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DAY 1 - 30 NOVEMBER 2004

11.55am Midland, UK mainline (Meridian) – A fully integrated design approach Seymour Powell – Nick Talbot, Design Director

This presentation will offer a case study on the design of the UK’s Midland Mainline – Meridian, exploring the importance of a fully integrated approach to brand interior design and engineering

12.20pm Comfort by design DCA Design International – Paul Rutter, Transport Manager

The role of design plays a crucial part in the journey experience, particularly the seats. This presentation looks at how design of seats improves the business case and encourages travel by train

12.45pm Fast and comfortable through Switzerland Swiss Federal Railways – Ulrich Thalmann, Chief Designer

This presentation will show the different services and comfort areas for restaurants, families and disabled people on our newest trains, the InterCity 200km/h train compared to commuter trains with a maximum speed of 160km/h

Break for lunch

2.00pm Designing a delightful travel experience IDEO – US/UK – Roby Stancel, Director

This presentation will look at how design can enhance and reconfigure the passenger experience by considering the services offered in a holistic way. All stakeholders used to be represented in a strategic service programme and this presentation will show not only how to create the strategy but how business can be transformed. This is not about a new carriage or seat but a new vision for train travel

2.25pm Accessible trains HSBC Rail – Nick Swift, Development Engineer

Railways play a key role in maintaining mobility in an ageing European population. In return for public funding, society rightly expect trains to be accessible to the widest range of passengers. Delivering this within the usual time and cost constraints of new

2.50pm Hard of hearing and railways European Federation of Hard of Hearing People & the Royal National Institute for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing – Guido Gybels, RNID Director, New Technologies

EFHOH and the RNID will discuss why public transport, in this case railways, are important for hard of hearing along with some examples of problems. We will show you that railways are not accessible for the 81 million hard-of-hearing people in Europe. Some suggestions will be made as to how railway companies can make railways accessible to hard-of-hearing people

3.15pm Short Break

3.30pm Decorative Laminates: Meeting emerging demands of rail interiors Schneller – Brent Larson, Senior R&D Engineer

Formable decorative laminates provide designers with flexibility to customise the rail-car interior with an unlimited combination of colours, designs and textures. Other benefits of formable decorative laminates include clean-ability, graffiti resistance, durability and compatibility with a variety of panel manufacturing techniques

3.55pm Design of universal toilet module systems Transport Design International – Martin Pemberton, Managing Director

A discussion on the provision and performance of new-generation toilet facilities on inter-urban and inter-city rolling stock with particular consideration to the following: space and location, modularity, DDA compliance, use of fit-for-purpose materials, performance, interior design and the ability to retrofit

4.20pm Design of comfortable seats to enhance the passenger travelling experience TNO Work and Employment – Robin Bronkhorst, Senior Advisor & Researcher

This presentation will look at how to design seats that are significantly more comfortable. TNO’s ergonomic innovation group in the Netherlands have developed a passenger seat that offers optimised comfort which in turn has enhanced the passengers travelling experience for the Long Island Rail Road, New York, USA. Passengers preferred the new and even narrower seat (five seats instead of four seats in a row). 83% rated it to have better and existing rolling stock will be a key challenge for the industry over the next 10 years of resting and sleeping possibilities, leg stretching and ingress/egress features

4.45pm Suspension seating technology ITW: Dahti – Tim Coffield, Director of Product Development Originally invented for the medical community, suspension seating technology

Future automotive and other transportation seating will include suspension seating due to its unique ergonomic characteristics which were popularised by Herman Miller’s famous Aeron chair, which was the world’s most successful office chair.

5.10 pm Finish

 

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Day 2 - 1 DECEMBER 2004

(Moderator: John Davies, Director Rail - QinetiQ)

INFORMATION INSPIRATION: Why fight the future? Wi-Fi is here to stay and operators need to get wise quickly to the issues surrounding its implementation and, more importantly, how to make it profitable

9.30am Wireless operators are stealing your revenue! Lucent Technologies – Gil Arumi, Member of Consulting Staff

Today, the wireless operator is stealing your revenue by connecting to your passengers from outside as they zoom by their cell towers. Acting as an MSO (Multiple Service Operator), you can win back this revenue and more by delivering media-rich content to each passenger. Delivering media-rich content over wireless broadband in your rail stock will enhance your passengers’ experience, increase your revenue and raise the bottom line. Your rail stock is not a transportation vehicle; it’s a time machine. By delivering media-rich content you can give time control back to your passenger

