The 2022 AusRAIL conference program will include representation from key sectors such as sustainability, international perspectives, diversity and workforce development, passenger and light rail, and asset management.
The conference program time zone is GMT+11, Brisbane, New South Wales, Australia.
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Welcome drinks
1700 – 1900
Mezzanine level foyer, BCEC
Included for fulltime delegates; additional tickets $65
Join colleagues and friends for a warm welcome and some live music to Brisbane and AusRAIL 2022 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Delegates can attend at no additional cost, but must register their attendance. Additional guest tickets can be purchased.
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0700-1900 |
Registration and speaker support open |
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0715-0830 |
Women in Rail breakfast Optional activity at additional cost Supported by  Venue: Plaza Terrace Room, BCEC |
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Guest Presenter: Libby Trickett Moderator: Harriet Christopherson, McConnell DowellChair: Caroline Wilkie, CEO Australasian Railway Association |
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0800-1930 |
AusRAIL exhibition open |
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0845-1030 |
Welcome and opening plenary Chair: Simon Bourke Venue: Great Hall 1&2 |
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0845-0850 |
Welcome to country
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0850-0910 |
Welcome address Danny Broad, Chair, Australasian Railway Association The Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government |
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0910-0945 |
PANEL:
Industry Leaders Setting the Scene Chair: Caroline Wilkie, Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Railway Association PANELLISTS Matt Longland, Chief Executive Officer, Sydney Trains Steve Butcher, Executive General Manager Rail, John Holland Group Alana Newbrook, Chief Executive Officer, SYSTRA Pascal Dupond, Managing Director, Alstom Gillian Miles, Chief Executive Officer, National Transport Commission Hosted by 
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0945-1030 |
Keynote Presentation Dylan Alcott AO |
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1000-1640 |
Jacobs AusRAIL Exhibition Theatre Exhibition Theatre sponsored by  |
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1030-1100 |
Tea break - AusRAIL Exhibition |
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Concurrent sessions |
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Sustainability Venue: GH1&2 Chair: Karthik Krishna Kumar, ANZ Rolling Stock Planning, Governance & Project Manager, Alstom |
International perspectives Venue: M1&2 Chair: Sebastian Smith, A/Wayside Solutions & Services Manager, ARTC |
Diversity and workforce development Venue: M3 Chair: Somoud al Masri, Director Sales and Operations NZSEA, Jacobs |
Passenger and light rail Venue: M4 Chair: Jane Gillespie, Rail Team Lead, Arup Concurrent stream supported by  |
Asset management Venue: P1&2 Chair: James Forrest, Senior System Assurance Engineer, John Holland Group |
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1100-1120 |
Lessons from the Safety Assessment and Certification of first UK Hydrogen train Jorge Martin Gistau, Business Development Manager - NSW and ACT, Ricardo PLC |
PANEL New Zealand Rail Chair: Peter Lensink, Chief Officer and Managing Director, Transdev New Zealand PANELLISTS Peter Reidy, CEO, KiwiRail Paul D'Alessio, CEO, Auckland One Rail Nicole Rosie, CEO Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency Gini Welch, Senior Manager Safer Rail, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency |
From Surviving to Thriving: How self determination and basic psychological needs satisfaction can improve the retention of women in rail – A Systems Thinking Approach Narelle Rogers, ANZ Rail Systems Lead, Jacobs |
Gold Coast Light Rail – Staging is the key to success Peter Papantoniou, Project Director, Queensland Department of Transport & Main Roads Moderated by Egis |
ACAP Decision Support and Renewal Modelling Pilot Frédéric Blin, VSA Director – Water & Asset Management, AECOM Australia Pty Ltd Cassie Khaw, Senior Manager - Asset Information Integrity and Analytics, Department of Transport |
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1120-1140 |
Power of the Program – how innovation and continuous improvement can drive a more future-focused industry Fiona Bowie, Sustainability Manager, North Western Program Alliance |
The Future Women of Rail Helen Williams, EGM Transport ANZ, Systra ANZ |
Bringing Passengers Back to Melbourne’s Tram Network Donna Watson, Director Passenger Experience, Keolis Downer (proud operator of Yarra Trams) |
How to consider Operational Reliability and Maintainability at the Design and Construct Stage Victor Choo, Assurance Manager, Network Development, Rail Projects Victoria Fleur Royes, Safety Assurance Principal & Engineer, Jacobs |
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1140-1200 |
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The opportunity to re-position our local rail industry Ian Quarrie Executive General Manager for Transport, UGL |
Effective knowledge transfer in a world of remote working – rail engineering case study Mani Risal, Senior Overhead Line Equipment Engineer, Aurecon |
Delivering faster rail between Logan and the Gold Coast Dan Caldwell, Transport Leader - Australia, Mott Macdonald Elizabeth Schofield, Project Director, Logan to Gold Coast Faster Rail Project, Department of Transport and Main Roads |
Digital Asset Management – data driven AI based solution to optimize rail asset’s management Lester Jinliang Lim, Senior Project Manager, Siemens Mobility Pte Ltd |
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1200-1220 |
