21st Annual Fire Protection of Rolling Stock 2024

Improve, enhance and preserve fire safety at the Fire Protection of Rolling Stock Conference 2024

12 - 13

March

2024
  • Crowne Plaza Milan Linate, Milan Italy
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WHAT TO EXPECT FOR 2024?

The 21th Fire Protection of Rolling Stock conference is the unrivalled meeting covering safety, maintenance, innovation, and regulation in the rolling stock sector for Europe and beyond.

  • Discover and discuss the practical applications and trends
  • Hear from industry leaders like Hitachi Rail, Siemens, Patentes Talgo, Stadler, and Alstom
  • Meet and network with peers in the industry
  • Build the future of the Fire Protection of Rolling Stock industry

150+

Attendees

15+

Exhibitors to meet each year

20+

Speakers

70%

Attendees at Director+ level

150+

Attendees

15+

Exhibitors to meet each year

20+

Speakers

70%

Attendees at Director+ level

Agenda

  • 12 Mar 2024
  • 13 Mar 2024
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7:45 AM

Registration

8:50 AM

Chair’s Opening Remarks

Speakers

Dr. Tony Cash
International President, Rail Industry Fire Association

9 AM

Should Passive Fire Protection be Mandatory for all Rolling Stock? Evaluating Italy’s approach

▪ Evaluate Italy’s mandatory regulation of active and passive fire protection; should other countries be following them?
▪ How do they implement it? What’s different?
▪ How can other countries start implementing passive fire protection?

Speakers

Carlo Cecchi
Fire Safety Engineer, Hitachi

9:30 AM

Typical challenges with hydrogen detection

  • Be introduced to detection technology that is shaking up the industry
  • Discuss general safety considerations
  • Answer the question- what makes hydrogen so special?
  • Discuss application challenges, and how you can overcome them?

Speakers

Fredrik Jonasson
Global Product Line Manager Gas Detection, Consilium Safety Group

10 AM

E-scooter & e-bike opportunities and worries – lithium Batteries charging onboard passenger trains.

  • Opportunities for the environment
  • Lithium Batteries charging onboard passenger trains
  • Battery charging failures in other contexts (no railway applications)
  • Battery charging risks reduction in domestic context
  • What does guarantee safety in railway context?
  • Ways forwards

Speakers

Giuseppe Bene
Vehicles authorization office, ANSFISA

10:30 AM

Reserved for Paul van Trigt, CEO, Aero-X

Speakers

Paul Van Trigt
CEO

11 AM

Morning Refreshments & Networking

11:30 AM

Learning from other modes of transport: What can bus fires teach us about rolling stock?

▪ What can we learn from buses that share similar technology to trains?
▪ Can we apply their methods and mistakes to futureproof the rolling stock industry?

Speakers

Marta Dessi
Propulsion Application Engineer

12 PM

Optimising Fire Protection Systems and Interior Design of Rolling Stock

  • Review the current fire protection system solutions in 2024
  • What are the potential conflicts and interaction with interior design?
  • How do we match best integration into interior design?
  • Discuss examples and our future outlook

Speakers

 Dr. Markus Müller
Managing Director, Wagner Rail

12:30 PM

Sustainable Design for an Environmental Future

▪ Discuss upcoming sustainable design trends in 2024; what’s new, and why should we consider it?
▪ What are our goals this year to become a more sustainable industry?

Speakers

Keith Mack
Quality Standards Manager, London North Eastern Railway

1 PM

Integrating fire protection and safety systems in rolling stock: ensuring train integrity, operation continuity and safety

  • Importance of fire protection as a safety critical task for transport systems
  • Why safety design is a key factor for ultimate mission achievement
  • How to ensure Integrity of safety critical functions at system level
  • Setting new standards for new generation fire systems for rolling stock

Speakers

Andrea Cremoncini
Sales & Marketing Manager, ISE srl - Italy

1:15 PM

Lunch & Networking Break

2:15 PM

Learning from human behaviour to optimise rolling stock fire safety.

▪ Can observing human behaviours towards fires in rolling stock be the key to engineering fire protective designs?
▪ What can behavioural science teach us?

