RTSA Stream - Rollingstock

1.30 Technical speakers meeting

1.35 Opening remarks from the Chair John Watsford, Technical Support Manager, UGL Rail

1.40 The PowerHaul PH37ACmai Locomotive An innovation in rolling stock technology Mark Baxter, Executive General Manager Rail Technical Services, UGL Rail

2.10 Developments in train design to produce an environmentally sound, reliable, efficient and comfortable vehicle Jacques Blain, Sales Director France, Bombardier Transportation

2.40 Customer/Supplier alliancing delivers the most effective outcomes for rolling stock manufacture An innovated approach to contract management Ben Liebenberg Project Manager Oscar 3,UGL Rail

3.10 Afternoon tea served within the exhibition

RTSA Stream - CBD Underground

3.40 Technical speakers meeting

3.45 Opening remarks from the Chair Alex Howie, Track Design Engineer Infrastructure Services, QR National

3.50 Auckland CBD Rail Link city regeneration by underground rail Simon Wood, Associate Director, AECOM
Peter Clark, Manager Strategy and Planning, Auckland Transport

4.20 Melbourne Metro Rail Tunnel providing confidence through a robust business case Andrew Wapling, Technical Director of Transport Services, AURECON

4.50 The utilisation of overhead electrification in tunnels Alan O'Hara, Senior Engineer Rail OHW, SMEC Australia

5.20 Closing remarks from the Chair

5.25 Close of Day One

RTAA Stream - Innovative Rail Projects

1.30 Technical speakers meeting

1.35 Opening remarks from the Chair Eur. Ing. David Bainbridge, National Rail, OH & Rail Safety Manager, Leighton Contractors and President, RTAA

The RTAA Stream will consist of 3 presentations from the following 4 papers

Managing rail safety over longwall mining Graeme Robinson, Associate Business Director, Hyder Consulting

Spatial assessment and design for rail vehicles through tunnels and restricted clearance structures Neil Mason, Executive, AURECON
Mike Pinkerton, Geo Spatial Leader, AURECON

Jilalan Rail Yard delivering value to Queensland Shaun Nugent, Director of Operations & Capability, Parsons Brinckerhoff

3.10 Afternoon tea served within the exhibition

RTAA Stream - Innovation in Track Laying / Mechanised Track Maintenance

3.40 Technical speakers meeting

3.45 Opening remarks from the Chair David Bull, Director, Bull Head Services and Vice President, RTAA

3.50 Track innovations by Austrian Railways Dr. Rudolf Schilder, Head of Rail Line and Station Management, OeBB Infrastructure AG (Austrian Railways Infrastructure)

4.20 Innovations in mechanized track maintenance Rainer Wenty, General Manager Marketing and Technical Sales, Plasser & Theurer, Austria

4.50 Track formation: mechanised reconstruction & rehabilitation Craig Goldie, Director, Swietelsky Rail (Australia) and Swietelsky International Consulting and Engineering

5.20 Closing remarks from the Chair

5.25 Close of Day One

IRSE Stream

1.30 Technical speakers meeting

1.35 Opening remarks from the Chair Trevor Moore, Signaling Standards Engineer, ARTC

1.40 Electronic monitoring and automatic switching of railway signalling system power supplies Mike Drewry, Principal Engineer, Elsafe Australia

2.10 Loop detectors in active level crossing applications Slava Petrov, Senior Signalling Engineer, AECOM

2.40 Integrated rail operation management software IVU.rail Frank Nagel, Director Business Development Asia Pacific, IVU Traffic Technologies AG

3.10 Afternoon tea served within the exhibition

IRSE Stream

3.40 Technical speakers meeting

3.45 Opening remarks from the Chair Keith Walker, Director - Rail Signalling, K and D Consultants

3.50 The psychology of SPADs: solutions for when technology alone wont work Dr. Rod Gutierrez , Principal Psychologist, DuPont Sustainable Solutions

4.20 Object oriented approach for interlocking principles Damien Convert, Commercial Director, GE Transportation

4.50 An integrated approach to benefits realisation of rail condition monitoring innovations Ralph Heredia, Senior Project Manager, RailCorp
Brett Brimfield, Senior Project Manager / Operations Manager, Parsons Brinckerhoff

