Date and Time of the Webinar
June 9, 2021,
from 13:00 to 16:00 o’clock CEST
Programme
13:00-13:05 : Opening — Welcome — Introduction
Mr Vladimir Andreev, UIC IRRB Chairman, Head of the Technical Policy Department, JSC “Russian railways”(RZD)
13:05-13:10 : Moderator’s Word of Introduction
Aims&objectives of the webinar. Webinar modalities. Welcome of speakers and participants.
Mr Christian Chavanel, Director of UIC Rail System Department
13:10-13:15 : Moderator’s Word of Introduction
Aims&objectives of the webinar. Webinar modalities. Welcome of speakers and participants.
Dr Boris Lapidus, Honorary IRRB Chair, Chair of the Joint Scientific Council of JSC “Russian railways”
13:15-13:35 : Challenges, opportunities and perspectives of rail automation and autonomation of rail transport in Australia. Experience of the Rio Tinto Group.
Mr Lido Costa, Principal AutoHaul – AutoHaul and Rail Productivity, Rio Tinto Group, Australia
13:35-13:55 : The Application of ATO for China High-speed Railway Lines
Mr ZHAO Yang, Senior Researcher, Director of Chief Engineer Office, Signal and Communication Research Institute, CARS
13:55-14:15 SNCF Autonomous Train Project
Ms Gemma Morral-Adell, SNCF Innovation and Projects Directorate
14:15-14:35 : “Delivering sustainable digital/automated service-oriented rail systems to European citizens”
Lea Paties, Programme Manager at the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking
Benoît Bienfait, Main Line ATO Design Authority at Alstom
14:35-14:45 : Coffee-break
All webinar participants
14:45-15:05 Challenges, opportunities and perspectives of rail automation and autonomation in the Russian Federation. Experience of the RZD Holding
Mr Pavel Popov, Deputy Director General, JSC NIIAC, RZD Holding, Russian Federation
15:05-15:25 : Challenges, opportunities and perspectives of rail automation and autonomation. Experience of the AAR
Mr Gary Fry, Vice President for Research and Development, AAR, Transportation Technology Center
Mr Thomas Nast, Researcher - expert on ATO
15:25-15:55 : Panel discussion
Speakers give answers to moderators’ questions, as well as to participants’ questions selected by the moderators. The moderators summarise the outcome of the webinar
Mr Christian Chavanel, Director of UIC Rail System Department,
Dr Boris Lapidus, Honorary IRRB Chair, Chair of the Joint Scientific Council of JSC “Russian railways”
Speakers, Participants
15:55-16:00 : Closing remarks and completion of the webinar’s work
Mr Vladimir Andreev, UIC IRRB Chairman, Head of the Technical Policy Department, JSC RZD
Relevance of the Topic
At present, rail autonomation, has been playing a major role in further rail development. Moreover, it will be an integral part of the railway system of the future, one of its most important competitive advantages. Therefore we must anticipate expectations of the future right now.
Participants
It is expected that experts from the Association of American Railroads (AAR), China Railway (CR), Network Rail (UK), RZD Holding (RF), Rio Tinto Group (Australia) and SNCF (France) will speak at the webinar. UIC members and all other interested parties are strongly encouraged to participate.
Expected Results
Amid growing competition from alternative modes of transport, improving the understanding of the need to strengthen collaboration of all parties engaged in research, innovations and development in the world’s rail sector; enhancing the understanding of challenges, opportunities and areas of autonomation development, especially on mainlines with mixed operation.
Languages
English and Russian.