Registration and refreshments
08:45 to
09:30
Day 1: ERTMS & Digital Signalling 2023: The Future of Railway Signalling
09:30 to
17:20
Chair’s welcome and opening remarks
09:30 to
09:40
Speaker:
Michel Ruesen.
Managing Director.
ERTMS Users Group.
Government support for the Digital Railway
09:40 to
10:05
- Plans and priorities for digital signalling
- ETCS deployment alongside wider plans for the network
- Investment and funding for the Digital Railway
Speaker:
Jennifer Elevique.
Deputy Director Rail Environment & Digital.
Department for Transport.
The digital railway masterplan: East Coast and Beyond
10:05 to
10:35
- Exploring the breakthrough progress on the East Coast Digital Programme
- Understanding the major challenges in delivering cross industry change
- Establishing the industrial strategy for digital signalling and setting the path for investments under GBR
Speaker:
Toufic Machnouk.
Director, Industry Partnership for Digital Railway.
Network Rail.
Delivering the Digital Railway – plans for the network
10:35 to
11:05
- Long term deployment plan
- Plans for future signalling renewals
- Update on T190
Speaker:
James Dzimba.
Chief Control, Command & Signalling Engineer.
Network Rail.
Morning networking and refreshments
11:05 to
11:35
Panel discussion: Deployment of ERTMS and Digital Signalling – progress so far and accelerating delivery
11:35 to
12:15
- Making the business case for ERTMS
- Lesson sharing from deployment so far
- Understanding what future specifications might be
- Achieving the benefits ERTMS provides
Speakers:
Oliver Turner.
Head of ERTMS.
Govia Thameslink Railway.
Imtithal Aziz.
Regional Engineer (Signalling & Telecommunication), Northwest & Central Region.
Network Rail.
Networking lunch
12:15 to
13:15
Managing the retrofit of fleet – progress within cab fitment of ETCS
13:15 to
13:45
- Updating existing fleet
- Progress so far
- Challenges
- Cost effectiveness
Speaker:
Robin Hayman.
ERTMS Project Engineer (Electrostar).
Govia Thameslink Railway.
Managing system integration and interface
13:45 to
14:15
- Best practice for integration of difference systems
- Interface between different technologies
Speaker:
Olivier Ozanne.
Head of Business Development & Solution Management.
CAF Signalling.
Managing contractual arrangement for signalling contracts
14:15 to
14:45
Speakers:
Tom Douglas.
Partner.
Eversheds Sutherland.
Alison Mallard.
Senior Associate.
Eversheds Sutherland.
Afternoon networking and refreshments
14:45 to
15:15
Panel discussion : Opportunities for supply chain development and collaborating to deliver ERTMS
15:15 to
16:05
- Supply chain development
- Providing certainty to the supply chain
- Opportunities for SMEs
Speakers:
Julian Gill.
Client Partner.
Quest Global.
John Benson.
Chief of Rail, Systems and Assurance.
Bechtel.
Chair’s closing remarks
16:05 to
16:15
Close of Day 1 and networking drinks
16:15 to
17:20