Moderation by Francis Bédel, UIC
The day before the congress, Monday 17/10
6pm-7.30pm Registration & Cocktail
Day 1: Tuesday 18/10
9am-9.30am Welcome Coffee
9.30am-11am Official Opening:
- Mr Rabie Majid, Minister of Transport of Tunisia
- Mr Khlie, DG ONCF & President of the UIC Africa
- François Davenne, UIC Director General
- UIC at the heart of Digitalization
- AUC – African Union Commission
- EU / DG MOVE
- Mr Josef Doppelbauer, Executive Director, ERA – European Union Railway Agency
- Mr Taoufik Boufaied, PDG of SNCFT
- Railway within the African continent: Vision 2063
11am-11h30am Press point & Coffee Break
11.30am-12.30pm Session 2: New digital challenges and railway projects (4 themes do be defined)
- Panoramic view on digital projects applied to railways
- Digitalization in the African railway sector: what progress has been made since the 1st congress on digital railway, February 2019, Cape Town
12.30pm-2pm Lunch
2pm-6pm Session 3:
2pm-3.30pm Innovative industrial solutions and digital perspectives
3.30pm-4pm Coffee Break
4pm-6pm African rail networks in the digital age
- Action plan AUC, NEPAD (HS, NS/EW)
- SNCFT, ONCF, CAMRAIL, SITARAIL, SETRAG
8pm Dinner
DAY 2: Wednesday 19/10
8.30am Welcome Coffee
9am-12am Session 4:
9am-10.30am: Parallel sessions to be defined
Room 1:
- 9am-9.20am: FRMCS - 5G program for railways
- 9.20am-9.50am: Cyber security
- 9.50am-10.10am: Modelling / Digital twins
- 10.10am-10.30am: presentation of digital projects by an African University
Room 2 :
- 9am-9.20am: Intelligence artificielle : Capacity increase & Prédictive Maintenance
- 9.20am-9.50am: Digitalization du fret
- 9.50am-10.10am: Smart Stations
- 10.10am-10.30am: presentation of digital projects by an African University
10.30am-10.45am Coffee Break
10.45am-12.30pm Focus on principal projects for Africa : Organisation of workshops on the following subjects (depending on the participants and profiles)
10.45am-12.30pm Digital issues and challenges for :
- Workshop 1: Management & Training
- Workshop 2 : The industrial component :
o infrastructure
o rolling stock
- Workshop 3: Relations with our rail customers (passengers and economic operators)
12.30am-2pm Lunch
2pm-5.15pm Afternoon Session:
Restitutions of the workshops /discussion
- Action Plan (actions, actors, planning and deadlines)
African Digtal Awards
- Presentation of projects
- African Digital Awards Ceremony
Closing session:
- AUC
- Mr Khlie, Chair of the UIC Africa and Vice-Chair of UIC
- Mr Francois Davenne, UIC Director General
- Mr Taoufik Boufaied, PDG of SNCFT
8pm Gala Dinner
DAY 3: Thursday 20/10
9am-12pm Half-day excursion event (optional)
Registration
For further information and to register, please contact: Maria Lafont, lafont@uic.org
Supported by Silver Sponsors
