The opening ceremony for InnoTrans 2024 will take place in palais.Berlin on 24 September from 10-11.30am.
The event will be opened by Magda Kopczyńska, Director-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) at the European Commission, alongside German Federal Transport Minister Dr. Volker Wissing and Dirk Hoffmann, COO of Messe Berlin.

This ceremony will mark the start of the 14th edition of InnoTrans and will be attended by 1,000 guests from around the world.
The opening speeches will be followed by a panel discussion entitled, “From Hype to Reality – AI in the Mobility Sector”.
The panel will feature:
- Susanne Henckel, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
- Dr. Richard Lutz, Chairman of the Board & CEO of Deutsche Bahn
- Mohamed Rabie Khlie, Director General of the Moroccan National Railways Office (ONCF)
- Henri Poupart-Lafarge, Chairman of the Board of Directors & CEO of Alstom
- Michael Peter, CEO of Siemens Mobility
- Javier Martínez Ojinaga, CEO of CAF Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF).
An official opening tour of selected InnoTrans exhibitors will then take place after the ceremony.