9.55am Wi-Fi on trains – A train operator’s perspectiveGNER – Peter Kingsland, Wi-Fi Consultant - Email speaker here

GNER is the worlds largest operator of on train Wi-Fi services and the only UK TOC offering on board wireless internet services.This presentation gives an insight into the critical path to Wi-Fi deployment on a train fleet, commercial drivers and operational implications

10.20am Wireless services in Thalys Rail Network Thalys International – Jean-Michel Dancoisne, CEO

Thalys International develops and implements passenger services for the Thalys high-speed rail network and is working to become the first truly wired train in the international railway sector by implementing overall wireless services. For example, onboard Internet access and train tracking system by satellite

10.45am Short Break

11.00am The Wi-Fi business case BWCS – Graham Wilde, CEO

The presentation will examine the revenue opportunities for Internet access on trains, looking at options for charging and possible implications for increasing passenger numbers and modal shift. Content and advertising revenue opportunities will also be examined. What should TOCs be expecting in terms of a deal from the technology provider, and why?

11.25am Challenges of Wireless Security QinetiQ - David Messingham, Business Development Manager, Communications

WLAN vulnerabilities are reported regularly, either in the trade or consumer presses, or on bulletin boards published by hackers and war drivers who see each new security system as a challenge. This presentation will briefly review the evolution of WLAN security protocols and discuss just how secure WLAN really is, especially in a confined environment with a large number of users. Areas of weakness will be identified with potential means of securing these to provide confidence to users that WLAN connections to their secure business networks will not be compromised.

11.50am Wi-Fi on trains: a business transformation not a technology Icomera AB – Chris Robson, Commercial Director

Icomera – the world’s first and only proven provider of Wi-Fi Internet access on trains – has unique experience of installing and managing this service across Europe. But it isn’t just Icomera’s unique technical solution that is attracting customers like Linx/SJ, GNER and other European TOCs – it’s the way it can transform the bottom line. See how wireless Internet on trains can help transform your business model!

12.15pm Break for lunch

(Moderator: David Messingham, Business Development Manager, Communications – QinectiQ )

2.00pm True broadband Wi-Fi on trains – a real-life example Nomad Digital – Graeme Lowdon, CEO - Email speaker here

Nomad Digital has pioneered the deployment of true broadband Wi-Fi on board trains. In this presentation, we aim to share the results from a major train-borne Wi-Fi implementation, together with the results from a number of trial situations. The presentation will include an insight into both technical implementations on moving trains and railway stations, and also commercial business models

2.25pm A best practice model for deploying Wi-Fi on board Pointshot Wireless Inc – Shawn Griffin, President & CEO

From concept to commercial roll-out, successfully deploying Wi-Fi on board requires the integration of many discrete variables: route characteristics; network availability; passenger profiles; train configurations, etc. As the leader in Wi-Fi deployments on board trains, PointShot Wireless will share a best-practice deployment model that will help rail operators and service providers set out a three-stage project plan for implementing Wi-Fi on board

2.50pm Short break

3.05pm The connected carriage Broadreach Networks Ltd – Magnus McEwen-King, CEO

Drawing upon first-hand experience, Magnus McEwen-King, CEO of Broadreach Networks, will discuss why and how European train operating companies are – and should be – looking to install on-train and in-station Wi-Fi Internet access

3.30pm Is there a need for in-train passenger entertainment? Angel Trains Ltd – Yeshpaul Soor, Onboard Systems

From the perspective of the UK’s largest train owner for high-speed stock, this presentation discusses why train operators would want passenger entertainment; why it is fundamentally different to Wi-Fi, and the key challenges to implementation

3.55pm Don’t leave information to chance MedienTechnik FilmKontor – Roman Becker, CEO

However your customers travel – Complete info-tainment systems keep them informed. Now customers can visit and listen to branded, high-quality content at all times. Benefit from enhanced presentations of relevant information triggered by specific locations, with vibrant historical and corporate information and up to the minute text messages.

4.20pm The role of satellite communication in providing Wi-Fi connectivity in trains RaySat Inc – Yoel Gat, Chairman

A perspective of a technology leader in the field of low profile, in-motion antennas for 1-way and 2-way satellite communication. The presentation will focus on the technological issues of the satellite antenna, market acceptance, advantages and disadvantages of satellite communication vs. the terrestrial communication.

