About
UIC is pleased to invite you to the dissemination day of the Resilient Railways projects on heavy rains (RERA Rain) and extreme temperatures and desert conditions (RERA Temp). Climate change is becoming more and more of a reality and infrastructure managers and train operators need tools to cope with situations that a few years ago only happened in movies... If you want to keep up to date with what is being worked on in the railway community, we recommend you attend the conference, which will especially highlight the different topics:
- Forecast and climate projections.
- Adaptation strategies to extreme conditions: heavy rains, floodings, landslides, heat waves, sand contamination, droughts, and a very long etcetera.
- Climatic barriers and mitigation measures.
- Vulnerability to climate change assessment.
The conference will be held on 27 March at the UIC headquarters in Paris, with no option for online participation. As seats are limited, we recommend you to register as soon as possible.
Program
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION 10:00 Event Opening Lucie Anderton (UIC) & Frédéric Henon (UIC) 10:15 RERA Projects evolution Francisco Cabrera (UIC)
RERA RAIN PROJECT 10:25 RERA Rain project - Overview Konstantina Kopsalidou (UIC)
- Introduction
- Analysis of events
- Adaptation measures
10:45 RERA Rain Framework Concepción Toribio & Pablo Vallhonrat (CEMOSA)
- Phase 1 - Climate Impact Analysis
- Phase 2 - Vulnerability, risk and criticality assessment
- Phase 3 - Adaptation planning
11:50 Management of rainfall events David Quincey (Network Rail)
12:05 Q&A
{{TRANSPORT SYSTEM RESILIENCE }} 12:20 Transport system resilience Dr. Bryan Adey (ETH) 12:50 Lunch break
{{RERA TEMP PROJECT }} 13:35 RERA Temp project - Overview Francisco Cabrera (UIC) 13:45 RERA Temp Methodology. Vulnerability & Risk assessment Pablo Vallhonrat (CEMOSA) 14:00 Heat impact on railway assets Concepción Toribio (CEMOSA) 14:15 Continuous welded rail management Rosa Casquero (UIC) 14:30 Sand contamination and desert conditions Metrk Al Harthi (SAR) 14:45 Vegetation management Katrin Neuhauss (SBB) 15:00 Human factors Carole Escolan (SNCF) 15:15 Q&A 15:30 Coffee break
ROADMAP TO RESILIENCE 15:45 Financial resources for resilience and climate adaptating strategies Mercedes Gutierrez (World Bank)
16:15 Conclusions and next steps Francisco Cabrera (UIC) 16:30 Closing of the meeting François Davenne (UIC)
The final program will be sent to participants in due time, and the speakers will present the conclusions reached in both projects, with recommendations for railway operators to increase their resilience to extreme conditions and, above all, to adapt to climate change.
The speakers will be renowned experts from the UIC members who have contributed to the projects, among them the European SNCF, NETWORK RAIL, RFI, SBB CFF FFS, but also from outside Europe, such as Saudi Arabia Railways.
Registration
For more information, please contact Francisco CABRERA, UIC Deputy - Head of Operations and Safety