Delivering ecological enhancement for linear infrastructure Dr Vanessa Gorecki, Program Environment Senior Advisor – Ecology, ARTC Inland Rail |
30 years of high speed rail = 30 years reduction of carbon emissions
Tilo Franz, Executive Regional Director Australia & New Zealand (acting), DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH |
Technical Skills Training for Rail Systems Design – The Rail and Metro Academy Aaron Sweetman, Rail Academy Manager, Mott Macdonald |
Big Data and transport behaviour data capture Stephen Rutherford, Vice President, Global Cross Market Director of Transport, Jacobs |
Custodian of an Iconic Network: Keolis Downer’s asset management uplift to maintain Yarra Trams’ legacy fleet Josh Murray, Head of Asset Management, Keolis Downer (proud operator of Yarra Trams) |
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1230-1400 |
Lunch break - AusRAIL Exhibition |
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Concurrent sessions |
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Innovation Venue: GH1&2 Chair: Samiha Najem, A/Associate Director Operational Technology, Sydney Trains |
Track - RTAA Venue: M1&2 Chair: Jonathan Barnes, President, RTAA |
Safety Venue: M3 Chair: Melanie Bowden, Project Manager, CPW Bowden |
Signalling - IRSE Venue: M4 Chair: Georgina Hartwell, IRSE |
Technical - RTSA Venue: P1&2 Chair: Sophie Tan, Train Performance Engineer, Aurizon and Luke Martin, Project Manager, Aurizon |
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1400-1420 |
Innovation and Technology – Carriage Load Prediction, Sydney Trains Peter James, Principal Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services Sean McLaughlin, Project Manager, Sydney Trains |
Trackslab in the Australian Market Brendan Cassels, Associate, Arup Henrik Vocks, Manager Technical Services, Rhomberg Sharon Tamai, Manager Rail Systems, Coleman Rail |
Safety case opportunities for automated digital metros Oliver Fried, Independent Metro and Rail Advisor |
Implementation of Electronic Authorities on the ARTC Interstate Rail Network Tony Crosby, GM - Control Systems, 4tel Shaun Kindleysides, Operational Technology Manager, ARTC |
Testing and Commissioning a Train in a Pandemic Richard Rao, Technical Director, Downer Edward Teoh, Train Delivery Manager, Downer |
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1420-1440 |
Digital Engineering - Information Through Construction Delivery Mark Harvey, Program Spatial Services Manager, ARTC Inland Rail Matthew Freeburn, Digital Engineering Lead, ARTC Inland Rail Julian Flynn, Director, 3020 Surveys |
Effect of Different Ballast Maintenance Methods on Drainage Restoration Franco Fanucci, Product Manager, Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc |
Update from the Office of the National Safety Regulator Sue McCarrey, Chief Executive Officer, ONRSR |
Application of moving block technology to a heavy haul railway David Milburn, RTP Engineering Manager, BHP |
Can synthetic fuel reduce emissions in the rail sector Jane Gillespie, Rail Team Lead, Arup Keegan Dempsey, Chemical Engineer, Arup |
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1440-1500 |
Managing complexity when introducing new technologies in rail projects Stephen Lemon, Global Lead Digital Train Control, GHD |
Bringing the Melbourne to Sydney railway up to standard Philip Laird, Honorary Associate Professor, University of Wollongong |
Level crossing safety and train visibility Simon Foster, Executive Director, Technical, ONRSR |
Integration of TSRs with ETCS Level 1 Mark Pearse, Technical Director - Rail, WSP |
Mobility for Mega Sporting Events: Planning for Legacy, delivering for Games Diogo Taddei, Egis Head of Sport & Events, Egis |
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1500-1520 |
Asset management and predictive maintenance based on Deep Learning and lightweight data Thomas Manakkil, Product Line Manager - Centre of Excellence, Siemens Mobility |
Performance based requirements and how to measure them Andrew Doe, Principal Geotechnical Engineer, ARTC Inland Rail |
Update on National Data Strategy Peter Doggett, Chief Operating Officer Simon Bourke, General Manager Policy and Government Relations, Australasian Railway Association |
Dynamic testing principles and methodology Danny OÇonnell, Testing and Commissioning Manager, Cross River Rail Delivery Authority |
Creating a train manufacturing industry in Queensland with QTMP Tim Dighton, Passenger Rollingstock and Signalling, Department of Main Roads and Transport |
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1530-1600 |
Tea break - Exhibition |
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1600-1730 |
Plenary session Venue: Great Hall 1&2 Chair: Natalie Currey |
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1600-1615 |
MINISTERIAL ADDRESS Assistant Minister Tim Ayres, Assistant Minister for Manufacturing and Assistant Minister for Trade |
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1615-1635 |
Keynote presentation: Ready for the Rail Revolution Kat Stapleton, Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Rail |
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1635-1655 |
Keynote presentation: Accessibility – the real impact Adam Williams, Head of Growth, Downer Martin Stewart, National Advocacy Officer, Blind Citizens Australia Hosted by 
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1655-1735 |
PANEL Addressing industry resilience when one in one hundred year weather events have become the norm Chair: Prue Newall, Head of ESG, Pacific National PANELLISTS Jane Lavender-Baker, Group Executive Strategy, Culture & Reputation, ARTC Benedicte Colin, Chief Executive Officer, Transport Asset Holding Entity of NSW Murray Cook, Chief Executive Officer, ARC Infrastructure Eamon McGinn, Partner, Deloitte Access Economics |
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1740-1940 |
Exhibition networking drinks - AusRAIL Exhibition |
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0700-1530 |
