2 - Asia Pacific Rail 2019 - Post Event Report
2 - Asia Pacific Rail 2019 - Post Event Report
2 - Asia Pacific Rail 2019 - Post Event Report
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EVENTOVERVIEW
EVENT OVERVIEW
Dear Colleague,
The 21st edition of Asia Pacific Rail took place in Hong Kong on 19-20 March 2019, once
again in partnership with MTR Corporation.
In our biggest and best event yet, the 2019 edition attracted more than 2,000 attendees
from 42 countries, cementing Asia Pacific Rail’s position as the must-attend annual
gathering of the APAC rail industry’s decision-makers and key stakeholders. The event
attracted executives from the region’s largest and most influential rail operators,
authorities, service providers, consultants as well as government delegations.
Over 150 expert speakers provided their insights across two days in 7 premium
conference tracks and 3 on-floor seminar theatres. Key themes in our premium
conference sessions included digital rail, metro & mainline projects, signalling &
communication strategies & technologies, O&M, asset management, passenger
experience, revenue management, ticketing, rail power and more. In our on-floor
seminar theatres, we offered insights into track infrastructure, project management,
latest technologies, safety, reliability and disruption management. Brand new for 2019,
we also curated a special theatre on North Asian Rail Innovations that was conducted in
Mandarin.
Attendees of the special Asia Pacific Rail pre-conference site visit, hosted by MTR
Corporation, enjoyed a tour and preview of the Operations Control Centre (OCC) and High
Speed Rail Hong Kong West Kowloon Station (WEK Station).
We’d like to say a huge thank you to our speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, attendees &
partners for your support of Asia Pacific Rail 2019. Thank you also to MTR Corporation, our
continued close partner, for their guidance and support.
We couldn’t be more excited for 2020, and we’re already hard at work on it! We’ll be
bringing you even more - more content, more networking opportunities and more
solution partners to explore.
It’s never to early to get involved. For 2020 sponsorship & exhibition enquiries, contact
Bastiaan van der Heijden on [email protected] and to explore speaking at
the event, contact Parveen Sekhon at [email protected].
Best regards,
The Asia Pacific Rail Team
“Asia Pacific Rail Conference is a highlight for me
every year. The Conference continues to have better
content, panel discussions, and exhibitors year by
year. The 2019 event was the best one so far.”
- Dr Jacob Kam, Chief Executive Officer, MTR Corporation
HEADLINE
HEADLINE
EVENT STATISTICS
STATISTICS
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2000+
TOTAL ATTENDEES
800+ PREMIUM CONFERENCE ATTENDEES
42 COUNTRIES
10 THEATRES OF CONTENT
STATISTICS
EVENT BREAKDOWN
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BY PROFILE
23% RAIL AUTHORITIES & OPERATORS
5% ROLLING STOCK
7% OTHERS
BY JOB TITLE
Dr. Jacob Kam, Juan F Alfonso, Henry Foo, Deputy Group Peter Munro, Jia-Chang Wu, Deputy
Managing Director – President, Light Rail Director, Thomson-East Director of Director General, Mass
Operations & Mainland Manila Corporation Coast Line, Land Transport Operations, Metro Rapid Transit Bureau,
Business, MTR Authority Kaohsiung City
Trains Melbourne
Corporation Government
Hung Kang Sung, Chua Chong Kheng, Sue McCarrey, Chief Seng Tiok Poh, Director, Adi Lau, Operations
Chief of Section, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Planning and Design, Director, MTR
Bureau of High Executive Officer, Office of the MRT Corp Corporation
Speed Rail, Taiwan Land Transport National Safety
Authority Regulator
Gary Lampard, Ever Diaz, Director of BC Yen, President, Kuldeep Gharatya, Head Sanjay Kumar, Chief
Director of Network Asset Management, Taipei Rapid Transit of Engineering, MPD, Engineer (Signal and
Integrity Assurance, Keolis Commuter Corporation Transport for London Telecoms), Kolkata
Public Transport Services Metro Rail
Victoria Corporation
LEADING
EVENT OPERATOR SPEAKERS
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Dr Samuel Chan, Group Yoke Kee Ang, Chief Tony Lee, Chief of Rishi Dutta, Chief Jaydeep Pawar, Chief
Director, Rail/Road Operations Officer, Operations Engineering, Information Officer, Communication
Systems Engineering, Strategy and MTR Corporation Engineer, Signalling and
Public Transport
Land Transport Transformation, Telecoms, Indian
Authority
Victoria
Prasarana Malaysia Railways
Somsana Ratsaphong, Michael Harrison, Vice Hendrik Düringer, Russ Arnold, Chief Andrew Mead, Chief
Director General, Laos President, Head of Rail Head of Revenue Customer Experience Architect (ARBUK), MTR
Railways Operations, Downtown Management, DB Officer, Sound Transit Corporation
Line MRT, SBS Transit Fernverkehr
Ouk Sota, Deputy Samantha Abeydeera, Dr. Somprasong Naoto Kimura, Director, Gerald Schinagl,
Director, Cambodia Deputy Executive Suttayamully, Director, International Relations Director, Department
Ministry of Public Director, Train Crew, Fare Media Office, Department, Tokyo Metro Digital Innovation, OBB
Works and Transport Sydney Trains Mass Rapid Transit
Authority of Thailand
Tonny Yeap, Director, Annie Leung, General Professor Nalinaksh Dr Lee Chen-Yu, Director, Pierre Messulam,
Commercial Division, Manager, Customer Vyas, Chairman, Taipei Smart City Project Vice President and
MyHSR Coropration Experience Technology Mission, Management Office Greater Paris Project
Development, MTR Indian Ministry of Director, SNCF
Corporation Railways Transilien
THE CONFERENCE
EVENT OVERVIEW
“2019 Asia Pacific Rail has been a great opportunity for UnionPay
International to introduce transit solutions to the respective partners. We
got the opportunity to understand more about the metro industry trends
around here. Collaborations and partnerships via Asia Pacific Rail 2019 are
very welcome.”
HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS
voestalpine Safety Management System of
Optimize track performance by
Railway TÜV Rheinland trains, from daily maintenance
system approach
Systems to lifetime extension
BIM 4 FIELD: Benefits for linear
Huawei Success stories in the railway
Systra infrastructure construction
industry
activities Technologies
HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS
National The application of diving Opportunities and challenges of
City University
Taiwan recorder to rail track condition AI for system reliability and
of Hong Kong
University monitoring predictive maintenance
WEBSITE
Our websites
containing key event
information attracted
over 54,600 sessions.
EMAIL MARKETING
Over 3,282,167
emails were sent as part of our email
marketing campaign, highlighting
information updates on our
conference.
BROCHURES
Conference brochures
featuring full event
details were sent through
email campaigns, digital
channels and third-party
marketing reaching over
180,000 people in Asia
and beyond.
MARKETING
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FACEBOOK
Facebook marketing was done over 5
months leading up to the event.
Information featured include event
details, promotions, speakers’ details
and industry news. The page was also
promoted to relevant audience
through segmented interest groups,
lookalike campaigns and a database
audience.
TWITTER
Key event information and industry
news were tweeted frequently, and we
extended outreach through promoted
tweets. REMARKETING
Remarketing advertisements took place over the
5 months leading up to the event, where event
details was marketed to the most relevant
audience.
BLOG
A blog containing industry and
event news was set up and articles
were posted regularly to generate
industry interest.
MARKETING
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THIRD PARTY MARKETING
The event was endorsed by local
and international associations
and media partners.
Newspaper mentions