Euro GIS Rail Summit
Esri and UIC announce
EUROPEAN RAIL GIS SUMMIT- June 4, 2010 – UIC, 16 rue Jean Rey, Paris
Esri and its partners invite you to participate in the first European Rail GIS Summit, to be held at the headquarters of the International Union of Railways (UIC) on June 4 in Paris. Join professionals representing railroad organizations throughout Europe to exchange experience and vision on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
This free one-day meeting will bring together professionals involved in using GIS technology for rail infrastructure planning, construction & maintenance, property acquisition & management, safety & security, environmental modeling & compliance, etc. Come learn how your peers are using GIS in their operations, and exchange ideas on how to leverage these investments to optimize the use of information for reliable decision support.
Please respond to Ian Koeppel ikoeppel@esri.com. Provide name, organization, position and email address.
This meeting follows the Journée Rail 2010 (French Rail Day) on June 3rd, organized by Esri France. To register for that meeting (held in French) go to http://www.esrifrance.fr/rail_2010.aspx
Agenda
8:15 Registration
Introduction
Ian Koeppel - Transportation Business Development Manager, Esri
Welcome
Jean-Pierre Loubinoux - General Director, International Union of Railways (UIC)
Standardization of data in a multi-partners context.
Dominique Cuppens - Chief Information Officer, French Railway Infrastructure Manager (RFF)
Cadastre information system for the Portuguese railway infrastructure manager (REFER)
Luis Mata Pires - Chief Executive Officer, and Fernando Gil, GIS Manager, Ferbritas
Morning pause - sponsored by Trimble Navigation, Ltd.
European railway GIS
Gilles Gardiol - Economic Evaluation, European Railway Agency (ERA)
Transportation planning with multimodal networks in a dynamic system
Per Anton Fevang - Geodata Engineering, Norwegian Rail (JBV)
Successful GPS applications in rail infrastructure management
Lee Baybrooke - Regional Sales Manager, and Michelle Frye – Marketing Manager, Trimble Navigation Ltd.
Lunch – sponsored by Trimble Navigation, Ltd.
Integrating a customized EMC calculation tool in ArcGIS to optimize the interference of railway within its environment
Gaël Boussaert and Noël Haddad - Electro Magnetic Compatibility Study Managers, SNCF Division of Engineering
Web applications for railroad administration
Asa Eriksson - GIS Manager, Swedish Traffic Administration
Creating maps for railroad construction
Jenny Rassmusson - GIS Specialist, Swedish Traffic Administration
Enterprise asset & service management for rail companies
Jean-Marie Desaunay - Application Architect, IBM Software Group
Afternoon pause - sponsored by Trimble Navigation, Ltd.
Use of GIS for asset management in the Dutch rail market
Martin Zanen - Advisor, ARCADIS Nederland BV
GeoBusiness intelligence for rail infrastructure management
Thomas Lejars – Director Corporate Development, Galigeo/Avantias
GIS use across the complete rail infrastructure lifecycle
Terry Bills - Transportation Industry Manager, Esri
Roundtable – questions & answers
Conclusion
Ian Koeppel - Transportation Business Development Manager, Esri
18:00 Close of meeting