4.45pm Finish

 

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DAY 3 - 2 DECEMBER 2004

(Moderator: Lars Christensen, Sales Manager - Temoinsa)

PASSENGER SAFETY AND SECURITY This is the foundation on which all operators must build if they are to truly win back passengers’ confidence

9.30am Development of a rail ATD and its application in improving the safety of interior design Rail Safety and Standards Board – Jim Lupton, Head of Engineering Research

This presentation will describe research aimed at improving interior crashworthiness by identifying the root causes of injury from fixtures and fittings. This has involved work in three distinct areas: updating the criteria used to describe harm to people in railway accidents; development of a rail-oriented test dummy to enable the extent of harm to be measured; and sled-testing using the new test dummy to measure forces obtained from collision with seats and tables to derive harm and identification of better design features to minimise that harm. This will be underpinned by a brief description of the breadth and depth of RSSB’s UK rail research programme

9.55am The future use of injury criteria in rail interiors Bombardier Transportation, MIRA & Newrail – Clair Andersson, Structural Analysis Manager & Divisional Representative for Crash Safety

This presentation will look at three particular factors: what are the most appropriate injury criteria to use for rail vehicle interiors with unrestrained occupants; how do rail vehicle designers and systems integrators use this information to produce a passenger friendly interior environment; what progress has been made towards a European Crash-worthiness Standard based injury criteria to determine tolerance levels?

10.20am Latest trends in the rail manufacturing industry and its safety role UNIFE Association of the European Railway Industries – Bernard von Wullerstorff, International Affairs Manager

This presentation will focus on two main factors: Firstly, outlining the latest general trends for the global rail manufacturing industry and giving some indication as to where this industry is heading while illustrating major obstacles and challenges. Secondly, describing UNIFE’s involvement in safety-related joint industry- and EU-funded R&D projects, such as Trainsafe, Modurban, ERTMS and others. This showcases the industry’s involvement in the ‘active’ and ‘passive’ safety-related matters.

10.45am Short Break

11.00am Composites meeting state-of-the-art smoke and fire requirements European Alliance for SMC – Michael Sommer, Manager – Hot Cure

Fire, smoke and toxic fumes present a considerable hazard to passengers and remain a constant threat. Composites for interiors need to be designed in a way that meets these regulations

11.25am Improve the security of passengers and drivers with secured video surveillance systems on board buses and trains Thales Security Systems – Christian Fedorczak, Corporate and Public Safety Marketing Manager

This presentation will show how to deliver and integrate high technological solutions to protect critical infrastructure for corporate and government customers worldwide

11.50am What makes a great in-train CCTV system? Angel Trains Ltd – Yeshpaul Soor, Onboard Systems

This presentation will offer a unique perspective from the biggest private owner of trains in the world. The presentation will focus on the nuts and bolts of what makes a great CCTV system that provides value for the truck operator with real life examples

12.15pm On-board video surveillance Alcatel – Christophe Carde, Business Development Manager

Alcatel responds to delinquents in public transportation, such as violence, vandalism and fraud with real-time video surveillance, including vehicle supervision with cameras, high-speed radio transmissions to control centres, and instant-reaction security forces

12.40pm Real benefits of networked digital video surveillance Visiowave – Xavier Heusghem, Marketing Director

This presentation will outline new requirements and needs in the area of video surveillance and whether analogue can match digital systems. What does digital video surveillance mean? Key benefits of digital networked video surveillance, integrated security systems and the main questions and answers about networked digital video surveillance will be addressed

1.05pm Break for lunch

ANTI-VANDALISM The prevention and cure

2.00pm Fighting insecurity in railway RP Sicherheitssysteme GmbH – Henrik Frisenberg, Business Developer

This presentation will look at innovative CCTV systems for rail, fighting vandalism, assaults and terrorism through intelligent security systems

2.25pm SAG self-adhesive films: the response to vandalism MACtac Europe S.A – Daniel Debrulle, Communication Director

Vandalism, such as graffiti and scratches are plaguing the railway world. MACtac – one of the world leaders in the field of pressure sensitive materials – offers the ultimate cure with SAG system; a range of unique self-adhesive film complex constructions for exterior and interior applications

2.50pm Finish