5.20 Closing remarks from the Chair

5.25 Close of Day One

RTSA Stream - High Speed Rail

1.30 Technical speakers meeting

1.35 Opening remarks from the Chair Bill Laidlaw, Rail Engineering Consultant, Toshiba International Corporation (TIC)

1.40 HSR as a key feature in an existing transportation network Christoph Bruns, Head of Acquisitions Highspeed and Intercity Trains, Siemens AG Mobility Division

2.10 The reduction of energy consumption of rail vehicles with aerodynamic optimization Dr Alexander Orellano, Manager, Centre of Competence in Aero and Thermodynamics, Bombardier Transportation

2.40 Some benefits of an Australian High Speed Rail network Associate Professor Philip Laird, Research Fellow, University of Wollongong

3.10 Afternoon tea served within the exhibition

RTSA Stream - Management and Operations

3.40 Technical speakers meeting

3.45 Opening remarks from the Chair Mark Wishart, Regional Rail Manager, Hatch

3.50 Rolling stock maintenance optimization Andi Hucker, Associate Director, AECOM
Robert Tatton-Jones, Associate Director, AECOM

4.20 The carriage as an emotional landscape: How do passengers experience fear? Understanding fear in the Australian metropolitan railway industry Lily Hirsch, Masters Candidate - Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia and CRC for Rail Innovation
Kirrilly Thompson, Research Fellow - Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia and CRC for Rail Innovation

4.50 The use of modern control systems technology to optimise scheduling and manage rail freight operations Manfred Srienz, Portfolio Manager, Siemens

5.20 Closing remarks from the Chair

5.25 Close of Day Two

RTAA Stream - Innovation in Track Materials and Rail Infrastructure Inspections

1.30 Technical speakers meeting

1.35 Opening remarks from the Chair Warwick Kinscher. General Manager, Vossloh Cogifer Australia and Past President RTAA

1.40 Track bed inspection using high speed radar Paolo Papeschi , Global Sales and Marketing Manager, IDS Guido Manacorda, Engineering Manager, IDS

2.10 Using polymers to give railway ballast designed mechanical properties Steven Pearson, Project Engineer, Balfour Beatty Rail Technologies UK

2.40 Cutting-edge machine vision technology for automatic inspection of track and overhead line infrastructure Giuseppe Aurisicchio, Diagnostics Product Line Manager, MERMEC Group

3.10 Afternoon tea served within the exhibition

RTAA Stream - Innovation in Rail Management

3.40 Technical speakers meeting

3.45 Opening remarks from the Chair David Howarth, Alliance General Manager, Novo Rail Alliance

The RTAA Stream will consist of 3 presentations from the following 4 papers

HYTRONICS: The next generation of point machines and setting devices Craig Bishop, Engineering Manager, VAE Railway Systems

Investigations to optimise rail damper usage to give a low cost, tailored noise reduction David Benton, Product Marketing manager - Rail Products, Tata Steel UK
Daniel Mauger, Graduate Engineer, Abigroup Rail

Joint research and testing of innovative grinding applications Dr. Wolfgang Schoech, Manager External Affairs, Speno International SA

5.20 Closing remarks from the Chair

5.25 Close of Day Two

IRSE Stream

1.30 Technical speakers meeting

1.35 Opening remarks from the Chair Steve Boshier, Regional Director Rail, Hyder Consulting

1.40 Evaluating the impact of train signalling systems on rail network capacity a design approach Dr. Paul Corry, Principal Consultant, AECOM
Simon Smith, Engineer, AECOM

2.10 Multi-modal transport control center Andrew Howey, Business Manager, Intelligent Control, GE Transportation

2.40 Improving prediction and diagnosis of signalling system elements Stephen Baker, Programme Manager - Trackside Systems , Invensys Rail

3.10 Afternoon tea served within the exhibition

IRSE Stream

3.40 Technical speakers meeting

3.45 Opening remarks from the Chair Keith Walker, Director - Rail Signalling, K and D Consultants

3.50 Up-date on SSI migration to modern technologies Thierry Lesaine, Market and Product Strategy - Signalling Main Line Strategy Manager, ALSTOM Transport

4.20 Axle counters - dispelling the myths and demonstrating the benefits Colin Taylor, Business Development Manager, Siemens

4.50 ATMS Program update Andrew Kitto, ATMS Performance Manager, Company: ARTC Blaine Groves, ATMS Chief Architect, Lockheed Martin

5.20 Closing remarks from the Chair

5.25 Close of Day Two