IRS7 Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof, Frankfurt, Germany
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06:00Breakfast
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8:30Registration
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9:00Welcome by Conference Chair
09:00 - 09:10 Festsaal (Main Ballroom)
Speaker
Francis Bedel
Chief Digital Officer
International Union of Railways (UIC)
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09:10What is the Endgame of Digitalisation? : European Commission
09:10-09:20 Festsaal (Main Ballroom)
Digitalisation paves the way for sustainable transport without congestion, without paper (freight, customs, tickets) and minimal costs for society. In this vision, rail would be a backbone of seamless mobility on demand, with connections, tracing and booking systems linking all modes into a single system. Digitalisation boosts reliability and punctuality, maximises safety, and makes best use of infrastructure and assets. Digitalisation already reduces costs (maintenance). As a result, rail will be more attractive for passengers and freight customers. The endgame will be fully automated, go-everywhere trains.
Speaker
Elisabeth Werner
Director Land Transport, DG Move
, European Commission (EC)
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09:20Intermodal and intelligent inter-connectivity in transport
09:20-09:35 Festsaal (Main Ballroom)
Digital and intermodal interconnectivity will revolutionise transport. Innovative mobility-concepts link different modes of transport, to make mobility more consumer, and climate, friendly and to improve transport-safety. BMVI advances the digitalisation of transport by facilitating the network deployment of the digital infrastructure and innovative mobility-projects, including financial aid. In this context, data has a special role as enabler by ensuring the development of new mobility services and the availability of these services for everybody, exactly when and where they are needed.
Speaker
Tobias Miethaner
Director General Digital Society
Ministry of Transport & Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), Germany
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09:35Railway systems in the challenging environment of screw couplings and AI
09:35-09:45 Festsaal (Main Ballroom)
Rail today is on the brink of the 4th Industrial revolution. Digitalisation, the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence are about to become crucial elements in operational success. Legacy railway technology with long life cycles has to be linked to fastchanging digital solutions. The entire sector must fundamentally change its approach on how product development, innovation and process optimisation is going to be managed. DB aims to be an active driver of digital transformation to improve present operations and new co-operation models. The endgame of digitalisation must be to fundamentally increase quality, reliability, flexibility, efficiency and finally to deliver a new level of attractive mobility services making rail the leading mobility and logistics provider of the 21st Century.
Speaker
Miroslav Obrenovic
Head of Integrated Rail System Technology
Deutsche Bahn
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9:45Meeting 1Panel discussion: What is the Endgame of Digitalisation
9:45-10:50 Festsaal (Main Ballroom)
Where does the rail sector see itself in 30, 40 years and beyond? Is there a vision for how the digital revolution should revolutionise transport, and what paths of technological advancement we should take to achieve those ends? National operators, international associations, rolling stock manufacturers, and expert technology suppliers, will vigorously debate these issues. What would we like to see at the end of the line?
Moderator
Francis Bedel
Chief Digital Officer
International Union of Railways (UIC)
Speaker
Elisabeth Werner
Director Land Transport, DG Move
European Commission (EC)
Tobias Miethaner
Director General Digital Society
Ministry of Transport & Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), Germany
Miroslav Obrenovic
Head of Integrated Rail System Technology
Deutsche Bahn
Jean-François Beaudoin
Senior Vice President Digital Mobility
Alstom
Raphael Cavalcanti
Chief Product Officer
Hack Partners
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10:20Meeting 2
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10:50Coffee
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11:00ScreeneX® – a new technology that turns windows and partitions into real-time passenger information displays
11:00 -11:15 Salon 5
When expertise meets innovation and functionality meets design, great things happen. ScreeneX® is one of them. Developed by Oran Safety Glass, ScreeneX® is a sleekly designed, customized screen embedded in glass. It improves the passenger experience by providing access to up-to-the-minute information and entertainment, while opening a revenue opportunity for fleet operators by delivering advertisements to passengers on the move.
