Virtual Conference

ERTMS & ETCS: The Future of Railway Signalling

Progressing with Digital Railway and ERTMS implementation in the UK and Europe

Monday 07 December - Thursday 10 December 2020

Programme

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Day 1 - Monday 7th December

08:45

Networking

09:30

Chair’s welcome and opening remarks

Michel Ruesen

Managing Director

ERTMS Users Group

09:40

Keynote address: Government support, plans and investment in the Digital Railway

What does the future of the digital railway look like?
Funding landscape – what is the investment pipeline?
Timelines and latest plans

Polly Payne

Director General, Rail Group

Department for Transport

10:00

Digital Railway System Architecture and Requirements for GB Applications’

Scope of Digital Railway Architecture
Requirements and Integration
Maturing Requirements and Role of Industry
Future of Requirements and Associated Documentation

Rubina Greenwood

Head of System Requirements and Integration

Network Rail

10:25

Morning break and networking

10:55

Operating with ERTMS - Challenges – maintenance and operation

Maintenance challenges
Reliability and operations problems
Safety issues

Bogdan Godziejewski

Senior Rail Manager

Mott MacDonald

Sander Willer

Consultant Transportation

Mott MacDonald

11:20

Redefining rail’s role in an integrated transport system post-Covid-19

Presents output from the Future Integrated Railway Think Tank
Tackling: Renewing of public confidence, Communications-led journey planning, and Evolving Industry structure.
To promote development of digital solutions, a national transport strategy and a pipeline of new talent to the industry

Steve Denniss

Technical Director

WSP

11:45

Chair’s closing remarks

11:55

Networking

Day 2 – Tuesday 8th December

08:45

Networking

09:30

Chair’s welcome and opening remarks

Michel Ruesen

Managing Director

ERTMS Users Group

09:35

Progress with ETCS cab fitment on passenger trains as part of NJRP

Andy Norris

Project Director; Partner

National Joint ROSCO Project; CPC Project Services

10:00

Learning from large scale ETCS implementation

Updates on progress
Methods and approaches
Lessons to take away
What are the biggest issues faced with implementation?

Silvia Dominguez

ERTMS Senior Project Manager

Ineco

10:25

Networking break

10:55

Case study: Latest update and progress with ETCS level 2 on Marseille - Ventimiglia

What is being introduced and where?
New technologies increasing capacity
What will the benefits be?

Nicolas Paradot

ERTMS Deputy Director

SNCF

Jacques Paulet

ERTMS Project Director

SNCF

11:20

The role of integrated teams in delivering ERTMS

David Waboso CBE

Special Advisor

Xrail Group

11:40

Panel discussion: Identifying and making progress with the skills needed to future proof ERTMS

Mapping out the skills needed for developing new technology
Change management and human factors – changing and developing roles in line with digital and operational advancement
Investing in new skills and training programmes for future generations

Professor Clive Roberts

Director; Head of School of Engineering

Birmingham Centre for Rail Research and Education; University of Birmingham

Michelle Russell

Head of Workforce Analytics

National Skills Academy Rail

12:10

Chair’s closing remarks

12:20

Networking

Day 3 - Wednesday 9th December

08:45

Networking

09:30

Chair’s welcome and opening remarks

Michel Ruesen

Managing Director

ERTMS Users Group

09:35

Paving the way for a transformative passenger-focused railway: East Coast Digital Programme - a track and train partnership

Long term strategy and progress
Final stages of the business case
Moving out of procurement into mobilisation
What does the partnership model look like and what can the industry learn from this?

Toufic Machnouk

Programme Director

Network Rail

10:00

What is the progress to level 3?

Updates on hybrid level 3
Timelines for delivery
Solutions to past problems
Scoping out the predicted challenges and delays in order to forward plan
Where has level 3 been tested and used?

Maarten Bartholomeus

ERTMS Expert

ProRail

10:25

Networking break

10:55

Radio communications after 2030: The future and preparing for GSM-R replacement

Expiration of GSM-R and the impact on ETCS and ERTMS
What will the upgrade/replacement be?
Advances in radio communications and what’s next

Michael Mikulandra

Head of Industry Appliance Next Generation

Kontron

11:20

Train retro-fitment – progress, challenges and lessons learnt

What are the main challenges?
What’s being done and where?
Technological considerations

Christopher Martin

Director

HKA

Stephen Mills

Managing Consultant

HKA

11:45

Panel discussion: Supply chain developments and opportunities in ERTMS

What are the current advances?
Developments in future proofing technology

Tom Cole

Head of Competition

Office of Rail and Road

Dr Siv Bhamra

Global Rail Lead, Infrastructure

Betchel

12:20

Chair’s closing remarks

12:30

Networking

Day 4 – Thursday 10th December

08:45

Networking

09:30

Chair’s welcome and opening remarks

Steve Denniss

Technical Director

WSP

09:35

Key developments in signalling and looking to the future

Key developments in signalling and control industry
Response from IRSE and the industry

Dr Daniel Woodland

President; Principal Consultant

IRSE; Ricardo

10:00

Assessing and tackling the cyber security risks to the rail sector

Improving protocols
How to embed it into a system design?
Upgrading systems to ensure compliance and safety
What are the threats ERTMS creates?

Graham Leigh

Digital Rail Director

Comtest Wireless

10:25

Networking break

10:55

ETCS and using data going forward to ensure network integrity

Freight and passenger train data – isolating the data risks and how to overcome the challenges
Human factors and data – what is the process and new procedures?

Dominic Taylor

Technical Head of Systems and Signalling

Systra

11:20

Safety considerations and advancements with ERTMS

Ensuring industry-wide collaboration and regulation
Technological development improving human factors, efficiency, and safety – what opportunities exist?

Ian Maxwell

Head of Train Control Systems

Office of Rail and Road

11:40

Chair’s closing remarks

11:50

Networking

*All sessions include time for Q & A*

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