TO MAINTAIN the new levels of interaction
between the Congress programme and the Exhibition foreseen in Rome,
the Mobility & City Transport Exhibition will host four ‘Expo
Forums’ which will include sessions presenting public transport
industrial innovations.
These sessions will take place every day on the Exhibition site, offering
Congress delegates and Exhibition visitors an opportunity to inform
themselves about recent technological innovations and business development
opportunities.
Monday
6 June 2005
16:15 – 17:30
Expo forum 1 - Information
technologies for improved security and safety
Offering more security to your passengers
with Alcatel's onboard video surveillance solution for rail
Christophe Carde, Business Development Manager for CCTV, Alcatel, Velizy,
France
How innovative computer-based real route video learning systems
can improve driver confidence and reduce accidents
Stuart Miller, Sales Director, Inovas Ltd, Larbert, Falkirk, Scotland
Safe on the move
Speaker from RP Sicherheitssysteme GmbH, Flensburg, Germany
Track worker safety with modern automatic track warning systems:
an urgent need to maintain today’s railway systems
Jörg Schweizer, Head of Work Protection Unit, Schweizer Electronic
AG, Reiden, Switzerland
16:15 – 17:30
Expo forum 2 - Modern
radio communication systems
Using radio-based train control
to improve urban rail service and reduce lifecycle costs
Ed Kuun, Data Communication Systems Product Manager, Alcatel Canada Inc,
Toronto, Canada
Free-propagation radio CBTC for improved service operation
Corinne Braban, Marketing Product Manager, Siemens Transportation Systems,
Montrouge, France
Modern inductive radio communication systems
Christian Schmidt, Division Manager, Hanning & Kahl GmbH & CO
KG, Oerlinghausen, Germany
16:15 – 17:30
Expo forum 3 - Innovative
bus design and services
Tram-bus by Irisbus: a review of
the Civis, Cristalis and guided bus systems four years after the start of
operation
Jean-Marc Boucheret, Product Marketing Manager - Civis and guided bus systems,
Irisbus, Lyon, France
A new shape for a new world: the next generation of large urban
buses
Eric Woodcock, Director, LoBus, Southport, UK
Vehicle concept of the future
Speaker from Marketing Department, EvoBus GmbH – Mercedes Benz Omnibusse,
Mannheim, Germany
‘Publi Car’: a personalized and flexible service
Daniel Landolf, Head of Post Bus, Swiss Post Bus, Bern, Switzerland
Tuesday
7 June 2005
11:15 – 12:30
Expo forum 4 - Electronic
ticketing and multi-application smartcards
C.Carte®: a brand new operating
system platform for 100% customised and personalised public transport and
multi-application
Patrick Sure, Product Marketing Manager, ASK, Sophia-Antipolis, France
If your card is smart, your system should be as well
Frithjof Struye, Head of Business Development, Scheidt & Bachmann
GmbH, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Integrated fare management schemes to face new mobility trends
Gérard Najman, Directeur de la Stratégie Thales e-Transaction
CGA, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
Jeroen Kok, CEO, TransLink Systems, Utrecht, Netherlands
Low-cost smart tickets and their impact on the business case
Trevor Crotch-Harvey, Director of sales, Innovision Research & Technology
plc, Hamshire, United Kingdom
11:15 – 12:30
Expo forum 5 - Information
systems for improved rail operation and management
Solutions for controlling costs
in public transport
Boris or Alain Frecon, Austrics Agent for Europe, Austrics, Adelaide, Australia
New ways of counting passengers and managing data
Uwe Hinrichsen, President and CEO - Dilax group, Dilax Intelcom GmbH,
Berlin, Germany
Time for an integrated vehicle IT
Albrecht Simons, Authorized Representative, Init GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany
Using a business information management system to promote efficiency
