Program

In 2024 – the conference program will be a two day event with over 100 speakers, 120 exhibitors, and 4 networking events.

PRE-EVENT: Monday 25 November
	1330-1700 Exhibitor bump in
1200-1700 Registration open Ground floor, Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Register here
1400-1700 Speaker support open Meeting room 4, Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
1730-2030 AusRAIL 2024 Sunset Soiree Garden Kitchen and Bar, The Star Gold Coast Ticket purchase available when submitting your conference registration View more information on the social program

Tue 26 Nov
Wed 27 Nov

DAY ONE: Tuesday 26 November 2024


0630-1730	Registration open Ground floor, GCCEC
0700-1700	Speaker support open Meeting room 4, GCCEC
0715-0830	Women in Rail breakfast Proudly Sponsored by McConnell Dowell GCCEC
0800-1830	AusRAIL exhibition open
0845-1030	Welcome and opening plenary
0845-0855	Welcome to country & MC welcome \| Glenn Mintern \| AusRAIL 2024 MC
0855-0910	Opening address \| Caroline Wilkie \| Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Railway Association
0910-0930	Sally Stannard \| Director General, Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads
0930-0950	Tim Parker \| Chief Executive Officer, High Speed Rail Authority
0950-1010	Phil Mumford \| Chief Executive Officer, GoldlinQ
1010-1030	Planning for success: a unique perspective from the operator + maintainer of Australia’s first fully automated metro \| Daniel Williams \| Chief Executive Officer, Metro Trains Sydney
1030-1115	Morning tea AusRAIL exhibition
1040-1100	First time attendees networking event AusRAIL exhibition
1115-1235	Plenary session
1115-1135	Natalie Pelham \| Chief Executive Officer, ONRSR
1135-1155	Jacqui Walters \| National Rail Manufacturing Advocate, Department of Industry, Science and Resources
1155-1235	Panel \| Productivity, safety and future skills Panel facilitator Natalie Currey \| General Manager – Supply Chain and Diversity, Australasian Railway Association Panellists Steve Butcher \| Executive General Manager, Rail & Transport, John Holland Group Treaven Martinus \| Chief Executive Officer, Martinus Alana Newbrook \| Chief Executive Officer, SYSTRA ANZ More panellists coming soon
1235-1400	Lunch break AusRAIL exhibition
1400-1525	Concurrent sessions

	Asset management	Passenger / light rail	Workforce and diversity	Technology	Sustainability	Innovation	Rail safety
1400-1425	Asset and engineering management in Metronet Projects Anshul Bajpai Engineering & Asset Management Manager, Public Transport Authority WA	Speaker to be announced	Sydney Trains diversity STEP change - Adding value to our community Graham Bradshaw Director - Special Projects, Sydney Trains	Environmental sensor networks for smart monitoring of transport infrastructure Dr Iain Russell Industry CTO Enterprise And Government, Telstra Cameron McKenna Managing Director and Founder, Attentis	Planning for the decarbonisation of the VLocity Fleet Susan Palmer-Cannon Executive Director Train and Tram Projects, DTP Michael Neal Executive Director Rolling Stock Engineering, DTP	Challenges and lessons learned a year after the full automation of Paris Metro Line 4 Séverine Barge Trains Operations Director for Parklife Metro, RATP Dev Australia	A briefing on a recent rail safety investigation Angus Mitchell \| Chief Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer, Australian Transport Safety Bureau
1425-1450	Managing continuous alterations to MTM's electrical network Alan Keating Principal Technical Lead - Electrical Networks, Metro Trains Melbourne	Redefining passenger experience in rail with mobility as a service (MaaS) Silas Wong APAC Business Manager, Siemens Mobility	Breaking down barriers to create inclusive workplaces Anne Modderno Managing Director, Swietelsky Rail Australia	Rail on the rise: trends from North America, Europe, and Australia Paul Comfort SVP and Chief Customer Officer, Modaxo Magda Robertson National Executive Director - Transport, UGL	The de-carbonisation effect of refurbishment and utilising the circular economy Gabriel Morin Graduate Component Engineer, Siemens Mobility Benjamin Carey Product Lifecycle Manager, Siemens Mobility	How the rail industry can use real-time data to enhance operations and the passenger experience Adam Sharp Co-Founder and Director of Transport Analytics and Service Delivery, Toustone Stephen Stanford Manager Project Development, Metro Trains Sydney	Speaker to be announced
1450-1515	Harnessing data and artificial intelligence to optimise rail asset management Jinliang Lester Lim Head, Digital Services, Asia Pacific, Siemens Mobility Pte Ltd Navin Meganathan Business Analyst, Siemens Mobility Pte Ltd	Investing in accessibility: The future of Australia's passenger rail network Rebecca Roberts Partner, Strategy Consulting, Deloitte Paul O'Doherty Director, Strategy Consulting, Deloitte	Inland Rail's approach to diversity in rail Jane Roberts Program Social Investment & Inland Rail Academy Principal, ARTC Inland Rail Peta Tucker Social Performance & Sustainability Manager, Inland Rail	Overcoming cybersecurity challenges in the railway Soroush Tazerji Director - Security and Technology, Tactix Sener Group	Performance evaluation of a recycled Plastic composite sleeper compared to concrete sleepers under various loading conditions: An experimental and numerical study Dr Mohammad Siahkouhi Researcher, Western Sydney University Anthony Sacca VP Sales – Australia & New Zealand, Sicut Australia	Queensland Train Manufacturing Program update Kamal Habibullah Project Director, Downer	From safety cases to integrated safety case - System integration for Sydney Metro City & Southwest Joe Sit Senior System Assurance Engineer, MTR Australia Andrew Johnson Safety Assurance Manager, MTR Australia
1515-1525	Refreshment break
1400-1525	Concurrent sessions

