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The purpose of the workshops is to provide participants with the opportunity to contribute to the development of the ARAs technology strategy and associated roadmap which will in turn inform the rail industry in harmonising its technologies over the next 30 years. The presentations provided during the previous one and a half days will help shape the outcomes of the workshop.
The workshop will focus on three particular areas namely rolling stock, train control and operations and infrastructure. Participants will be requested to join one of these domains according to their particular interests. The workshops will be led by a technology facilitator who will be supported by an industry chair and two subject matter experts in each of the three domains. The Panel will help stimulate debate on future technologies and draw out the thinking of participants on: (a). the principles and strategic drivers that underpin a technology strategy, and (b). the strategic objectives to achieve the strategy (roadmap/plan). The panels will focus on three technology periods, namely 0-5 years, 5-15 years and 10-30 years.
The Facilitator will set the scene for the workshop and the panels will drive the outcomes sought with the facilitator providing expert guidance. Each panel will introduce the discussion by identifying the Panels list of principles and strategic drivers for the strategy. Participants will be encouraged to agree or disagree with these and offer up alternatives. Once these have been agreed the panels will focus discussion on the strategic objectives required to satisfy the principles and drivers of the strategy over the three periods mentioned above. RISSBs Managers will also be present to capture the main points raised during these discussions.
The outcomes of this workshop will be refined into a single document titled the ARAs Technology Strategy 2040
| Rolling stock | Train control & operational systems | Infrastructure |
| Session chair | Session chair | Session chair |
| Brett Baker, Manager Rollingstock & Signals Engineering, TransAdelaide & Chair, Rolling Stock Standing Committee, RISSB | Phillip Campbell, Manager Operations Planning, ARTC & Chair, Train Control and Communications Standing Committee, RISSB | Prof Colin Cole, Director, Centre for Railway Engineering, Central Queensland University& Research Program Leader, R3 Engineering and Safety, CRC for Rail Innovation |
| Guest | Guest | Guest |
| Dr Kei Sakanoue, Manager, Rolling Stock Department, Shinkansen Operations Division, Central Japan Railway Company Ignacio Barron de Angotti, High Speed Director, International Union of Railways (UIC) Bill Thomas, General Manager Rolling Stock, QR Steve Rykers,Manager Rolling Stock, RISSB |
Prof Drew Dawson, Dean, Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia & Research Program Leader, R2 Operations and Safety, CRC for Rail Innovation Dale Budd, Project Manager, Melbourne-Brisbane Inland Rail Alignment Study, ARTC Alex Borodin, Manager Operations and Safety, RISSB |
Dr Felix Laube, Head – Process and Methods, SBB, Switzerland John Furness, Manager Standards, ARTC & Chair, Infrastructure Standing Committee, RISSB Dale Coleman, Managing Director, TTG Transportation Technology Alan Gardner, Manager Infrastructure, RISSB |
