UIC Asia-Pacific Conference on Digital

INTRODUCTION

The challenge of the 21st century will definitely be Mobility. Megacities are facing an era of considerable development all over the world and will require to move people and goods longer and faster. Rail has a key role to play in this mutation and has to remain the backbone of this future multimodal mobility. The issue is global and Digital is the only way to win this fantastic challenge. So, during this two-day event, we will have the opportunity to exchange, discover, explore, understand and learn what are the latest innovations and their potential interests and benefits for rail. The following main themes will be discussed:

• Digitalisation
• Condition Monitoring and Machine learning
• FRMCS other future developments
• Intelligent Rail
• Big Data

PROGRAMME

Master of Ceremony: Mr. Tom SARGANT, UIC PACIFIC Representative

Wednesday 27 October 2021

8:00-8:15 - Welcome
Mr. François DAVENNE, Director General, UIC

8:15-8:35 - Keynote Speeches

Impact of Digitalisation on Railways
Mr. Warwick TALBOT, Deputy Executive Director, Network Growth, Strategy, Portfolio and Investment, Sydney Trains, Australia

Digital Context & Introduction
Mr. Francis BEDEL, Chief Digital Officer, UIC

8:35-9:15 - Session 1 - Digitalisation

Virtual Twin for sustainable, efficient, safe and resilient rail operations
Mr. Luc FEUVRIER, Technical Director & Mr. Henri BERINGER, Business Consultant Director, Transportation & Mobility Industry, Dassault Systèmes

Cybersecurity: Risk Management for Train Operators
Mr. Björn WESTERBERG, Director of WSP European Rail Advisory, Former CEO of ASTOC (Association of Swedish Train Operating Companies), Sweden

KORAIL Mobile Office for Quick and Efficient Decision Making and Tasks
Mr. Joon Sun KIM, Deputy Director of Future Technology Development Department, KORAIL, Korea

Questions & Answers

Break (10mns)

9:25-10:05 - Session 2 – Condition Monitoring & Machine Learning

Infrastructure Asset Digitalisation and Monitoring
Mr. Luca CAROTTI, Vision and Automated Railway Measuring Systems Specialist, Product Line Manager, MERMEC, Italy

Conducting the power of data, domain knowledge & technology to create real and lasting advantage
Mr. Paul McILVEEN, Australia

Condition Monitoring Technology
Ms. Toni BREEZE, Asset Information Strategy Manager, Sydney Trains, Australia

Questions & Answers

10:05-10:45 - Session 3 – FRMCS other Future Developments

FRMCS Introduction
Mr. Dan MANDOC, Head of FRMCS, Rail System Department, UIC

Successful Transition to FRMCS
Mr. David ROTHBAUM, Director of Business Development, Ericsson

Questions & Answers

Thursday 28 October 2021

8:00-8:40 - Session 4 – Intelligent Rail

Rio Tinto’s Intelligent Railway
Mr. Lido COSTA, Principal Auto Haul, Auto Haul and Rail Productivity, Rio Tinto Group, Australia

JR East’s Strategy for Intelligent Rail
Ms. Michiko TANAKA, Ph.D., Senior Assistant Manager, International Affairs HQ, JR East, Japan

Questions & Answers

8:40-9:20 - Session 5 – Big Data

The Application of Big Data in Chinese Railway Operation and Management of HSR
Ms. XUE Rui, Research Assistant, China Academy of Railway Sciences (CARS), China

Application of Big Data for Infrastructure Maintenance
Mr. German SUKONNIKOV, First Deputy Head of RZD IT Department, Russia

Application of Big Data for Advanced Traffic Management
Mr. Alexey OZEROV, Head of International Department, NIIAS, Russia

Questions & Answers

Break (10mns)

9:30-10:30 - Round Table - Digital for rail

• Mr. Tom SARGANT, UIC PACIFIC Representative
• Mr. Warwick TALBOT, Deputy Executive Director, Network Growth, Strategy, Portfolio and Investment, Sydney Trains, Australia
• Mr. Alexey OZEROV, Head of International Department, NIIAS, Russia
• Mr. Dan MANDOC, Head of FRMCS, Rail System Department, UIC
• Mr. Björn WESTERBERG, Director of WSP European Rail Advisory, Former CEO of ASTOC (Association of Swedish Train Operating Companies), Sweden

10:30-10:45 - Summary and Closing remarks
Mr. Tom SARGANT, UIC PACIFIC Representative
Mr. Vincent VU, Director Institutional Relations Department, UIC

REGISTRATION

As soon as you are registered and after validation of your registration, you will automatically receive the link to access the ZOOM platform.

One day before the event, you will also receive a reminder with the ZOOM link.

You can also register here: https://site.evenium.net/23yhcb62/

CONTACT

Mrs. Beatrice SEGERAL, Senior Advisor Institutional Relations & Asia-Pacific Region: segeral@uic.org