Alice Favre is a professional with extensive experience in statistics and climate sciences. Currently serving as the Manager of the Statistics Unit at the Union Internationale des Chemins de fer since August 2015, Alice has also been a Teaching Associate at L'université Paris VIII Vincennes - Saint-Denis since September 2013, focusing on spatial data analysis and statistical modeling. Alice has contributed to various research initiatives in environment and climate sciences as a Research Collaborator at Université de Bourgogne and has held postdoctoral researcher positions at the University of Cape Town and Université de Bourgogne. Educational qualifications include a Ph.D. in Geography from Université de Bourgogne and a Master's degree in Geography from Université Jean Moulin (Lyon III).
UIC - International union of railways #UICrail
UIC is the worldwide organisation for the promotion of rail transport at a global level and collaborative development of the railway system. It brings together some 200 members on all 5 continents, among them rail operators, infrastructure managers, railway service providers, etc. UIC maintains close cooperation links with all actors in the rail transport domain right around the world, including manufacturers, railway associations, public authorities and stakeholders in other domains and sectors whose experiences may be beneficial to rail development. The UIC's main tasks include understanding the business needs of the rail community, developing programmes of innovation to identify solutions to those needs and preparing and publishing a series of documents known as IRS that facilitate the implementation of the innovative solutions.