UITP has announced industry executive, author and inspirational speaker Olivier Van Duüren as keynote speaker for IT-TRANS, International Conference and Exhibition on Intelligent Urban Transport Systems (March 6-8, 2018, Karlsruhe).
Van Duüre worked in the senior executive ranks at Microsoft for 22 years, providing him with a unique perspective on the intersection of innovation, transformation and human behaviour — with his latest mission leading the “digital transformation” of the company.
In September 2016 Van Duüre launched ‘The Dualarity’, a business and a book, on how to find the correct balance between performing and transforming.
As an international speaker, trend sensemaker, executive whisperer, sparkle builder, corporate innovator and author, Van Duüre is a thought leader on personal and business transformation, innovation and on the impact of the changes around us in our society and industry.
Van Duüre is also a professor at the Zigurat Business School for Technology and Innovation, guest lecturer at the Vlerick Business School and a member of Speakersbase, Professional Speaker Association, SpeakersAssociates and Key Persons of Influence UK (KPI).
Further confirming his business credentials, Van Duüre has worked with global and local organisations from startups, medium to large organisations such as Deloitte, The European Digital Transformation Conference Board, Bundl, Ministry of Finance, Microsoft, KPI UK and many more. UITP is delighted to have such an influential figure deliver the keynote address at the IT-TRANS Conference & Exhibition 2018.
Outlook on the conference program
IT-TRANS is a conference where the sector meets to exchange, discuss and invent IT solutions and to drill down into the issues such as account-based ticketing, the API economy, on-demand travel and more. These subjects are changing the business so the need to discuss them is now.
More than 500 conference delegates ranging from CEOs and managers to engineers, experts and consultants coming from 40 countries across the world will gather in Karlsruhe to discuss, network and participate in sessions vital to the industry debate.
High-level speakers will discuss the seven main themes of the 2018 event:
- Data and the API economy
- Customer relations
- Enabling new mobility solutions and MAAS
- Ticketing and payment
- Operations & maintenance
- Cyber Security
- Autonomous vehicles
The first day of IT-TRANS (Tuesday March 6th) will include the ‘STA Workshop’ featuring a discussion on seamless travel through standards, a seminar from ‘ITxPT Seminar’, an ‘AI in PT Expert roundtable’ and the day will conclude with ‘Drivers & Enablers of Digitization in public transport’.
The second day (Wednesday March 7th) of the conference program will include ‘Operations, Maintenance and Asset Management’, ‘Smart Ticketing’, ‘Open Sources and Open Systems’ and ‘The Rise of the API Economy’ to name but a few.
The third and final day of the conference (Thursday March 8th) will see discussions and participations in subjects such as ‘The Impact of Digitization on Human Resources’, ‘Public Transport and the Autonomous Vehicle’ and a technical visit of a test area autonomous vehicle driving — Baden-Wuerttemberg, which is located in Karlsruhe. From spring 2018, vehicle systems, additional services, and applications for automated and connected driving can be tested under real traffic conditions in the Test Area Autonomous Driving Baden-Wuerttemberg.
IT-TRANS 2018 will offer you more networking opportunities with a restructured conference program to allow for more time to visit the Exhibition and connect with colleagues.
