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Day 1 : Workshops -
- 12:00 - 13:00
- Registration - light lunch
- 13:00 - 13:15
- Opening of the workshops
- 13:15 - 14:45
Workshops - Session A
#1. Daniel Windisch, Soenke Kraft, Marc Sarrat and Friedmann Bitsch - Outputs of EU Rail | Standardisation and TSI Input Plan (Presentation)
#2. Ralph Mueller, Elise Pikaar, Marcus Arenius, Mark Van Dooren, Paolo Lauzzana, Clarisse Davoine and Emanuele Mastrodonato - Improving ERTMS performance by integrating Human and Organisational Factors (HOF) (Presentation)
#3. Paolo Ciucci, Bastian Simoni, Piet Schouwerwou, Renato Rodrigues,Silvia Dominguez and Georgios Kouparousos - Operational Harmonisation (Presentation) - (Marketplace)
#4. Henri van Houten, Antonella Trombetta, Juha Lehtola, Jan-Henrik Voss, Alfonso Lorenzo and Nicolas Gohel - How to optimise cost for the ERTMS Lifecycle for Trackside and On-board? (Presentation) - (Marketplace)
#5. Victoria Campos Alonso, Christoph Gralla, Vladimír Kampík and Jaime Pereira - How can ERTMS deployment for Trackside and On-board be accelerated? (Presentation) - (Results)
#6. Jérémy Debast, Michel Van Liefferinge, Simon Lambert, Hartwig Schuster and Christian Klecha - ETCS System compatibility checks : on the way to a progressive phase-out? (Presentation) - (Marketplace)
#7. Titia Los, Remco Arnoldus and Luca Macchi - From Certification to Authorisation, challenges and issues (Presentation) - (Marketplace)
#8. Jörgen Mattisson, Pascal Desaunay, Wawka Perschke, M. J. García, Dan Mandoc, Pipsa Hallner, Alexander Ende, Morten Schläger, Michael Kloecker, Ove Skovdahl and Achim Vrielink - How to succesfully introduce FRMCS (the succesor of GSM-R) on EU network and the vehicles? (Presentation) - (Marketplace) - (zip)
#9. Steffen Schmidt, Nico Schwan, Jose Antonio Quintano, Joost van Gennip, Ernst Kleine and Christoph Klose - CCS Target and migration - the EU-RAIL System Pillar Approach (Presentation) - (Marketplace) - (Onboard Migration)
#10a. Karel van Gils and Johannes Gräber - The DAC (Digital Automatic Coupling) programme and its interaction with ERTMS (Presentation)
#11. Maria Ángeles Bueno, Katarzyna Koprowska, Stefano Marcoccio, Markus Hauner and Michal Bahenský - Trackside approval (Presentation 1) - (Presentation 2)
- 14:45 - 15:00
- Change rooms
- 15:00 - 16:30
Workshops - Session B
Workshops 1-9: See details in Session A.
#10b. Jakub Marek and Maarten Bartholomeus - How can ETCS braking curves be adapted to a more realistic behaviour of the rolling stock?
#11b. Juan Hernández Fernández and David Cuesta - The CCS TSI 2023 insights within the transition regime and the error correction process explained (Presentation)
- 16:30 - 17:00
- Coffee break
- 17:00 - 18:30
Workshops - Session C
Workshops 1-9: See details in Session A.
#10c. Juan Hernández Fernández, Wouter Malfait and David Cuesta - The CCS TSI 2023 insights within the transition regime and the error correction process explained (Presentation)
Day 2 : Plenary -
- 08:30 - 09:00
- Registration
- 09:00 - 09:45
- 09:45 - 11:10
- 09:45 - 10:00
- 10:00 - 10:15
- 10:15 - 10:30
- 10:30 - 10:45
- 10:45 - 11:00
- 11:00 - 11:15
- Questions and Answers
- 11:15 - 11:20
- Conclusions
- 11:20 - 11:50
- Coffee break
- 11:50 - 13:15
- 11:50 - 12:05
- ERTMS Specifications inside CCS TSI 2023/1695
- Juan Hernández Fernández and Wouter Malfait, ERA (Presentation)
- 12:05 - 12:20
- FRMCS Specs (global planning up to v3, v2 status, ETSI, 3GPP)
- 12:20 - 12:35
- 12:35 - 12:50
- 12:50 - 13:05
- Questions and Answers
- 13:05 - 13:10
- Conclusions
- 13:10 - 14:25
- Lunch
- 14:25 - 15:10
- Marketplace
- 15:10 - 16:25
- 15:10 - 15:25
- Swiss ERTMS Strategy
- Raphael Schumacher and Patrick Favre, Swiss federal office of transport (Presentation)
- 15:25 - 15:40
- Czech ERTMS rollout
- Jindrich Kusnir, Ministry of Transport, the Czech Republic and Radek Cech, Správa železni (Presentation)
- 15:40 - 15:55
- 15:55 - 16:10
