Theo Quick

Vice President and Global Market Leader for Transportation and Hospitality

Bio

With over 20 years working with clients in the road, rail, aviation, logistics, automotive and hospitality markets, Theo Quick is VP and Global Market Leader for Transportation and Hospitality where he is responsible for defining the strategy and driving Digital Transformation for the customers of Atos. Theo has always been at the forefront of technology, transforming the market. For example, in 2013, Theo launched the Intelligent Mobility Technology Roadmap for the UK’s Automotive Council, a joint Government and industry body. This roadmap paved the way for the UK Government’s investment into Autonomous Vehicles and Theo remains on a number of Advisory boards for some of the UK’s Autonomous Vehicle projects to this day. Theo believes that the transportation market is now experiencing the most change since the invention of the petroleum engine. Advances in communications, data availability and ICT capabilities are all enabling new business processes and models.

Tom Krotchko

Senior Director of Architecture, Analytics & Fleet Technologies

Title

Building Teams and Technology to support IoT

Sub headings

Finding analytics expertise is important, but your operating model for analytics is equally important
Operationalising Data Insights is harder than it looks
Developing a set of standards for data sharing you expect from IoT vendors

Bio

Tom Krotchko has been with Amtrak for twenty-one years as part of Information Technology focused on using technology modernize and transform Amtrak’s business. His current role is Senior Director of Architecture, Analytics, and Fleet Technologies giving him a unique viewpoint on the how to adapt processes, data, organization, and technology to focus on transitioning to a data driven enterprise, evolving from a dashboard/reporting analytics focused to using Advanced Analytics, AI and Machine Learning.

His Current challenges include investing in technology modernization to support digital transformation, particularly in asset management and operations, as well as simplifying the information technology footprint to support process simplification.

Tom’s educational background is an undergraduate degrees in Computer Science from the Pennsylvania State University, and a Master of Science degree in Software Engineering from the University of Maryland.

Guido Lemeire

CIO

Title

How IOT will disrupt the railway sector

Sub headings

Use of IT in the railway sector
Architectural challenges
Security first

Bio

Guido Lemeire is the CIO of SNCB, the Belgian Railway company. As head of the IT department (Ypto) he is currently leading the digitisation of SNCB and making the company ready for the future.

As CIO he is responsible for the IT infrastructure of the Belgian Railway company. In preparation of the liberalisation of rail traffic in 2023, Guido has led an extremely challenging, intensive and ambitious project for the past two years. During this period, SNCB started a collaboration with an outsourcing partner (TCS), to make SNCB completely independent of Infrabel. Parallel to this transition, Guido started an organisational transformation track within the IT department.

Besides these challenges, the IT department still realises numerous digitisation projects and contributes to the achievement of the main objectives of SNCB:

Safety and punctuality first
Satisfied customers, always and everywhere
Contemporary HR policy and an entrepreneurial culture based on professionalism, respect, entrepreneurship and cooperation
Efficient working methods
A financially healthy company with ambition to grow

Guido is a senior manager with more than 20 years profound managerial and technical expertise. He has a successful track-record in application development, package selection & implementations, people & change management and service support & delivery. Prior to joining SNCB, Guido served as manager in the telecom and payment sector. In 2017 he joined SNCB as Head of BIAP, 7 months later he became CIO

Robert Ampomah

Chief Technology Officer

Title

Modernising maintenance through data analytics and insight

Sub headings

Data insights and how we are using analytics to predict and prevent
Applying a Risk based maintenance approach
Case study demo of Network Rail’s insight too

Bio

Robert has over 25 years’ experience in the rail industry starting his career as a graduate civil engineer and has gained a wealth of experience in a number of technical and managerial roles within maintenance, operations management and Engineering functions with Balfour Beatty and Network Rail. He has been involved in delivering key performance, safety and innovative engineering solutions on the UK mainline networks to improve passengers experience.

Robert now heads up the Technology team in Network Rail focussing on creating the structure, energy and throughput of innovation and legal compliance to improve the railway’s efficiency and all aspects of railway performance, safety, environment and resilience. He is a passionate promoter of developing and introducing new technology and working collaboratively with industry partners in the UK and on EU wide programmes, including engaging and learning from different sectors. He is also a keen supporter of the environment and tackling climate change.

