Event Profile
Railways and Harbours
Conference & Exhibition 2009
For Industry by industry – That’s where it started – The Railways and Harbour’s Conference and Exhibition, has been created for the Railways and Harbour industries by individuals from industry who are involved, dedicated and passionate about Africa’s-future, continued improvement, progress and growth. This new event offers unprecedented opportunity for experts and officials working in both disciplines, and for related and dependent industries, to come together and exchange their wisdom, experience and operational excellence.
The extent of international investment evident in Africa is greatly encouraging, the challenge being to maximise the useful employment of capital that is made available. Only by these means can the African continent unlock the opportunity, and its undoubted capability, to become globally competitive. How it should go about this, which fundamentals have been identified, and what should be prioritized? – These are some of the daunting questions that the experts confront. We need to learn from history, from experience here and elsewhere; we need to develop what already exists to its fullest potential, and create vital new transport infrastructure.
The underpinning theme for this new conference and exhibition is to learn, create, develop – and grow
Bimodal and intermodal integration are to feature prominently, both on the exhibition floor and at the conference, as will rail passenger travel – in the intercity as well as the critically important commuter areas of operation. While, in South Africa, the topicality of the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup will be approaching a climax in 2009, transport interests both here and in the rest of the continent will necessarily be looking further ahead – to the second decade of the new century, and all the forethought and planning this implies and needs.
