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 will be attending Rail Solutions Asia 2013
| Hong Kong | MTR | Isa Tang | Maintenance Manager |
| Hong Kong | MTR | K L Tang | Design Engineer, RS |
| Hong Kong | MTR | Ivan poon | Design Eng. Sig & Elctrncs |
| Hong Kong | MTR | Thomas Yick | Engineering Planning Mngr |
| Singapore | SBS Transit | Wong Wai Keong | Exec VP Rail |
| Singapore | SBS Transit | Leong Yim Sing | Snr VP Rail Engineering |
| Singapore | SBS Transit | Alex Goei | VP Rail Operations |
| Malaysia | RapidKL | Ahmad Nizam Mohamed Amin | CEO, Kelana Jaya Line |
| Malaysia | RapidKL | Bukhari Mohamed | COO, Ampang Line |
| Malaysia | RapidKL | Abdul Hadi Amron | COO, Monorail |
| Malaysia | RapidKL | Ismail Abdullah | Head of Rail Academy |
| Vietnam | Vietnam Railways | Ngo Trung Kien | Deputy Dir. Project Preparation |
| Vietnam | Vietnam Railways | Ms Nguyen To Trinh | Expert of Transport Ops |
| Vietnam | Vietnam Railways | Tran Phu Hiep | Dep. Dir. Infrastructure Dept. |
| Vietnam | Vietnam Railways | Le Khanh | Expert Int. Coop. Dept. |
| Vietnam | MAUR | Le Khac Huynh | Standing Vice Chairman |
| Vietnam | MAUR | Hua Quoc Hung | Dep. Dir. - PM Unit 5 |
| Vietnam | Ministry of Transport | Nguyen Anh Tuan | Official |
| Vietnam | Vietnam Railway Admin | Pham Quoc Cuong | Head of Science, Technology and Environment |
| Malaysia | SPAD | Dr Produyt Dutt | Head of Policy & Planning |
| The Philippines | LRTA | Engr. Rodrigo Bulario | Project Manager LRT Line 1 |
| The Philippines | LRTA | Lorelie Reyes | OIC, Head Rail Engineering Div. |
| The Philippines | LRTA | Engr. Raymond Vasquez | |
| The Philippines | PNR | Engr Gilbert Patulot | Officer in Charge of the Eng. Dept. |
| The Philippines | PNR | Ruben Besmonte | Manager R S Maintenance Dept. |
| The Philippines | PNR | Ms Zarina Marie M Vasquez | Board of Directors (Finance) |
| Thailand | MRTA | Somprasong Suttayamully | Dir. technical Division |
| Thailand | MRTA | Khun Wanat | Director M & E System Eng |
| Thailand | MRTA | Khun Tanin | Director Maintenance Div. |
| Thailand | SRT | Sutep Punthupeng | Operations Director |
| Thailand | SRT | Dr. Krit Anurakamonkul | COO |
| Thailand | SRT | Nathasit Poonkomloy | Ops Div. Manager & Act. Security Safety & Quality |
| Thailand | SRT | Artit Prayadsap | Station Ops Section Manager |
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
The following is the Conference Programme for 2013.
