HLIM (High-Level Infrastructure Meeting) 2022

Once a year, the HLIM event brings together all rail Infrastructure Managers in Europe. As in previous years, the 2022 event was an opportunity for top executives of Europe’s rail Infrastructure Managers to discuss and improve their cooperation on key strategic and political issues facing the railway sector such as innovation or performance. The 2022 event took place in Naples (IT), hosted by RFI.

Time Subject
14:00 – 14:05 Welcome message: Vera Fiorani, CEO, RFI
14:05 – 14:15 Keynote speech: Online statement by Adina Vălean, Commissioner for Transport
14:05 – 14:15 Keynote speech: Online statement by Adina Vălean, Commissioner for Transport
14:15 – 14:20 Speech: Josef Doppelbauer, Executive Director, European Railway Agency
14:20 – 15:00 Panel 1 – Delivering TEN-T: overcoming the current challenges and sharing IMs best practices

  • Alain Quinet, Executive Director Strategy & Corporate Affairs, SNCF Réseau
  • Radek Čech, Director of International Affairs, SZCZ
15:00 – 15:40 Panel 2 – Supporting the modal shift: actions needed on capacity management & European Traffic Management

  • Matthias Ruete, European Coordinator for ERTMS
  • Johann Pluy, Member of the Management Board, ÖBB-Infrastruktur
  • Paul Mazataud, RNE President
  • Philipp Nagl, CEO, DB Netz
  • John Voppen, CEO, ProRail
16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 16:40 Panel 3 – Driving sustainability: IMs’ strategies and contributions to achieve the  European Green Deal and Sustainability goals

  • Silvia Angelo, Member of the Management Board, ÖBB-Infrastruktur
16:40- 17:00 Wrap-up & conclusions

  • Executive Directors Alberto Mazzola (CER) and Monika Heiming (EIM)
  • Vera Fiorani, CEO, RFI
  • Maria Luisa Dominguez Gonzalez, Chairwoman, ADIF
19:30 Annual Dinner, Pietrarsa Museum – Diesel Locomotives Pavilion
22:00 Welcome remarks by RFI, Executive Directors Alberto Mazzola (CER) and Monika Heiming (EIM).

Outlook 2023

In November 2023, the HLIM event will be organised by the Spanish rail Infrastructure Manager ADIF in Madrid (ES).