Registration and refreshments
08:45 to
09:30
Welcome from Arup
09:30 to
09:35
Speaker:
TC Chew.
Global Head of Rail.
Arup.
Chair's welcome and opening remarks
09:35 to
09:40
Speaker:
Michel Ruesen.
Managing Director.
ERTMS Users Group.
Government support for the Digital Railway
09:40 to
10:05
- Support, plans and timelines for implementation of digital railway
- Investment and available funding
Speaker:
Jennifer Elevique.
Deputy Director Rail Environment and Digital.
Department for Transport.
Ensuring the delivery of the Digital Railway - plans for the network and progress with implementation
10:05 to
10:30
- Timelines and next steps for delivery
- Learning from East Coast Digital Programme - applying this to different areas
- Enabling cross industry collaboration to drive the programme forward
- The future of digital signalling
Speaker:
Toufic Machnouk.
Director, Industry Partnership for Digital Railway.
Network Rail.
Panel discussion: Accelerating the deployment of ERTMS and Digital Signalling - enabling business change
10:30 to
11:15
- Lessons from implementation so far
- Impacts of updated ERA standards and interoperability
- How to communicate change - bringing teams with you throughout implementation and operation
Speakers:
Martin Beeton.
Director & UK Head of Control Command and Signalling.
Arup.
Speaker from.
Thales.
Morning networking and refreshments
11:15 to
11:45
Moving the implementation of digital signalling forward
11:45 to
12:10
- Tools supporting delivery – how can these improve quality?
- Reducing costs and shorten timelines for delivery
- Learning from TRU and East Coast Mainline
Speaker:
Simon Eastmond.
Associate Director.
Arup.
Operators insight – lessons from the Thameslink Core and Northern City Line
12:10 to
12:45
Speaker:
Matthew Teller.
ERTMS Integration Manager.
Govia Thameslink Railway.
Freight & ETRMS - how can freight be ready for ERTMS
12:45 to
13:10
- Transforming freight through digital signalling
- Implications to freight of ERTMS
- Opportunities and challenges
Networking lunch
13:10 to
14:10
Progress with in cab fitment of ETCS - managing the retrofit of fleet
14:10 to
14:35
- How to manage updates to existing fleet
- Deciding the most cost effective options
- Collaboration needed to ensure successful retrofil
The use of ATO alongside ERTMS
14:35 to
15:00
- Benefits and challenges of ATO
- Where are these being successfully used?
Managing integration and interface of different systems
15:00 to
15:25
- Interaction between ETCS, ATO and CBTC
- Understanding the interface between different technologies
- Being prepared for future changes and systems
Afternoon networking and refreshments
15:25 to
15:55
Ensuring safety requirements for new systems
15:55 to
16:20
- Establishing updated safety processes
- Managing risks
- How to regulate new technologies - what is needed?
Speaker:
Ian Maxwell.
Head of Train Control Systems.
Office of Rail and Road.
Responding to the cyber security challenges - risk assessments and solutions
16:20 to
16:45
- What are the risks created by ERTMS?
- How to mitigate threats
The future of radio communications - successfully introducing FRMCS
16:45 to
17:10
- Options for the replacement of GSM-R - what are the new technologies?
- The interfaces between ETCS and FRMCS
- Introducing new technologies
Chair's closing remarks
17:10 to
17:15
Close of Conference & networking drinks
17:15 to
18:15