Speakers

Jemma Widdows
Human Factors Specialist, RSSB

2:45 PM

Regulatory changes and technological innovations to reduce false alarms and maintenance costs

  • Will SIL2 “at system level” become the new standard for rolling stock globally?
  • Will UNI11565:2021 become the new standard for suppression in Europe?
  • Reducing false alarms and maintenance costs

Speakers

Chetan Sahai
CEO, SEMA Systems Srl

3 PM

Afternoon Refreshments & Networking Break

4 PM

Simulations of the subway escape system with behavioral analysis – case study of the M1 Loreto station in Milan

  • Participate in a case study on how ATM uses simulation systems to evaluate occupant evacuation and the fire safety measures present in the metro lines
  • What are the results obtained?
  • Discuss future developments
  • What management measures are used to improve the action of emergency teams?

Speakers

Donatello Calabrese
Fire Safety Engineer team coordinator, ATM – Azienda Trasporti Milanese S.p.a

4:30 PM

Bringing H2 trains to the US: alternative fuel systems

  • Discuss why hydrogen fuel would be a good option for the US
  • Understand vehicle testing: vehicle roof, gangway wall, powerpack floor
  • Examine challenges to be faced when switching to hydrogen fuel, such as hydrogen safety and cylinder testing
  • Answer the question: is hydrogen sustainable?

Speakers

David Williams
Fire Engineer, Stadler

5 PM

Chairman’s Summary & Close of Conference

8:15 AM

Registration

8:50 AM

Chair’s Opening Remarks

Speakers

Dr. Tony Cash
International President, Rail Industry Fire Association

9 AM

Rethinking Railway Travel Post-Covid; has the purpose of trains changed, and how does that affect fire safety and interior design?

  • Do we use trains differently in the post-covid world?
  • How do we adapt our fire safety and interior design models to suit this new trend of traveller?

Speakers

Daisy Chapman
Chamberlain, Innovation Manager, East West Railway Company

9:30 AM

Vendor

10 AM

Ion-Lithium batteries: mitigating risks and moving towards widespread use

Speakers

Dr. Aurelio Rojo Garrido
Honorary President of APICI, Former Operation, Safety and Security Director, Madrid Metro

10:30 AM

Fire protection system integration at its best – Diehl is setting new standards.

  • False alarm robustness standard from the aviation industry as a benchmark for fire detection in rolling stock
  • Customised detector design for optimised adaptation to the train ceiling
  • Experience with the aviation MPS standard as a benchmark for fire extinguishing in rolling stock
  • 100% in-house development allows 100% flexibility for each customer project in rolling stock fire protection

Speakers

Dr. Gerd Wedler
Department Manager Rail Engineering, DIEHL Aviation Gilching GmbH

11 AM

Morning Refreshments and Networking

11:30 AM

PANEL DISCUSSION: What’s the next big thing in urban mobility?

  • Discuss the future of rolling stock; where is it going, is it still relevant, how do we keep up with the times?
  • How does changing urban mobility affect how we do our job?
  • Are trains still considered important modes of transport?
  • How do we innovate and move towards the future of rolling stock?

Speakers

Dr. Tony Cash
International President, Rail Industry Fire Association
Daisy Chapman
Chamberlain, Innovation Manager, East West Railway Company
Dr. Aurelio Rojo Garrido
Honorary President of APICI, Former Operation, Safety and Security Director, Madrid Metro
Colin Herbst
Fire Safety Inspector, London Fire Brigade
Michael Dewberry
Fire Safety Manager, London Fire Brigade

12:15 PM

Validation of the firefighting system by real scale test: is the Italian approach effective or useless?

  • Requirements of Railways Standards: EN vs UNI
  • The importance of establishing a rigorous and meaningful test protocol
  • Preparation and execution of tests on Diesel engine rooms and Electrical Cabinets
  • Results and conclusions

Speakers

Luca Bartoletti
Railways Manager, Fire Kloud

12:30 PM

Lunch & Extended Networking Break

1:45 PM

The application of PVC on rolling stock: fire tests in developing floor materials

  • Discuss fire tests as a definition of specimens 
  • What are the results of the tests? 
  • Consider the next steps to be taken in PVC flooring testing in operation on bistro areas 

Speakers

Paolo Diana
Fire Safety Engineer, Trenitalia
Rita Di Michele
Mechanical Engineer, Trenitalia

2:15 PM

Vendor

2:45 PM

Talgo’s Innovations in Fire Safety for Hydrogen Trains; a case study

▪ Discover developments in Talgo’s hydrogen train manufacturing.
▪ How are they implementing new fire protective technology?