Paolo Masini

Head of Rolling Stock Technology and Maintenance Engineering

Title

OT and IT data fusion for Dynamic Maintenance Management System: a digital twin for Trenitalia asset management

Sub headings

Meaning of OT and IT data fusion, one single data base for every kind of information
Dynamic Maintenance Management System: BIG DATA system architecture and functions
Impact on industrial process, from static to dynamic maintenance

Bio

Paolo MASINI was born june 1963, 17th. He graduated in Electronic engineer in 1990 in Florence University. From 1993, work in Ferrovie dello Stato S.p.A., as rolling stock test engineer responsible for performance and traction test. From 2002 was chief of electrical test department and from 2006 chief of the whole Trenitalia’s test laboratory. In this period he responsible for authorization tests for many of the new Trenitalia fleets (ETR500, ETR600, Minuetto, E464, Vivalto etc). He partecipate in the activation of italian HS project and ERTMS as responsible of test activities. From 2009 he is head of rolling stock technology and maintenance engineering at Trenitalia. He was CER speaker on Cross Acceptance and member of the Task Force for Interoperability of European Union. He is also responsable for Predictive Maintenance Project introducing Condition Based Maintenance based on Big Data system and Internet of Things.

Laurent Lim

Project Leader IoT

Title

Behind the scenes of moving from POC to scale in IOT

Sub headings

Build and run at the same time to meet the reality
Anticipate the interconnections with other information systems of the company
Manage the unpredictable

Bio

I am IoT Project and Product Manager at ITNOVEM (subsidiary of SNCF). I'm passionate about technology and fascinated by how it can change our day to day life. In the last few years, I've worked in a variety of companies from start-ups to big corporations in logistics through connected parcel lockers (Inpost) and digital interactive screens (JCDecaux) for cities.

I joined these companies when they were facing the challenge of moving from POC's to an industrialized solutions.

I am very excited in this product stage as it tests the scalability of the technology and that processes are strong enough to handle “the real world”.

I have joined the ITNOVEM IoT Factory in 2020 to build a new version of a remote diagnosis application on rolling stock."

Jude Carey

Head of Asset Management

Title

Maximising the benefits of Big data for Asset Management

Sub headings

Report on a recent project carried out by the UIC on Big Data for Asset Management
Links and relationships between Big Data and decisions about maintenance and enhancement of rail assets
Recommendations on the adoption of Big Data methods and tools to support strategic asset management decisions

Bio

Jude Carey is Head of Asset Management for Irish Rail Infrastructure. He joined Irish Rail in 2007 working initially as Head of Finance and IT in Fleet Maintenance. He is currently in Infrastructure where his role expanded to include Commercial Asset Management.

He is an active member of the UIC Asset Management working group since 2011. This group’s membership comprises 10 of the leading European Railways. He is co-author of the UIC publication “A guide to implementing Asset Management in Rail”. He has presented on Asset Management to the IAM/IET Asset Management Conference 2016 and to the UIC Asset Management Conference 2017 in Australia.

He graduated from Trinity College Dublin in Business Studies and qualified as a Charterted Accountant.

Manuel Villalante

Chief Strategy & Development Officer

Title

The generation of corporate value in the transport sector through IoT & Big Data

Sub headings

On-demand public transport - it will take into account both historical data and real-time data to plan new routes or traffic frequencies according to demand, capacity and customer behaviour
Predictive maintenance - design of digital twins through information processing of IoT components.
Reduction of occupational accidents - Machine Learning techniques will allow us to learn what the different causes of accidents are may occur (with a reasonable probability)

Bio

Since July 2018, Manel Villalante has been the Chief Strategy & Development Officer of Renfe Operadora. In addition, since January 2019, Manel has been the Chairman of UIC’s Global Passengers Forum.

