussion predicting the next twelve months in transport technology.

Mark Kipling, Director of Bahrain Public Transport Company will provide a case study into Bahrain’s accelerated transport programme, revealing how the country has gone from traditional conductors to smartcard technology in six months. Other speakers include Chantal Greenwood, Manager of Automated Fare Collection at Transport for Cape Town, who will deliver a session titled ’On the road to integrated intelligent transport systems for public transport in Cape Town, and Dimiter Dimitrov, CEO for Tickey will, explain how mobile ticketing is re-shaping the environment in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The prestigious Transport Ticketing & Passenger Information Global Awards, in partnership with PayPal, will honour organisations and individuals who have worked tirelessly to establish and deploy successful smart ticketing programmes across Europe. Taking place at the iconic London Transport Museum on 26 January, the event will celebrate the evolution of public transport and how it continues to shape modern society. Categories include: Best Smart Card Ticketing Service, Most Successful Mobile Ticketing Programme, Ticketing Technology of the Year, Best Customer Serving Operator, Industry Contributor and Most Innovative Real-time Passenger Information Initiative.

The EMV Transport Forum, taking place at Transport Ticketing Global, is the UK’s first niche industry gathering which cuts through the noise around bank-card ticketing and discusses the ‘hands-dirty’ aspects of implementation and market adoption of EMV transport ticketing.

The conference will also feature representatives from organisations such as The Department of Transport, Consult Hyperion, ATOC, Ridango, Connexxion, Bytemark Inc, Global Travel Ventures and Go Ahead Group, while partners and sponsors include Visa, Fujitsu, Vix Technology, Parkeon, Cubic, Snapper, EOS Uptrade, Hacon, Scheidt & Bachmann, Thales.

A wide ranging exhibition, running alongside the conference, will offer the opportunity for delegates to interact with the latest technologies first-hand and meet with potential and existing suppliers.

Transport Ticketing & Passenger Information Global 2016 takes place at Old Billingsgate, London on 26-28 January. A full two day Conference Pass is £1,599. Transport operators and government officials attend for free.

For information about exhibiting or participating, please visit www.transport-ticketing.com

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Transport Ticketing and Passenger Information Global .