- ETCS Deployment in Belgium: Navigating Challenges, Integrating Technologies
- Jochen Bultinck, Infrabel (Presentation)
- 16:10 - 16:25
- 16:25 - 16:40
- Questions and Answers
- 16:40 - 16:50
- Conclusions
- 16:50 - 17:20
- Coffee break
- 17:20 - 18:45
Session 4: FRMCS implementation challenges
Moderator: Thomas Chatelet, ERA (Presentation)
Speakers:
- Fred Coursant, SNCF
- Pipsa Hallner, Trafikverket
- Dan Mandoc, UIC
- Morten Schläger, DB
- Léa Paties, EU-Rail for T&V
- Wawka Perschke, DG MOVE
- Michael Mikulandra, KONTRON
- Szilard Lakatos, SIEMENS
- 17:20 - 18:30
- Panel discussion
- FRMCS Migration and deployment: strategies, challenges, national plans, Testing and validation path
- European Coordinated Approach
- FRMCS Testing and validation path - National projects
- Availability of FRMCS products
- 18:30 - 18:45
- Questions and Answers
- 18:45 - 19:00
- 19:00 - 22:00
- Cocktail evening
- 22:00
- End day 2
Day 3 : Plenary -
- 09:00 - 09:05
- 09:05 - 09:10
- 09:15 - 10:45
- 09:15 - 09:30
- How to achieve a cost-efficient approach when deploying ERTMS
- Roland Stadlbauer, Thales|UNIFE and Gabriel du Plessis, SNCF|CER (Presentation)
- 09:30 - 09:45
- 09:45 - 10:00
- 10:00 - 10:15
- Taking benefit of game changers to get the best performance with ETCS
- Vincent Passau, ALSTOM|UNIFE and Nicola Furness, NetworkRail|EIM (Presentation)
- 10:15 - 10:30
- ESC Testing. Optimisation of campaigns and reduction of needed tests.
- Dirk Feigenspan, Hartwig Schuster, SIEMENS|UNIFE and Michel Van Liefferinge - EUG (Presentation)
- 10:30 - 10:40
- Questions and Answers
- 10:40 - 10:45
- Conclusions
- 10:45 - 11:15
- Coffee
- 11:15 - 12:50
Session 6: Outlook - Future
- 11:15 - 11:25
- EURAIL - the System Pillar and the Innovation Pillar. Outcomes and objectives
- Giorgio Travaini, ERJU (Presentation)
- 11:25 - 12:05
- PANEL 1: Panel Discussion Future Operations
Moderator: Ian Conlon (Presentation)
- Gemma Salazar Luque, Thales GTS
- Christophe Klose, Siemens
- Bernd Elsweiler, DB InfraGO AG
- Aude Chailley, SNCF
- Nicola Furness, EIM
- 12:05 - 12:45
- PANEL 2: Panel Discussion Future Opportunities (and cyber threats)
Moderator: Lea Paties, EU-Rail (Presentation)
- Thomas Chatelet, ERA
- Daniel Lopour, EUSPA
- Markus Wischy, ERJU System Pillar
- Adrien Gharios, ERJU Innovation Pillar
- 12:45
- Questions and Answers
- 12:45 - 12:50
- Conclusions
- 12:50 - 13:15
Session 7: Wrap up, conclusion and Closure
Moderator: Josef Doppelbauer, ERA
Closing Speech: Magda Kopczyńska, DG MOVE
- 12:50 - 13:15
- ERTMS 2024 conference Lessons learned
- 13:15 - 13:45
- Light Lunch
- 13:45
- End of Conference
- 13:45 - 17:00
- Technical Visit (optional)
Option 1: Visiting Infrabel(in La Louvière, Belgium) will give you the opportunity to learn more how Infrabel applies "Safety First" in daily operations in an ETCS environment. Different topics will be presented:
- Digitalization and railway safety
- Rethinking worksite protection under ERTMS with an introduction to the Safer W program
- The Mobile Balise Stop
- Keeping the tracks safe, digital maintenance in an ERTMS environment
Option 2: Embark on a thrilling expedition with Multitel (in Mons, Belgium)!
- Join them to uncover the fascinating world of ISO 17025 Accreditation for ERTMS equipment.
- You will also discover how Multitel cutting-edge research has paved the way for ingenious solutions in the railway ecosystem.
Remark: Buses will return to Valenciennes after the technical visits for people wishing to join the ERA 20-year anniversary event from 17:00 onwards.
- 14:00 - 20:00
- ERA 20-year anniversary event
The Agency invites the ERTMS Conference participants to join the ERA's 20-year celebration, which will start in the afternoon of 25 April.
This event is not part of the ERTMS Conference. When registering to the Conference, you will be able to opt to participate. This event is free of charge.
Participants of the technical visits will be able to join the celebration at 17:00.
More info will follow shortly.