UIC Railway Asset Management Global Conference

The Asset Management Working Group of the International Union of Railways (UIC) is organising its fourth international Conference dedicated to Asset management, in Paris at UIC Headquarters, from 17 to 19 April 2019.

This Conference is opened to the whole Asset Management world and will present the latest developments in various industries (roads, waterways, energy…) and on different continents. It aims at:

  • offering opportunities for international and multi-sector networking with actors from South-East Asia, Middle-West, Eastern Europe and Western-Europe working in various fields like Infrastructure, Industry and Energy;
  • providing Asset Managers with concrete examples and guidance to improve their capabilities, based on the UIC guideline;
  • exploring the latest developments, knowledge and experience across the Asset Management World.

Among the potential subjects, UIC plans to address the following topics:

  • strategic Asset Management Plan;
  • relation between asset managers and suppliers;
  • big data and digitalisation for Asset Management;
  • software assisted modelling of investment plans;
  • Asset Management for signalling.

The Asset Management Global Conference 2019 is sponsored by:

Conference programme

The conference has been held over a three-day period:

17-18 April 2019 keynote speakers, case study presentations and discussions to provide Railway Infrastructure Organisations with concrete examples and guidance to improve their Asset Management capabilities
17 April 2019 - 19:30 Dinner at the Musée du Vin (Rue des Eaux – 5 place Charles Dickens – 75016 PARIS)
19 April 2019


Option 1:

9:30 - 12:30 technical visit to ALTAMETRIS (assistance to maintenance using drones)
9:30 - 9:45 Welcome to the delegates in front of Altametris entrance at:
21 Avenue du Stade de France
93210 Saint Denis
(above Pôle Emploi offices)
Access by RER B: Station GARE DE LA PLAINE STADE DE FRANCE, Saint-Denis
10:00 am Welcome address and division of the participants in 3 groups who can attend each of the three 40-minute sessions.

MODULE A (Workshop): A drone fleet

  • Presentation of the fleet
  • Drone capacities and specific use cases

MODULE B (Conference): ALTAMETRIS - A gold nugget by SNCF Réseau

  • Presentation of the company
  • Practical cases of concrete use:
    • Characterization of vegetation risk
    • monitoring of network
    • Pre-Diagnostics of condition: OA, OT, Catenaries
    • 3D & BIM data

Questions & Answers

MODULE C (Laboratory): Current developments

  • Focus on technologies in the industrialisation process
  • Artificial Intelligence for the extraction of lanes / jigs
  • Drones and robots of tomorrow

End of the visit: around 12:30.

Option 2:

Flyer Assetsgame

9:00 - 16:30 Business game organised by Assetsman at UIC

Through the use of ASSETSGAME, participants learn in one day how an Asset Management programme benefits an organisation and the changes that are needed to achieve success.

Exhibition and sponsoring

If you wish to be an exhibitor or a sponsor at the UIC Asset Management Global Conference 2019, please contact Ms. Christine Hassoun at: hassoun@uic.org
Please note exhibition booths and sponsoring opportunities will be offered on a first come first served basis.

Practical information

How to get to UIC

Contact

Ms Christine Hassoun - UIC Rail System Department
hassoun@uic.org

Presentations

Keynote speaches
Session 1: Overview on the Asset Management standardisation and regulatory environment - Certification experience
Session 2: Step forward on developing Asset Management in Railways
Session 3: Step forward on developing Asset Management in Railways
Session 4A: Maintenance to support performance
Session 5A: Several Asset Management strategies
Session 6A: Asset Management strategy implementation
Session 7A: Innovative approaches to Asset Management
Session 4B: Asset Management digitalisation
Session 5B: Asset Management digitalisation
Session 6B: Asset Management digitalisation
Session 7B: Impact of operation in the Asset Management life cycle cost/strategy

This Conference was opened to the whole Asset Management world and presented the latest developments in various industries (roads, waterways, energy…) and on different continents. It aimed at:

  • offering opportunities for international and multi-sector networking with actors from South-East Asia, Middle-West, Eastern Europe and Western-Europe working in various fields like Infrastructure, Industry and Energy;
  • providing Asset Managers with concrete examples and guidance to improve their capabilities, based on the UIC guideline;
  • exploring the latest developments, knowledge and experience across the Asset Management World.

Among the potential subjects, UIC addressed the following topics:

  • strategic Asset Management Plan;
  • relation between asset managers and suppliers;
  • big data and digitalisation for Asset Management;
  • software assisted modelling of investment plans;
  • Asset Management for signalling.

The Asset Management Global Conference 2019 was sponsored by:

Conference programme

The conference has been held over a three-day period:

17-18 April 2019 keynote speakers, case study presentations and discussions to provide Railway Infrastructure Organisations with concrete examples and guidance to improve their Asset Management capabilities
17 April 2019 - 19:30 Dinner at the Musée du Vin (Rue des Eaux – 5 place Charles Dickens – 75016 PARIS)
19 April 2019


Option 1:

9:30 - 12:30 technical visit to ALTAMETRIS (assistance to maintenance using drones)
9:30 - 9:45 Welcome to the delegates in front of Altametris entrance at:
21 Avenue du Stade de France
93210 Saint Denis
(above Pôle Emploi offices)
Access by RER B: Station GARE DE LA PLAINE STADE DE FRANCE, Saint-Denis
10:00 am Welcome address and division of the participants in 3 groups who can attend each of the three 40-minute sessions.