and manage change
Jesper Andersen, Managing Director, Trapeze Group, Åbyhøj,
Denmark
11:15 – 12:30
Expo forum 6 - Innovative
bus technologies and improved operation
Evolution of the vehicle diagnostic
system on Bredamenarinibus city buses
Francesco Polito, Technical Support to Sales, Bredamenarinibus S.p.A., Bologna,
Italy
Sintered metal filter: new technologies for clean buses
Axel Middendorf, Head of Sales, HJS Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH & Co KG,
Menden, Germany
Alternative propulsion concepts
Speaker from Marketing Department, EvoBus GmbH – Mercedes Benz Omnibusse,
Mannheim, Germany
Optimising bus operation based on operating data
Robert Müller, Head of Area and Key Account Management, Voith Turbo
GmbH & Co KG, Heidenheim, Germany
Sonja Metzger, Customer Projects After Sales, Voith Turbo GmbH & Co
KG, Heidenheim, Germany
16:15 – 17:30
Expo forum 7 - New technologies
for improved rail infrastructure and rolling stock
InfraManager: an approach for optimised
maintenance and renewal planning
Pietro Pace, InfraManager Project Leader, Mer Mec S.p.A., Monopoli, Italy
Pietro Cosoli, Executive Director, Mer Mec S.p.A., Monopoli, Italy
Innovative infrastructure diagnostics for improved service operation
and safety
Giuseppe Aurisicchio, RailMaster Project Manager, Mer Mec S.p.A., Monopoli,
Italy
U-shaped pre-stressed concrete decks for LRT/MRT viaducts
Daniel Dutoit, Director, Systra, Paris, France
Bombardier Flexity: solutions for railbound urban transport across
Europe
Diego Diaz, Director Business Development, Bombardier Transportation,
Vienna, Austria
16:15 – 17:30
Expo forum 8 - Automatic
fare collection
Public transport in Rome and the
Lazio region: a multi-application and powerful card to improve public transport
in a large city, today and tomorrow
Patrick Sure, Product Marketing Manager, ASK, Sophia-Antipolis, France
Contactless tickets and contactless POS terminal for a new technology
in metros
Jean-Michel Dupont, Product Marketing Manager, ASK, Sophia-Antipolis,
France
Electronic ticketing in public transport
Adrian Ach, Sales Manager, T-Systems GEI GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
Wayfarer's intermodal systems
Marcelo Hiayes, Technical Sales Engineer, Wayfarer Transit Systems, Ltd,
Poole, United Kingdom
16:15 – 17:30
Expo forum 9 - Information
technologies for improved operation and management
From analog to digital: GPRS or
Tetra/Tetrapol
Jürgen Greschner, Chief Sales Officer, Init GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany
Cooperation projects on sustainable mobility in China*
Marino Mazzon, Director, ITS Division, Thetis S.p.A., Venice, Italy
RailCom Manager: integration of information and communications
systems for mass transit and mainline
Manfred Schmidt, Vice President Rail Communications, Siemens Transportation
Systems, Braunschweig, Germany
Realising the vision of urban rail efficiency with CBTC innovations
Vlad Mitroi, Product Manager, Alcatel Canada TAS, Weston, Canada
* to be confirmed
Wednesday
8 June 2005
11:15 – 12:30
Expo forum 10 - Rolling
stock design and maintenance
Meeting diverse metro network requirements
around the world
Flavio Canetti, Director, Marketing and Bid Strategy, Bombardier Transportation,
Villeneuve, Switzerland
Climatic tests for reliable public transport systems
Gabriel Haller, Technical Director, Rail Tec Arsenal, Vienna, Austria
Test centre for rolling stock products and railway infrastructure
Robert Grootings, Head of Validation Center, Siemens Transportation Systems,
Wegberg, Germany
New models of rolling stock maintenance such as NERTUS public
private partnership
Arne Kleversaat, President Siemens Integrated Services Division, Siemens
Transportation Systems, Erlangen, Germany
11:15 – 12:30
Expo forum 11 - Travel
