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« on: August 12, 2014, 12:05:14 »

http://www.railfuture.org.uk/conferences/#2014_london

Speakers - (as listed at 12th August 2014)
Baroness Kramer, Minister of State for Transport
Karen Boswell, Managing Director, East Coast
Fiona Dolman, Head of Capacity Planning, Network Operations, Network Rail
Anna Matthews, Chief Executive Officer, Delta Rail
Sharon Hedges, Rail Passenger Manager, Passenger Focus
Jenni Borg, Head of Smart and Integrated Ticketing, Department for Transport
Invitations have been sent to other potential speakers - awaiting confirmation
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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2014, 06:05:34 »

Current list of speakers ... bookings open for a further 9 days (via the URL in the previous post)...

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Baroness Kramer, Minister of State for Transport Twitter Image
Address is via a pre-recorded video for the Railfuture conference on the big screen
Karen Boswell, Managing Director, East Coast Twitter Image Facebook Image
Has just won the prestigious Woman of the Year Award (Hospitality, passenger transport, travel and tourism)
Fiona Dolman, Head of Capacity Planning, Network Operations, Network Rail Twitter Image Facebook Image
Anna Matthews, Chief Executive Officer, Delta Rail Twitter Image Facebook Image
Sharon Hedges, Rail Passenger Manager, Passenger Focus Twitter Image
Jenni Borg, Head of Smart and Integrated Ticketing, Department for Transport
Stefanie Browne, News & Features Writer, RAIL Magazine Twitter Image
Isabel Dedring, Deputy Mayor for Transport & Deputy Chair of Transport for London Twitter Image
Will open conference via a pre-recorded video for Railfuture conference
The above is the full line-up of confirmed speakers

It just struck me that it's all ladies talking - not even a token gentleman. I wonder if that's by design.
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« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2014, 14:00:20 »

It was - but unfortunately two pulled out (almost) at the last minute....
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