Programme (Previous 2018 Event)
The past decade has seen a real boom in technology and innovation, and the digitalisation of existing railway assets alongside brand-new railway technologies are making ground-breaking strides in keeping the rail industry at the very forefront of this technological boom.
The railway sector has a well-deserved reputation for embracing new technological advances to improve their operations, and with estimates putting the total population at 8.6 billion by mid-2030, change is necessary. The adoption of digital technologies is a cost-effective way of releasing significant additional capacity on the existing network and the successful implementation of digitalised initiatives can streamline operations.
In conjunction with the UIC, the Digital Rail Revolution conference will focus on some of the most important rail digital initiatives taking place around the world and discuss and debate what the future of the rail industry may look like.
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Programme
08:55 - ERTMS – next steps to create a seamless, Europe-wide railway system
Speakers:
Matthias Reute, European Coordinator, ERTMS
09:45 - Presentation of the European rail supply industry’s digital vision
Speakers:
Tommaso Spanevello, Public Affairs, UNIFE
10:00 - Keynote panel discussion: Better, faster, more connected and personal: The future of rail in the transport eco-system
Speakers:
Gerhard Paal, Head of Sales for Digital Services, Siemens Mobility
Bertrand Minary, Director Innovation & Digital Freight, Chief Innovation & Digital Officer Freight, Rail Freight & Intermodal Division, Logistics, SNCF
Keir Fitch, Head of Unit, Rail Safety and Interoperability, European Commission
10:45 - Driving forward rail transformation with new business models, partnerships and skill sharing
Speakers:
Gerhard Kreß, Vice President, Data Services, Siemens Mobility
11:30 - The future of railway communications systems: 5G
Speakers:
Christian Chavanel, Director of the Rail System Department, UIC
11:45 - Achieving interoperability in rail
Speakers:
Carlo Borghini, Executive Director, Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking
12:00 - Digital maintenance and its bearing on lifecycle optimisation
Speakers:
Victor Martinez, Business Development Manager Railway Mechatronics and Condition Monitoring, SKF
12:15 - Exploring First Group’s approach to 5G
Speakers:
Simon Holmes, Group Head of Digital, First Group
13:30 - Case Study – Providing digitisation to the UK’s largest freight rail shipper
Speakers:
Chris Swan, Head of Rail, Tarmac
John Felty, Managing Director, Amsted Digital Solutions SAS.
13:45 - Examining Indonesia’s future rail strategy
Speakers:
Erni Basri, Deputy Director for Track and Building Infrastructure Railway Area I and Project Manager, Construction of Light Rail Transit LRT Jabodebek, Ministry of Transportation Indonesia
14:15 - Guest industry keynote: International Air Transport – The impact of digital transformation of processes, business models and passenger experience in the air industry
Speakers:
Eric Leopold, Director, Transformation, IATA
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14:40 - Condition Based Monitoring and the Digital Supply Chain
Speakers:
David McGorman, Digital Director, Unipart Rail, Managing Director, Instrumentel
14:40 - Digital Intelligent Rail or Remote Condition Monitoring?
Speakers:
Behzad Heravi, C-founder and CTO, Vortex IoT Limited.
14:55 - Case study: ProRail
Speakers:
Thymo van den Brug, Manager Development, Asset Management Information, ProRail
14:55 - Case study: Infrabel
Speakers:
Carel Jonckheere, Project Director, Smart Railway, Infrabel
15:10 - Deep dive round table discussion
Speakers:
Chris Stanley, Route Asset Data & Analysis Manager, Network Rail
Michael Robson, Managing Director, Robson's International Rail Transport Consultancy
Diego Galar, Professor of Condition Monitoring, Lulea University of Technology (LTU)
15:10 - Deep dive round table discussion – moderated by KONUX
Speakers:
Christine Kraft, Project Manager, ETCS, Deutsche Bahn AG
Thomas Böhm, Chief Data Scientist, KONUX
15:40 - Case study: SNCF
Speakers:
Bertrand Minary, Director Innovation & Digital Freight, Chief Innovation & Digital Officer Freight, Rail Freight & Intermodal Division, Logistics, SNCF
15:40 - Case study: Network Rail
Speakers:
Toufic Machnouk, Route Programme Director, London North Eastern & East Midlands, Network Rail
15:55 - Absolute track geometry – a case study
Speakers:
Florian Auer, Director of Technology and Innovation, Plasser & Theurer
15:55 - Case Study: Actionable Insights, Easier – Applying AI to Enable Predictive Maintenance for S&Cs
Speakers:
Thomas Böhm, Chief Data Scientist, KONUX
16:10 - Case study: How do you transform a 160 year old railway company to becoming Sweden’s most digital organization
Speakers:
Claes Lindholtz, Director Business Development and Digital Transformation, SJ
16:25 - Case Study: Bane NOR
Speakers:
Chris Stanley, Route Asset Data & Analysis Manager, Network Rail
Diego Galar, Professor of Condition Monitoring, Lulea University of Technology (LTU)
16:45 - Case Study: DB AG: Rethinking railway operations with artificial Intelligence and digital assistants
Speakers:
Fabian Stoffler, Co-Founder, Menlo79
Marcus Gössl, Project Manager TecEX, Deutsche Bahn
17:00 - Case Study: Deutsche Bahn’s View on the Connectivity and Cloud Platform for Digital Rail
Speakers:
Patrick Marsch, Senior Project Manager, Digital Rail, Deutsche Bahn