MONDAY, 16 September 2019

08:30 

Registration

10:00 

Opening of the Convention
Dipl.-Ing. Franz BAUER, Chairman     

SESSION A: INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT AND DIGITALISATION

Chair: Dipl.-Ing. Helmut HAINITZ/ Ing. Mag. (FH) Andreas MATTHÄ

10:15

Keynotes/tbd
Andreas MATTHÄ, CEO ÖBB-Holding AG

10:45 

International Infrastructure Financing
Martha LAWRENCE, Senior Railway Specialist, World Bank, USA  

11:15

System Engineering
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard KNOLL, UEEIV, Austria

11:45 

Certified Asset Management at ÖBB
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Christian HOLZER, ÖBB, Austria

12:00

Life Cycle Management Across Disciplines at ÖBB-Infrastruktur
Dipl.-Ing. Georg NEUPER, ÖBB, Austria  

12:30

Lunch Break

13:30 

Discussion: Effect of Digitalisation on Infrastructure Management
Dipl.-Ing. Franz BAUER, ÖBB, Austria
Dipl.-Ing. Frank SENNHENN, DB Netz AG, Germany
Jacques BOSCHUNG, SBB, Switzerland, tbc

SESSION B: TRACK TECHNOLOGY – ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS 

Chair: Prof. Dr. Peter VEIT, Graz University of Technology, Austria

14:15

Improving Durability of Ballast Track on Korea HS Lines
Dr. Seung Yup JANG, National University of Transportation, Korea

14:45

Impact Through Innovation – Processes, Products and Systems for a
Future-Oriented Rail System
Dr. Jochen HOLZFEIND, voestalpine Railway Systems, Austria

15:15 

Coffee Break

15:45

Rail Infrastructure Skills and Knowledge Transfer – an Obsolete Model?
Christian SCHLATTER and Peter GÜLDENAPFEL, Centre of Excellence for Tracks, Switzerland

16:15

Plastic Sleepers
Rodolphe POTVIN, SNCF, France

16:45 

Rehabilitation of Track in Short Possessions on Japanese HS Lines
Yosuke MORIYAMA, West Japan Railway Company, Japan

17:15

Track Tamping and Design Lifting
Dipl.-Ing. Agnes SCHÖPP, ÖBB, Austria

19:00 

ÖVG Evening (Residenz zu Salzburg, Residenzplatz 1, 5020 Salzburg)  

TUESDAY, 17 September 2019 

SESSION C: PERMANENT WAY – DIAGNOSIS AND MAINTENANCE

Chair: Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Klaus RIESSBERGER 

08:30

Track Gauge
Dipl.-Ing. Hans Peter LANG, DB, Germany

09:00 

Track/Vehicle Interaction
Dipl.-Ing. Ingolf NERLICH, SBB, Switzerland

09:30

Rolling Contact Fatigue of Rails
Dipl.-Ing. Roman SCHMID, ÖBB, Austria

10:00

Permanent Way Programmes Based on Trend Analyses
Dipl.-Ing. Johannes NEUHOLD BSc., Graz University of Technology, Austria

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00 

Digitalisation in Track Construction & Maintenance
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Florian AUER, Plasser & Theurer, Austria

11:30 

Digitalisation of Rail Infrastructure
Jan MYS, Infrabel, Belgium   

12:00  

Fibre Optics, a New Data Source for Rail Infrastructure
Dipl.-Ing. Ivan VIDOVIC BSc., Graz University of Technology, Austria  

12:30

Data-Based Description of the Condition of Switches
Dipl.-Ing. Michael FELLINGER BSc., Graz University of Technology, Austria  

13:00 

Lunch Break

SESSION D: URBAN TRANSPORT COMPANIES AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

Chair: Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Norbert OSTERMANN 

14:00

Rail Surface Maintenance in Urban Transport Companies
Dipl.-Ing. Johannes KEHRER BSc., Vienna University of Technology, Austria

14:30 

International Approval of On-Track Machines
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Josef DOPPELBAUER, ERA, France

15:00

Requirements for Interoperability: Status Quo and Outlook
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Michael WALTER, ÖBB, Austria

15:30 

Coffee Break

16:00

Dedicated Freight Corridors in India
Ajit Kumar MISHRA, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd., India

16:30 

Bi-Oceanic Project
Milton Claros, Public Works Minister, Bolivia
Michele MOLINARI, Molinari Rail, Switzerland  

17:00  

Track Management of a Heavy Haul Railroad in the USA
N.N., USA   

17:30

Introduction to the Excursion
Dipl.-Ing. Christoph KUTTELWASCHER, ÖBB, Austria

REGISTRATION FEE

REGISTRATION
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Closing date for registration: 2 September 2019

INFORMATION
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