AusRAIL 2009:17th – 19th November 2009  
 

Agenda

Day 1 - 1st December

7:30 Registration and morning coffee

9:00 Opening remarks from the Chair
Bryan Nye, CEO, Australasian Railway Association

9:10 Ministerial Keynote Address
The Hon Lynne Kosky MP, Minister for Public Transport and The Arts, Victoria

9:30 Capacity - how to meet the challenge
Mark Rowsthorn, CEO, Asciano

10:00 International Keynote Address: Rail's role in tackling climate change
Len Porter, Chief Executive, Rail Safety and Standards Board, UK

10:30 Morning tea and opportunity to visit exhibition

Today’s refreshment breaks proudly sponsored by
John Holland

11:00 The need for cultural change in the rail industry
Lance Hockridge, CEO, QR

11:30 Panel session: Embrace women or go off track

  • What rail needs to do to increase the female workforce beyond 1%
  • Diversify our workforce or die

    Session Chair:
    Reece Waldock, CEO, Public Transport Authority, WA

    Panellists:
    Rebecca Want, Project Manager, Want Infrastructure Consulting
    Yvette Griggs, Graduate Signal Engineer, QR Network
    Michelle Ho, Engineering Administrator, United Group Rail Technologies
    Rebecca Taylor, Signal Engineer, Public Transport Authority, WA

12:30 Lunch

1:45 Afternoon stream speakers assemble at registration desk

RTSA Stream
IRSE Stream

2:00 Opening remarks from the Chair
Bill Laidlaw, Rail Engineering Consultant, Hatch Infrastructure

2:05 A perspective on addressing capacity, change and culture in the rail industry Andy Summers, Chief Executive, United Group Rail

2:35 A developing niche for short haul rail freight? Exploring early British experience with the innovative Freight Multiple Unit (FMU) concept
Nicholas Montague, Senior Property Projects Officer & Strategic Planner, QR Limited

3:05 King’s Cross St. Pancras underground station redevelopment
Annemarie Green, Sales and Business Development Manager, Siemens

3:35 Afternoon tea and networking (within the exhibition)
Session Chair: John Watsford, Sales Manager, United Group Rail Technologies

4:00 Energy saving technologies and their applications
Christian Koebel, Director R&D Programme Management, Group Engineering, Bombardier, Germany

4:30 Ecopak diesel hydraulic drive
Roland Aeugle, Head of Sales for Hydrodynamic Components and Systems for Rail Vehicles, Voith Turbo

5:00 Closing remarks

 2:00 Opening remarks from the Chair Trevor Moore, Signalling Standards Engineer, ARTC

2:05 Signalling meeting sustainability requirements
Bill Palazzi, Rail Executive, PB

2:35 Selecting technology for transport in major cities
Warwick Talbot, Principal EngineerRail Systems, WorleyParsons

3:05 Analysing the signalling system
Alan Carey, Principal Consultant, Signalling & Communications, Asia Pacific Rail

3:35 Afternoon tea and networking (within the exhibition)
Session Chair: Keith Walker, Principal Engineer, Signalling and Communications, WorleyParsons

4:00 ERTMS in Asia/Australia
Raj Paramasivam, Director Mass Transit, Bombardier Transportation Signal

4:30 Interoperable solution for efficient suburban train control: ERTMS overlay
Karel Machiels, ETCS System Engineer, ALSTOM Trasnport, Belgium
Thierry Lesaine, Railways System Architect, ALSTOM Transport Information Solutions, France

5:00 Closing remarks
RTAA Stream
Aric Stream

2:00 Opening remarks from the Chair
David Bull, Director, Bull Head Services

2:05 Providing capacity on regional lines by the strategic installation of steel sleepers
Robert Schweiger, Product Manager, Steel Sleepers, OneSteel

2:35 The Australian rail track industry – Meeting the demand for increased capacity
Warwick Kinscher, General Manager, Vossloh Cogifer & President, RTAA

3:05 An integrated approach to rail maintenance decisions
Dr Gopinath Chattopadhyay, Director Engineering Postgraduate Studies & Associate Professor in Industrial Asset Management, Centre for Railway Engineering, CQ University

3:35 Afternoon tea and networking (within the exhibition)
Session Chair: Warwick Kinscher, General Manager, Vossloh Cogifer & President, RTAA

4:00 What sort of rail infrastructure development could be a major instrument of national greenhouse policy? The proposed Great Australian Trunk Railway exemplifies the requirements
Ken Davidson, Principal, Davidson Transport Consulting

4:30 The development of the veloSTRAIL, closed flange level crossing system
Andrew Roseman, Director, STRAIL Australia

5:00 Closing remarks

 2:00 Opening remarks from the Chair

2:05 Manufacturers & suppliers: Domestic + Export = Global
Alan Burns, CEO, Asia Pacific Rail & Chairman, ARIC

2:35 International barriers to trade
Joe Schembri, GM Rail Business, Sigma Coachair Group

3:05 Doing business in India: An Australian perspective
Phil Terry, GM Transport Systems, United Group

3:35 Afternoon tea and networking (within the exhibition)

4:00 A local rail manufacturing industry? A strategic imperative
Derek Lark, Executive Director, ICN

4:30 Capacity for Australian industry to deliver engineering solutions
Marcus Chadwick, Principal Signal Engineering, Asia Pacific Rail

5:00 Closing remarks

5:10 Exhibition networking drinks reception Proudly sponsored by
Laing O'Rourke

Day 2 - 2nd December

9:00 Opening remarks from the Chair
Bryan Nye, CEO, Australasian Railway Association

9:10 Australasian Railway Association Chairman’s Address
Don Telford, CEO, Pacific National, COO, Asciano and Chairman, Australasian Railway Association

9:30 Federal Government Address
The Hon Gary Gray AO MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

9:50 Shadow Federal Transport Minister’s Address
The Hon Warren Truss MP, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Local Government

10:10 Morning tea and networking (within the exhibition)
Rail’s Seven Strategic Objectives

10:30 Regulatory reform
David Marchant, CEO, ARTC
Nick Dimopoulos, CEO, National Transport Commission

11:10 Climate change and sustainability
Graeme Allinson, Chief Risk Officer, QR

11:30 Government policy and incentives for rail
Don Telford, CEO, Pacific National, COO, Asciano and Chairman, Australasian Railway Association

11:50 Industry cooperation and harmonisation
Bruce Farrar, CEO, Rail Infrastructure Corporation

12:10 Lunch and networking (within the exhibition)

13:10 Rail level crossings
Tony Braxton-Smith, CEO, Great Southern Rail

13:30 Long term planning and viability
Helen Newell, Director Corporate Development and Government Relations, Asciano

13:50 Skills shortage and productivity
Rob Mason, CEO, RailCorp

14:10 Afternoon tea and networking (within the exhibition)

14:30 CEO Forum
Don Telford, CEO, Pacific National, COO, Asciano and Chairman,
Australasian Railway Association
David Marchant, CEO, ARTC
Lance Hockridge, CEO, QR
Tony Braxton-Smith, CEO, Great Southern Rail
John Fullerton, CEO, FreightLink
Reece Waldock, CEO, Public Transport Authority, WA
John Cleland, CEO, WestNet Infrastructure Group
Rob Barnett, CEO, V/Line
William Peet, A/Group Chief Executive, New Zealand Railways Corporation
Rob Mason, CEO, RailCorp
Bruce Hughes, CEO, Connex Melbourne
Dennis Cliche, CEO, Yarra Trams

16:00 Closing remarks

18:30 AusRAIL 2008 Gala Dinner proudly sponsored by
Downer EDI Rail
 
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