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Railway Interiors Expo 2008 Open Technology Forum

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Railway Interiors Expo 2008 Open Technology Forum

Tuesday 4th November 2008

Rail-car interior design – passenger expectations, experiences, conceptual design and flexibility

10.20
Customer needs and train experience
NS (Dutch Railways) – Mark Van Hagen, senior consultant
 
10.45
Modular interior design kit for light rail vehicles
Siemens AG – Benno Schiefer, design engineer - industrial design
 

11.10
Railway interior design – education to the masses?
MBD Design – Stephane Pottier, design director

 
 

11.35
Expectation, promise and misunderstanding
Creactive Design Ltd – Neil Bates, director

 

12.00
Influence of railway interiors on dwell time and punctuality
TU-Vienna Institute for Railway Engineering – Dr Bernhard Rüger, university assistant

 

12.25
Design management of creative design
Design Triangle – Siep Wijsenbeek, design consultant to Hex

 
 

12.50
Demands for modern public transport vehicles from the customer’s point of view
European Passengers’ Federation – Joseph Schneider, engineer

 

Seating – design, development and textiles

14.00
Thalys – clever seating
Thalys International – Olivier Poitrenaud, CEO
 
14.25
Articulated structure simulates recline on coach seating
ECCO Design Inc – James Ryan, director transportation design
 

14.50
Lectra’s innovative solutions for 3D development of car seats and interiors
Lectra - Michael Kopecky, consultant 3D Solutions

 
 

15.15
Thinking outside the box – seating design and textiles
Lantal Textiles – Anna-Maria Mueller, design

 
 

Innovative lighting – efficiency, performance and reliability

15.40
LED lighting – save energy and increase operational performance
Dialight – Gordon Routledge, vice-president

 

16.05
Optimising reliability in LED lighting systems
LPA Excil Electronics – John Hesketh, technical director

 
 
 
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