Asset Management Seminar


10-11 October 2023, Paris UIC HQ

Programme 10 October

9.00 - 10.30 Session 1:
Introduction to the subject of Value Based Decision Making

Chair Andy Kirwan, Network Rail

  • Rosa Casquero, UIC Welcome and introduction to the seminar
  • Lucie Anderton, UIC "The future of rail"
  • James Carne, Shyam Ramaiya, Mark Sexton, AMCL "Development of the UIC Asset Management Working Group Whole System Decision Making Framework" 
  • Mattias Androls, Trafikverket "ISO 55001: Emerging guidance on value based decisions"
  • Q&A

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 - 12.30 Session 2:
Laying the foundations

Chair Mattias Androls, Trafikverket

  • Isabella Tordi and Giorgio Missimi, RFI "Road to ISO 55001 Certification"
  • Richard Mair, Christian Holzer, ÖBB "Foundation of the digital twin for the railway infrastructure"
  • Clara Grajal Marino, ADIF "Decoding criticality: the best way to know your assets" 
  • Stephen Famuwera, Trafikverket "Value based decision model for track system"
  • Q&A

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

13.30 - 15.00 Session 3:
Lifecycle value and alignment

Chair Vesa Männistö, FTIA

  • Celso de Azevedo, Assetsman "Value from Asset Lifecycle Decision Making"
  • Maria Manuel Pinheiro, Infraestruturas de Portugal "Implementation of an Asset Management System (as a support for decision-making)" 
  • Mikko Sauni, FTIA "Practical solutions to programming maintenance works in Finland" 
  • Lorenzo Di Pasquale, Irene Roda RFI, POLIMI "A methodology for ensuring strategic alignment of railway infrastructure asset management processes" 
  • Q&A

15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break

15.30 - 17.00 Session 4:
Data and analytics

Chair Mikko Sauni, FTIA

  • Binal Patel, Copperleaf "Tools for maximising value and driving outcomes in Rail and Rapid Transit"
  • Virpi Kukkonen, FTIA "Developing data based decision making"
  • Ann-Christine Svärdby-Bergman, Trafikverket "Two years with The Advance Analytics Factory for Maintenance"
  • Matteo Coltellacci, RFI "Intelligent Asset Management Dashboard"
  • Q&A

17.00 - 18.00 Cocktail

Programme 11 October

9.00 -10.30 Session 5:
Digital twins and case studies on decision making

Chair Jude Carey, Irish Rail

  • Luca Curreli, RFI, Alfonso Perna, ACCA Software "Road to digital twin"
  • Victoria Hills, Sunny Modhara, Network Rail "Optimising investment decisions for a railway corridor"
  • Joubert Flores, UIC "Experience from the Hong Kong, Rio and São Paulo metros"
  • Rennie Chadwick, Cohesive "Digital Twin, Trusted Information at your Fingertips"
  • Q&A

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 - 12.30 Session 6:
Future developments

Chair Celso de Azevedo, Assetsman

  • David-Ibán Villalmanzo Resusta, ADIF / Arianna Amati, Hitachi Rail "FP3-IAM4RAIL, the Asset Management Flagship Project for Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking"  
  • Ajith Kumar Parlikad, Manu Sasidharan, Manuel Herrera, University of Cambridge "Harnessing Digital Twins for Whole-System Decision-Making for Railways"
  • Guillaume Gach, UIC, Jude Carey, Irish Rail "Collaboration on AI and Predictive Maintenance"
  • Q&A

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

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