Speakers

Adrián Aguilar Villamor
Fire Systems Engineer
Isabel Cambeiro Lema
Systems Engineer, Patentes Talgo

3:15 PM

Afternoon Refreshments and Networking

3:45 PM

Hosted Round Tables

Interactive roundtable sessions offer a unique opportunity to come together with your peers to share best practice and develop solutions to critical challenges facing the industry as a whole. Hosted by industry experts and each focused on a single issue, roundtables are an exciting, interactive way to build your personal network and learn from the experience and expertise of others.

Each roundtable session lasts for 30 minutes, and delegates may attend up to 2 roundtables

Round Table 1 – Refurbishing Reused Products for Fire Protection Safety- Problems and Solutions.
Hosted by: Carlo Cecchi, Fire safety engineer, Hitachi Rail

Round Table 2 – The Milanese Metro Upgrade – What opportunities are there for enhanced fire safety?

Round Table 3 – Opportunities and Challenges in stored and renewable energy sources- where do we go from here?
Hosted by: Dr. Tony Cash, International President, Rail Industry Fire Association

Speakers

Carlo Cecchi
Fire Safety Engineer, Hitachi
DR TONY CASH
Chartered Engineer, Tunnel Fire Safety & Security

4:45 PM

Close of Conference

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Dr. Tony Cash
International President, Rail Industry Fire Association

BSc, PhD, CChem, FRSC, EurChem, CEng, FIFireE Chairman, FPRS, February 2021 Dr. Cash is an experienced Fire, Safety and Emergency Planning professional with considerable exposure to a wide range of safety regulatory activities in the rail, aviation, oil & petrochemical, marine and military sectors. Based in the United Kingdom, Tony is a Chartered Fire Engineer accredited by the Institution of Fire Engineers and a Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers, a Chartered European Chemist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He’s a distinguished Member of the British Standards Institute, International President of the Rail Industry Fire Association (RIFA) and Vice-President of the London Branch of the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE). United Kingdom Expert on the European Standard CEN/TC 256/WG 1, Railway Applications (Fire Protection) working group. Been practicing fire protection engineering for over 35 years and has specialised in the fire safe design of very complicated and unusual projects in a wide range of private and public sectors.Tony has previously been the Chartered Fire Engineer at Heathrow Airport Limited and before joining Heathrow, Tony worked for Bombardier Transportation, Trenton Fire, London Underground (LU), Transport for London (TfL), the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority and Angus Fire Ltd. He earned a Bachelor of Science (BSc) Honours in Chemistry from the University of London in 1983 and earned a Doctorate in Physical Chemistry (Ph.D.) from the University of Leeds in 1987. He is a Chartered Chemist (CChem), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and a Chartered European Chemist (EurChem). Dr. Cash is also a Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers (FIFireE), and a Chartered Fire Engineer. Tony has been involved in fire safety engineering since 1983 and first became a Chartered Practitioner in 1987. Tony has experience of working in the UK, USA, Canada, the Far East, the British Overseas Territories, the Middle East, Scandinavia, Europe, Cyprus and South Africa. Throughout his broad & varied career, Tony has participated on a number of committees advising on new guidance documents and proposed legislation including British Standards, NFPA, ICAO, UK CAA, EASA and the Institution of Fire Engineers Special Interest Groups. In addition, he has set and marked exams for his professional bodies, the UK CAA and overseas aviation agencies on fire safety & emergency planning, human factors in engineering and the Carriage Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Goods/Hazardous Materials. Tony regularly speaks on the subject of rail rolling stock and tunnel fire safety at international conferences. He has chaired numerous annual conferences on the Fire Protection of Rolling Stock and is looking forward to chairing the 18th annual conference back in Berlin.

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Chair’s Opening Remarks

2024-03-12, 8:50 AM

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Chair’s Opening Remarks

2024-03-13, 8:50 AM

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PANEL DISCUSSION: What’s the next big thing in urban mobility?

2024-03-13, 11:30 AM

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David Williams
Fire Engineer, Stadler

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Bringing H2 trains to the US: alternative fuel systems

2024-03-12, 4:30 PM

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Marta Dessi
Train System Engineer, Alstom
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Carlo Cecchi
Fire Safety Engineer, Hitachi

Carlo Cecchi – HITACHI RAIL  Italy

Fire Safety Engineer

Structural calculation, Material and Technology Dept.

