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Agenda Safety Days 2023

Day 1 : Learning from each other, learning from experience -

08:30 - 09:00
Registration
09:00 - 09:30
Opening: Keynote Speeches
09:30 - 11:00
Session 1: Safety Culture Peer Reviews

Chair: Enno Wiebe, CER

11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00
Session 2: Learning from safety critical sectors

Chair: Michaela Schwarz, ÖBB

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 15:30
Session 3: Learning from investigations

Chair: Nathalie Duquenne, ERA

  • Greg Morse, RSSB - Does the past still matter? Learning from the Clapham train accident of 1988 (Presentation)
  • Pilar Calvo Holgado, ESM - Seven Blind Mice. Lesson learned in Human and Organisational Factors from catastrophic railway accidents (Presentation)
  • Nelson Oliveira, GPIAAF - Investigating to prevent. The role of National Investigation Bodies and their challenges for the improvement of rail safety (Presentation)
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30
Session 4: Learning from monitoring

Chair: Ilaria Castriota, ANSFISA

  • Martynas Čekanauskas, LTG - Geopolitical challenges and industrial revolution 4.0. How to manage emerging railway traffic safety threats? (Presentation)
  • Julia Burggraaf, Researcher - Exploring big data effectively to identify the (human) factors that matter most and under which circumstances (Presentation)
  • Geir-Rune Samstad, SJT - Learning from near-misses: a key stage for the development of a reporting culture at the national level (Presentation)
17:30 - 18:00
Day 1 Closure

Commentators’ feedback

Conclusive words

19:30 - 22:30
Networking dinner

Day 2 : Fostering learning opportunities -

08:30 - 09:00
Welcome
09:00 - 09:30
Day 2 Opening
  • Tamo Vahemets, Operation Lifesaver Estonia - The contribution of non-profit organisations to safety – How Operation Lifesaver supports railway safety in Estonia (Presentation)
09:30 - 09:45
Workshop introductions and split into rooms
09:45 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:45
Workshop Session B*

See details in Session A (9:45-11:00)

12:45 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 15:15
Session 5: Innovative learning solutions

Götz Walther, VDV

  • Amir Haj-Bolouri, University West, Sweden - Immersive Safety Training in Virtual Reality (Presentation)
  • Isabelle Collin, SNCF Transilien - Using nudge techniques to foster safe behaviour and improve passenger experience. Practical cases in the Paris metropolitan area (Presentation)
  • RailHOF Team - Sharing is caring. How RailHOF can help you to overcome safety issues (Presentation)
    • Jayne YEO
15:15 - 15:45
Coffee break
15:45 - 16:45
Session 5: Innovative learning solutions (cont.)

Götz Walther, VDV

16:45 - 17:30
Day 2 Closure

Commentators’ feedback

Conclusive words

Information on day 3

17:30 - 18:30
Network cocktail

Day 3 : Technical visit -

09:00 - 12:00

An optional technical visit is scheduled in collaboration with the Estonian railway infrastructure manager, Eesti Raudtee, for a limited number of participants. 

Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis until reaching the maximum number of participants.

1 - Tour of Muuga Harbour

  • Muuga is going to be the multimodal terminal for Rail Baltica and the important connection between 1520 mm and 1435 mm railways. A visit to the terminal and dispatcher facility will be arranged by Muuga Harbour and Estonian Railways.

2 - Visit the Elron’s maintenance facility

  • Elron is the only passenger operator in Estonia with a very compact depot in the Pääsküla area in Tallinn. This single depot ensures maintenance and cleaning of passenger trains.

3 - Introduction training in crisis management

  • The Estonian Academy of Security Sciences will present their crisis management simulation tool, which enables to perform different realistic scenarios (e.g train accident) and develop crisis management skills.