The convergence of technology and infrastructure has the ability to transform our communities and economy, reduce emissions as well provide an opportunity for business leaders to optimise asset performance and reduce cost. Asset information and data management will allow more precise decisions to be made to balance cost, risk and performance, supporting operational effectiveness and efficiency. We will be addressing how the European rail sector are developing and implementing asset information strategies, managing data across multiple disparate systems and leveraging new technologies to succeed.

1. The convergence of technology and infrastructure has the ability
to transform our communities and economy, reduce emissions
as well provide an opportunity for business leaders to optimise
asset performance and reduce cost.
Asset information and data management will allow more precise
decisions to be made to balance cost, risk and performance,
supporting operational effectiveness and efficiency.
We will be addressing how the European rail sector are
developing and implementing asset information strategies,
managing data across multiple disparate systems and leveraging
new technologies to succeed.
Overview
•Hear how Rail Operators and Infrastructure owners are developing new IT
based strategies to gain competitive advantage
•Gain insight into how “quality data” can enhance performance, lead business
initiatives and is now considered a key part of the “asset” infrastructure
•Understand how new technologies initiatives can enhance remote condition
monitoring and predictive maintenance
•Define the role and utilisation of asset information and data management
techniques for rolling stock
•Network with rail and infrastructure leaders, technology specialists, leading
academics and consultants putting IT at the heart of their business strategy.
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ASSET
INFORMATION
AND DATA MANAGEMENT
FOR SMART RAIL SYSTEMS
23rd June 2015
Crowne Plaza
London Docklands
Davin Crowley-Sweet, Professional Head of
Asset Data & Information, Network Rail
Kuldeep Gharatya, Engineering Director at the
Transport Systems Catapult, Head of Systems for
the Capital Programmes Directorate of
London Underground
John Downes, Head of Engineering Governance
& Services, London Underground
Wassim Badran, Head of Assets and
Technology, Member of the Management Board,
SBB AG Infrastructure
Raymond Soeters, Program Manager,
SpoorData, ProRail
Ross Dentten, Asset Information & Configuration
Manager, Crossrail
Vincent Weeda, Railway Traffic Analyst, ProRail
Paul Green, Director, Head of Innovation,
Arkessa
Henk Samson, Business Development and
Innovation, Struckton Rail
Carlos Esquíroz, Engineering & Maintenance
Director, Metro de Madrid
George Bearfield, Director of System Safety at
RSSB
Douglas Young, Asset Information Manager,
High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd

2. Programme - 23rd June 2015
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Chairmans Opening Remarks
Professor of Railway Systems and Director of Railway Research, The
University of Birmingham, Clive Roberts
Keynote: A data driven future for the digital railway
•Growing opportunity to integrate digitally
•BIM Execution: Developments and the launching of BIM Level 1
•Uplifting to Level 2- Building Information Modelling Mandate
•Digital collaboration within the Supply Chain
•Generating value through digital integration
•Key stakeholders in that integration and the role of
technology adoption.
John Downes, Head of Engineering Governance & Services, London
Underground
Kuldeep Gharatya, Engineering Director at the Transport
Systems Catapult, Head of Systems for the Capital Programmes Directorate
of London Underground
Why quality asset data is vital to every aspect of effective asset
management
•Governance of Asset Data
•Predictive model
•Risk based assurance
Davin Crowley Sweet, Professional Head of Asset Data & Information,
Network Rail
Predictive Maintenance Planning: how track analysis helps
reduce maintenance costs and safety risks
SBB operates one of the most highly utilised rail networks in the world. The
ever-expanding traffic demands, reduce time slots for maintenance work each
year.
Doing the right thing at the right place and time does not only save costs but
also minimises the impact on the daily operation.
SBB’s transition to predictive maintenance is one main pillar of the strategy
to cope with the future traffic demand and at the same time maintain the very
high safety standard and the outstanding reliability of the Swiss rail network.
Wassim Badran, Head of Assets and Technology, Member of the
Management Board, SBB AG Infrastructure
SMIS+ project: Delivering a common enterprise safety
management system solution for the whole of the GB rail
industry.
RSSB is currently building on its foundations in safety reporting, risk analysis
and modelling to deliver an upgrade to both its SMIS reporting system and
its ‘close call’ system. This project, known as SMIS+, is being undertaken in
order to deliver a common enterprise safety management system solution for
the whole of the GB rail industry.
The presentation will address:
•Why good safety and risk information is critical to the effective running of
the modern railway, in a commercial environment.
•RSSBs current systems and outputs and the benefits they have brought
to the railway in Great Britain.
•The potential that can be realised in the future through better integration
of safety, performance and asset data on the railway, and use of more
proactive and predictive approaches to analytics.
•The future vision for full integration of safety management systems and
risk modelling, within modern enterprise safety management system
software.