Design Engineering

 

31 Years of experience in Fire Safety

Involved in Fire Safety design of the following main Projects:

  • Eurotunnel Heavy good carrier Vehicles (LHGVC) and Amenity coaches (LAMC)
  • EMU Nsb Class 72 for Norwegian railways (NSB)
  • DMU IC4 and IC2 for Danish railways (DSB)
  • Metro vehicles for Italian. European, Asian and USA market
  • Italian railway vehicles as ETR 500 High speed train , ETR1000 Very high speed train, High frequentation train (TAF)
  • High speed Interoperable train for Holland-Belgium
  • V300 Zefiro high Speed train
  • Caravaggio double deck EMU’s for Italian railways
  • Several metro vehicles for Italy. Middle East and U.S. market

Fire safety design expert and member of:

  • UNIFE SRG fire safety topical group
  • CEN/CENELC TC 256 WG1
  • UNI Fire safety expert involved both on Italian and European standards
  • Coordinator of UNI Fire Safety CT 50

 

Participating  to several national and European Research projects as TRANSFEU

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Hosted Round Tables

2024-03-13, 3:45 PM

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Should Passive Fire Protection be Mandatory for all Rolling Stock? Evaluating Italy’s approach

2024-03-12, 9:00 AM

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Adrián Aguilar Villamor
Hydrogen Train Technical Lead, Patentes Talgo

My name is Adrián Aguilar Villamor and I am Mechanical Engineer (Energy and Heat transfer), from Madrid Polytechnic University I also have a Master in Nuclear Engineering. I have work experience of about 5 years as a Mechanical CFD Engineer in different companies in the energy sector (Gas Natural, EA and ESS) .

My daily work is to perform the mechanical, thermal and CFD design of components of nuclear reactors and research accelerators, facilities including ITER, CERN and ESS (European Spallation Source).

To carry out these functions use the Ansys software, so I have considerable experience, especially in Ansys Fluent and in addition in the mechanical and thermal modules of Ansys. With them I have made numerous simulations trying to reproduce in the most reliable way possible the behaviour of different components of mentioned facilities in normal operation, accidental sequences, transients, etc. These simulations have been used for the design, manufacture and licensing documentation sent to corresponding regulatory authorities.

As complementary tool to the commercial CFD, I use the Python programming language. As well as mathematical Matlab software.

Parallel to my professional activity I have also done online and face-to-face training courses to deepen more in the simulations and numerical methods applicable to engineering (Finite Volumes, Finite Differences, Finite Elements) in general studying the bases of these techniques, as well as other more specific to be updated in the fluids and heat transfer engineering tools.

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Donatello Calabrese
Fire Safety Engineer team coordinator, ATM – Azienda Trasporti Milanese S.p.a

Master's Degree in Civil Engineering in University of Pisa, and 2nd level University Master degree in “Safety Management”.
Over eight years in the design and safety sector, project management, job coordination, drafting technical specifications for the assignment of works and design services, project validation, construction management, job analysis activities and planning of team activities.
Senior Fire Safety Engineer with solid experience in fire safety, specialized in thermo fluid dynamic simulations (FSE) and evacuation models (Crowd simulation).
I have experience working with many companies for the design and construction managment of various projects scales: offices, tower buildings, military bases, stadiums, shopping centers, industrial plants, historic building and metro lines.
I currently hold the role of Coordinator of the fire prevention design team for ATM Spa where i personally follows public tenders, expansion or redevelopment works of company assets: metro lines, large bus depots and tram lines, multi-storey interchange car parks.

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Simulations of the subway escape system with behavioral analysis – case study of the M1 Loreto station in Milan

2024-03-12, 4:00 PM

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Paolo Diana
Fire safety engineer, Trenitalia

Paolo Diana is a Mechanical Engineer, he graduated at the Università di Pisa in 2016.

He got the Professional Master’s Program in Infrastructures and Railway Systems Engineering in 2017.

He works in Trenitalia as Fire safety Engineer. He is currently involved in new projects of firefighting systems and HVAC systems on Trenitalia trains.

He is member of:

· CEN/CENELC TC 256 WG1

· UNI Fire Safety CT 50

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Daisy Chapman
Chamberlain, Innovation Manager, East West Railway Company

Queen of the Railways, rail expert, and Innovation Manager at East West Rail; with a passion for transport transformation, accessibility, sustainability and inclusion. Making rail better for all customers; safer, accessible and enjoyable.

Vice Chair of ITS UK's Inclusive Mobility Forum, Board member for the Community Rail Network and Northern Power Woman; Future List.

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Rethinking Railway Travel Post-Covid; has the purpose of trains changed, and how does that affect fire safety and interior design?

2024-03-13, 9:00 AM

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PANEL DISCUSSION: What’s the next big thing in urban mobility?

