DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "SafeRail: Ensuring Mission Critical Safety and Security Across the Rail and Transit Network" conference has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
What is the SafeRail Congress?
The SafeRail Congress is a forum for railroads, transit agencies and solution providers to collaboratively work together to create safe, secure and reliable networks.
SafeRail will feature a number of important topics in the rail industry including digitalization, PTC implementation and asset management. The SafeRail Congress will be co-located with the SmartTransit Congress which looks at how digitization and technology are revolutionizing transit.
Featuring C-level Speakers
Dedicated to safety and security in the industry SafeRail brings together leading experts to discuss the challenges faced by the industry, the latest solutions and best practice.
Agenda:
2019 Agenda for reference:
Day 1
08:30 Registration
09:00 Welcoming address
Plenary: Delivering a safe and secure service in a digitalized world
Moderator: Michael Lowder, Principal, Michael W. Lowder & Global Associates LLC
09:10 How is safety and security changing in the digital age?
- Understanding and mitigating the risks of a digitalized transport network
- Adapting to the modernization of equipment across your network
- Making use of new technologies for greater efficiency and effectiveness
09:25 Bridging the gap between government and industry
- Are more regulation and standards needed to improve security across the transportation sector?
- Improving the reporting of security incidents
- Why joint collaboration will strengthen overall security
- Too little too late? Why we shouldn't wait until after a breach before drafting security standards
09:40 Cyber - we are at war! Can an operational military perspective help YOU protect YOUR transportation systems?
10:10 Working with regulatory bodies: data sharing and regulatory oversight
10:25 America's transportation infrastructure: a matter of national security
- The economic importance of transportation networks: what is the financial impact of disruption?
- The changing nature of the security threat
- Giving the right support and regulatory oversight to transportation operators
10:40 Panel discussion: Technology: friend or foe?
- Is the rapid advancement of technology putting your network at risk?
- Keeping up and keeping safe: embracing innovation without neglecting safety and security
- Integrating new technology with existing legacy systems
11:10 Networking coffee break
11:20 Positive Train Control: Ensuring You Meet The Deadline
Moderator: Mike Ogborn, Senior Advisor, ASLRRA
11:55 Working with the industry to oversee delivery of PTC
- Ensuring the right assistance and communication is in place at government level
- Allocating sufficient time to hit project milestones
- Using information to prioritize resources using a risk based approach
12:10 Advisory Session
12:25 Overcoming the challenges to successfully implementing PTC
- Upholding an efficient and reliable service during testing and certification
- Interoperability between host railroads and their tenants
- Ensuring all components needed for PTC are seamlessly working together
12:40 Maintaining Configuration Management in a Post PTC World
- A change management approach to PTC
- The intersection of PTC and product lifecycle management
- What does a post-PTC world look like?
12:55 Panel discussion: Post-deployment strategies, what opportunities does PTC present?
- What additional capabilities can be achieved on PTC's wireless systems?
- Attaining a return on investment from PTC installation
- Is there potential for upgrading PTC in the future
13:25 Networking Lunch
13:55 Reliable and Well Maintained Infrastructure
Moderator: Mischa Wanek Libman, Executive Editor, Mass Transit
14:25 Case study: Implementing a Safety Management System at Amtrak
14:40 Using predictive maintenance to sustain a good state of repair
- Leveraging data analytics to predict repairs and reduce costs
- Developing assets knowledge from historic data to avoid recurring issues
- Creating meaningful and timely alerts and alarms leading up to repairs and maintenance
14:55 Advisory Session
15:10 Panel discussion: Collecting and using data effectively
- How are well maintained assets a precursor to safer operations?
- Setting appropriate standards, benchmarks, and reporting
- How to aggregate data from multiple sources to establish the big picture?
- Onboard vs trackside technology: what's the best way of gathering data about your network?
- What is the use case for automated technologies in rail maintenance?
- How to communicate with the trackside effectively (cellular or own trackside network)
16:10 Networking Break
16:40 Roundtable discussion: Getting the most out of fiber optic sensors for asset monitoring across transport infrastructure
JJ Williams, Chairman, Fiber Optic Sensing Association
Day 2
08:00 Registration
09:00 Welcoming address
Plenary: Using technology To Mitigate Human Error
Moderator: Chris Hart, Former Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board
09:10 Business continuity planning
- Identifying the threats and risks to your business
- A risk based approach to asset protection
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Having back ups in place when disaster strikes
09:25 Using technology to assist in reducing security risks
- How to use data to predict, detect and deter
- Managing the balance of effective event management and delivering a safe and secure rail service
- The challenges of operating in an open transport system
09:40 Diagnosis, Protocol, Compliance and Regulation - A guide to better understanding sleep apnea
- Sleep Apnea diagnosis and compliance for safety sensitive employees in the rail industry and the importance of reducing a leading cause of human error-fatigue.
- State of the Industry - The current guidance, upcoming updates to the handbook and the NTSB Most Wanted List
- Evaluation of the Employee - Review scientifically established risk factors, current assessment tools and protocol creation
- Compliance and its Importance - What is it? How having the full picture can protect against potential legal action and the employee.
09:55 Implementing and managing a successful safety management programme
- Sharing and managing safety data more effectively
- Detecting and correcting safety problems earlier
- Benchmarking safety performance
10:10 Panel discussion: Can we run a safe and efficient service with minimal human intervention
- In what circumstances is automation safer than manual operation
- Understanding the limitations of humans and using technology to compensate for them
- What will automation look like in the future?
10:40 Networking coffee break
11:00 Interactive Workshop Sessions
11:40 Robotics and artificial intelligence to enhance safety oversight
- Autonomous alternatives to repetitive and arduous tasks
- How could robotics solve the challenges of reliability, downtime, and costs?
- What safety benefits can be achieved by replacing human intervention in maintenance activities?
- Case studies of robotics and automation in action
- Workforce and human capital challenges of increased automation
12:40 Networking Lunch
13:10 Tackling Rail Related Fatalities
13:40 Strategies for reducing trespassing and suicide incidents
- The importance of spotting and understanding trends to prevent accidents and incidents on railroads
- Understanding the demographic and environmental characteristics of rail suicide
- Working in partnership with local charities to prevent railroad related deaths
13:55 Mitigating worker accidents and fatalities
- What are the leading causes for worker accidents and fatalities
- Incorporating data and analytics to identify risks and threats
- Creating and adhering to a roadworker protection plan
- Adhering to government protocols when reporting accidents
14:10 Advisory Session
14:25 Technology and engagement to improve grade crossing safety
- Changing behavior through technology: better warnings, monitors, and deterrents
- Employing analytics to identify frequent problem areas
- Raising awareness and changing perceptions of grade crossings
14:40 Raising public awareness of the dangers of railroads
- Challenging preconceptions about the perpetrators and motives of trespassing
- Developing on-board and static technology for monitoring trespassing incidents
- Results from the study: developing a profile of the average trespasser and new ways to tackle the problem
14:55 Panel discussion: What are the factors contributing to the reduction of suicide and trespassing incidents and how can we build on these
- Understanding how pedestrian safety at highway - rail grade crossings has changed over time
- Sharing data with public authorities to gain an overall picture
- Using empirical evidence and examining the behaviour of pedestrians involved in accidents and incidents to prevent recurrence
15:25 End of Conference
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