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THE CONFERENCE

The conference attracts over 100 delegates, including up to 50 members of the Asian Railway Operators Association. This comprises delegations of up to five Senior Managers, sent by 10 of the region’s leading railway operators to represent them in each of the five designated key areas of railway activity;

Individual AROA members attending, include

Hong Kong MTRC Jason Tse GM International. Bus.
Hong Kong MTRC Philip Wong Train Service Eng. Mngr
Hong Kong MTRC Frankie Ngai RS Design Engineer
Hong Kong MTRC S K Leung Infrastructure Maint. Mngr
       
Singapore SBS Transit Teo Kwang Men Assistant VP (LRT)
Singapore SBS Transit Ms Wong Khai Chin Engineer (Sig/Comms)
Singapore SBS Transit Anthony Mok Manager (Rail Traffic)
       
Malaysia RapidKL Mohd Zufri Mahmud Manager Ops & Planning
Malaysia RapidKL Ahmad Nizam Mohd Amin HoD Quality Ass. & Eng.
Malaysia RapidKL Zohari Sulaiman GM Rail Engineering
Malaysia RapidKL Amirudding Ma'aris GM Rail Projects
       
Vietnam Vietnam Railways Diep Anh Tuan Financial Department
Vietnam Vietnam Railways Nguyen Ngoc Hung Dir.Strategic Projects
Vietnam Vietnam railways Ms. Do Thanh Ha Dep.Dir.Planning/Statistics
Vietnam Vietnam railways Tran Viet Ban Dep.Dir.Science/Technology
       
Taiwan TRTC Hsiung-Fei (George) Chao Vice President
Taiwan TRTC Tsair-ming Kuo Vice President
Taiwan TRTC Ming-Tsung Chuang Director
Taiwan TRTC Y. C. Chuie Director
       
Taiwan BOHSR Wen-Chun Chang Section Chief
Taiwan BOHSR T.H. Mark Tsaur Director
Taiwan BOHSR Yung-I Chen Deputy Director
Taiwan BOHSR Chin-Tsai Liu Associate Engineer
Taiwan BOHSR Yang-Tsai Fan Supervising Engineer
       
Taiwan TRA Chen Wen-Chi Deputy Chief OCC
Taiwan TRA Li I Chief Bridge/Tunnel Sec.
Taiwan TRA Fu I-Hung Chief of Signal & Comms,
Taiwan TRA Sung Hung-Kang Chief of Train Ops/Maint.
       
Taiwan DORTS Chiu-Liang Liu Director
Taiwan DORTS Ching-Chih Chen Deputy Director
Taiwan DORTS Chung-Hung Chen Section Chief
Taiwan DORTS Alex. W. Wang Director
       
Taiwan THSRC Jean Philippe Lavalee Head of Planning Office
Taiwan THSRC Dr Uli Dobler VP Head of Maintenance
Taiwan THSRC Jeder Hsieh VP Head of Engineering
Taiwan THSRC Dr Jerry Li Senior Engineer

 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

The conference sessions include conventional conference papers and panel-led workshops and are structured as follows:

MORNING SESSION (Day 1)

- Projects and Planning

Conference papers presented by Asian Railway Operators, giving detailed information on upcoming projects on rail systems. Speakers include;

Hong Kong MTRC Jason tse Deputy General Manager
Australia Australian Railway Assoc. Bryan Nye CEO
Taiwan BOHSR   Wen-Chun Chan Section Chief
Taiwan DORTS Kuo-Hsiung Cheng Chief Engineer
Vietnam VR Ms Do Thanh Ha Deputy Director Planning

AFTERNOON SESSION (Day 1)

 - Rolling Stock

- Signalling & Communications

- Permanent Way & Infrastructure

Three simultaneous workshops with presentations given by suppliers, consultants and operators on topical issues to Senior Managers from the Asian Railway Operators Association. Speakers and presentations will include;

PW & Infrastructure

Austria Getzner Thomas Dorfner  (Chairman) Head of International Sales            
Switzerland Schwihag John Burkinshaw Director Business Development
China Lord  Hyde Wang Engineering Manager
Italy Acoa Fabrizio Lucchini Head of International Sales

Rolling Stock

Australia             Sigma Coachair                      Mark Flint  (Chairman)          Business Development Manager
Singapore                       SBSTransit Anthony Mok            Manager (Rail Traffic)
Germany Voith Turbo Gerd Aurich Manager Sales & Marketing
Taiwan TUV Rheinland Dieter Kroger Manager Guided Transport Systems
Canada Bombardier Tilo Franz Business Development Director

Signalling & Communications

Singapore                     Invensys Rail                        Charles Page  (Chairman)      Business Development Director
Singapore SBS TRansit Ms Wong Khai Chin Senior Engineer (Signalling)
Taipei Ansaldo STS Ron Bruce Project Director
Australia Alcatel Lucent Phil Harley Director VM Presales RCOC APAC
Austria VAEE Alfred Polinger Technical Marketing

MORNING SESSION (Day 2)

- Best Practices in Railway Certification

A new conference session, dedicated to the vital aspect of railway certification. Sponsored by Lloyd's Register and chaired by their Director for Rail (Asia), Sukhy Barhey. There will be six discussions covering five different aspects of this discipline.

Thailand              Lloyd's Register                      Sukhy Barhey (Chairman)  Director
Taiwan BOHSR Dr Gou Director of Engineering
Taiwan Lloyd's Register Transportation Paul Sellers Business Development Director
Hong Kong Lloyd's Register Rail (Asia) Ltd Iain Carmichael Managing Director
Taiwan Lloyd's Register Inspection Huang Kuo-Pao Managing Director
Taiwan Lloyd's Register Rail (Asia) Dr David Hill Transportation GM Taiwan & Hong Kong

 

AFTERNOON SESSION (Day 2)

- Operations & Maintenance

Workshop involving all delegates, with presentations given by suppliers and consultants on topical issues to Senior Managers from the Asian Railway Operators Association. Speakers and presentations will include;


Taiwan Taiwan High Speed Rail Eric Chen Asst VP Head of PW Dept
Singapore SBS Transit Teo Kwang Meng Assistant VP (LRT)
Taiwan Mott MacDonald Karl Wang Project Manager
Singapore SBS Transit Anthony Mok Manager Rail Traffic

A maximum of six topics will be discussed during each two-hour workshop.
The conference is open to non-AROA members, through payment of delegate fee (GBP 450). Delegates are entitled to;

(If a speaker or AROA member is unavailable at the time of the conference, then an appointed deputy will attend)

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

  WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
Opening Ceremony 0915 – 0930    
First Session Papers 0930 – 1030 0930 – 1030 SITE VISIT
Coffee Break 1030 – 1100 1030 – 1100  
Second Session Papers 1100 – 1230 1100 – 1230  
Lunch 1230 – 1330 1230 – 1330  
Third Session Workshops 1330 – 1430 1330 – 1430  
Coffee Break 1430 – 1500 1430 – 1500  
Fourth Session Workshops 1500 – 1600 1500 – 1600  
Informal Drinks Party 1600 – 1730 1600 – 1730  

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