information systems
An integrated system for passenger
information in the transit market
Marcello Biava, President, Aesys S.p.A., Seriate, Italy
Multimedia Route Map to make passengers’ lives easier
Patricia Messin, Export Sales Manager, Duhamel SA, Domene, France
Next generation of mobile timetable information
Michael Frankenberg, Head of Department and Partner, HaCon Ingenieurgesellschaft
mbH, Hannover, Germany
Using state-of-the-art networking technology to provide real
time departure information
Stephan Bruenig, Managing Director, Precimation AG, Hannover, Germany
11:15 – 12:30
Expo forum 12 - Energy
and environment in rail systems
Ground-level power supply system
François Lacote, Senior Vice President Technical, Alstom Transport,
Saint Ouen, France
The first tram with diesel electric drive
Alf Windeck, Director Sales and Projects International, Siemens Transportation
Systems, Erlangen, Germany
Mitrac energy saver: a new era in energy efficiency
Michael Steiner, Global Director Engineering, Bombardier Transportation,
Mannheim, Germany
Development of a modular damping system against wheel noise emission
for urban transport vehicles
Steven Cervello, Research and Development Department, Lucchini Sidermeccanica
S.p.A., Lovere, Italy
Thursday
9 June 2005
11:00 – 12:30
Expo forum 13 - Automation
and driverless metros
Expectations and achieved results
from Unattended Train Operation
Marc Drolet, Vice President Total Transit Systems Signaling, Bombardier
Transportation, Pittsburgh, USA
Jeff Stover, Director Engineering, Bombardier Transportation, Pittsburgh,
USA
Automated systems in North America and the Far East: diverse
requirements, flexible solutions
Paul Didrikson, Director, Marketing and Product Planning, Bombardier Transportation,
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Expandable metro systems from Siemens: preferred variants from
Semi-Automatic Train Operation to Unattended Train Operation
Peter Albrecht, General Manager Engineering, Siemens Transportation Systems,
Berlin, Germany
TRAINGUARD MT: upgradeable train control system from semi-automation
to driverless mass transit systems
Melih Arpaci, Product Manager Train Control Systems, Siemens Transportation
Systems, Braunschweig, Germany
11:00 – 12:30
Expo forum 14 - Standardisation
and interoperability
CBTC standardisation and prospects
for interoperability
David Dimmer, Chief Architect of Interoperability, Alcatel Canada, Weston,
Ontario, Canada
Harmonisation of standards concerning tenders and warranties
Speaker from Marketing Department, EvoBus GmbH – Mercedes Benz Omnibusse,
Mannheim, Germany
11:00 – 12:30
Expo forum 15 - Innovative
bus technologies
Automatised articulated coupler
and impact protection systems
Holger Costard, Sales and Marketing Manager, Voith Turbo Scharfenberg GmbH
& CoKG, Salzgitter, Germany
Clean hybrid bus development
Maurice Perl, Group Board Director, Wright Group, Ballymena, Northern
Ireland, United Kingdom
11:15 – 12:30
Expo forum 16 - IT for customer oriented public transport
New Solution in Infotainment and Internet Applications for Mass Transit and Railways Attilio Bongiorni, Business Development Manager, Seawind S.p.A., Guidonia Montecelio ( Roma ) , Italy
Check In - Be Out, a breakthrough in electronic ticketing with automatic passenger detection during the tri Markus Gloger, Director R&D, Atron electronic GmbH, Markt Schwaben , Germany
Now that you have a Smart Card System, what Next? Clearing and settlement with smart cards David Douglas Stone, Global Divisional General Manager, Business Development, Sales & Strategy (ERG Group), Chief Executive, UK (ERG & pcl)
Smart cards applications: from automatic fare collection to Customer Relationship Management Joannes Janssen, Business Development Europe , Cubic Transportation Systems, Salfords, Redhill , United Kingdom
