Closing Keynote
A forward look at how new propulsion, automation, passenger expectations and sustainability targets will reshape the vehicle, and what the industry must start doing now.
- The technologies most likely to change vehicle design in the next decade
- How passenger and operator expectations of the interior will evolve
- The capabilities the fire-safety and interiors community needs to build today
Roundtable
A candid conversation between authorities, operators, laboratories and manufacturers.
- Where inconsistent interpretation creates the greatest cost and delay
- What can be standardised across testing, documentation and change control
- How to improve dialogue without weakening independent assurance
Speaker TBC, Scott Bader
Tech Spotlight
How new resin and additive systems are targeting low smoke, low toxicity and reduced heat release alongside manufacturability.
- Intrinsic fire resistance and emerging bio-based chemistries
- Balancing FST performance with cure, finish and mechanical properties
- Moving credible formulations from laboratory to rail production
Senior Representative, Sabic
Tech Spotlight
Using condition data to identify degradation and component failure before protection is compromised.
- Selecting meaningful health indicators rather than collecting data for its own sake
- Combining sensor, maintenance and fault-history data
- Turning alerts into accountable maintenance decisions
Senior Representative, Firekoud
Operator Case Study
An operator’s experience of using in-service data to track the health of detection and suppression systems and act before protection is compromised.
- Deciding which systems and signals are worth monitoring
- Integrating fire-system data with maintenance planning and fault history
- Results so far on false alarms, availability and maintenance cost
Senior Representative, Zapp Zimmerman
Operator Case Study
How an operator running cross-border services secured fire-safety approval from different national authorities, and what it would change next time.
- Where national interpretations of EN 45545 diverged in practice
- Building one evidence package that several authorities would accept
- Working with the EU Agency for Railways and national authorities on vehicle authorisation
How programme teams can maintain approved performance when materials, components or suppliers change.
- Controlling equivalence claims and undocumented substitutions
- Maintaining traceability across long vehicle lifecycles
- Responding to shortages without creating hidden safety risk
Speaker TBC, Sema Systems
