Personal tools
  • Log in    Register   
You are here: Home → Conferences → Transport → Rail → 2nd annual Rail Technology Workshop → Agenda
 

Agenda

 
Day One Thursday 13th August 2009
| Day One | Day Two |
8.30
Registration and welcome coffee
9.00
Opening remarks from the Chair
David George, CEO, CRC for Rail Innovation
9.20
Keynote address
Bryan Nye, CEO, Australasian Railway Association
9.40
A look at the Canadian railways technology roadmap for the future
  • Smart capacity solutions: new train control systems, improving the reliability of both infrastructure and rolling stock, and moving from a reactive to a predictive maintenance system
  • Collaboration and information exchange: The joint development of interoperable standards for a Positive Train Control (PTC)
  • Transportation security
Mike Roney, General Manager, Technical Standards, Canadian Pacific Railway & Chair, Railway Research Advisory Board (RRAB), Canada
10.10
Refreshments and networking break
10.40
Optimising railway capacity and the Swiss Federal Railway’s path into the future
  • Attracting choice customers to rail
  • Future challenges for Swiss Federal Railways and technology’s role in the solutions
Dr Felix Laube, Head – Process and Methods, SBB, Switzerland
11.20
Developing best practice exchanges between international subsidiaries
  • An update on the latest technologies within the UIC
  • Role of innovative technologies for passenger rail
  • Reviewing the suitability of adopting technologies to the Australian context, now and in the future
Ignacio Barron de Angoiti, High Speed Director, International Union of Railways (UIC)
12.00
Developing the new fields of railway technology in Japan
  • High speed rolling stock
  • An update on the latest N700 technologies
  • Environmental superiority
Dr Kei Sakanoue, Manager Rolling Stock Department, Shinkansen Operations Division, Central Japan Railway Company
12.40
Lunch
1.40
Future technology: An Australian Defence Force perspective
The development of Network-Centric Warfare (NCW) and interoperability
  • Defence and rail: Analogous approaches to implementing net-centric operations communications
  • Developing the theoretical underpinnings and foundational scientific principles for engineering large-scale, distributed and heterogeneous networks
  • Interoperability: The key to achieving net-centricity
  • Methodologies for assessing and monitoring interoperability
  • Use of the LISI (Levels of Information Systems Interoperability) mode
  • Further issues: Technical risks associated with integration and networking
Dr Terry Moon, Head NCW S&T Initiative, Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO)
2.20
Communications technology: A look at Telstra’s transformed R&D model and future technology offerings
  • Development of 3G and new IP network
  • Fast tracking technology: Telstra Integration Laboratory
Michael Lawrey, Executive Director, Telstra Network & Technology
3.00
Refreshments and networking break
3.30
Issues in adopting emerging ICT technology by the rail industry
  • Legislation and standards
  • Education and competency
  • ICT reliability and availability
George Nikandros, Chairman, Australian Safety Critical Systems Association (confirmed)
4.00
Human factors challenges of new technology
Dr Chris Bearman, Research Fellow, Centre for Applied Behaviour Science, University of South Australia
4.30
Close of conference and networking drinks
Proudly sponspored by:
ttg
 
Day Two Friday 14th August 2009
| Day One | Day Two |
8.00
Registration and welcome coffee
8.30
Opening remarks and introduction from the Chair
Kevin Taylor, General Manager, Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board (RISSB)
8.45
Future priorities for the RTSA
Martin Baggott, Executive Consultant Transport, GHD
& Chairman, Railway Technical Society of Australasia (RTSA)
9.10
Globalisation and the rail industry
  • Security of supply
  • Technology and people
  • Skills versus experience
Alan Burns, Chairman, Australian Railway Industry Corporation (ARIC)
9.35
Investing in technology to meet the demand for increased capacity
  • Improved component designs and materials will yield faster operating speeds, increased track capacity, heavier loads and improved life cycles
  • Improved track construction and maintenance equipment and techniques will yield improvements to track quality while reducing track occupation times
  • Improved manufacturing technologies will meet the demand for more tracks, components and equipment, increased usage and yet with reduced lead times
Warwick Kinscher, General Manager, Vosslosh Cogifer
& President, Rail Track Association Australia (RTAA)
10.00
The disappearing signal
  • Railway control systems engineering is rapidly replacing traditional signal engineering
  • Where are the railway control systems engineers?
  • The IRSE: Active and effective
John Aitken, Director, Aitken & Partners Consulting Engineers
& Chairperson, Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE) Australasia
10.25
A review of the ARAs discussion paper on technology
Dale Coleman, Managing Director, TTG Transportation Technology
10.45
Refreshments and networking break
11.10
Facilitator briefing for workshop
Terry Warrin, Executive Director, ITS Australia
11.30
Start of workshop sessions
Click here to see workshop session details
12.45
Lunch
1.30
Workshop sessions resume
3.00
Refreshments and networking break
3.20
Summary of roundtable discussion and closing remarks
Each session chair will present highlights of the group discussion
4.00
Close of conference
Document Actions
 
  • © Informa 2008