Program
The 3rd iaf Congress on Rail Infrastructure Works Track to the Future.
Wednesday May 22, 2019
9:00 am
10:00 am
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Mainka, VDEI President
Ralf Schweinsberg, Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
Karin Reismann, Mayor of the City of Münster
10:45 am
Dipl.-Pol. Dirk Flege, Executive Director at Allianz pro Schiene e.V.
11:00 am
Frank Sennhenn, CEO of DB Netz AG
11:30 am
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Hubert Hager, ÖBB-Infrastructure AG
12:00 pm
Step 2025 – the future rail infrastructure in Switzerland
Andreas Brunner, SBB Infrastructure, Project Manager
12:30 pm
Dipl.-Pol. Dirk Flege, Executive Director at Allianz pro Schiene e.V.
1:00 pm
Lunchtime snack in the exhibition area
Planning and Building – a Comparison between Countries
Presentation: Stephan Schulte, DB Netz AG
2:00 pm
The Grand Paris Express project – an example for digitisation in France
Gaëlle Pinson, Société du Grand Paris
2:00 pm
Digital applications for modern railway infrastructure maintenance in Belgium
MA Jan Mys, S.A. Infrabel
2:30 pm
Line determination for a new railway line
Dr. Reinhard Domke, DB Netz AG
Dr. Veit Appelt, A+S Consult GmbH
3:00 pm
BIM in stock - The high-precision digital twin as a basis for modern infrastructure planning
Dipl.-Ing., M.Sc. Marc Kückmann, OBERMEYER Planen+Beraten GmbH
DI Dr. Florian Auer, Plasser & Theurer - Export of Bahnbaumaschinen G.m.b.H.
3:30 pm
Coffee break in the exhibition area
4:15 pm
Safety in crane work in the track area - new railway crane range
Christian Prantl, PALFINGER EUROPE GMBH
Technical Demonstrations in the Outdoor Area
Presentation: Manfred Wacker, Speaker of VDEI-FG Oberbau
4:45 pm
Introduction to the technical demonstrations
Manfred Wacker, Speaker of VDEI-FG Oberbau
5:00 pm
Technical demonstrations in the outdoor area
6:00 pm
Congress dialogue in the exhibition area
8:30 pm
End of the 1st congress Day
Thursday, May 23 2019
Generational Change & Transfer of Knowledge
Presentation: Mikhail Simonov, Young Network Railway
9:00 am
Compentence in track technology and knowledge transfer - A phase-out model?
Peter Güldenapfel, Centre of Excellence for tracks
9:30 am
"Trackopedia" – The platform for knowledge transfer
Antonio Intini, PMC Rail International Academy GmbH
10:00 am
Augmented reality – How the turnout will come to the classroom
Franziska Kost, DB Netz AG
Thomas Knauer-Arnold, VISCOPIC GmbH
10:30 am
Coffee break in the exhibition area
Innovations & Current Research
Presentation: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas B. Siefer, TU Braunschweig
11:00 am
The "German Center for Rail Transport Research"
Ralf Turge, BMVI
11:30 am
Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) as a basis technolgy for railway applications
DI Michael Thiel, Frauscher Sensor Technology
12:00 pm
System-based optimisation of availability – Interplay of design, geometry and material
Dr. Albert Jörg, voestalpine Railway Systems
12:30 pm
Lunchtime snack in the exhibition area
1:30 pm
360° view of coordinated elasticity in railway superstructure exemplified by two hotspot considerations: Turnouts and transitions
Dr. techn. M.Sc. Ferdinand Pospischil, Getzner Werkstoffe GmbH
2:00 pm
The "Silent Revolution" – Energy production along railway lines
Dr. Sylvia Böcker, DIRECTTECH Global
2:30 pm
Summary & closing address, outlook iaf 2021
Manfred Wacker, Speaker of VDEI-FG Oberbau
2:45 pm
End of the iaf congress
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