Previously, Mr. Villalante was the Mobility and Transport Infrastructures Director at Barcelona Regional, Urban Development Agency (2012-2018), General Director of Inland Transport at the Ministry of Development of Spain (2010-2012), General Director of Inland Transport at Generalitat of Catalonia (2007-2010) and Mobility Director at Barcelona City Council (1991-1997). Additionally, he has held several management positions at Ferrocarriles de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC), from 2004 to 2007, and Transportes Metropolitanos de Barcelona (TMB), between 2000 y 2004.

He has also been member of different boards of directors, in companies such as Renfe Operadora, TMB, FGC or Sagrera High-Speed Consortium. Mr. Villalante is currently managing the postgraduate program of “Smart Mobility: Intelligent Systems of Transport” at Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya and he has also been professor of Transport Economy & Planning at the same university.

Javier de la Cruz

Managing Director of CAF Rail Digital Services

Title

Key Indicators to Measure the ROI on Railway Digitalisation

Sub headings

The needed data management for an efficient maintenance plan
ROI measuring: from life extension to energy efficiency
Inspection tasks on service remotely: the needed data before the train arrives at the depot

Bio

Industrial engineer at Zaragoza University (Spain) and automotive engineering at Université de Technologie de Compiègne (France). He started working in automotive sector for Renault and IDIADA but in 2004 entered in the railway sector as North America and ROW Operation Manager for CAF. From 2012 to present he has been Engineering Director for CAF Rail Services being highest responsible for Digital Train LeadMind, RAMLCC and Maintenance engineering divisions.

Due to his experience and continuous formation (Artificial Intelligence: Imprecations for Business Strategy (MIT Sloan School of Management), Digital Transformation Management (IE Business School), Big Data and Business (Deusto Business School) he was chosen by CAF Board of Directors to lead the Digital Transformation of the company.

Hossein Naderi Fashtali

Director of Railway Electrification Department

Title

The Role of Railway Electrification in Development Railway Safety

Sub headings

Railway electrification and Monitoring system in Railway
Communication infrastructures boosting in railway electrification
Physical Assessment Management in Railway Electrification

Bio

Mr. Hossein Naderi Fishtail has been Director of railway electrification in the railways of I.R. of Iran. Furthermore, he has been the Chairman of Electrical equipment and systems for Railway Technical Committee 9 (TC9) in Iranian National Electro Technical Committee since 2016. Before that, he was responsible of Deputy Director General of Building & Facilities Department more than 4 years. Moreover, he has experienced as Technical Advisor in Iranian Railway Transportation Company.

From an educational perspective, Mr. Naderi has published 2 books about railway electrification technology and registered a patent about Integration of GIS and Multimedia systems. In addition, he has more than 16 conference presentations and invited talks. He was member of Technical or Scientific committee for more than 8 conference and symposium. Mr. Naderi received the M.Sc. degree, majoring in Electrical railway Engineering from IUST, in 2004 that his thesis research was about” Analysis of fibre optic sensor and these applications in railway”. Also Mr. Naderi is member of Training and Research Center of the Railways of I.R. of Iran as Railway electrification Teacher.

David McGorman

Managing Director, Technology Companies, Unipart Technology Group

Title

How can Actionable information lower my maintenance costs and improve my Environmental sustainability?

Sub headings

Provides an overview of Condition Based Maintenance focusing on case studies where many benefits have been created
Illustrates the importance of collaboration in changing culture and maximising benefits through increased speed of adoption
CBM through a Digital and Green lens. How Actionable data can help lower carbon emissions

Bio

Dr David McGorman, is the Managing Director of Technology Companies for Unipart Technologies Group (UTG). The UTG is the Technology Division of Unipart Group and has a number of Technology companies within it, including Instrumentel, Park Signalling, Comms Design and MetLase. The UTG also houses our Unipart Digital team who have a large data science team to support the business.

With significant experience at a Senior Director level and in the management of technology companies, David has a proven track record of delivering strategic projects within harsh and difficult to access environments, including the Rail Industry.

Instrumentel is a world-leading provider of asset monitoring solutions for precision measurement in extreme environments. Our solutions include Condition-Based Predictive Maintenance, Condition Monitoring of remote assets and predictive analytics to improve asset performance.

