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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
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Day 1 - Monday 7th December
Day 2 - Tuesday 8th December
Day 3 - Wednesday 9th December
Day 4 - Thursday 10th December
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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