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, 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: Thomas Châtelet, ERTMS Officer, ERA

Dan Mandoc, Head of FRMCS, UIC
Erik van Bommel, ICT architect, FRMCS FWG chair, GSM-R expert, Prorail/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
Patrick Wimart, Systra Railway telecom expert / Guillaume Gach, UIC
Thomas Henss, UIC Group UGFA Chairman, DB Netz AG/UIC
Begoña Domingo, Project Officer, ERA & Juan Hernandez, 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

Jorge Pereira, Principal Scientific Officer, Future Connectivity Systems, European Commission, DG CONNECT
Vassiliki Nikolopoulou, Railway Telecom Engineer, UIC
Farid Bazizi, leading the R&D development team in Kontron Transportation
Michael Kloecker, Head of Railway Solution Management, Nokia
Sébastien Tardif, Business Solution Expert, Kontron Transportation
Nazih Salhab, Innovation Project Director, SNCF Réseau
Bernd Holfeld, Lead FRMCS Testing and Prototyping, Digitale Schiene Deutschland / DB Netz AG
Bogdan Burdulean, Principal Engineer for NetworkRail UK

11:10 - 11:40 Coffee Break & visit of the Exhibition
11:40 - 13:10 The engagement of Industry Session 6
Chairman: Pierre Tane, Head of Digital Modelling, UIC, Chairman ETSI TC-RT

Richard Neussl, Responsible VP for Mission Critical Network in the DACH/CEE Region, Kontron Transportation
Adrien Cormier, Mission Critical & Railway Solutions Consultant, VIAVI Solutions
Hendrik Holz, Sales Director, Funkwerk Systems GmbH
Emanuele Di Liberto, Head of Rail Business Center, Nokia
Markus Myslivec, Head of Public Transport Solutions, Frequentis AG, Vienna
Xiang Xi, Vice President of Huawei Aviation & Rail BU
Sanne Stijve, Global Business Development Director, Ericsson

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
Pierre Tane, Head of Digital Modelling, UIC, Chairman ETSI TC-RT
Guillaume Gach, FRMCS Design Authority, UIC
Vincent Durepaire, Head of Spectrum Innovation and European Affairs, ANFR/Chairman CEPT WG FM
Klaus Mindel, UNISIG General Manager
Olivier Eudes, Railways regulatory officer, Kontron Transportation France
Ian Conlon, Head of Unit for the System Pillar at Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking

16:00 - 17:00 Conclusions, wrap Up and next steps
Giorgio Travaini, Executive Director a.i., Europe’s Rail JU
Philippe Citroën, Director General, UNIFE
Jean-Michel Evanghelou, Director Telecom, Signalling and Digital Applications, UIC