	Asset management	Passenger / light rail	Workforce and diversity	Technology	Sustainability	Innovation	Rail safety
1525-1550	Speaker to be announced	The case for more light rail Duncan Edghill Chief Executive Officer, ALTRAC Light Rail	Bridging the gap: Addressing the skills shortage in the rail industry Gayle Fearnett-Smith Talent Development Manager, Alstom	WORKSHOP: Opportunities and challenges for emerging software technologies in rail Jimmy Lau Senior Services Manager APAC, Bentley Systems	Changing the way industry adopts innovation Rebecca Hendy Senior Sustainability Advisor, McConnell Dowell	Speaker to be announced	Results from trialling emerging driver advisory technology to improve driver situation awareness Genevieve Nix Chief HSE & Sustainability Officer, Pacific National Mark Wood Chief Technology Officer, 4AI Systems
1550-1615	Enhancing rail safety and efficiency: Real-world insights into IoT solutions and predictive monitoring Gerhard Loots Chief Executive Officer, Kallipr	Preservation and progress: cultural heritage management in complex infrastructure projects Geraldine Figueira Environment and Sustainability Advisor, DT Infrastructure	Speaker to be announced		What does Aurizon’s transition to Net Zero look like? Damien Harding Consultant to Fleet Decarbonisation Program, Aurizon Roger Buckley Fleet Decarbonisation Manager, Aurizon	Automated in-situ track slab construction technology Henrik Vocks Manager, Technical Services, Rhomberg Sersa Australia Alex Taylor Innovations Engineer, Rhomberg Sersa Australia	Damien Whilte \| Chief Executive Officer, Rail Industry Safety Standards Board (RISSB)
1615-1640	Challenges in inspecting and assessing rail bridges Reza Salamy Technical Director - Rail / Senior Principal, pitt&sherry	Safer stations: Applying a gender inclusive lens in a post-occupancy study Jess Holgate Jacobs Gillian Montgomery Jacobs	Speaker to be announced		Battery solutions, some new perspectives not without implications Loic Guignot Technical Director, Systra ANZ Simon Meiers Director Network Planning and Optimisation, Systra ANZ	Long run prefab alternative to ballast construction Prof Ted Goranson Technical Director - Rail / Chief Scientist, Xdna (downer)	Speaker to be announced
1630-1830	AusRAIL 2024 Exhibition Networking Drinks AusRAIL exhibition

