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, Director Financial Control & Project Operations, UIC, Director Telecom, Signalling and Digital Applications, UIC
François Davenne, Director General, UIC, Director General, UIC
Keir Fitch, Head of Unit Rail Safety and Interoperability, European Commission - DG Move, 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, Railways FRMCS Plans
Daniel Grünig, , Responsible Railway Communication, SBB, SBB CFF FFS FRMCS Implementation Plan
Camille Dierick, Head of GSM-R and FRMCS, Infrabel, From GSM-R to FRMCS
Achim Vrielink, Head of Telecom Platform Development, DB InfraGO, FRMCS Introduction
Eric Giraud-Desjuzeur, FRMCS Program Director, SNCF Réseau, Railways FRMCS Plans

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, FP2 - MORANE–2

Massimiliano Rizzato, Chairman of UIC FRMCS Telecom On-Board Architecture WG, UIC / SBB, UIC FRMCS TOBA WG
Guillaume Gach, Chairman of Architecture Technical Working Group, UIC, UIC FRMCS SPECIFICATION STREAM
Vincent Caudron, Chairman of UIC FRMCS FIS, UIC, UIC FRMCS FIS - FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS
/ Guillaume Gach, UIC
Thomas Henss, Chair of the UIC Group for Frequency Aspects, DB InfraGO, UIC GROUP FOR FREQUENCY ASPECTS
Begoña Domingo, Project Officer - ERTMS Unit - ERA, ERA Technical Opinion on FRMCS v2 specifications &

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, Director Financial Control & Project Operations, UIC, Director Telecom, Signalling and Digital Applications, UIC
Andrew White, CEO, Wray Castle, UIC Rail Academy: Telecoms Section
16:30 - 17:00 Keynote speech and closure of day 1

Jean-Michel Evanghelou, Director Telecom, Signalling and Digital Applications, Director Financial Control & Project Operations, UIC, Director Telecom, Signalling and Digital Applications, UIC

19:00 Gala Dinner - Pullman Hotel Tour Eiffel
Keynote from

Day 2 - 8 June 2023

9:10 - 9:30 Welcome
Jean-Michel Evanghelou, Director Telecom, Signalling and Digital Applications, Director Financial Control & Project Operations, UIC, Director Telecom, Signalling and Digital Applications, UIC
09:30 - 11:10 5GRAIL Session 5
Chairman: Dan Mandoc, Head of FRMCS, UIC, FP2 - MORANE–2

Vassiliki Nikolopoulou, Railway Telecom Engineer, UIC, 5GRAIL has finished - MORANE 2 is coming!

Michael Kloecker, Head of Railway Solution Management, Nokia, Successful FRMCS introduction with Nokia

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

Hendrik Holz, Sales Director, Funkwerk, FRMCS Radio Module MT18

Markus Myslivec, Head of Public Transport Solutions, Frequentis, Control room driven implementation of FRMCS

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 InfraGO, FRMCS Introduction

Dan Mandoc, Head of FRMCS, UIC, FP2 - MORANE–2

Guillaume Gach, Chairman of Architecture Technical Working Group, UIC, UIC FRMCS SPECIFICATION STREAM

16:00 - 17:00 Conclusions, wrap Up and next steps

Jean-Michel Evanghelou, Director Telecom, Signalling and Digital Applications, Director Financial Control & Project Operations, UIC, Director Telecom, Signalling and Digital Applications, UIC