Monday 7th December Signalling Technology - PTC & ERTMS Headline Sponsor: Piper Networks Discussing the benefits of PTC and ERTMS signalling technology when compared to one another Assessing how the two forms of signalling could be more suited to difference locations Understanding where improvements in signalling could be made and where the industry needs to go further Discussing the latest signalling technology available and how these can be fitted/retrofitted successfully Moderator & Chair: Chris Jackson, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Gazette 11:00 – Webinar Mike Harvie, Head of Signalling, Transport for London Stefano Marcoccio, ERTMS Team Leader, Mediterranean Corridor Representative Richard Thorp, Engineering Director, HS1 Rob Hanczor, CEO, Piper Networks 13:00 – Sharing bandwidth for Road-ITS and Urban Rail ITS Frederic Jans-Cooremans, Project Manager – Radio Spectrum Management, STIB MIVB 13:30 – CBTC Radio Link Requirements and the Challenge for Cooperation with Other ITS Systems Stephane Callet, Position TBC, SNCF 14:00 – Train-Centric Positioning System for Urban Rail: A Review of UWB Deployments in New York MTA Rob Hanczor, CEO, Piper Networks 14:30 –CBTC in brownfield-application: Plannings for Frankfurt / Germany Michael Ruffer, Chief Technology Officer, Stadtwerke Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt 15:00 – Interactive Q&A Frederic Jans-Cooremans, Project Manager – Radio Spectrum Management, STIB MIVB Stephane Callet, Position TBC, SNCF Rob Hanczor, CEO, Piper Networks Michael Ruffer, Chief Technology Officer, Stadtwerke Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt 15:30 – Networking Tuesday 8th December Adapting To A Modern Day Threat - COVID-19 Understanding the business continuity procedures in place to the rail industry Assessing the strengths and weaknesses in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic Discussing ways the industry can become more resilient to pandemics/other events that could occur Discussing both the temporary and permanent effects of the pandemic on the rail industry and ways to recover Moderator & Chair: Robert Nisbet, Director of Nations, Rail Delivery Group 11:00 – Webinar Larysa Nazarenka, Project Manager, RST - Ukraine MIO Billy Gilpin, Director Railway Undertaking, Irish Rail Ludwig Naundorf, Siemens Frank Ibe, Head of Operations, Transport for London 13:00 – EPF Recommendations for COVID-19 Response Sandra Lima, Project Officer, European Passengers’ Federation 13:30 – Mass Transit IoT Solutions for operational efficiency and safer journeys in times of COVID-19 and beyond Haris Habib, Strategy and Digitalization Lead - Rail Infrastructure, Siemens Mobility Clara Kochen, Global product Manager- Rail Infrastructure, Siemens Mobility Dominique Eichner, Sales Director - Rail Infrastructure, Siemens Mobility Andres Guilarte, Global Product Manager -Rail Infrastructure, Siemens Mobility 14:00 – UK Tram: Unifying Light Rail Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the UK Martin Fleetwood, Board Member, UK Tram 14:30 – COVID Response at Lithuanian Railways Rokas Janutenas, Director of Strategy and Operational Efficiency, Lithuanian Railways 15:00 – Interactive Q&A Sandra Lima, Project Officer, European Passengers’ Federation Haris Habib, Strategy and Digitalization Lead - Rail Infrastructure, Siemens Mobility Rokas Janutenas, Director of Strategy and Operational Efficiency, Lithuanian Railways Martin Fleetwood, Board Member, UK Tram 15:30 – Networking Wednesday 9th December The Future Of Transport - Providing A More Integrated Service Analysing success stories where places are providing well integrated transportation services - such as Helsinki How can a more integrated transportation infrastructure be implemented in certain urban/more remote areas? Discuss the challenges associated with getting services to work more closely together and ways to overcome these Discuss the benefits of MaaS from both an operational and passenger experience