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- Uncovering the latest on the Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSIs) and what steps need to be taken towards the certification of your rolling stock
- Exploring key issues with fire safety though analysing railway safety statistics
- Outlining the core principles and purpose of railway legislation, through understanding the differences between directives, TSI’s and standards and considering the derogation process
- Revealing future developments and reflecting on the key milestones
- Bas Leermarkers, Project Officer Interoperability, European Railway Agency (ERA)
- Learning how to develop a sustainable safety management system and understanding the key factors behind safety policy
- Uncovering the key process in effective safety certification for your rolling stock
- Examining the relationship between operators and policy makers to help strengthen communication
- Understanding the adaptation of policy and how this is built around accident investigation
- Corinna Salander, Head of Safety Certification, Deutsche Bahn
- Overcoming issues to promote smooth and safety assured operations by exploring advances in fire systems
- Exploring innovations in fire detection and reliable systems to optimise safety in your rolling stock.
- Avoiding false alarms with fire detection systems, saving time and costs in investigating false fire alarms through learning on the latest in fire safety systems
- Hear an overview on the new concepts for early fire detection and safety assured operations to adapt to your strategy
- Stephan Koller, Head of Safety, SBB
- Presenting an update on innovative water mist systems and related regulations by leveraging user specific fire protection
- Examining fire protection as a global concept and realising opportunities related to an overall strategy
- Discovering FOGTEC high pressure water mist systems
- Outlining features and functions of various systems applications in order to find the right solution for your rolling stock
- Explaining how to apply different systems
- Outlining on board systems: what are the advantages
- Planning and carrying out smoke and fire tests successfully and learning from results
- Roger A. Dirksmeler, Product Manager, Rail Fogtec Fire Protection
- Lightweight AND fire safe: How the FIRE-RESIST project is bringing together the rail, aeronautic and maritime industries to improve the fire performance of polymer composite materials
- Reveal the importance of light weighting for sustainable transport systems and moving forward into future railway industry
- Exploring current fire performance limitations of lightweight polymer composite materials
- Outlining the FIRE-RESIST project through its aims, methodology and partners
- Understanding new composite material developments for improved fire behavior
- Hear multi-scale fire simulation for affordable design and validation to help minimise costs for rolling stock
- Uncovering the plans for validation of the technologies developed
- JoeCarruthers, FIRE-RESIST Project Coordinator, NewRail
- Stream A Applying Policy and International Railway
- Achieving effective implementation of compliance through adoption of a pragmatic approach to comply with rail safety standards
- Reviewing the authorisation of rolling stock from the NSA viewpoint to foresee the future of rail safety standards
- Examining rolling stock specific issues and summarising the most effective ways to achieve full compliance in older fleets
- Achieving full compliance whilst reducing costs by taking a pragmatic approach to policy
- Mike Johnson, Head of Rail Vehicles National Expertise Team, Office of Rail Regulation
- Comparing EU and US policy in regards to fire safety in rolling stock to gain further insight into the global industry
- Understanding the key differences in EU and US Policy to understand the US market in a time of railway investment
- Analyse changes in US fire safety policy and adopt this to US philosophy on fire safety
- Considering the US railway industry and issues with fire safety compliance to promote accurate fire safety on rolling stock
- William Kennedy, Vice President Mechanical Engineering, NFPA
- Gain an in-depth look into the combustibility of Japanese Subway seats
- Examine tests in place that standardise Japan seat materials by exploring temporary fixtures that can improve compliance for your rolling stock
- Reflect on the 2003 Korean fire accident by examining the repercussions for material flammability guidelines and why materials are so crucial in fire safety
- Learn about the consistency of test conditions to adapt to fire testing and improve fire safety through effective fire retardant materials
- ItoMikiya, Materials Engineer, Railway Technical Research Institute
- Stream B Response and Risk Assessment
- Emergency response agenda - Crowd behaviour on rolling stock, how crowds behave and how you can ensure optimum safety at all time
- Understanding how crowds react in order to achieve the perfect fire evacuation plans to avoid injury and fatality
- Establishing how best to incorporate human behaviour into staff training as well as into health and safety policy
- Evaluating which factors are the most important to consider in an evacuation scenario
- A guide to smart planning in emergency response to minimize risk
- Daniel Alvear, Head of Research and Development, University of Cantabria
- An Investigatory insight into the common causes of fire and how to avoid these in fire safety management
- Identifying how human error is a major contributor to fire on rolling stock
- Creating protocol that minimises the risk of fire by understanding key fire risk areas
- Simple steps to take to alleviate fire risk by exploring the common causes of fire on rolling stock
- Hear the latest on fire safety prevention by evaluating the effectiveness on systems and how they are viewed in railway investigation
- Dragos Floroiu, Director, Romanian Railway Investigation Body
- Delve into the experiences gained by fire industry associations by understanding how the emergency services respond to fire alarms
- Build a strong understanding with your counterparts to streamline emergency response and improve passenger safety
- Minimise the risk to passenger safety by hearing case studies of incidents and understanding the delays in response
- Adapting emergency management problems by evaluating emergency management procedures
- Garry Pratt, Group Manager Emergency Response Unit, Tubelines
- Establishing the importance of design in fire safety through considering fire safety at all stages of the design process to minimise risk and save costs
- Creating solid foundations for fire safety through understanding how fires react to different designs and how this can be achieved on your rolling stock
- Through demonstrating fire tests on sub sections of rolling stock understand how systems work as entire units
- Exploring key factors in understanding fire behaviour, supporting fire prevention and suppression at every stage of rolling stock design and modification
- Determining to what extent design fires are accurate, by looking into fire testing scenarios, to promote reliability of fire safety on rolling stock.