The conference sessions include conventional conference papers and 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 and ways to improve/upgrade them. Speakers include;
| Mohd Nasir Md Ibrahim | Snr. Princ. Head of Rail Ind | MIGHT | Malaysia |
| National Rail Industry Development Roadmap | |||
| Dr Produyt Dutt | Head of Policy & Planning | SPAD | Malaysia |
| Urban Rail Projects in Malaysia | |||
| Dr S. Suttayamully | Director, Technical Div. | MRTA | Thailand |
| Update on Bangkok's Mass Transit projects | |||
| Thomas Yick | Engineering Planning Mngr | MTR | Hong Kong |
| Operations & Engineering Planning for New Lines in Hong Kong | |||
| Tran Phu Hiep | Dep Dir. Infrastructure Dept | VR | Vietnam |
| Extensions and New Builds in Vietnam |
AFTERNOON SESSION (Day 1) |
- Rolling Stock- Signalling & Communications- Permanent Way & Infrastructure |
Three simultaneous panel-led workshops with presentations given by suppliers, consultants and operators on topical issues to a panel of Senior Managers from the Asian Railway Operators Association. Speakers. Presentations will include;
PERMANENT WAY & Infrastructure
| Paul Insley |
Product Specialist & Dev. Mngr |
L B Foster Technologies | UK |
| Trackform Design | |||
| Isa Tang |
Maintenance Manager |
MTR | Hong Kong |
| Permanent Way Maintenance in MTR | |||
| Marc Antoni |
Head of Scientific & Technology Dept. |
SNCF | France |
| The Importance of Turnout Maintenance for an Efficient Network | |||
| Uwe Stoffer | MD/Senior Engineer | GTE | Germany |
| Slab Track Construction Experience |
Rolling Stock
| Neil Heaton | GM, Hong Kong | UGL | Hong Kong |
| Application of Lean in refurbishment projects | |||
| Javier Agarrado | Asia Manager | CAF | Spain |
| ACR inputs (rapid charge accumulator) to Light Rail | |||
| Greg Howell | Managing Director | LPA | UK |
| Solutions for providing high speed Ethernet services along a train | |||
| Mario Oriol | Deputy Chairman | TALGO | Spain |
| Innovating high speed train transport | |||
| Dirk Wimmer | General Manager | SMA | Germany |
| Managing the installation of new static converters | |||
| Dr Deng Junhong | Global EMC Director, Products & Services Division | TUV Sud | Singapore |
| Electromagnetic Compatability of Components in Rolling Stock |
Signalling & Comms
| Dave Dimmer | Project Strategy Mngr | Thales | Canada |
| Signalling solutions | |||
| DavidTownsend | Managing Director | Frauscher Asia | China |
| The importance of versatile and reliable wheel detection | |||
| Celso Prados | Manager, Asia Pacific | INECO | Spain |
| Interoperability across different signalling systems | |||
| Jasbinder Singh | Sales Director | PSI Incontrol | Malaysia |
| Trends for Rail Sector Communications Systems in the Coming Decade | |||
| Rodrigo Bulario | Project Manager | LRTA | Philippines |
| Integrating Signalling | |||
| Jose Miguel Rubio Sanchez | Railway Director | Indra Sistemas | Spain |
| Benefits of Implementing a central railways management and control system |
MORNING SESSION (Day 2) |
- Improving Rail Systems |
Conference papers presented by Consultants and major manufacturers on the subject of Improving Rail Systems in one or more of the following areas: Safety Reliability Efficiency Profitability
| Dave Starbuck | Head of Rail Design | Opus Int. | Malaysia |
| Lessons learned from a current projects to extend and improve an operational LRT line | |||
| Dr Riyaz Rashid | Head of Systems - Asia Pacific | Bombardier | Asia Pacific |
| Tracking system health in real time | |||
| Stephen Vetter | Project Director | Thales | Canada/Asia |
| Customer-Supplier Teamwork for a Successful Signalling Project | |||
| Bukhari Mohamed | COO Ampang Line | RapidKL |
Malaysia |
| The Status of Current/Planned Signalling on the Ampang Line | |||
| Tilo Franz | Managing Director | Hamburg Consult | Germany |
| From Auto. Passenger Counting to demand orientated Network Planning in Urban Transport |
AFTERNOON SESSION (Day 2) |
- Operations & Maintenance |
A panel-led workshop involving all delegates, with presentations given by suppliers and consultants on topical issues to a panel of Senior Managers from the Asian Railway Operators Association. Speakers. Presentations will include;
| Prof.K K Lee | Professor in Transport Practice | Polytechnic/Univ. | Hong Kong |
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Wheel-Rail Interaction Monitoring Using Fibre Sensors to Improve Safety |
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| Prof Sam Luke | Technical Director, Rail & Bridges | SKM | UK |
| Development of Cost and Environmental Life Cycle Models for Rail Assets | |||
| Tilo Franz | Managing Director | Hamburg Consult | Germany |
| From Automatic Passenger Counting to Demand-Orientated Network Planning in Urban Public Transport | |||
| Christian McEntegart | Technical Director | Phoenix Asia | Hong Kong |
| Reducing Complexity through an Integrated Approach to Asset Management | |||
| Tomasz Mazur | Head of Rail Services | Siemens | Thailand |
| Best Practices of O & M -Experiences of Siemens |
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 495). 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 |
