Monday 24 October
Registration & Lunch
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Denver RTD Site Visit to Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility
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Regional Transportation District (RTD), will host a tour of the Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility. This 250,000 square foot building of vehicle maintenance tracks, office space, and operations control center is LEED Gold certified and is the base of operations for all RTD Commuter Rail vehicle maintenance. All CR vehicles originate from this facility each revenue day, DTO Maintenance of Way headquarters here, and DTO dispatches its operated A, B, and G Lines across 65 track miles as well as dispatching the RTD-operated N Line in and out of Denver Union Station. Participants will be guided to Denver Union Station, boarding a Commuter Rail Vehicle to the maintenance facility. Once at CRMF the group is split into two smaller groups for a tour of the facility and chance to see commuter rail operations centre. On completion of the tour the group will be taken back to Denver Union Station and guided back to hotel. Closed toe shoes are required.
Denver RTD Site Visit: Light Rail Maintenance Facility
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Regional Transportation District [RTD] will provide bus transport from hotel to the light rail maintenance facility. Once at the LRMF group will be split into smaller groups for a tour of the maintenance facility, shop floor, a deeper dive into an LRV as well as a tour of the RTD light rail simulator. On completion of the tour the group will be transported back to the hotel by bus. Close toe shoes are required.
Evening Drinks Reception
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End of Day 1
Tuesday 25 October
Welcome Address
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Nick Kingsley, Railway Gazette Events
Session 1: Innovation & The Modern World of Transit
Opening Keynote Session - Denver RTD
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LA 2028: How is the City of Los Angeles preparing for the 2028 Olympics in terms of infrastructure?
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Speaker
Digital Transformation of Technical and Procedural Information
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• Safety, compliance and operational efficiency can be dramatically improved by moving from paper rulebooks and manuals to digital content.
• Organizations such as MBTA, LA Metro, AMTRAK and Siemens Mobility have implemented digital technical and/or procedural content with impressive results.
• Utilization of next-generation technologies such as Augmented Reality depend on digital content to be sustainable.
Innovation & The Modern World of Transit Q&A Panel Discussion
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Speakers
Networking Coffee Break
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Session 2: Safety & Security
Importance of ADAS in The Rail Industry
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Gaining the Support to Build out or Grow an Enterprise Security Risk Program
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Working With Services To Reduce Fatalities
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Advances in Distributed Sensing for Rail Applications
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Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DFOS) concepts with relevance in rail applications, and a comprehensive description of what can be detected when applying relevant DFOS methods to rail.
Safety & Security Q&A Panel Discussion
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Speakers
Networking Lunch
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Session 3: Mobility As A Service - Creating A Smarter Transit Network
Working Together To Create A Single Network
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Redefining Mobility through MaaS
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Connected Train – The bottom line
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Mobility As A Service: Creating A Smarter Transit Network Q&A Panel Discussion
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Speakers
Networking Coffee Break
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Session 4: Changing Patterns of Transit Use
Increasing Ridership Numbers: Understanding Passenger Concerns
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Modern Track solution for Urban Transit
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Improvements to the network based on passenger needs
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Managing Public Transport Service and cost with APC
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Changing patterns of transit use Q&A Panel Discussion
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Speakers
Networking Drinks Reception
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End of Day 2
Wednesday 26 October
Welcome Address
Session 1: Growing the Rail & Transit Market
Maximising funding opportunities to grow the transit market
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Growing Rail and Transit in the Golden State: Funding, Ridership, Technology, & Service
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Growing Ridership on Newly Launched Services
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Federal Tools for Innovative Finance and Project Delivery
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Growing the Rail & Transit Market Q&A Panel Discussion
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Speakers
Networking Coffee Break
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Session 2: Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Risk Manager is BETTER TOGETHER
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Aligning the Transit Industry and Their Vendors in the Face of Increasing Cyber Risk: Recommendations for Identifying and Addressing Cybersecurity Challenges
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The FTA cybersecurity assessment guide & TSA mandates for small and medium sized authorities
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The Evolution of Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure
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This presentation will highlight the patterns in evolving cybersecurity regulations as seen within critical infrastructure markets, highlight the newly updated TSA directives for the Transportation Industry, and dive into implementing incident response.
Cybersecurity Q&A Panel Discussion
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Speakers
Networking Lunch
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Exhibit Networking
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End of Day 3