2024-03-13, 11:30 AM

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Jemma Widdows
Human Factors Specialist, RSSB

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Learning from human behaviour to optimise rolling stock fire safety.

2024-03-12, 2:15 PM

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Keith Mack
Quality Standards Manager, London North Eastern Railway

I was born in Edinburgh 1962 and have always lived in Scotland. I was educated at the local Grammar School and left in 1978 when I was 16 with seven “O” levels, average qualifications at the time. I started work on the railways as a mechanical apprentice at the Craigentinny Maintenance Depot in Edinburgh in 1978. This four year apprenticeship was intensive, broad based and included college studies in Mechanical and Production Engineering to HNC level. I have worked on all aspects of Rolling Stock maintenance on the depot as a fitter, was further trained to carry out electrical work. I progressed through the supervisory grades to Senior Shift Supervisor. Through this I developed an in depth knowledge of safety critical systems. I have also had specialist training in Non-Destructive testing, and have gained an in-depth knowledge of wheels bogies and running gear. I have had 14 years experience as a Rolling Stock Inspector carrying out in-service inspection, fault diagnosis and repairs on high speed diesel and electric trains. I have an extensive knowledge of the environment that Rolling Stock has to operate and how it performs in reality at speeds in service up to 125 mph. This included understanding what makes them reliable and what can be done to still operate when parts of systems are defective or have been badly damaged or isolated. Due to time limitations, rapid decision making was necessary and it was also necessary to work within what limited resources were available in isolated locations such as tools, and materials. I have undertaken further academic education in addition to normal work through the Open University and gained a BSc (Hons) degree and Diplomas in Systems Practice, Pollution Control and Professional Management. I am also an Incorporated Engineer IEng, a member of the IET and Associate Member of the IMechE. I was the project engineer for life extension work and reliability improvements to the East Coast Inter-City 125 High Speed Train fleet. This included ; Re-painting in, complete new vehicle interiors, laminated glass, MTU engines, new cooling systems, upgraded electronic control, reliability modifications, production of enhanced component overhaul specifications for rotating machines and bogies. I am currently responsible for Assurance and Engineering Standards including the production and control of Maintenance, Quality and Policy documentation relating to the London North Eastern 225 Electric fleet and Assurance of the new Hitachi Class 800 fleet. I am an IRCA registered Lead auditor for both ISO9001 and ISO14001. I represent London North Eastern Railway on various Rail Industry forums through both the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) and Rail Delivery Group (RDG). These include; fire, vehicle maintenance, pantographs, energy, wheelsets, axle bearings and standards. I am chair of the BSI RAE3/-/2 committee for Roller Bearings and Lubricants. I am passionate about the Assurance, safe design, reliability, cost effective maintenance, effective management of Engineering change, vehicle configuration and operation of trains.

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Sustainable Design for an Environmental Future

2024-03-12, 12:30 PM

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Giuseppe Bene
Vehicles authorization office, ANSFISA

Giuseppe Bene comes from a technical background in Aerospace Research & Technological Development towards Avio Group (4 years) and Train Maintenance Engineering in Trenitalia (10 years). He is specialized in statistical analyses and prognostic algorithm development for mechanical systems. He is involved in Railways Vehicle Authorization processes towards the Railways National Safety Agency in Italy (ANSFISA) since 2021.

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E-scooter & e-bike opportunities and worries – lithium Batteries charging onboard passenger trains.

2024-03-12, 10:00 AM

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Dr. Aurelio Rojo Garrido
Honorary President of APICI, Former Operation, Safety and Security Director, Madrid Metro

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Ion-Lithium batteries: mitigating risks and moving towards widespread use

2024-03-13, 10:00 AM

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PANEL DISCUSSION: What’s the next big thing in urban mobility?

2024-03-13, 11:30 AM

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 Dr. Markus Müller
Managing Director, Wagner Rail

· CH and AT citiszenship

· Since 2009 with WAGNER

· Managing director of Wagner Rail in Switzerland and Germany

· More than 20 years experience in fire protection

· Representant of Switzerland in many European and international (ISO) expert committees for fire protection such as gas extinguishing Aerosol extinguishing or water mist

· Member of the Eurofeu Presidium

· PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering and Master degree in Business Administration

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Optimising Fire Protection Systems and Interior Design of Rolling Stock

2024-03-12, 12:00 PM

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Dr. Gerd Wedler
Department Manager Rail Engineering, DIEHL Aviation Gilching GmbH
  • Dr Gerd Wedler, PhD in Solid State Physics
  • 20 years experience in the industry innovation & engineering (Infineon, VDI VDE IT, AOA, Diehl, ...)
  • Since 2010 responsible for systems engineering and fire protection of rolling stock at Diehl (formerly AOA)
  • Currently expanding Diehl's 20 years of FP experience to full system integration in rolling stock (detection, extinguishing, system integration & certification).

