25 & 26 JANUARY 2016
AF Installations (SAF/IEI), Doha, Qatar
AF Installations (SAF/IEI), Doha, Qatar
Summit Day Two: Tuesday, 26 January 2016
08:00 - 08:45 Start of conference registration and welcome refreshments
08:45 - 08:50 Welcome remarks from IQPC and introduction to the conference Chair
08:50 - 09:00 Opening remarks from the Chair
09:00 - 10:30 The construction and maintenance of the railway track aiming at high performance
Konstantinos Tzanakakis,, Senior Railway Expert,,OmanTrains have to run on time, and a basic condition is that the quality of the track is sufficient. The aim of the Infrastructure Manager (IM) is to design, construct and maintain an expensive asset, as it is the railway track, in a cost effective way, to assure its high performance during its service life. The only way to achieve this target is included in the word “Quality”. If the IM can construct a new track with quality at front of mind and then maintain it with the optimum maintenance strategies, he will be able to manage a track with low costs and a high efficiency. After attending this session, you will be able to understand:
- The external environment for the IM
- How to design, construct and maintain the track in a cost effective way, to assure its high performance during its service life
- The track degradation mechanism
- “Track quality” (relation between quality and safety, the importance of high initial quality, mathematical models for predicting the track quality, parameters affecting the track quality over time)
- Recognise guiding principles for an effective track and the
- The impact of various investment and budgeting decisions
10:30 - 11:00 Session reserved for Advanced Sensors & Calibration
Sponsored by: ASC (Advanced Sensors & Calibration)
11:00 - 11:30 Preparing for handover – how realistic is your OPEX budget?
Graeme Bampton,, Technical Director - Head of Rail – MENA,,Aurecon- Is it ever too early to think about OPEX budgets or can this be influenced early in the project?
- Discussing common failures in handover that impact OPEX
- Identifying technologies and strategies to reduce the operating costs of linear assets
11:30 - 11:50 Morning refreshments and networking
11:50 - 11:55 Start of discussion tables
Set in a round table format, the following session will feature dedicated table discussions where a field expert will lead a dedicated session on a specific topic area
Discussion Room A: Facility Management & Operational Readiness
11:55 - 12:30 Table 1: Facilities management in focus – getting the most from your facilities Sean Derry,, Director of Operational Readiness and Facilities,,QATAR RAILWAYS COMPANYDiscussion Room A: Facility Management & Operational Readiness
11:55 - 12:30 Table 2: Readiness reduces waste Luca Santianello, Head of Operational Capability & Readiness,Broadstone GroupDiscussion Room B: Operations & Maintenance
11:55 - 12:30 Table 3: Discussing technology solutions to minimise maintenance and reduce OPEX Konstantinos Tzanakakis,, Senior Railway Expert,,OmanDiscussion Room B: Operations & Maintenance
11:55 - 12:30 Table 4: Getting into more details – what does a reliable OPEX budget look like? Graeme Bampton,, Technical Director - Head of Rail – MENA,,Aurecon12:30 - 12:50 End of discussion table followed by networking break
12:50 - 13:20 Teach, Train, Test, Transition
- Communicating operational readiness through training
- Ensuring readiness through testing
- Getting it done - the transition phase
13:20 - 14:00 Panel discussion: Learning without lessons
Sean Derry,, Director of Operational Readiness and Facilities,,QATAR RAILWAYS COMPANY Richard Bezemer, Principal,Broadstone Group Martin Bassett,, Director - Transportation & Infrastructure,,WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Middle East- How do you know when you ready?
- Do we have a plan B and is it required?
- Do we have flexibility and scalability to adapt?
Martin Bassett,
Director - Transportation & Infrastructure,WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Middle East