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
- 11:30 Coffee break & Networking
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