The Mercedes-Benz Symposium held on November 16, which is always attended by big names in the industry, is aimed at transport operators. The presentation "Public Transport Between Politics and Business" by Winfried Hermann, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure for the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, is eagerly anticipated. Günter Elste, CEO of Hamburger Hochbahn AG, will be taking a look at the future for transport operators. His subject is "Elevated Railway Strategy for 2030". Richard Averbeck, Executive Managing Director for Development at EvoBus, will address the subject of "Climate Change and Pressure on Costs: Public Transport Between a Rock and a Hard Place?" Angela Titzrath-Grimm, Head of Sales, Marketing and Aftersales at Daimler Buses is opening the symposium and Roman Biondi, Brand Spokesman for Mercedes-Benz Buses and Coaches EvoBus GmbH, will summarise the presentations and look ahead to the future.