Railway Forum Sofia
8-9 November 2024RAILWAY FORUM 2024
THE FUTURE OF RAILWAY INTEROPERABILITY:
25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES WITH TSI
Dates: 8 – 9 November 2024
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
Venue: Federation of Scientific Engineering Unions, 108 Georgi Rakovski street
Organizers:
Union of European Railway Engineer Associations (UEEIV)
Scientific and Technical Union for Transport (WTVV)
National Guild Society of Railway Track Engineers (NGSRTE)
TOPICS
- next steps of optimization of ECTS, optimization of radio communication
- Interoperability throughout different countries
- night trains, train operation
- how to meet the expectation for sustainability
- solutions to increase capacity:
- build new lines
- add a second track
- double decker trains
- improve signalling systems
- ERTMS, ECTS
- Night trains
MOTIVATION AND GOAL OF THE CONFERENCE
We invite you to participate in the RAILWAY FORUM 2024 which is organized by the Union of European Railway Engineer Associations (UEEIV) in cooperation with our Bulgarian Member Associations, the Scientific and Technical Union for Transport (WTVV) and the National Guild Society of Railway Track Engineers (NGSRTE).
We have deliberately chosen Sofia as a location to widen our horizon and improve international networking.
The topic is very relevant on a European level: The future of Railway Interoperability.
Working together on commons solutions for all European countries will be the key to meet the young generations wish for sustainable travel throughout Europe and there is still a long way to go.
As modern Railway engineers we have a great responsibility to make the expansion of the route network and interoperability possible with our technical innovations and solutions.
In the UEEIV, we have accepted this challenge and made it our goal to move a step forward at the Railway Forum 2024.
We will give you an overview of what has been done so far in the past decades to improve the interoperability and what future strategies may be.
You are invited you to take part in this task and present your experiences, views and innovative strategies at the Railway Forum 2024.
We are looking forward to your participation!
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Please find the links to the presentations below in the programme under each speaker name.
8 November: |
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| 08:30 – 09:30 | Registration |
| 09:30 – 09:40 | OPENING CEREMONY Dipl.-Ing. Olaf Scholtz-Knobloch – UEEIV President Dipl. Eng. Antoaneta Georgieva – NGSRTE Chairman Dipl. Eng. Yasen Ishev – STUT Chairman |
| 09.40 – 10.00 | WELCOMING Krasimira Stoyanova – Minister of Transport and Communications Dipl. Eng. Olaf Scholtz-Knobloch – UEEIV President Ass. Prof. Dr. Eng. Kremena Dedelyanova – FSTUB Chairman |
| 10.00 – 12.00 | FIRST SESSION Moderators: Dipl.-Ing. Olaf Scholtz-Knobloch, UEEIV (D) Dipl. Eng. Yasen Ishev, WTVV (BG) |
| 10.00 – 10.20 | TSI from ERA’s perspective Desislava Dimitrova ERA Research Coordinator (F) Download presentation here |
| 10.20 – 10.50 | Railway interoperability – from the past to the present Dipl.-Ing. Rudolf Koller Associate Lecturer at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences (A) Download presentation here |
| 10.50 – 11.20 | Railway infrastructure projects – 2030 horizon Eng. Hristo Grigorov Chief Safety Auditor, NRIC (BG) Download presentation here |
| 11.20 – 11.50 | Experiences and lessons learned in the application of Railway interoperability Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Michael Walter ÖBB, Member of ERA working group (A) Download presentation here |
| 11:50 – 12:00 | Q&A Session and podium discussion for session 1 |
| 12.00 – 13.00 | LUNCH BREAK & NETWORKING |
| 13.00 – 15.10 | SECOND SESSION Moderators: Prof. Dr. Eng Mario Galabov, UEEIV (BG) Dipl. Eng. Antoaneta Georgieva, NGSRTE (BG) |
| 13.00 – 13.30 | Modernization and restructuring strategy of Holding BDZ as the national railway operatorprojects – 2030 horizon Dipl. Eng. Georgi Drumev HOLDING BDZ INC Managing Director (BG) |
| 13.30 – 14.00 | Strategy for the Introduction of TSI in the Bulgarian Railway System Dipl. Eng. Valentin Tsankov Director of Executive Agency Railway Administration (BG) Download presentation here |
| 14.00 – 14.30 | Railway interoperability – problems, solutions development Dipl. Eng. Kalin Mirchev General Manager, TINSA (BG) Download presentation here |
| 14.30 – 15.00 | New role, new reality How the increasing digitalization (Virtual Reality) asks for new roles and rules Markus Bolli Suprexa AG (CH) Download presentation here |
| 15:00 – 15:10 | Q&A Session and podium discussion for session 2 |
| 15.10 – 15.40 | COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING |
| 15.40 – 17.50 | THIRD SESSION Moderators: Dr. Dipl. Eng. Bernhard Knoll, UEEIV (A) Dipl. Eng. Ivo Yanakiev, NGSTRE (BG) |
| 15.40 – 16.10 | Exchange of best practices as catalyst for interoperability Dipl. Eng. Marco Corradini Specialist in Control and Coordination, SBB (CH) Download presentation here |
| 16.10 – 16.40 | Vision of safe rail freight transport Prof. hc, Prof. Georg Brügger Consultant (CH) Download presentation here |
| 16.40 - 17.10 | From the first application to a new technological strategy in Italy driven by ERTMS Ing. Fabio Senesi R&D Head, RFI (I) Download presentation here |
| 17.10 – 17.40 | Maximum track availability despite cost optimization Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Wenz, Getzner Werkstoffe GmbH (A) Prof. Dr. techn. MSc. Ferdinand Pospischil, Railway Infrastructure Design Institut – Graz (A) Download presentation here |
| 17:40 – 17:50 | Q&A Session and podium discussion for session 3 |
| 19:30 | Networking Dinner at Restaurant Central, 5 Pirotska street |
9 November: |
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| 09:30 – 12:00 | Technical excursion: Modernization of railway section Elin Pelin-Kostenetz |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Travel back to Sofia |
REGISTRATION FEES
NOTE THAT LAST MINUTE REGISTRATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO SEND A BANK TRANSFER CONFIRMATION BY EMAIL UPON REGISTRATION.
| UEEIV Member* | Non-Member | |||
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| Onsite | Online | Onsite | Online | |
| Regular | 175 € | 100 € | 245 € | 150 € |
| Students under 27* | 150 € | 80 € | 175 € | 100 € |
| Delegate of Government Institution* | 150 € | 80 € | 175 € | 100 € |
including coffee break and lunch during conference, networking dinner on 8 November and excursion on 9 November
*UEEIV Members need to submit proof of membership from their Association
*Students are required to submit proof of affiliation with a University
*Delegate of Government Insitutions are required to submit proof of employment with a Government Institution
The above mentioned fees are exclusive of VAT. The UEEIV is an association and organizes this conference without any intention of profit. VAT does not apply.
Register here
HOTELS
HOTEL RILA
Website: https://hotelrila.bg
6 Tsar Kaloyan Str., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Email: reservations@hotelrila.bg
Tel: +359 884 797969
Economy double room for single occupancy – 114 BGN
Economy double room with 2 separate beds – 137 BGN
*Price is per room, per day and includes accommodation, buffet breakfast, Wi-Fi internet, city tax and VAT
Please make your reservation directly with the hotel indicating the code word: UEEIV Railway Forum. The price will be valid as long as there is availability.
EXHIBITORS & SPONSORS
We thank the following companies for supporting the Railway Forum:
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