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MetroRail 2017 - Day 1
08:00
Registration
08:55
Chair’s Opening Remarks
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
09:00
Keynote Interview: Mark Wild, Managing Director, London Underground
Themes include:
- How are TfL using technology to drive new business processes and boost efficiency on their network?
- In what way do TfL use of data and analytics to make operational decisions and manage disruption?
- What is the future technology that TfL will be adopting on their network?
- How is TfL generating non-fare revenue and reinvesting it back into operations?
Interviewee: Mark Wild, Managing Director, London Underground
09:15
Keynote Interview: Lincoln Leong, CEO, MTR Group
Themes include:
- Increasing transport and connectivity growth through integrated development
- Offering new transport solutions: extending metro services even further to improve suburban links
- Using state of the art sensor technology and big data to deliver operational excellence
- Using digital technology and connected mobility to drive innovation in customer service
09:30
Keynote Panel: What will the ‘metro of the future’ look like? How do we still make the case for investment when digital competition is coming from the likes of the 'sharing economy'
Following their interviews, our keynote speakers will join a panel discussion, where they will debate some of the biggest challenges facing the industry. Key issues they will address include:
- What are the big challenges facing operators of legacy metros as they seek to modernise ageing infrastructure? What should be their investment priority?
- How will new technology such as the Internet of Things, autonomous vehicles, augmented reality, wearables, data science and 5G impact the way we will manage our operations in the future?
- To what extent can we go driverless? Will automation become the default for future metros?
10:10
Speed networking
A fun, exciting and effective way to make a lot of initial connections (in a very different environment from the standard business networking meetings)
10:30
Networking refreshment break and exhibition viewing
Technology and Strategy Roundtables - Click here to view tables
Participants take part in two 35 minute roundtables, brainstorming together with the expert moderator to produce their suggestions on what technology would work best for them. Topics include:
VOESTALPINE WORKSHOP - How can we maximize value for money of urban rail and metropolitan transit infrastructure?
voestalpine: leader in integrated public transport track systems
- New interactive rail lifecycle tool for metros and tramways
- Premium and super-premium rail solutions for high performance and low cost
- Intelligent turnout monitoring systems as the basis for optimized asset management
PROJECT STORIES
LIGHTRAIL STORIES
LTE & PROJECTS
IOT AND SMART ASSET MONITORING
Upgrading CBTC on the BART San Francisco network to grow capacity
Themes include:
- A core feature of a broad range of investments: an insight into the big picture in San Francisco
- Planning to overcome challenges of implementing CBTC in a brownfield site
- Using technology to improve capacity and reliability
RailTel & IoT
12:30How the Internet of Things can transform infrastructure maintenance?
Themes include:
- Using digital transformation in industrial processes
- How IOT can enabling operators to utilise equipment, tracks and stations more efficiently while dramatically reducing safety risks
- Challenges of connecting to traditional legacy systems that are not designed for connectivity
Unique condition monitoring of wheels and track through a single data set”
Themes include:
• Use live track information to reduce speed restrictions;
• Use live vehicle information to protect your timetable and save resources;
• Deploy CBM within months by using wireless RCM systems;
• Hear from our recent metro and subway successes;
• Use live track information to reduce speed restrictions;
• Use live vehicle information to protect your timetable and save resources;
• Deploy CBM within months by using wireless RCM systems;
• Hear from our recent metro and subway successes;
Intelligent Driver Assistance for Tramways as Collision avoidance Systems
Themes include:
- How to avoid in future accidents? … technical solution of object recognition and effective brake performance
- What service impact it may have? … model based simulation of vehicle availability & cost implication
- Will the tramway of the future become the “Google-car” for Public transport in our street? … describing the right algorithm of all traffic participants to minimizes the stress of tram drivers
- Which other systems for driver assistance could benefit the operator? – idea of energy metering (energy reduction), speed control (avoiding derailments and enable punctuality), intelligent condition monitoring (supporting daily & preventive maintenance)
Mission critical voice and data solutions for the transport sector
- Providing operational efficiencies through use of LTE networks
- Increasing staff safety and improving customer communication
- Joining the control room with operational environmentsUsing applications to share data and manage resources effectively
RailTel & IoT
12:55Using real time driver data to improve rolling stock immobilisation time
Themes include:
• Outlining the core benefits to our operation and maintenance processes
• Using Bi-directional data allowing our drivers to understand specific problems with rolling stock
• Understanding the core results seen in our operational performance
• Using Bi-directional data allowing our drivers to understand specific problems with rolling stock
• Understanding the core results seen in our operational performance
13:20
Networking lunch & Exhibition Viewing
NEXT GEN METROS
PPP FUNDING
CYBER SECURITY
SUSTAINABLE NETWORKS
What will underground networks look like in the next 20 years?
