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      3rd UITP Metro Conference

    MetroCities: moving into the 3rd Millennium
    How new technologies shape our metros

    3-5 December 2008, Lausanne, Switzerland

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    In the last few years, innovation in metro has often been captured by the buzz “driverless operation”. Whilst this trend towards automation of rolling stock and systems continues, there is more to innovation than this: high-tech information, ticketing and security devices, continuous mobile phone capability, loyalty schemes, wireless connections, etc.

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    SOME HIGHLIGHTS

    - Discover the latest fully automatic metro line in commercial revenue service in Lausanne!
    - Share the views of the most influential stakeholders of the business from the four corners of the world: Dubai, Hamburg, Montreal, Paris, New York, Tokyo, Berlin, Moscow, Barcelona, Singapore, Bilbao, …

    SESSION OUTLINE

    - The challenge of new technologies for metros
    - New technologies and automation as a social challenge
    - New technologies as cost killer and governance instrument
    - Innovation and automation to optimise capacity
    - New customer relationship: meeting the lifestyle challenges
    - Metro, a tool for sustainable urban development
     
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