George Bearfield, Director of System Safety, RSSB
Coffee and Networking
Update: Enabling Quality Asset Information to support the
Crossrail Smart Railway
How Crossrail is structuring and utilising its Asset Information Management
System
Ross Dentten, Asset Information & Configuration Manager, Crossrail
High Speed 2 Asset Information for the future.
Design Approach – Managing changing requirements
Integration throughout the business.
BIM – realising the benefits.
Human Factors
Looking to the future.
Douglas Young, Asset information manager, HS2
Panel: How can we better manage complexity?
•Best practice for managing data quality and accuracy
•BIM for Rail: What information is being captured and how are we dealing
with it?
•Complying with regulatory requirements, establishing a strategy and
gaining support
•Availability of data, governance and reporting – Adopting common data
management standards
•Identifying gaps in data and knowledge
Panelists:
Ross Dentten, Asset Information & Configuration Manager, Crossrail
George Bearfield, Director of System Safety, RSSB
Davin Crowley Sweet, Professional Head of Asset Data & Information,
Network Rail
Lunch and Networking
Developing a sustainable business case for Asset information
(Details TBC)
Total cost of ownership
Key cost drivers
Knowledge management -Project planning and execution
Ensuring relevant data and value creation
Investment decision points
Carlos Esquíroz, Engineering & Maintenance Director, Metro de Madrid
High quality asset data at your fingertips
Performance of the business is leading
Collaborate in learning spaces with partners, like maintenance contractors
and engineering agencies
Transformation from drawing to data by implementing the Building Information
Model Rail
Maintenance and logistics processes of ProRail and their partners are based
on the same data source
Asset databases automatically validated and updated with the real situation
outside
A couple of examples and tools in practice
Raymond Soeters, Program Manager SpoorData, Informatie, ProRail
Mind the Gap
The presentation is about the gap between the ideal situation of 100%
correct data and the real life situation with the shortcomings of the actual data
available. New insights, tools and techniques often require more detailed
data . This means that on one hand we must make sure to improve future
data collection in order to be able to use the advantages new techniques give
us. On the other hand we must use existing data and our creativity to get
the answers to the questions we have in understanding the behaviour of our
assets. Other aspects which will be addressed:
The various stakeholders involved which makes data exchange a necessity as
well as the use of open systems and standards. International developments
using new techniques applied in the context of rail asset management.
Henk Samson, Business Development & Innovation, Strukton Rail
Coffee and Networking
Continuous performance improvement on Dutch railway
Data development over recent years: existing sources combined and enriched
to arrival/departure delays, signal aspects, asset failures, primary/secondary
delay attribution etc. This provides a basis for aggregation, visualisation, and
analysis.
Short term feedback loop: cutting operational process times by e.g. fine tuning
signal triggers and level crossings.
Longer term feedback loop: improving timetables by realistic process times
and reduced dependencies.
Feedback about feedback: performance improvement measures may have
side effects, be ineffective or even counterproductive, so evaluation required.
Vincent Weeda, Railway Traffic Analyst, ProRail
“The Internet of Railway Things”
What is the Internet of Railway Things?
How might data from multiple sensors be organised and shared
Supporting the railway ecosystem
Rapidly delivering information services which could not be specified in
advance
Case studies of pilot multiparty projects
Paul Green, Director of Innovation, Arkessa
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in legislation, regulations and standards, the economic situation, advanced technologies, innovative solutions, new
trends and current issues… we deliver the information in the form of technical articles and with interviews with key
players in the field.
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The «RZD-Partner International» magazine informs its readers about the new trends and prognoses of Russian
transport sector development, publishes analytical articles and comments of key figures in the transport sector, and
covers the whole range of problems related to railway transportation process; – provides extensive coverage of the
activity of Russian Railways JSC, investments in large projects carried out in Russia, the CIS countries and the Baltic
states, development and manufacture of rolling stock, and directions of Russian transport companies’ technical policy;
– contains a lot of statistics information about the volume and directions of transportation, the number of produced and
written-off railcars.
www.rzd-partner.com
The international business magazine JURA MOPE SEA published in English, Chinese, Russian, and Lithuanian
languages, is well known in the international market and to the transport, logistics specialists, leaders of transport
business and politicians of the Eurasian region since 1999.
The magazine is published 6 times per year with the circulation of 5-10 thousand copies and CD copies. Each issue
is distributed in several international transport and logistics events in Europe and Asia, Airports in Lithuania, DFDS
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Our readers are the leaders and managers of transport business, politicians, diplomats, scientists, students, analysts
of maritime and transport business in more than 150 countries worldwide. JŪRA MOPE SEA is published by the
private company Juru Informacijos Centras (The Center of Marine Information Ltd)
www.jura.lt
RailAdvisor is a railway information website & knowledge platform that reaches more than 30,000 railway
professionals monthly. This website connects railway professionals by providing a community based platform for the
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for companies to reach the global railway industry to promote technical & commercial solutions.
The Global Railway Community provides both the content as well as the moderation for industry benefit. RailAdvisor
provides Solution Based Railway Knowledge, for Rail Professionals, by Rail Professionals.
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