Registration and speaker support open |
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0730-0840 |
Young Rail Professionals breakfast Optional activity at additional cost Venue: M3, BCEC Supported by |
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Chair: Chris Bowen, Downer
Panellists Melanie Bowden, CPB Contractors Karthik Krishna Kumar, Alstom Steve Butcher, John Holland Group Natalie Bond, Downer |
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0800-1400 |
AusRAIL exhibition open |
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0845-1030 |
Plenary session
Venue: GH1&2 Chair: Joeley Pettit, Australasian Railway Association |
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0845-0900 |
ARA Update Caroline Wilkie, Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Railway Association |
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0900-0910 |
Ministerial Address The Hon Mark Bailey, MP, Minster for Transport and Main Roads |
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0910-0930 |
Keynote presentation Cross River Rail: catalyst for a rail transformation Graeme Newton, Chief Executive Officer, Cross River Rail |
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0930-0950 |
Keynote Presentation Hitachi Rail – innovations, successes and the practical role rail can play in the future of mobility Andrew Barr, Group Chief Executive Officer, Hitachi Rail |
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0950-1030 |
PANEL Discussing priority rail safety issues Chair: Julie Wills, Head of Sustainability, Downer Hosted by
PANELLISTS Sue McCarrey, Regulator, ONRSR Carolyn Boden, Group Manager, Rail Safety, CPB Jesse Baker, General Manager Products and Innovation, RISSB Ben Fountain, Head of Safety, Health and Environment, Aurizon Chadi Chalhoub, Executive Director SEQR, Sydney Trains |
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0900-1330 |
Jacobs AusRAIL Exhibition Theatre Exhibition Theatre sponsored by |
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1030-1100 |
Tea break - AusRAIL Exhibition |
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1100-1225 |
Plenary session Venue: GH1&2 Chair: Joeley Pettit |
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1100-1120 |
Fireside chat Paul Scurrah, Chief Executive Officer, Pacific National Caroline Wilkie, Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Railway Association |
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1120-1140 |
Keynote Presentation The need for new models of cooperation and innovation during times of significant change Tristan Anderson, Executive Advisor - Transport and Infrastructure Strategy, GHD |
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1140-1225 |
PANEL Heavy haul - collaborating for shared innovation Chair: Roslyn Stuart, Senior Director Australia (Sales & Projects), Hitachi Rail PANELLISTS Richard Cohen, Managing Director Port, Rail & Core Services - Iron Ore, Rio Tinto Tamara Mahes, Network Capacity Manager, BHP Roger Buckley, Principal Engineer Fleet Decarbonisation, Aurizon Georgia Nicholls, GM Rail Freight and Heavy Haul, Australasian Railway Association |
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1230-1400 |
Lunch break - AusRAIL Exhibition |
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1400-1530 |
Closing plenary session Venue: GH1&2 Chair: Joeley Pettit |
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1400-1420 |
Keynote Presentation The future of the SEQ rail network Sally Stannard, Deputy Director General (Translink), Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads |
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1420-1440 |
Keynote Presentation ARTC Inland Rail: Transforming Australia’s freight future Rebecca Pickering, Chief Executive - Interim, ARTC Inland Rail |
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1440-1525 |
PANEL Achieving operational excellence Chair: Rochelle Reynolds, Executive Director Operations, V/Line PANELLISTS Rob Hill, Interim Chief Operating Officer, Metro Trains Melbourne Julien Dehornoy, Chief Executive Officer, Yarra Trams Matt Longland, Chief Executive, Sydney Trains Scott Riedel, Head of SEQ, Queensland Rail |
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1525-1530 |
Conference Closing Caroline Wilkie, Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Railway Association |
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1830-2230 |
Yellow Dinner Venue: Plaza Ballroom, BCEC Supported by |
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0700-1900 |
Registration and speaker support open |
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0730-0845 |
Young Professionals in Rail breakfast |
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0800-1400 |
Exhibition open |
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0900-1030 |
ARA update
Keynote Panel |
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1000-1400 |
AusRAIL exhibition theatre presentations |
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1030-1100 |
Tea break - Exhibition |
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1100-1230 |
Keynote Panel |
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1230-1400 |
Lunch break - Exhibition |
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1400-1530 |
Closing plenary session Keynote Panel Closing |
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1900 - late |
Yellow Dinner proudly sponsored by Alstom |
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Social events
Make the most of your AusRAIL 2022 experience by attending these various social events. There’s five unique experiences to choose from.
Welcome drinks and Exhibition networking drinks are included for delegates who purchased the conference & exhibition tickets.
The following exclusive social events: Women in Rail breakfast, Young Rail Professionals breakfast and Yellow Dinner can be attended at an additional cost.
