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2009 Bastad Conference

 

Monday, September 28th 2009

  • Managing Safety Risk in a Period of Change (Presentation)
    Alex Lau; Operations & Occupational Safety Manager, MTR Corporation

  • Managing Tunnel Safety with Changing Legislation and Regulations (Presentation) (Paper)
    Gert Timmer; Lloyd's Register Rail Europe

  • Developing Competence in Safety Management for Business Success  (Presentation) (Abstract)
    Stephen Watson; Arthur D. Little Limited

  • Development of Human Factors Training Tool for Rail Operators in Emergencies or Unusual Situations  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Ken Kusukami; Safety Research Laboratory Research and Development Center of JR East Group East Japan Railway Company

  • Current Developments in Managing Change for Train Drivers  (Presentation)  (Abstract)
    Volker Karbach; Head of Train Running at DB Bahn Regional

  • Learning from failure: Research Initiatives Towards Improving Resilience of the Swedish Railway System  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Alexander Wilhelmsson, Kurt Petersen; LUCRAM, Lund University, Sweden

  • Details of 2013 Safety Vision - The 5th Five Year Safety Plan for East Japan Railway Company  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Tsugio Sekiji; East Japan Railway Company;

  • Review and Assessment of the Korea Rail's Safety Performance Using Risk Assessment Models  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Chanwoo Park (Senior Researcher), Donbum Choi (Senior Researcher); Korea Railroad Research Institute

  • Safety and Security - Harmonized or Conflicting Goals  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Tobias Ständer; Institute for Traffic Safety and Automation Engineering

  • Security v/s Safety How to Manage Together or in Coherence Safety and Security in the Railway Transport  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Simon Fletcher; Head of Safety Unit and Regional Coordinator, Europe - UIC (the International Union of Rail Companies)

  • Incidence of Death from Electric Shock at Kuroiso Station Union Committee Investigation  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Yuichi Chinone; Director of Negotiations Department, Omiya District Office East Japan Railway Workers's Union (JREU)

Tuesday, September 29th 2009

  • How Should Industry Make Decisions Affecting Safety?  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Anson Jack; Deputy CEO and Director of Policy, Research and Risk RSSB

  • The Changing Risk Profile in Rail Freight Operations Following the Introduction of Open Access Competition  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Ian Lake; Inspector, Railway Safety Commission, Republic of Ireland

  • How Safe is Safe Enough?  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Martina Dahlström; Senior Consultant, Reclon Scandpower AB

  • Safety Challenges in Train Evacuation — How to Keep Passengers Safe  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Lena Kecklund; Ph D, MTO Psykologi, Sweden

  • Malahide Viaduct Collapse, 21st of August 2009  (Presentation

  • Reflections on a Career in Rail Safety at the TSB  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Ian Naish; Director of Rail Investigations (Retired), Transportation Safety Board of Canada

  • Common Safety Targeting for the European Railways: A Regualtory Tool for Monitoring Safety and Reducing Differentiation  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Roberto Piazza; European Railway Agency

  • The Necessary Evolution of Railway Safety Regulations in Europe  (Presentation)  (Abstract)
    Michel Aymeric; Directeur Général, Établissement Public de Sécurité Ferroviaire (EPSF)

  • Supporting European Rail Accident Investigation  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Dr. Jane Rajan; Head of Safety Reporting, European Railway Agency

  • Risk Management in Complex Railway Systems Considering the Human Factor  (Presentation)  (Abstract)
    Fritz Schröder; Railway Safety Manager, Deutsche Bahn AG

  • Suicides and Other fatalities from Train-Person Collisions on Swedish Railroads   (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Helena Rådbo; Dept. of Health and Environmental Sciences, Division of Public Health Sciences, Karlstad University

  • Safety vs. Service in Railway Business  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Hiromitsu Sasaki; Chief of Negotiation Department, East Japan Railway Workers†Union (JREU)

Wedenesday, September 30th 2009

  • Incident Reporting or Storytelling? Competing Schemes in a Safety-Critical and Hazardous Work Setting  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Johan M. Sanne; Department of Technology and Social Change, Linkoöping University, Linko¨ping, Sweden

  • The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for Decision-Making and Expert Judgement in Railway Infrastructure Maintenance  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Peter Söderholm, Birre Nyström; Banverket

  • Linking Coaching to Organisational Safety Performance  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Dipuo Nasoro; Regional Operating Executive, Transnet Freight Rail, South Africa

  • Accident Investigation: Developments and Roles  (Presentation)  (Summary)
    David Morris; HM Deputy Chief Inspector of Railways, Office of Rail Regulation

  • The Formal Representation of the Safety Case Processes Described in the EN 5012x Norms  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Jörg R. Müller; Institute for Traffic Safety and Automation Engineering, Technical University of Braunschweig

  • Safety Issues Associated with use of Personal Electronic Devices  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Jeffrey Moller; Executive Director Operations, Association of American Railroads, Washington DC

  • Level Crossings: How safe can they be?  (Presentation-Part 1) (Presentation-Part 2)  (Paper)
    Aidan Nelson; Community Safety Partnerships Ltd

  • European Railway Safety Strategy  (Presentation
    John-Åke Halldén; Head of the Safety Department, Banverket

  • Time for Integrated Safety Approaches  (Presentation)  (Paper)
    Matts-Åke Belin; Chief Technology Officer, Traffic Safety, Vectura Consulting AB

Other Conference Papers

  • Safety Evaluation of Buildings in the Vicinity of Railway Tracks and Compliance with ISO14837-1  (Paper
    Alireza Aghaeifar; School of Railway Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology

  • Prevention of Rail Movables Overturn (Urban & Inter-Cities Train), by Applying of Magnetic Fields  (Essay
    Karim Ghanbari, Youth Research Club, Kermanshah
    Dr. Mohsen Sadeghi, Directorship of Iranian Elite Academy
    Dr. Arsalan Shahbai, Scientific Board and Directorship of Payam-E- Noor University

 

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