Speaker
David Yogev
Vice President & Managing Director Rail/Transit Division
OSG
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11:20Meeting 3Enabling investment in digital and ancillary rail infrastructure
11.20-11.40 Festsaal (Main Ballroom)
Attracting third party investment into railways is challenging and the deal history is relatively thin when compared to other transport sectors. For ancillary enhancements to rail infrastructure such as digitalization, the challenges can be even greater. In this session, we will explain these challenges and potential solutions illustrated with a few case studies to explore what approaches might leverage in more investment into this key area.
Speaker
Matt Bull
Head of Business and Financial Modelling
Steer Group
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11:40Panel discussion : The future of digital rail investment: a new definition of investability
11:40-12:25 Festsaal (Main Ballroom)
Securing adequate funding is crucial for operators, infrastructure owners and managers. This session will explore whether new digital infrastructure will provide the reliability, efficiencies, safety, profitability, and passenger numbers required to attract greater third-party investment. We will hear from operators, both public and private, infrastructure owners, and transport regulators, as well as the investors themselves, on how digital changes Investment opportunities and models.
Moderator
Lorenzo Casullo
Policy & Economic Adviser
OECD
Speaker
Matt Bull
Head of Business and Financial Modelling
Steer Group
Anne Yvrande-Billon
Vice President
ARAFER
Junn Magno
CEO
Philippine National Railways
Nick Brooks
Secretary General
ALLRAIL
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11:55Meeting 4
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12:30Meeting 5Functional Safety in a Connected World
12:30-12:45 Festsaal (Main Ballroom)
Functional Safety in the rail industry is a well-defined area of application and subject to numerous norms and standards. On the other side, technological advances in IT, communication and other areas greatly feed expectations about future developments in almost any industry. Digitalisation has also started a large transformation process in the rail industry. Almost every aspect has already been or will be affected dramatically. In this presentation we will map those expectation upon the area of functional safety. Which technologies are expected to change functional safety systems and in which way? Which pitfalls may arise and which opportunities are already in sight? Which role does strict regulation play and does it killjoy high expectations?
Speaker
Alexander Horch
Vice President, Research, Development and Product Management
HIMA
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12:45Improving passengers' travel experience
12:45-13:00 Festsaal (Main Ballroom)
LTG Rastatt's vision is to become the preferred global provider of transportation information, management, safety, and security solutions. The company's mission is to provide the most innovative and reliable transportation solutions to protect client assets, and promote efficiency and safety for public service. Their strategy is to earn the trust of current and future clients through continuous improvements in service, support, and solutions -driven by innovation, quality, and ease of use.
Speaker
Markus Papke
Key Account Manager Rail
LTG Rastatt
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13:00Lunch
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13:40The Impact of Machine Vision Technology in Train Maintenance
13:40-13:55 Salon 5
In this talk, Trimble presents several use cases of vision-based wayside detection technologies by a number of operators in the world. These use cases will include the specifics of the failure modes, their probable and proven consequences, and how the technology is used to detect the failures before they become disruptive or cause major catastrophes.
Speaker
Kambiz Nayebi
Founder & General Manager, Beena Vision - A Trimble Company
Trimble
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14:00Meeting 6Public transport in Frankfurt / Germany: New ideas, solutions and opportunities for an expanding city
14:00-14:20 Festsaal (Main Ballroom)
The history of public transport was determined by traditional and given solutions like buses, trams or metros. In no case was a strong and powerful connection between these systems proposed; also, the expansion of cities was moderate. Therefore, the development of new solutions was not a key feature of public transport. These times are gone – the developments in the sector are almost disturbing, like the invention of the mobile phone 20 years ago. Not only are completely new solutions like autonomous vehicles offered; additionally, cities grew faster and faster and the traditional grids had to be adapted to new needs –with new partnerships and new ideas.
Speaker
Michael Rüffer
Managing Director
VGF
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14:20Disrupting Urban Mobility
14:20-14:35 Festsaal (Main Ballroom)
Speaker
Jacob Bangsgaard
CEO
ERTICO
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14:35Panel Discussion: What is the role of transport in the Smart City?