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Fire protection system integration at its best – Diehl is setting new standards.

2024-03-13, 10:30 AM

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Fredrik Jonasson
Global Product Line Manager Gas Detection, Consilium Safety Group

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Typical challenges with hydrogen detection

2024-03-12, 9:30 AM

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Luca Bartoletti
Railways Manager, Fire Kloud

Luca Bartoletti has a Master degree in Engineering and a strong technical background, gained along 20 years of experience in Field Engineering and Service roles, mainly in signalling, working for GE Transportation and Alstom, then in firefighting systems for railways application, working for AMGC-Wabtec.

In the last year is holding the role of Sales Manager for Railways market in Fir.Ex. S.r.l., Italian leader in the production of aereosol estinguishing systems, developing commercial relationships with the major players in the railways market.

Fir. Ex. is currently supplying aereosol generators for firefightening systems for the main Italian trains as Alstom’s POP (Smart Coradia) fleets, Hitachi’s Rock, Caravaggio and Blues fleets, Frecciaorssa ETR 500 & 1000, Intercity coaches, Titagarh’s veicles for Metro Catania and others.

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Validation of the firefighting system by real scale test: is the Italian approach effective or useless?

2024-03-13, 12:15 PM

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Andrea Cremoncini
Sales & Marketing Manager, ISE srl - Italy

Andrea Cremoncini has a Master degree in Physics and a broad technical background, implemented with a 40-year long experience, initially in technical roles, and then as a Product Manager and Marketing specialist, developing and selling high-tech products and systems for Research and Industrial applications.

He is one of the founders of I.S.E. Ingegneria dei Sistemi Elettronici, nowadays one of the leading Italian producers of Fire Protection Systems for Rolling Stock, where he has covered the role of Sales and Marketing Manager for 30 years.

On behalf of ISE he has been part of the UNI technical committee for rail fire protection in Italy, and within the team he has contributed to development of the Italian technical standard for Rollinig Stock fire Protection, UNI 11565.

As Sales and Marketing manager at ISE he works with quite a few manufacturers of rolling stock and transport agencies acting at a global level.

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Integrating fire protection and safety systems in rolling stock: ensuring train integrity, operation continuity and safety

2024-03-12, 1:00 PM

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Rita Di Michele
Mechanical Engineer, Trenitalia

I am a Mechanical Engineer, graduated from the University of Florence in 2021. After working in mechanical design, I work in Trenitalia since September 2022 in the role of Fire Safety Engineer. Currently, my work focuses on active and passive fire safety of rolling stock.

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The application of PVC on rolling stock: fire tests in developing floor materials

2024-03-13, 1:45 PM

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Paul Van Trigt
CEO

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Reserved for Paul van Trigt, CEO, Aero-X

2024-03-12, 10:30 AM

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Michael Dewberry
Fire Safety Manager, London Fire Brigade

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PANEL DISCUSSION: What’s the next big thing in urban mobility?

2024-03-13, 11:30 AM

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Colin Herbst
Fire Safety Inspector, London Fire Brigade

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PANEL DISCUSSION: What’s the next big thing in urban mobility?

2024-03-13, 11:30 AM

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Isabel Cambeiro Lema
Systems Engineer, Patentes Talgo

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Talgo’s Innovations in Fire Safety for Hydrogen Trains; a case study

2024-03-13, 2:45 PM

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Chetan Sahai
CEO, SEMA Systems Srl

Entrepreneur with a past in senior corporate leadership roles in Strategy/Business Development, M&A and Operations, developed over 20 years with GE Capital, Lazard and McKinsey across Italy, UK, US, Switzerland, and India. Currently, as CEO of SEMA Systems, on a mission to protect human lives and property, by developing and implementing state-of-the-art Safety Systems for Trains, Metros, Buses, Data Centers and other environments requiring technologically advanced solutions to improve safety (ie Fire Detection, Fire Suppression, Passenger Announcement Systems, Passenger Information Systems, etc).

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Regulatory changes and technological innovations to reduce false alarms and maintenance costs

2024-03-12, 2:45 PM

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