MODULE A (Workshop): A drone fleet

  • Presentation of the fleet
  • Drone capacities and specific use cases

MODULE B (Conference): ALTAMETRIS - A gold nugget by SNCF Réseau

  • Presentation of the company
  • Practical cases of concrete use:
    • Characterization of vegetation risk
    • monitoring of network
    • Pre-Diagnostics of condition: OA, OT, Catenaries
    • 3D & BIM data

Questions & Answers

MODULE C (Laboratory): Current developments

  • Focus on technologies in the industrialisation process
  • Artificial Intelligence for the extraction of lanes / jigs
  • Drones and robots of tomorrow

End of the visit: around 12:30.

Option 2:

Flyer Assetsgame

9:00 - 16:30 Business game organised by Assetsman at UIC

Through the use of ASSETSGAME, participants learn in one day how an Asset Management programme benefits an organisation and the changes that are needed to achieve success.

Practical information

How to get to UIC

Contact

Ms Christine Hassoun - UIC Rail System Department
hassoun@uic.org

Presentations

Keynote speaches
Session 1: Overview on the Asset Management standardisation and regulatory environment - Certification experience
Session 2: Step forward on developing Asset Management in Railways
Session 3: Step forward on developing Asset Management in Railways
Session 4A: Maintenance to support performance
Session 5A: Several Asset Management strategies
Session 6A: Asset Management strategy implementation
Session 7A: Innovative approaches to Asset Management
Session 4B: Asset Management digitalisation
Session 5B: Asset Management digitalisation
Session 6B: Asset Management digitalisation
Session 7B: Impact of operation in the Asset Management life cycle cost/strategy

ASSETSMAN
Société spécialiste pionnière en Asset Management en France, avec des références multisectorielles dans plus de 20 pays, entité officielle « IAM Endorsed Assessor », proposant une large gamme de prestations, des études, du conseil, de la formation, des audits, d’accompagnement des projets de gestion d’actifs pour l’industrie et l’infrastructure, des audits et certifications basés sur l’ISO 550001.

Cosmo Tech
Cosmo Tech is a global technology company that helps the C-suite make optimal decisions. Through our unique methodology, we model and then simulate complex scenarios to accurately predict the outcome of events even if those events have never happened before. And we deliver interconnected insights that tell you how each part of your organization would be affected by your potential choices so you can make the best decisions for your company. What we do goes way beyond big data, data science, and artificial intelligence to decision management and augmented intelligence. We transform companies by giving them reliable insight into the future.

IFRAMI
L’Institut Français d’Asset Management Industriel et Infrastructure a pour vocation la promotion de l’Asset Management Industriel dans les pays francophones proposant à ces membres un espace d’information, de rencontres, d’échanges d’informations, de conception de nouvelles approches, de culture technique et financière, de management et des normes/réglementations autour de la gestion d’actifs industriels.

Oxand
Oxand is an international consulting and solutions provider dedicated to Asset Management, with proven capabilities, knowledge and tools for capital intensive assets.
We deliver risk-informed decision support information that improves returns across the life cycle of our clients’ assets.
Our clients are investors, owners, contractors and managers in Transport Infrastructures, Real Estate and Energy.
With more than 1,150 billion Euros worth of analysed assets, we have experience that includes optimising the life cycle decisions and reducing costs by 10 to 30%, making possible life extension versus renewals, and reducing costly delays of large projects.
Our solutions, supported by our Simeo™ platform, are fully compliant with best standards (as ISO 55000, ISO 31000, etc.). We deliver tailored consultancy, training and IT solutions.

SYSTRA
SYSTRA is a consulting and engineering group, a world leader in the design of transport infrastructures.
Our solutions, for metros, tramways, high speed lines and classic railways, aim to serve general interest and meet the challenges of the transformation of towns, cities and territories.
Our daily challenge: designing and implementing the safest, most efficient and economical made-to-measure transport solutions.
Thanks to our know how and 6,100 experts, we are present at all stages of transportation projects: upstream studies and design, construction stages, testing and commissioning, operating and maintenance. We therefore provide a comprehensive solution and manage all kinds of missions - project management, system integration, etc.

ZNAPZ
The European Rail industry is going through an era of rejuvenation and growth, both in Infra and Rolling stock. This is caused by external influences like the environmental awareness and the aim of the youth for easy travel. This trend gives an additional push for Asset Management in the Rail Industry.
ZNAPZ is one of the European leaders in Asset Management Systems, in particular for the Rail Industry. We have more than 20 years of experience in the Rail Industry, working with rail operators as NedTrain (NS), SBB and Irish Rail. We help Rail companies to set best practices and support those with state of the information systems to optimize asset management and maintenance practices.
These activities and information support our customers to deliver a higher service to their customers, better punctuality, reliability and safety at a lower cost. Besides this we create transparency in Asset Investment decisions aligning the value of the investments over the Asset Lifetime.