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 who attended Rail Solutions Asia 2011 included:
| Hong Kong | MTRC | Jason Tse | GM Business Dev. |
| Hong Kong | MTRC | Sammy Wong | Ops Mngr AEL, TCL & DRL |
| Hong Kong | MTRC | Angus Lee | Depot Manager - SHD |
| Hong Kong | MTRC | Rick Wong | P W Implementation Mngr |
| Singapore | SBS Transit | Neo Sian Thai | Manager Signalling |
| Singapore | SBS Transit | Toh Thiam Hock | Manager OCS |
| Singapore | SBS Transit | Charles Solomon | VP Rail Operations |
| Malaysia | RapidKL | Bukhari Mohamed | GM Rail Ops Division |
| Malaysia | RapidKL | Ismail Abdullah | Head of Rail Academy |
| Malaysia | RapidKL | Zohari Sulaiman | GM Rail Engineering |
| Malaysia | RapidKL | Mohd Yusof Ahmad | Snr Manager Wayside Electrical & Electronics |
| Vietnam | Vietnam Railways | Tang Van Dung | Dep. Dir. Int. Co-operation |
| Vietnam | Vietnam Railways | Nguyen Quy Dung | Expert of Infrastructure |
| Vietnam | Vietnam Railways | Do Anh Tuan | Expert - Ops Bus. Dev. |
| Vietnam | Vietnam Railways | Huynh Vu Hiep | Vice Dir. Planning Office |
| Thailand | BTSC (Skytrain) | Dr Chaisak | Projects & Eng. Manager |
| Thailand | BTSC | Pramote Yapanan | Asst. Project Manager RS |
| Thailand | BTSC | Wiroj Ruttanakuakunchai | Signalling Branch Manager |
| Cambodia | Toll Royal railway | David Kerr | Chief Executive Officer |
| Cambodia | Toll Royal railway | John Guiry | Chief Operating Officer |
| Malaysia | SPAD | Encik Azmi | Chief Development Officer |
| Singapore | LTA | Rama Ventka | Project Director |
| Singapore | LTA | Leow Yew Chin | ManagerTransport Planning |
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
The following is the Conference Programme from our 2011 event and is an expample of the calibre and range of speakers and papers on offer. The 2012 Programme will be published early next year. Please contact us for current details.
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;
| Malaysia | SPAD | Encik Azmi | Chief Development Officer |
| Singapore | LTA | Rama Ventka | Project Director |
| Malaysia | ERL/E-MAS | Ir. Vijendra Veerya | Business Dev. Manager |
| The Philippines | LRTA | Hernando Cabrera | LRTA Spokesman |
| Sri Lanka | Government | Nihal Somaweera | Additional Secretary |
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
| Hong Kong | Rick Wong | P Way Infrastructure Manager | MTRC |
| Malaysia | Noel devan | Electrification Engineer | ERL |
| Singapore | Tay Yeow Hiong | Manager Power/OCS | SBS Transit |
| Austria | TBA | TBA | VAE |
- Optimising the life-cycle of permanent way assets
- Overhead contact line maintenance
- Case studies of traction power outages due to excessive rail to earth potential rise
- Optimised turnout system solutions
Rolling Stock
| Hong Kong | Angus Lee | Depot Manager - SHD | MTRC |
| Thailand | Pramote Yapanan | Asst. Project Manager RS | BTS |
| Malaysia | Kelvin Baird | Managing Director | Invertech Technology |
| Vietnam | Huynh Vu Hiep | Deputy Manager Planning & Investment | Vietnam Railways |
| China | Xiao Zhiming | Deputy Director Overseas Business | CSR ZhuZhou |
| Malaysia | Timothy Toh | Director Project Developments | Bombardier |
- Leading the revolution of train set management
- The new 12, 4-car trains
- Innovative solutions for rolling stock interiors
- Rolling stock developments to address vVarying capacity needs
- Solutions supplier of urban rail transit
- Vietnam railways passenger coach
Signalling & Communications
| Canada/Asia | David Dimmer | Project Strategy Manager | Thales |
| Malaysia | Mohd Yusof Ahmad | Snr Man Wayside Electrical Electronics Div. | Rapid KL |
| Thailand | Wiroj Ruttanakuakunchai | Signalling Branch manager | BTS |
| Singapore | Neo Sian Thai | Manager, Signalling | SBS Transit |
| Malaysia | Jasbinder Singh | General Manager | Incontrol Tech. |
| UK/Singapore | Charles Page | Director Business development | Invensys |
- Resignalling implementation strategy
- SCADA upgrade challenges
- Migrating from track circuit to radio communications signalling system
- Challenges in Maintaining a Fully Integrated and Software Driven Metro: Case Study of North East Line, Singapore
- Convergence of communication system into single platform to improve operation efficiency
- Communications-
MORNING SESSION (Day 2) |
- Projects and Planning |
Conference papers presented by Asian Railway Operators, giving detailed information on upcoming projects on rail systems. Speakers include;
| Malaysia | KTMB | TJ Hilmi Mohamad | GM Project Management |
| Cambodia | Royal Toll railway | David Kerr | Chief Executive Officer |
| Hong Kong | MTRC | Raymond Lau | Business development Manager |
| Thailand | BTS | Dr Chaisak | Projects & Engineering Manager |
| The Philippines | PNR | Junio Ragragio | General Manager |
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;
| Malaysia | Ahmad Nizam Mohamed Amin | Snr Manager, Rail Quality & Tech Support Div. | Rapid KL |
| Malaysia | Bukhari Mohamed | GM Rail Projects Division | Rapid KL |
| Hong Kong | Sammy Wong | Operations Manager - AEL, TCL & DRL | MTRC |
| Singapore | Charles Solomon | Manager, Passeneger Services | SBSTransit |
| Malaysia | David Allen | VP Systems Division | Bombardier |
- Noise control management
- The challenges of experience of mixed fleet operations
- Connecting and expanding communities, with a 'caring' service
- Fully automatic driverless trains - the NEL (Singapore) experience
- Reducing total cost of ownership though the Operation and Maintenance value chain
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;
- Entry to all conference and workshop sessions
- Welcoming coffee, plus morning and afternoon coffee and lunch
- Informal drinks parties held in exhibition hall after conference
- A full set of conference papers
- Site visit to local railway facility on final day
(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 |
| Book a Delegate Place | Register as a Visitor |
