INDICATOR STATUS CURRENT SITUATION STATUS

POPULATION GROWTH AND The worldwide population is expected to increase from approximately 7.6 to 9.8 billion by 2050, together with the share of
MASS URBANIZATION people living in urban areas growing from 54.5% to 60% by 2030. (1) Population growth and urbanization create an
increasing demand for high capacity public transport solutions especially in congested cities and areas.

ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS Governments increasingly commit to long-term climate and energy goals. Measures to reach these goals include
investments in eco-friendly transport solutions such as rail transport. Rail is responsible for 4.2% of the transport energy-
related CO2 emissions compared to 72.6% for road transportation.(2)

Most of the rolling stock business is conducted with rail operators backed by the public sector. Rail infrastructure
PUBLIC FUNDING investments are expected to grow, as governments and multilateral institutions continue to fund projects in the rail industry
to support and foster economic development. However public indebtedness and austerity measures may impede public
tender processes for some new rail projects.

LIBERALIZATION Liberalization attracts more private operators to enter the market and invest in new rail equipment and services. The
European Commission supports the liberalization of domestic passenger rail services within the European Union.
The digital industry revolution will fundamentally impact the way we live and interconnect with one another. Today’s rail
passengers want to stay online throughout the entire train journey, from departure to arrival. To ensure that, original
DIGITALIZATION equipment manufacturers need to monitor closely the ‘ecosystems’ they serve to align with passengers’ future’s needs.
Digitalization of our manufacturing tools and processes will change our way of working, reducing complexity, development
costs and ensuring faster time-to-market.
HIGH SPEED AND VERY HIGH SPEED TRAINS

Application: Equipment for medium and long-distance

operations.
Major products: ZEFIRO family
Key features: Solutions offering very high operating flexibility,
high comfort and safety standards for passengers in
combination with high efficiency. Portfolio covers the full
spectrum of speed requirements: high speed (200-250 km/h)
and very high speed (250-380 km/h).
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• Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Hasso Plattner Margret Klein-Magar Pekka Ala-Pietilä Panagiotis Bissiritsas
• Chairman of the Supervisory Deputy Chairperson Chairman of the Board Support Expert
Board SAP SE Supervisory Board SAP SE of Directors, Huhtamäki
• Oyj, Espoo, Finland
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• Martin Duffek Aicha Evans Prof. Anja Feldmann Diane Greene
• Product Manager Senior VP and Director at Max-Planck CEO, Google Cloud, Google Chief Strategy Officer,
-Institut for computer science, LLC
• Intel Corporation Saarbrücken, Germany
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• Andreas Hahn Prof. Dr. Gesche Joost Lars Lamadé Bernard Liautaud
• Product Expert Head of the Design Head of Sponsorships Managing Partner Balderton
• IoT-Standards Research Lab, University Europe and Asia Capital, London, Great Britain
• of Arts Berlin
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• Christine Regitz Dr. Friederike Rotsch Dr. Erhard Schipporeit Robert Schuschnig-Fowler
• Vice President User Group General Counsel Independent Management Senior Support Engineer
• Experience, and Head of Group Legal Consultant / Accounts Manager
• Chief Product Expert & Compliance, Merck KGaA
• Darmstadt
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• Dr. Sebastian Sick Pierre Thiollet
• Head of Company Law Unit, Webmaster
• Hans Böckler Foundation