Agenda

Conference Programme

Day 1 - 7 June 2023

8:00 - 9:30 Registration & Welcome Coffee
9:30 - 10:30 Welcome & Opening Keynote Speeches Session 1
Jean-Michel Evanghelou, Director Telecom, Signalling and Digital Applications, UIC
François Davenne, Director General, UIC
Keir Fitch, Head of Unit ’Rail Safety and Interoperability’ DG MOVE, European Commission
10:30 - 11:10 Break - Exhibition opening
11:10 - 12:30 Railway FRMCS Plans Session 2
Chairman: Eric Giraud-Desjuzeur, FRMCS Program Director, SNCF Réseau
Daniel Grünig, System Responsible Railway Communication (GSM-R and FRMCS), SBB
Camille Dierick, Manager Radio & GSM-R, Infrabel
Achim Vrielink, Head of Telecom Platform Development, DB Netz AG
Eric Giraud-Desjuzeur, FRMCS Program Director, SNCF Réseau

Q&A

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break & visit of Exhibition
13:30 - 15:30 FRMCS V1 Session 3
Chairman:

Dan Mandoc, Head of FRMCS, UIC

Massimiliano Rizzato, Chairman of Telecom On-Board Architecture Working Group (UIC), international railways telecom standardization processes (SBB)
Guillaume Gach, FRMCS Design Authority, UIC
Vincent Caudron, ICT Consultant, Infrabel/UIC
/ Guillaume Gach, UIC
Thomas Henss, UIC Group UGFA Chairman, DB Netz AG/UIC
Begoña Domingo, Project Officer, ERA &

Q&A

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break & visit of the Exhibition
16:00 - 16:30 UIC Rail Academy Session 4
Jean-Michel Evanghelou, Director Telecom, Signalling and Digital Applications, UIC
Andrew White, Group CEO at Wray Castle Group Limited
16:30 - 17:00 Keynote speech and closure of day 1
Josef Doppelbauer, Executive Director, ERA
Jean-Michel Evanghelou, Director Telecom, Signalling and Digital Applications, UIC
19:00 Gala Dinner - Pullman Hotel Tour Eiffel
Keynote from Richard Neussl, Responsible VP for Mission Critical Network in the DACH/CEE Region, Kontron Transportation

Day 2 - 8 June 2023

9:10 - 9:30 Welcome
Jean-Michel Evanghelou, Director Telecom, Signalling and Digital Applications, UIC
09:30 - 11:10 5GRAIL Session 5
Chairman: Dan Mandoc, Head of FRMCS, UIC

Vassiliki Nikolopoulou, Railway Telecom Engineer, UIC

Michael Kloecker, Head of Railway Solution Management, Nokia

11:10 - 11:40 Coffee Break & visit of the Exhibition
11:40 - 13:10 The engagement of Industry Session 6
Chairman:

Richard Neussl, Responsible VP for Mission Critical Network in the DACH/CEE Region, Kontron Transportation

Hendrik Holz, Sales Director, Funkwerk Systems GmbH

Markus Myslivec, Head of Public Transport Solutions, Frequentis AG, Vienna

13:10 - 14:10 Lunch Break & visit of the exhibition
14:10 - 16:00 FRMCS 1st Edition Session 7
Chairman: Achim Vrielink, Head of Telecom Platform Development, DB Netz AG

Dan Mandoc, Head of FRMCS, UIC

Guillaume Gach, FRMCS Design Authority, UIC

16:00 - 17:00 Conclusions, wrap Up and next steps
Giorgio Travaini, Executive Director a.i. Europe’s Rail JU

Jean-Michel Evanghelou, Director Telecom, Signalling and Digital Applications, UIC