DAY TWO: Wednesday 27 November 2024


0800-1530	Registration open Ground floor, GCCEC
0800-1400	Speaker support open Meeting room 4, GCCEC
0800-1600	AusRAIL exhibition open
0845-1030	Plenary session
0845-0850	MC welcome to day two \| Glenn Mintern \| AusRAIL 2024 MC
0850-0910	NTC harmonisation update \| Carolyn Walsh \| Chair and Commissioner, National Transport Commission
0910-0930	ARTC – delivering on what’s needed \| Wayne Johnson \| Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, ARTC
0930-0950	Kat Stapleton \| Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Rail
0950-1030	Panel \| Signalling Panel facilitator Jane Copperthwaite\| Owner and Director, Anutha Panellists Raphaelle Guerineau \| Chief Executive Officer ANZ, Siemens Mobility Pascal Dupond \| Managing Director Alstom Australia & New Zealand, ALSTOM Sarfaraz Samnakay\| Managing Director and Country Representative, Hitachi Rail Australia More panellists to be announced
1030-1115	Morning tea AusRAIL exhibition
1115-1230	Concurrent technical sessions

	RTAA (Track)	IRSE	PWI	RTSA	Tracksafe	Rollingstock
1115-1140	Track substructure maintenance management (SuMM): The approach review with examples Kevin Kashani Manager of Railway Geotechnics, Loram Technologies Inc Mika Silvast Managing Director, Loram Finland Oy	Testing & operational readiness for digital systems in Sydney Paul Cassar Project Director, Integration, Transport for NSW	Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project Track System Jefferson Fern Sales Director, Vossloh Fastening Systems	Australia’s 1st GOA4 network expansion and transforming heavy rail Sydney Trains Network – System integration of Sydney Metro City & Southwest Phil Hawkins Principal System Integration Manager, MTR Aritra Chakravarty Interface and Integration Manager, MTR	Building and sustaining a mentally healthy workforce. Mentally healthy workforces can improve employee satisfaction, retention and can benefit productivity and overall business outcomes Teegan Modderman Chief Mental Health Officer, Queensland Rail Trent Watson Chief Executive Officer, Ethos Health Alexandra Howard Director, Disasters and Public Health Emergencies - Phoenix Australia, Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health	The new normal – End user engagement for better rolling stock Kate Rasmussen Senior Stakeholder Manager, Next Generation Trams, Victorian Department of Transport & Planning Jasmine Chen Senior Project Manager XTrapolis 2, Victorian Department of Transport & Planning
1140-1205	Derailment containment devices along slab tracks – Probabilistic methods for optimal effectiveness Sebastian Ocampo Duque Rail Engineer, Aecom Maneesh Gupta Technical Director, Aecom	Enhancing Sydney Metro City-Southwest with CBTC Signalling Technology Alstom Australia and New Zealand	Gold Coast Light Rail maintenance challenges Joel Gabauer Technical Director, Keolis Downer	The innovative Diamond Creek Energy Storage Unit – Is it a success? Ian Cook Power Modelling Manager, Metro Trains Melbourne		Presenter to be announced
1205-1230	Maintenance machine stabling – a structured approach for the Queensland Rail South-East Queensland network Jonathan Barnes Technical Director - Track, Mott Macdonald William Bolton Track and Civil Asset Manager, Queensland Rail	A fresh perspective for operations and maintenance in the era of in-cab signalling James Frost Senior Consultant, Palazzi Rail	Enhancing safety through digital integration and innovations in underground utility management Glynn Ladbrooke Project Director for the Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 3, John Holland Group	Unlocking success: Upgrading train control system communication networks Ferri Ernanto Senior Associate, Interface Rail Engineering		What Blue Crude could mean for the freight industry Tim Dangerfield Chief Engineer, UGL Limited
1230-1400	Lunch break AusRAIL exhibition
1400-1555	Closing plenary session
1400-1420	Fireside chat Frankie Carroll \| Chief Executive Officer, Suburban Rail Loop Authority Caroline Wilkie \| Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Railway Association
1420-1440	Cross River Rail update \| Graeme Newton \| Chief Executive Officer, Cross River Rail Delivery Authority
1440-1520	Panel \| Public transport Panel facilitator Facilitator to be announced Panellists Matt Longland \| Chief Executive, Sydney Trains Raymond O'Flaherty \| Chief Executive Officer, Metro Trains Melbourne Dr Deborah Hume \| Deputy Director-General Translink, Transport and Main Roads QLD More panellists coming soon
1520-1550	Speaker to be announced
1550-1555	Conference close
1830-2230	AusRAIL 2024 Yellow Dinner *Proudly sponsored by ALSTOM* Event Centre Ballroom, The Star Gold Coast

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Rollingstock manufacturers
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