perspective Moderator & Chair: Nick Kingsley, Managing Editor, Railway Gazette 11:00 – Webinar Johannah Randall, Director, Start Up Rail Helen Gula, Senior Project Manager – Finance, RST - Ukraine MOI Melih Arpaci, Vice President Sales, Siemens Mobility - Rail Infrastructure, Siemens Mobility 13:00 – Reforming ticketing to provide fully integrated journeys – What does a modern passenger actually expect and how to identify technologies to provide this Liam Henderson, Founder, Rail Innovation Group 13:30 – Shaping the future of integrated mass transit operations with digital innovations for improved availability and enhanced passenger experience Bjoern Uhrig, Global Product Owner, Trainguard MT (CBTC) - Rail Infrastructure, Siemens Mobility 14:00 – Integrating transport through ATO in both remote and urban areas Jack Schneider, ATO Programme Director, SBB 14:30 – SPRINT: Interoperability & Multimodal Transport Ecosystems Stefanos Gogos, Technical Affairs Manager, UNIFE 15:00 – Interactive Q&A Liam Henderson, Founder, Rail Innovation Group Bjoern Uhrig, Siemens Mobility Jack Schneider, ATO Programme Director, SBB 15:30 – Networking Thursday 10th December Improving Safety & Security Strategies Understand the ways in which threats from hostile persons or nations are adapting and the importance of staying ‘ahead of the game’ Understand the devastating effects of security/safety breaches at an operational and human level Discuss examples of strategies and procedures operators are implementing to increase safety and security, eg Denver Assess the latest security technologies and strategies available to transit companies Moderator & Chair: Nick Kingsley, Managing Editor, Railway Gazette 11:00 – Webinar Geir Arild Engh-Hellesvik, CISO, Vy Marc Silverwood, Digital Trains Programme Lead, Northern Trains George Copeland, Advisor, Northern Trains 13:00 – Managing Cyber Security Risk within the Rail Sector Joseph Mager, Information Security Officer, Nederlandse Spoorwegen 13:30 – Improved cyber security & better collaboration between government and industry Kyle Malo, Senior Cyber Security Officer & CISO, WMATA 14:00 – Reducing cyber risks within the supply chain Attilio Framarini, Senior Cyber Security Analyst, RTD Denver 14:30 – Interactive Q&A Joseph Mager, Information Security Officer, Nederlandse Spoorwegen Kyle Malo, Senior Cyber Security Officer & CISO, WMATA Attilio Framarini, Senior Cyber Security Analyst, RTD Denver 15:30 – Networking Friday 11th December Modernised Communications To Improve Operations & Customer Interaction Discuss the benefits of communications technology when concerning operations – getting messages from trains, to stations, to control centres Understand how connecting with the customer can increase efficiency and safety through notifications and service alerts Discuss the modern requirement and expectation of providing WiFi technology – meeting the needs of the modern passenger Understand how instant live communications can drastically increase service efficiency and, in turn, maximise capacity Analyse the latest communications technology available to the rail industry Moderator & Chair: Nick Kingsley, Managing Editor, Railway Gazette 11:00 – Webinar Danny Gonzalez, Chief Digital & Innovation Officer, LNER Jorge Morgado, Head of Communications, Metro do Porto Roch Muraine, Global Sales Director, Alcatel Lucent Enterprise Deutsche Bahn, TBC 12:00 – Roundtable: Modernised Communications to improve mass transit operations & passenger interaction TBC, Siemens Mobility 13:00 – Sanjay Kumar, Chief Signal & Telecom Engineer, Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation 13:30 – Pervasive communications: the foundation for innovation in railway digitalisation Roch Muraine, Global Sales Director, Alcatel Lucent Enterprise 14:00 – TBC 14:30 – Interactive Q&A Sanjay Kumar, Chief Signal & Telecom Engineer, Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Roch Muraine, Global Sales Director, Alcatel Lucent Enterprise 15:00 – Networking .