The World Congress on Rail Training 2017 is organized at the initiative of the UIC Expertise Development Platform, which draws its expertise from the regional Rail Training Centres Networks. Its main purpose is to enhance workforce development through sharing best practice in rail training across the entire industry. The three official languages of the Congress are English, German and French.
The key congress aims are:
- To promote excellence in railway training through best practice models
- To highlight research findings in this area which bring innovation and have practical application to the industry
- To identify new challenges for training and training technologies
- To provide a unique opportunity to share knowledge and experience amongst training professionals and managers
The Congress is targeted at:
- Human Resources and Training Directors
- Training executives
- Training and workforce development experts
Themes
1 - Transfer of knowledge in an international environment
2 - International Cooperation
3 - Innovation and Technologies: railway traffic
4 - National Cooperation
5 - Safety Culture
6 - Learning innovation
7 - Managers Training
8 - Drivers Training and Simulation
9 - Miscellaneous
10 - Talent
Information about Technical Visits is available here: http://wcrt2017.org/technical-visits
Fore more information about Workshops, read the detailed programme of the Congress: http://wcrt2017.org/programme
Whereas it is compulsory to choose a technical visit to complete the registration process, you do not have to choose a workshop since some of them will be conducted in parallel to plenary sessions.
Steering Committee
Head of Norwegian Railway Academy

Senior Adviser European HR Affairs

Director

Senior Advisor International Business

Managing Director

Strategic Human Resources Program Manager
EDP Chairwoman

HR Business Partner

Training Director

Head of Expertise Development Unit
