Previous webinars
International Long Distance Train Connections
3 May
During this webinar on international long distance train connections we were joined by:
Kaj Mook, Senior Managing Consultant from Berenschot
Nick Brooks, Secretary General from ALLRAIL - the Alliance of Passenger Rail New Entrants in Europe
Climate Change Adaptation & Sustainability
5 April
During this webinar on Climate Change Adaptation we were joined by Katrin Neuhaus, Auke Blokland and Bart Kamoen. What is the impact of climate change on rail and what needs to happen to make rail infrastructure resilient for the future? Katrin Neuhaus, Project Manager for Climate Change Adaptation at Swiss Railways SBB talked about how they are adapting to climate change and how impact can be measured. What are the latest implementations of the Swiss Railways? Auke Blokland, Earth Observation Specialist at CGI talked about how satellite data can be of use in making rail infrastructure more resilient? And he talked about possibilities, such as mapping floods, subsidence and vegetation along the tracks. Furthermore Bart Kamoen from Infrabel closed with a presentation about “the impact of the flooding in Belgium of July 2021".
The challenges of implementing Automatic Train Operation
8 March
During this webinar on the challenges of implementing ATO, we were joined by Jack Schneider, Head of International Standardisation ATO & CCS Onboard from Swiss Federal Railways who talked about the challenges and the TSI 2022 (Technical Specification for Interoperability) that different European railway undertakings are working on. We were also joined by Baseliyos Jacob, Technical Project Lead ATO Betuweroute from DB Cargo. Jacob presented us: What are the experiences of DB Cargo with Automatic Train Operation so far?
RailTech Europe 2022 Update
17 February
During this 15-minute update webinar, we discussed the Dutch government's newest COVID-19 restrictions and what they mean for the organisation of RailTech Europe 2022. We also touched upon the themes of the conference days and saw some speaker highlights. The webinar was hosted by Anna Ewert, Esther Geerts and Arie van Dijk from the team behind RailTech Europe 2022!