Jul

05

Jul

06

Registration and refreshments
08:45  to  09:30
Conference welcome from Addleshaw Goddard
09:30  to  09:35
Speaker:
Martin Fleetwood. Transport Consultant. Addleshaw Goddard.
Chair’s welcome and opening remarks
09:35  to  09:40
Speaker:
Steve Denniss. Technical Director. WSP.
Keynote address: Department for Transport
09:40  to  10:05
  • Facilitating ERTMS and building the UK digital railway
Speaker:
Jennifer Elevique. Deputy Director Rail Environment and Digital. Department for Transport.
Panel Discussion: Deployment – How can we accelerate?
10:05  to  10:50
  • Moving from digital signalling islands to corridors and networks
  • Focus on infrastructure gaps and how to close them
  • Terminal accessibility
  • Fleet renewal and retrofitting
  • Safety and capacity considerations
Speakers:
Paul Boyle. Head Of ERTMS. LNER.
Jennifer Elevique. Deputy Director Rail Environment and Digital. Department for Transport.
Michel Ruesen. Managing Director. ERTMS Users Group.
Morning refreshments
10:50  to  11:20
Plans for delivering Digital Railway
11:20  to  11:45
Speaker:
James Dzimba. Chief Control, Command & Signalling Engineer. Network Rail.
ATO specification status and deployment readiness
11:45  to  12:10
Speaker:
Nicola Furness. Engineering Expert (Europe CCS). Network Rail.
Networking lunch
12:10  to  13:10
Delivering and implementing ERTMS efficiently at the strategic level – what are the challenges and opportunities?
13:10  to  13:35
  • Where are we now with ERTMS? 
  • Revisiting the benefits of using ERTMS and how to overcome the challenges to delivery and ERTMS at the large scale project level.
  • Expert-led insight into why switching to ERTMS is worthwhile and what we are learning about the strategic considerations for implementations.
Speaker:
Alfonso Lorenzo. ERTMS Project Manager. Ineco.
System integration - navigating increasing complexity
13:35  to  14:05
  • Integrating different systems 
  • Integration of ATO,ETCS and CBTC 
  • Best practices for the integration of different systems
  • How do the different systems interface and work together 
Speaker:
Karl King. Senior Principal Systems Engineer. Jacobs.
Afternoon refreshments
14:05  to  14:35
Panel discussion: What is the future of signalling and digital railway?
14:35  to  15:25
  • What is the future of digital signalling? 
  • What are the challenges trying to overcome? 
  • Is ERTMS the answer? What other systems? 
  • Obsolescence and future proofing systems 
Speakers:
Tom Godfrey. Director, Rail Systems Engineering Lead. Arup.
Richard Lockett. Principal Consultant. IPEX Consulting.
Michel Ruesen. Managing Director. ERTMS Users Group.
Chair’s closing remarks
15:25  to  15:30
Close of Day 1 and Networking Drinks
15:35  to  17:00

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