Find here all the presentations from all the speakers who participated in the conference. All other information about the Safety Days 2023 can be found here.
- 08:30 - 09:00
Registration
- 09:00 - 09:30
Opening: Keynote Speeches
- Josef Doppelbauer, ERA (Presentation)
- Sander Salmu, Ministry of Climate of Estonia (Presentation)
- 09:30 - 11:00
Session 1: Safety Culture Peer Reviews
Chair: Enno Wiebe, CER
- Kim Drews, ERA - Why Safety Culture Peer Reviews (Presentation)
- Doris Horvath, CFL and Claude Marx, CFL - Hosting a safety culture peer review: opportunity or burden? (Presentation)
- Virginie Papillault, UIC - Fostering cooperation between railway stakeholders to improve safety culture. Lessons learned from the Twinning II EU Project (Presentation)
- 11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
- 11:30 - 13:00
Session 2: Learning from safety critical sectors
Chair: Michaela Schwarz, ÖBB
- Conrad Dube, Nuclear Safety Expert - Enhancing safety culture in nuclear power plants (Presentation)
- Marc Baumgartner, IFATCA - The canary in the coal mine – why a Just Culture saves lives (Presentation)
- Raphaël Baumler, World Maritime University - Strengthening a safety learning culture in the shipping industry (Presentation)
- 13:00 - 14:00
Lunch break
- 14:00 - 15:30
Session 3: Learning from investigations
Chair: Nathalie Duquenne, ERA
- Greg Morse, RSSB - Does the past still matter? Learning from the Clapham train accident of 1988 (Presentation)
- Pilar Calvo Holgado, ESM - Seven Blind Mice. Lesson learned in Human and Organisational Factors from catastrophic railway accidents (Presentation)
- Nelson Oliveira, GPIAAF - Investigating to prevent. The role of National Investigation Bodies and their challenges for the improvement of rail safety (Presentation)
- 15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
- 16:00 - 17:30
Session 4: Learning from monitoring
Chair: Ilaria Castriota, ANSFISA
- Martynas Čekanauskas, LTG - Geopolitical challenges and industrial revolution 4.0. How to manage emerging railway traffic safety threats? (Presentation)
- Julia Burggraaf, Researcher - Exploring big data effectively to identify the (human) factors that matter most and under which circumstances (Presentation)
- Geir-Rune Samstad, SJT - Learning from near-misses: a key stage for the development of a reporting culture at the national level (Presentation)
- 17:30 - 18:00
Day 1 Closure
Commentators’ feedback
Conclusive words
- Kaido Zimmermann, Chairman of the board, Director General, Eesti Raudtee
- 19:30 - 22:30
Networking dinner
- 08:30 - 09:00
Welcome
- 09:00 - 09:30
Day 2 Opening
- Tamo Vahemets, Operation Lifesaver Estonia - The contribution of non-profit organisations to safety – How Operation Lifesaver supports railway safety in Estonia (Presentation)
- 09:30 - 09:45
Workshop introductions and split into rooms
- 09:45 - 11:00
Workshop Session A*
Eight workshops conducted in parallel:
#1. Michaela Schwarz - Cross-organisational SPADs – learning from each other (significant findings and myths) (Presentation)
#2. Jean-Christophe Le Coze - Strategy, change, learning and safety: discussing the lessons of the past, thinking about the future (Presentation)
#3. Conrad Dube - Improving performance by task observation and coaching (Presentation)
#4. Jennifer Reilly - Breaking Through the Noise. How to communicate effectively on safety (Presentation)
#5. Dominique Künzli - Not another questionnaire! An approach to address the level of safety culture in teams (Presentation 1) - (Presentation 2)
#6. Virginie Papillault and Fabrizio Carpinelli - How to conduct and participate in a peer review (Presentation)
#7. Amélia Areias and Graça Brígida - CHANGE! Risk perception and behaviour on the railway (Presentation)
#8. Tshika Mfuni and Alice Bisshop - Your brain on track. Experimenting the links between cognition and safety (Presentation)
- 11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
- 11:30 - 12:45
Workshop Session B*
See details in Session A (9:45-11:00)
- 12:45 - 14:00
Lunch break
- 14:00 - 15:15
Session 5: Innovative learning solutions
Götz Walther, VDV
- Amir Haj-Bolouri, University West, Sweden - Immersive Safety Training in Virtual Reality (Presentation)
- Isabelle Collin, SNCF Transilien - Using nudge techniques to foster safe behaviour and improve passenger experience. Practical cases in the Paris metropolitan area (Presentation)
- RailHOF Team - Sharing is caring. How RailHOF can help you to overcome safety issues (Presentation)
- Jayne YEO
- 15:15 - 15:45
Coffee break
- 15:45 - 16:45
Session 5: Innovative learning solutions (cont.)
Götz Walther, VDV
- Jennifer Reilly, Irish Rail - Building a leadership for safety at Irish Rail (Presentation)
- Grégory Rolina, ERA - ERA key learning initiatives to support the implementation of the EU railway safety legislation (Presentation)
- 16:45 - 17:30
Day 2 Closure
Commentators’ feedback
Conclusive words
- Kristi Talving, Director General, Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority, Estonia
- Josef Doppelbauer, ERA
Information on day 3
- 17:30 - 18:30
Network cocktail
- 09:00 - 12:00
An optional technical visit is scheduled in collaboration with the Estonian railway infrastructure manager, Eesti Raudtee, for a limited number of participants.
Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis until reaching the maximum number of participants.
1 - Tour of Muuga Harbour
- Muuga is going to be the multimodal terminal for Rail Baltica and the important connection between 1520 mm and 1435 mm railways. A visit to the terminal and dispatcher facility will be arranged by Muuga Harbour and Estonian Railways.
2 - Visit the Elron’s maintenance facility
- Elron is the only passenger operator in Estonia with a very compact depot in the Pääsküla area in Tallinn. This single depot ensures maintenance and cleaning of passenger trains.
3 - Introduction training in crisis management
- The Estonian Academy of Security Sciences will present their crisis management simulation tool, which enables to perform different realistic scenarios (e.g train accident) and develop crisis management skills.