The best railway innovations will be awarded at RailTech Awards dinner Annemarie Bruning The latest railway innovations play a big role at RailTech Europe. There were several Innovation Award-ceremonies during the RailTech Awards dinner on 28 March 2017 at the Janskerk in Utrecht:
Presenter
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Nominees
Here you can find an overview of all nominees and vote for the RailTech Innovation Public Award: www.railtech.com/vote/
Categories
There are several Innovation Awards who will be announced during the RailTech Awards Dinner:
- Innovation Awards; best innovative product / service (5 categories)
- Young Innovation Award; best innovative product / service by persons under the age of 30 years
- Public Innovation Award; best innovative product / service according to the public
- Startup Award; best innovative product / service in the Startup Category
- Kickstart Award; best startup innovation according to the public
Rail Awards Dinner
The RailTech Europe 2017 Awards ceremony will take place during the RailTech Awards-dinner on 28 March 2017 at the Janskerk in Utrecht. Access to the RailTech Awards dinner is included with a RailTech Europe 2017 Conference ticket or by invitation. Dresscode: Business attire
Programme:
- 19:00: Church doors open
- 19:30: Start dinner & live music
- 21:30: Startup Award Ceremony
- 21:35: Kickstart Award Ceremony
- 21:45: Innovation Awards Ceremony
- 22:15: Public Innovation Award
- 22:30: Live music DJ & saxophonist.
- 23:30: End of programme
Host:
Location:
Janskerk
Janskerkhof 26, Utrecht
Categories
There are seven categories for the Innovation Awards:
- Infrastructure Innovation Award
- Rolling Stock Innovation Award
- Technology Innovation Award
- Public Transport Innovation Award
- Young Innovation Award
- Rail Cargo Innovation Award
- Public Innovation Award
Jury members
A competent jury, will judge the entries and announce the nominations. The jury members include:
- Dr. Erwin Abbink, Managing Consultant Innovation (Netherlands Railways NS)
- Dennis Schut, Research & Innovation Manager (UIC)
- Prof. dr. ir. Rolf Dollevoet (Technical University Delft)
- Chris Verstegen, Manager Innovation (Dutch Infrastructure Manager ProRail)
- Dr. Matthias Landgraf (Technical University of Graz)
- Dr. ir. Niels van Oort, Assistant Professor Public Transport (Technical University Delft)
- Cor G.A. Hoenders, Director (Rail Cargo Information Netherlands)
The RailTech Europe 2017 Innovation Awards are powered by:
The Rail Cargo Innovation Award is supported by:
Startup Award
Please see this page for more information about the Startup Award.