Themes include:
- The future is driverless but what are the passenger’s needs when it comes to metro design?
- How will new technologies like IOT and predictive maintenance analytics be integrated into new and existing rolling stock?
- Meeting the digital standard for on board passenger information and staying relevant for increasingly tech savvy passengers
Delivering Maryland’s first multibillion dollar P3 project
Themes include:
- Why a lot of light rail projects fail to reach final close?
- Drafting a concession agreement that works constructively for the public sector
- Defining your procurement strategy by the complexity of the project
Ensuring a coherent strategy to your cyber security resilience program
- Understanding how companies and governments can work together to improve cyber security
- Fundamental building blocks for cyber security strategies
- Building secure infrastructures that are sustainable
Putting sustainability at the heart of the Crossrail project
Themes include:
- Understanding Crossrail’s approach to sustainability
- Delivering Crossrail sustainably during construction
- Leaving the legacy of a sustainable railway
Hyperloop – Bringing disruption and innovation to the transport industry
Themes include:
- How will the Hyperloop transform passenger travel and experience?
- Timelines and updates. How far are we away from a Hyperloop future?
- How can ultra-high speed links transform urban transit systems?
Creating a unique P3 project by using funding from private businesses and philanthropic organisations
Themes include:
- What are the benefits of a hybrid model?
- Creating a catalyst for investment, economic development and urban renewal
- Making a down payment on the city’s future
Matt Cullen, CEO, M-1 Rail
ITOT: The Cyber Convergence
Themes include:
- Discussing the unique challenge that TfL face in relation to cyber security
- Understanding how TfL protect systems from attack across different silos
- Understanding the continued difficulties facing an increasingly digitalised network and working to future proof your security program
Rail agency green initiatives towards low carbon society – dubai’s roads and transport authority
- RTA’s Green Economy Framework as a driving force for Rail Agency Green Initiatives
- Rail Agency initiatives to reduce energy and water consumption in Dubai Metro
- Contribution of Dubai Metro in reducing carbon emissions
Session Continues
Delivering a light rail system in Baranquilla Colombia through a PPP
Themes include:
- Challenges of delivering an integrated transit system in Colombia
- Drafting a concession agreement that works constructively for the public sector
- Defining your procurement strategy by the complexity of the project
Kapsch insights into cybersecurity
Themes include:
- Understanding where cyber threats originate from
- Security is always a tradeoff, finding the right balance between business needs, costs and risks is key
- Exploring the best practices and Kapsch's approach towards identifying and assessing security risks
Energy optimisation for a sustainable railway
Themes include:
- What are the key programs that TfL are prioritising to create a sustainable network?
- Looking at specific case studies to understand how TfL have reached energy efficiency goals
- What are we planning for the future and what technologies looks most promising?
METRO FINANCE
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, DATA & ANALYTICS
SIGNALLING UPGRADES
HYDRAIL
Keynote Address: Maintaining your urban rail network as a life blood to regional economies
Themes include:
- The big sell: Making people care about infrastructure and signalling repairs
- Overcoming significant challenges of gaining capital investment in infrastructure by thinking creatively about funding
- Creating a transparent strategy to meet evolving agency claims
RailTel & IOT Day 1
15:40SMRT Turns 30: What technology initiatives are SMRT using to drive operational performance and sustainable growth?
