HYPERLOOP CONFERENCE 2025
The Hyperloop Conference is the 1st international conference on high-speed transportation. Here, you will meet all the Players in the hyperloop ecosystem, including hyperloop start-ups, corporates, suppliers and investors. After three editions in Europe and one edition in South Korea it will now take place at the Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress, an Event within the framework of Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona – Spain.
November 4th 2025
9.00 am – 7.00 pm
SMART CITY EXPO WORLD CONGRESS
Barcelona/Spain
25 Speakers
4 Masterclasses
What you get:
- Meet all the relevant international Players in the hyperloop ecosystem, including hyperloop start-ups, corporates, suppliers and investors in our Speed Dating Session
- Drinks, Lunch und Hyperloop networking
- be part of 4 interactive Workshops including outcome pitches of the Hyperloop Workshops
- 25 Speakers
- Entrance to the whole Exhibition of the Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress and Smart City Expo World Congress 4-6 Nov 2025
Agenda
09:00– 09:30
Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:30 – 09:45
Opening Remarks „The EU`s Vision for Seamless, Sustainable Transport“
Klaus Rudischhauser (Director General – Hyperloop Development Program)
Inigo Cruz (Policy Officer – European Commission DG Move)
Delphine Romeu (Event Director – Tomorrow.Mobility)
Alexander Roth (Coordinator Business Development/ Business Development Automotive – Messe Frankfurt Exhibition)
09:45 – 10:00
Keynote „Hyper4Rail: Status Quo & What´s Next“
Sascha Lamme (Project Manager – Hyper4Rail)
10:00 – 10:45
Panel 1: „Hyper4Rail Developers – Roadblocks Ahead“
Tim Houter (Co-Founder – Hardt Hyperloop)
Juan Vicen Balaguer (Co-Founder & VP Institutional Relations – Zeleros)
Gabriele Semino (Co-Founder & CEO – Neoways Technologies)
Antoine Juge (Managing Director – Eurotube)
Moderation: Kathleen Schroeter (Hyperloop Conference)
10:45 – 11:15
Coffee Break
11:15– 12:15
Panel 2: „Policy Meets Technology: What Will Make Hyperloop A Reality?“
Judit Sándor (Programme Manager FA6 and FA7 – Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking)
André Freitas (Product Leader – TIS)
Juan De Dios Sanz Bobis (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid)
Inigo Cruz (Policy Officer – European Commission DG Move)
Moderation: Lukas Eschment (Project Coordinator – Institute of Hyperloop Technology)
12:15 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30– 15:00
Workshop Block 1
Workshop A: „Hyperloop in Europe: Network Insights and Strategic Business Case“
André Freitas – Transport Policy and Regulation TIS
Ines Pinho – Consultant TIS
Workshop B: „Turning Vision into Service: Rethinking Hyperloop Operations“
Domenik Radeck – Technical Lead TUM Hyperloop
15:00– 15.30
Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00
Workshop Block 2
Workshop C: „Common Industry Roadmap“
Jörg Marienhagen -Director Consulting & Business Development – DB Engineering & Consulting
Workshop D: „Safety and Standards for Robust Levitation, High Availability and Ride Comfort“
Dr. Markus Bauer – Managing Director – thyssenkrupp Transrapid – TechCenter Control Technology
Dr. Florian Dignath – Senior System Engineer – thyssenkrupp Transrapid – TechCenter Control Technology
17:00 – 17:45
Panel 3: „Cities in Motion: How Hyperloop Fits into the Smart City Vision“
Ori Marom (Program Manager New Mobility – Port of Rotterdam)
Jasne Prilop (Head of Projects – DRO Deutsche Rail Operations)
Johannes Winter (Operational Excellence Smart Infrastructure – Drees & Sommer)
Andrea Costa (Innovation Officer – EIT Urban Mobility)
Moderation: Kathleen Schroeter (Hyperloop Conference)
17:45 – 18:15
Workshop Outcome Pitches & Wrap-Up Plenary
All Speakers
Workshops
This year the 4 workshops will provide deep dives into development solutions for Hyperloop topics.
Workshop A: „Hyperloop in Europe: Network Insights and Strategic Business Case“
How can hyperloop become part of Europe’s transport future? Join this interactive workshop to co-design business case dimensions of hyperloop development in the EU. Working in groups, you’ll contribute to shaping concrete recommendations on how to integrate hyperloop into the TEN-T network and Europe’s sustainable mobility vision.
André Freitas (Transport Policy and Regulation – TIS)
Ines Pinho (Consultant -TIS)
Workshop B: „Turning Vision into Service: Rethinking Hyperloop Operations“
This masterclass explores the gap between the Hyperloop vision and today’s technical reality. Together, we will experiment with how far a Concept of Operations can be simplified to ease technological implementation while still maximizing service. Moving beyond the mental barriers of conventional rail, we aim to outline a fresh, more feasible operating concept for the Hyperloop.
Domenik Radeck (Technical Lead – TUM Hyperloop)
Workshop C: „Common Industry Roadmap“
A Hyperloop project will only be realistic if it can transport goods or passengers safely and commercially successfully. An operator’s holistic view is helpful in this regard. Individual promoters and researchers are currently optimizing their subsystems. Last year, it became apparent that these subsystems complement each other well, but do not yet form a complete whole. In the workshop, we want to jointly develop a roadmap of what is required to create an overall project that is approvable, constructible, and makes sense in terms of transportation. As a result, we will develop a gap analysis and try to address the findings.
Jörg Marienhagen ( Director Consulting & Business Development – DB Engineering & Consulting)
Workshop D: „Safety and Standards for Robust Levitation, High Availability and Ride Comfort“
A safe levitation system is a prerequisite for Hyperloop approval, a comfortable levitation system is expected by passengers, and a highly available levitation system is demanded by operators. All three aspects are defined in standards and laws. In this workshop, we will demonstrate how these goals were achieved with the Transrapid System in Shanghai. It operates at speeds of up to 500 km/h and has a punctuality rate of over 99.89%. This was accomplished despite the use of electronic components with standard failure rates only. We will also discuss how early design decisions affect the difficulty of achieving high ride comfort. The workshop will explain the design process in accordance with functional safety standards and norms.
Dr. Markus Bauer (Managing Director – thyssenkrupp Transrapid – TechCenter Control Technology)
Dr. Florian Dignath (Senior System Engineer – thyssenkrupp Transrapid – TechCenter Control Technology)