- Paul Bryant, Executive Committee Chair person, Railway Industry Fire Association
- Hearing from TRANSFEU: A look into real scale tests through considering the aims and limits
- Outlining the future for EU standards by taking a closer look into the results and forecasting effective ways to adapt your business to these changes
- Analysing the development of mandatory European regulation by increasing regulatory awareness to improve operability
- Considering how best to move forward with these results and incorporating them into your business model
- Arnaud Marchais, TRANSFEU, Head of Safety, RATP
- Uncovering innovative changes in fire testing methods and practice by highlighting the importance of accurate testing in fire safety
- Clarifying the changes in test methods and outlining the ways in which these changes will affect material compliance
- Identifying how these latest fire testing methods will impact certification
- Establishing expert tips on how to adapt to new testing regulations and how to achieve smooth certification
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- Considering a new approach to fire behaviour through studying fire testing results
- Analysing the results of fire dynamic research through an in-depth study of investigations undertaken by GIDAI
- Uncovering the criteria for sufficient fire prevention support systems as a guide to matching effective fire suppression systems to your rolling stock
- Approaching the issue of structure in accordance with fire behaviour dynamics to analyse how to effectively compliment you rolling stock through fire suppression measures
- Daniel Alvear, Head of Research and Development, University of Cantabria
- Considering the cause of fires on board rolling stock to gain essential advice on preventing fire on your trains
- Understanding the relationship between fire cause and size to gain critical guidance in establishing purposeful fire prevention specific to your rolling stock
- Key points to look out for in the design phase to develop an understanding between suppliers
- Clarifying guidance of operational faults that have lead to fires in the past to convey the importance of effective fire management alongside fire safety systems
- Peter Mansi, Borough Commander and Group Manager for the Fire and Arson Investigation Team, London Fire Brigade
- Uncovering Eurotunnel’s latest fire safety innovations and taking an in-depth look at ‘SAFE’
- Exploring Eurotunnels background through understanding its core business activities and traffic figures
- Looking at Eurotunnels approach in risk management and explaining the process it follows to help understand all encompassing safety polices
- Presenting the key basic design features which make Eurotunnel Infrastructure a unique safety concept
- Detailing the Key Project “Salamander” and its three main topics which have been launched across the whole Company after the 2008 fire and understanding business response to notable fires
- Bruno Bouthors, Director, Safety and Sustainable Development, Eurotunnel
- Achieving compliant and effective modifications in older locomotives
- Overcoming issues in compliance and cost through effective research and testing
- Identifying cross compliant materials that can revolutionise the operational capacity of your locomotive interiors
- Highlighting key time saving process’s in identifying material and product compliance
- Optimising modification and refurbishment opportunities to streamline business
- Dave Tooley, Fire and Materials Engineer, Bombardier
- Exploring new rolling stock through examining fire protection specifications at Crossrail
- Outlining the background of Crossrail and the challenges posed to rolling stock in regards to fire safety
- Looking at the fire safety specifications for the new rolling stock
- Factors to consider in the procurement process and reflecting on other rolling stock fire safety provisions.
- PhilHinde, Rolling Stock and Depots Manager, Crossrail
- PANEL DISCUSION: The future of the railway industry: A look at the steps being made towards a zero carbon rail industry
- Implications for fire suppression, detection and design on electric trains
- High Speed trains on elevated rails discovering what implications for this has for fire safety
- Reflecting on the expansion of the US market by considering the focus on high-speed commuter rail and its implications for fire safety on board rolling stock
- Exploring the risk in the transportation of Bio fuels and BLEVE
- Manuel Pereira, Technical Director, Futurail
- Dave Tooley, Fire and Materials Engineer, Bombardier
- Ito Mikiya, Railway technical Research Institute
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