Archives: Agenda

Active Fire Protection In Rolling Stock – Best Practice

  • With more than 25 years’ experience on active fire protection on rolling stock, FOGTEC will report on best practice
  • Experience report from the last 25 years
  • Do’s and don’ts for fire detection and suppression systems
  • Stories

Spotlight: Considerations About The Legal Framework For Development And Validation Of Safety Critical Products In The European Community

  • The European harmonized approach to Risk Management for Railway Transport Systems
  • Definition of Railway Systems having a critical role in preventing accidents or mitigating Risks
  • The Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) process and reference standards for implementing a comprehensive framework for Safety in Railway Applications
  • Technical Acceptance and Homologation process for Rolling Stock and hierarchical approach to Hazard Analysis and Logging
  • Safety Demonstration and Acceptance process, and relevant implications for suppliers and users of Safety Systems

Hosted Roundtables

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 40 minutes, and delegates may attend up to 2 roundtables

Round Table 1: Consider using thermoplastic materials for railway interior applications

  • What are the implications and benefits of modifying a design to enable the use of thermoplastic?
  • Thermoplastics offer cost-effective and more sustainable production for new rolling stock carriages
  • They provide options towards circularity and the ability to meet potential regulations mandating recycle content
  • Thermoplastic materials can offer design freedom, and production flexibility to deliver a different aesthetic effect
  • They may provide benefits in waste reduction when considering their flexibility in processing methods

Peter Mintjens, Senior Account Manager, SABIC Specialties

 

Round Table 2: Sharing Best Practice Strategies for Robust Operational and Safety Assurance

• Aligning with colleagues and stakeholders in delivering safety
• Lessons learnt working systems, standards, people and unions
• Effective auditing and assurance not only for safety management requirements and risk reduction, but also providing insight for business planning and developing cultures

Dr. Tony Cash, International President, Rail Industry Fire Association (RIFA) and Chair, Transport Special Interest Group, Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE)

 

Round Table 3: The Fire System – Interfaces and Effective Maintenance

• Why are the interfaces important?
• How do we know maintenance is effective?
• The role of the “End User”
• Learning through experience (Corporate memory)

Keith Mack, Quality Standards Manager, LNER

Panel Discussion: Leading The Way For Wealth Education

  • What common behaviours, biases and mistakes are we trying to educate our clients about?
  • How can wealth managers play a vital role in client engagement and investment strategies for UHNW/HNW/Mass Affluent
  • Creating a comprehensive financial guidance to meet the demand surge