Dr. Uwe Jasnoch

Vice President for Business Development

Title

Back on Track: How Asset Management, BIM and Digital Twin Support the Rail Industry

Sub headings

Integrating asset management, BIM and a digital twin into a working environment
Why do the concepts supplement and support each other
The benefits of digitalizing rail operations

Bio

Dr. Uwe Jasnoch joined Hexagon in 2007, serving as the global Vice President for Business Development as well as Director Pre-Sales for APAC at the Geospatial Division. Prior to this position, he was serving as EMEA Industry Leader for Government, Transportation and Defense, and Sales Manager Government and Defense for DACH at Hexagon.

In 2001, he founded the company GIStec. Dr. Jasnoch was the managing director of the company. Before, Dr. Uwe Jasnoch had been heading the Geographic Information Systems department of Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics from 1992 to 2003.

Between 1998 and 2005 he served as reviewer for the European Commission and between 2003 and 2007 as a curator for the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics.

Simon Giovanazzi

CEO

Title

The edge of IoT – dynamic rules and regulations as an accelerator for automation of maintenance

Sub headings

Status quo: condition based and predictive maintenance
The issue: conventional vs. dynamic rules and regulations
On track: lighthouse projects for maintenance automation

Bio

Simon is the CEO of infraView GmbH, a 100% subsidiary company of DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH, and the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Deutsche Bahn International Operations and in this function a member of the CTO Board of Deutsche Bahn.

Simon is a dyed-in-the-wool railway man, having worked in operational service in various positions before taking up his studies in transport engineering.

During his more than 20 years in the railway industry, he has built up an unparalleled expertise in rolling stock and infrastructure asset maintenance. He is a sought-after expert, driving optimization of railway operations and maintenance worldwide and in Germany. He is a key player for the digitalization of Deutsche Bahn, especially in further developing condition monitoring and predictive maintenance solutions based on infraView’s DIANA IoT platform. Simon is member of the CTO Board of Deutsche Bahn.

Loïc Michel

Infrastructure Monitoring, Business Development Manager

Title

Acoustic Sensing applied to railroad monitoring

Sub headings

Railroad near surface conditions permanent monitoring using train energy
Going beyond train tracking using high performance acoustic sensing
Global railroad conditions permanent monitoring

Bio

Loïc Michel (46) has graduated as a geologist in 2000 from the Geology School of Nancy, France. The same year, Loic joined CGG in London in the O&G Exploration Seismic team.

After several postings in Europe with CGG group, in 2009, he moved to South East Asia leading CGG Oil and Gas reservoir characterization teams. From 2018 to 2020 Loic has led as Vice President the commercial and R&D activities for CGG’s reservoir services in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. He has participated to CGG reservoir new markets development. Loïc joined in 2020 Sercel group to manage Structural Monitoring solutions business development.

Krzysztof Wilczek

Head of Track Analytics

Title

Rethinking tamping technology

Sub headings

How do tamping machines work?
How can digital technologies help?
Why does it matter for railways?

Bio

Krzysztof Wilczek is Head of Track Analytics at Plasser & Theurer, where he supports infrastructure providers in building their predictive track maintenance regimes.

Krzysztof has worked for the SBB (Swiss Federal Railway) where he developed swissTAMP, a system for track analysis and predictive maintenance planning. He also founded and headed the data laboratory for infrastructure at SBB, where research and big data analytics meet the challenges of asset managers.

Krzysztof’s expertise is deeply rooted in the railway industry. At the ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railway) and the Technical University Graz, he focused on the life cycle management of railway tracks.

He got his Masters Degree in Mining Engineering from the Montanuniverstät Leoben, while also studying at the University of New Orleans and University of New South Wales in Sydney.

Krzysztof is therefore an ambassador on mission to transfer new developing technologies into the railway industry for a safer, cleaner and more efficient means of transport.

Ivan Vidovic

Programme Manager, Intelligent Turnout

Title

Real world application of analytics for remote monitoring in rail

Sub headings

A benefit driven approach to analytics
Integration of climatic data to improve infrastructure robustness
Roadmap for further development

Bio

Ivan graduated from Graz University of Technology in 2020 with a PhD degree in civil engineering. During his time at the university, he worked with numerous infrastructure providers such as ÖBB and SBB on several life cycle and asset management projects.