14:35-15:40 Festsaal (Main Ballroom)
The more we talk with others the more we learn, and so it is with the systems that make up our cities. Layers of infrastructure, from transport to energy, from utilities to buildings, can now use sensors and the internet to communicate with each other and with the public. Where does transport fit in to the new hyper-connected world and help to achieve the central aims of the Smart City: efficiency, openness, environmental sustainability, and greater quality of life? We will discuss Mobility as a Service (MaaS), ride sharing, intermodal collaboration, transport hubs, and hear from technological Innovators, multimodal operators, and advocates of greater connection.
Moderator
Josef Stoll
Associated Partner Mobility
MHP - A Porsche Company
Speaker
Michael Rüffer
Managing Director
VGF
Jacob Bangsgaard
CEO
ERTICO
Carlo Borghini
Executive Director
Shift2Rail
Harald Jony
Managing Director
WienCont
Keith Dierkx
Global Rail Leader
IBM
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14:35Meeting 7
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15:10Meeting 8
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15:40Coffee
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15:50Best in class “Digital Bag as a Service” to maximize capabilities of train drivers and conductors in their missions
15:50-16:05 Salon 5
Based on the expertise of Air France pilots and IT department, dgBirds brings 85 years of excellence in transportation of passengers and goods, as well as more than 10 years experience in digitization of mobile operations processes. dgBirds has been founded in order to enable operators, that have a significant number of mobile operational staff, reduce their costs, ease teams daily activities, while enhancing safety for passengers, staff and goods. dgBirds’ “Digital Bag as a Service” provides easy access to operational documentation, supports execution of missions (roster, information and reports), enables access to environment information and communications among staff. The flexibility of our platform and business model enable our customers subscribe part of or all these features, depending on their business needs.
Speaker
Salif Diané
Chief Commercial Officer
dgBirds
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16:10Meeting 9Power in the customer's hands - How can digital remove barriers to cross-border travel?: UIC
16:10-16:30 Festsaal (Main Ballroom)
We are in a world which is witnessing a tremendous acceleration of time and technology. We are living in a world which is facing the fourth industrial revolution, the so-called digital revolution – after the first one with steam machines, the second one with electric power, and the third one with information technology. In this context, transport is moving from mobility to accessibility. Transport is becoming an optimised way to access a succession of space and time slots in different modes. Rail is becoming the backbone of a new integrated chain of mobility. Among the many roles and responsibilities at the service of the railway community worldwide, UIC must anticipate the future trends and future innovations that form the basis of the future railway industry.
Speaker
Jean-Pierre Loubinoux
Director General
International Union of Railways (UIC)
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16:30Connecting Networks
16:30-16:45 Festsaal (Main Ballroom)
The railways have inherited incompatibilities at international level, some of them deliberately created in the past, such as different track gauges. Furthermore, the partly uncoordinated development of information technology and safety systems has resulted in incompatibilities that affect international transport. Despite all this, the railways have a bright future in the decarbonised transport economy. Which digital developments will help the railways manage their complex interfaces more efficiently, particularly for international traffic, and what role do governments have in fostering these developments?
Speaker
Bas Leermakers
Interim Secretary General
Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)
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16:45Meeting 10Panel Discussion: Power In the customer's hands - How can digital remove barriers to cross-border travel?
16:45-17:50 Festsaal (Main Ballroom)
More people and goods than ever before are travelling internationally. It is imperative that the needs of passengers and freight customers can be satisfied by seamless and efficient cross-border operations, especially with borders in some regions about to be tightened. Integrated ticketing and signalling, standardised products, consistent legal and technical frameworks and regulations, are just a few of the elements that must be considered.
Moderator
Dagmar Rees
Editor Eurailpress
DVV Media
Speaker
Jean-Pierre Loubinoux
Director General
International Union of Railways (UIC)
Bas Leermakers
Interim Secretary General
Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)
Josef Doppelbauer
Executive Director
EU Agency for Railways
Daniel Beutler
President
Trainline International
Roland Bosch
CEO
DB Cargo
Dee Waddell
Global Managing Director, Travel & Transportation
IBM
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17:20Meeting 11
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17:50Chairman's Closing Remarks
17:50-18:00 Festsaal (Main Ballroom)
Speaker
Francis Bedel
Chief Digital Officer
International Union of Railways (UIC)
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19:00Transfer to Dinner
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19:30Offsite Dinner
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22:00Transfer to Hotel