Themes include:
- A look at the big picture in the Singaporean Rail Transit Systems SMRT turns 30
- Overcoming the challenges of an ageing network through Technology Initiatives
- Utilizing data to drive a quantum leap in reliability through improved asset performance
Testing CBTC and UTO on Delhi’s Urban Rail Network
Themes Include:
• Learning from our first experiences with implementing UTO
• Managing difficulties with interference to radio frequency
• Looking to plan new extensions using CBTC
• Learning from our first experiences with implementing UTO
• Managing difficulties with interference to radio frequency
• Looking to plan new extensions using CBTC
Understanding the Tram as key infrastructure in Zaragoza
Themes include:
- Understanding the Zaragoza Tram as the central transport network in the city
- The impact of the Tram on the local environment and driving behaviour
- Implementing a catenary free system and the impact on the tram network.
Crossrail 2: Funding and Financing a new £32bn rail link to keep London moving
Themes include:
- Delivering one of the largest and most complex programmes of transport capital investment in the world
- How Crossrail 2 will help address the housing challenge in under-developed areas?
- What are the economic and transport benefits to the city of London and the UK?
Simon Adams, Head of Commercial Services, Crossrail 2
RailTel & IOT Day 1
16:00Learn how Network Rail is using predictive maintenance technology and finding innovative ways to extract value from data
Themes include:
- Using the large amounts of data Network Rail to create real results
- Is the challenge with gathering data or managing data?
- Some case studies of what Network Rail have already achieved
Upgrading telecommunications in Myanmar
• Upgrading telecommunications and train control across Myanmar’s railway network
• Implementing an ambitious project in a short time frame: how have we overcome setbacks to implementation time?
• Looking forward: how will Myanmar’s aging rail network modernise its service and increase capacity
• Implementing an ambitious project in a short time frame: how have we overcome setbacks to implementation time?
• Looking forward: how will Myanmar’s aging rail network modernise its service and increase capacity
Energy recovery in metro system - experiences in Vienna metro
- Using Energy recovered from rolling stock to power utilities in the stations
- Exploring the benefits of using recovered energy in stations as a more reliable energy receiver
- Discussing the Viennese project and the impact we are hoping for
Session Continues
RailTel & IOT Day 1
16:20Ending the Waste – Achieving a Better Outcome with Project Portfolio Management
Themes include:
• Driving improvement in project selection improve ROI on capital investment
• Applying an analytical approach to project portfolio selection processes – delivers positive portfolio performance
• Making sure that optimal impact is made on networks by careful selection of projects
• Driving improvement in project selection improve ROI on capital investment
• Applying an analytical approach to project portfolio selection processes – delivers positive portfolio performance
• Making sure that optimal impact is made on networks by careful selection of projects
Automatic Train Operations for light rail: lessons learnt so far
Themes include:
• What are the current examples of ATO used for light rail operations?
• Why and when ATO should be deployed on LRT?
• Advice on how to avoid the pitfalls of using ATO based on recent cases
• What are the current examples of ATO used for light rail operations?
• Why and when ATO should be deployed on LRT?
• Advice on how to avoid the pitfalls of using ATO based on recent cases
Developing sustainable, agile, multimodal public transport solutions with rapid charge stations for battery vehicles
Themes include:
- Implementation case studies of rapid charge stations
- Using common infrastructure for different forms of public transport to allow agility
- Where is there a business case for battery vehicles
16:45
Afternoon networking break and exhibition viewing
INNOVATION SESSION
17:25
RAIL INNOVATION DRAGONS DEN
We have partnered with some of the best developers from start-ups and Universities around the world to solve the everyday problems that the rail industry faces.
Some of the very best organisations that have emerged from our research will give a 5-minute pitch on stage to you the audience and to our carefully selected judging panel of some of the rail industry’s most informed executives.
Join us to see how we as industry can innovate through collaborating with start-ups and Universities to meet the needs of our passengers.
Some of the very best organisations that have emerged from our research will give a 5-minute pitch on stage to you the audience and to our carefully selected judging panel of some of the rail industry’s most informed executives.
Join us to see how we as industry can innovate through collaborating with start-ups and Universities to meet the needs of our passengers.
18:00
An evening at the Islington Metalworks
Join us after day 1 at this completely unique and appropriate venue that is steeped in transport history. Built in the late 19th Century, all three floors were initially used to stable the horses that pulled the trams for London Transport. Expect great food, fantastic entertainment and a great chance to enjoy some more casual networking with industry leaders.
last published: 24/Apr/17 08:25 GMT
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