He joined voestalpine Railway Systems in October 2020, responsible for the digitalization strategy for products and services within the group.

In 2021, he was appointed as Programme Manager for voestalpine Signaling Austria, leading the Intelligent Turnout Programme. As a railway engineer with a strong affinity for innovative technologies, smart products and digitalisation, he strives to make the railway more efficient, sustainable and safe.

Daniel MacGregor

Founder

Title

Various use cases for the data and analytics platform in logistics and train operations

Sub headings

Keeping the wagon and locomotive demand and balance in check with optimization models and real-time dashboards
Monitoring wagon and locomotive maintenance success rates and operational situation
Bringing insight to profit margins with Activity Based Costing

Bio

Co-Founder, Nexiot AG. Business Development for the EmbeddedLab, a research and engineering lab at the ETH Zurich for Physical Computing/IoT, the foundation of Nexiot AG. Industrial IoT evangelist and digital shaper.

Daniel MacGregor has over 20 years’ experience in applying technology to business needs. Since 2014 he has focused on digitisation of the supply chain. Daniel has worked for the EmbeddedLab at ETH Zurich, going on to become a founder of multi-million Swiss technology company Nexiot AG.

Daniel focuses on uncovering business needs and applying Nexiot’s cutting edge IoT solutions to optimise operations and the clients own service portfolio. This is done through an end-to-end solution from sensor, to information intelligence, to knowledge sharing. Supply chain participants can deploy IoT to differentiate their services and monetise digital insights. The philosophy is to leverage knowledge derived from big data for continuous business improvement.

Joonas Jaspi

Head of Data and Analytics

Title

Various use cases for the data and analytics platform in logistics and train operations

Sub headings

Keeping the wagon and locomotive demand and balance in check with optimization models and real-time dashboards
Monitoring wagon and locomotive maintenance success rates and operational situation
Bringing insight to profit margins with Activity Based Costing

Bio

Joonas Jäspi has been working with VR Group from 2017, building data and analytics capabilities for passenger traffic and later for logistics&train operations divisions. As his current role as Head of Data and Analytics, he leads team of data engineers, bi developers and data scientists to drive VR Group to be more data driven organization.

Joonas is a data enthusiastic and has Master of Science(Engineering) in Industrial Management and Master of Science(Economics) in Information Systems. Before VR Group he worked as a consultant and was involved in projects for various industries.

Plasser & Theurer - has influenced the progress in the construction and maintenance of railway tracks more substantially than any other company. As a full-range supplier operating worldwide, the Austrian family business supplies track maintenance machines of almost all kinds and sizes and provides high-quality services over the entire life cycle of the machines. Our success story began with the production of tamping machines that stood out from all other products on the market due to their technical superiority. To this day, Plasser & Theurer tamping machines are the standard in track maintenance. Over decades, new machine models have been added to the machine programme. Today, the machines we offer cover almost all works to be performed when maintaining, laying and renewing railway tracks. In addition to machines for all track gauges in all parts of the world, we offer machines in all output categories meeting our customers’ needs. From a classic machine manufacturer to a modern full-range supplier.

Today, Plasser & Theurer is more than just a machine manufacturer. As a full-range supplier collaborating with 19 partner companies around the world, Plasser & Theurer offers comprehensive after-sales services, covering training, spare parts supply and technical service. The farreaching innovations in mechanised track maintenance not only involve new machine technologies, but also set new standards for the cost-efficient operation of machines. Developed by Plasser & Theurer, the PlasserSmartMaintenance initiative provides digital solutions that ensure greater transparency, connectivity and efficiency for both the maintenance of individual machines and entire machine fleets.

Sustainable quality increases cost-efficiency The contributions we make towards the cost-efficiency and sustainability of the railway system define our success. We set store by quality, innovative technologies and solutions providing the customers with real economic benefits.

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STIMIO designs and produces Wireless Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) solutions to connect assets and measure performance. Our solutions help customers to improve their operational efficiency and propose new business models.

We have developped a Railway certified solution, STIM-TRAIN, that connect train’s equipement and boost the operational maintenance of rolling stock. It is composed of a Generic IoT Box (RAILBOX), and a cellular gateway (RAILGATE). RAILBOX is completely autonomous (with an embedded battery) and wireless. This makes it very easy to install on legacy equipment, enabling advanced predictive maintenance of assets on-board such as water/lubricant/sand tanks, doors/HVAC, pantograph etc. The RAILGATE bridges the RAILBOX to legacy wired train network and/or a 3G/4G network. STIM-TRAIN leverages the latest technologies of the industrial IoT, and adapt them to the railway industry.

STIMIO provides remote monitoring IoT solutions for railway companies to optimise operations, enable condition-based & predictive maintenance, reduce safety risks and increase service availability.

STIMIO’s end-to-end solutions are composed of three main components:

The data acquisition based on railway certified and battery-powered devices endowed with AI and Edge Computing capabilities,
The connectivity to transmit the data over LPWAN or cellular networks,
The IoT platform to process the data, interface with customer IT systems, define patterns with prediction algorithms, manage the devices remotely and provide relevant insights to take actions.

Benefits of our IoT solutions:

Operational reliability: proactive management & suppression of failures-to-come,
Enhanced rolling stock reliability & availability: remote inspection & “pit-stop” preparation,
Cost reduction: drop in duration and number of maintenance tasks & resources needed,
Risk management: better insight & decision-making in operational centres,
QoS: guarantee of service, higher customer satisfaction & comfort,
Sustainability: extended assets lifetime.

Typical use cases:

Rolling Stock:

Fluid levels monitoring : water, oil, windshield washer
Battery voltage level monitoring
Compressor operation monitoring
Doors monitoring
PLCs error code remote retrieval
HVAC system monitoring
Critical system temperature monitoring (engine, axle boxe, etc.)

Infrastructures

Track geometry and defects monitoring
Catenary monitoring : tensioning, frost, temperature
Rail temperature monitoring

Signalling

Cable Isolation drift monitoring

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SŽ – Vleka in tehnika (SŽ – VIT) provides comprehensive services in the field of rail vehicle maintenance and train traction together with a diverse range of technical wagon services. With a market presence of over 150 years, the experience gathered over the years is carefully combined with present knowledge as we continuously grow our expertise to ensure value added for our business partners.

Maintenance, traction, and technical wagon services are provided to Slovenian Railways (SŽ), who is our biggest business partner; however, the diverse range of our rail vehicle and component servicing has also gained recognition outside Slovenia. Quality maintenance and specialized know-how coupled with notable flexibility and the ability to tackle any challenging request from rail companies across Europe has persuaded many private keepers and state operators to become our partner.

Our qualifications are demonstrated by various certificates, authorizations and approvals, such as ECM, ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 50001:2011, VPI, and TSI for the assembly of new wheel-sets, while the quality of our work has been attested by some of the biggest keepers of rail vehicles.

One-stop shop

All services needed for safe and reliable vehicle operation from a single source:

comprehensive preventive and corrective maintenance,
renewal and modification of all rail vehicle types,
processing and assembly of wheelsets and servicing of other components,
mobile service,
engineering and technical support,
technical inspections, brake testing, repairs of coupled wagons, and loading assistance.

Main locations: Ljubljana, Ptuj, Maribor, Dobova, Divača, Koper

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Meet the Speakers

Stefan Leistner

Tom Krotchko

Guido Lemeire

Robert Ampomah

Paolo Masini

Laurent Lim

Gerhard Paal

Douwe Treurniet

Jude Carey

Manuel Villalante

Javier de la Cruz

Hossein Naderi Fashtali

Karin Biffiger

Christian Bauer

Francis Cepero

Maarten van den Outenaar

David McGorman

Pieter Linden

Philip Heaney

Norbert Kahl

Dr. Uwe Jasnoch

Maria Antonietta Zocco

Stefan Kalmund

Simon Giovanazzi

Charles Hull

Loïc Michel

Krzysztof Wilczek

Ivan Vidovic

Daniel MacGregor

Pedro Conceicao

Joonas Jäspi

Alexander Lyubchenko

Matt Miller

Theo Quick

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