Monday, October 6^th 2008

Morning Session

• Vision Zero: Guiding-Star for Safer Transports (Presentation)(Paper)
  Susanne Kallman; Swedish Rail Administration
  
  
• A Sustainable Safety Performance For Railways (Presentation) (Paper)
  Angelo Pira; Project Officer at the European Railway Agency (ERA), Valenciennes France
  
  
• The Safety Springboard to Sustainability (Presentation) (Paper)
  James Catmur; Arthur D. Little Limited
  
  

• Safety Of Rail Maintenance And Inspection Vehicles
  • (Safety of Rail Maintenance and Inspection Vehicles)
  • (Safe working systems on Pilbara iron ore railways)
  Dr Sid Hay; Manager Rail Operations, Pilbara Rail Division of Rio Tinto; and
  Rob Burrows; Office of Rail Safety in the Department for Planning and Infrastructure in Western Australia
  
  
• An Accident, an Investigation and a Case For Change: A Rail Safety Campaign by the Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union (RTBU) (Presentation) (Paper)
  Roger Jowett; National Transport Policy Adviser, RTBU
  
  

Afternoon Session

• Moving Toward a Just Culture in the U.S. Railroad Industry Through Development of a Confidential Reporting System (Presentation) (Paper)
  Dr. Jordan Multer; Operator Performance and Safety Division of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
  
  
• Embracing the Just Culture Philosophy and Confidential Reporting Systems in the Rail Industry: an Australian Perspective (Presentation) (Paper)
  John Culleton; Deputy Chief Investigator, The Office of Transport Safety Investigations, New South Wales, Australia
  
  
• Get the Basics Right - Change the Culture and Reduce the Risk (Presentation) (Paper)
  Sue McCarrey; Executive Director Safety Strategy Development Public, Transport Authority of Western Australia
  
  
• Human Error and Punishment (Presentation) (Paper)
  Kimio Sato; Vice-President, East Japan Railway Worker's Union
  
  

• System Concept In Traffic Management Safety "General Discussion" (Presentation) (Paper)
  Yury M. Cherkashin; Acting Director FSUE "VNIIZhT", Russia
  
  
• A Regulator's Challenge - Inspecting the Right Things (Presentation) (Paper)
  Allan Spence; HM Deputy Chief Inspector (Operations), HM Railway Inspectorate, London
  
  

Tuesday, October 7^th 2008

Morning Session

• A Systematic Approach to Safety Risk Management 
  Dr. Patrick Sherry, National Center for Intermodal Transportation
  
  
• The Road/Rail Interface - A Joined-up Strategic Initiative (Presentation) (Paper)
  Simon Fletcher; International Union of Railways Safety and Interoperabilty
  
  
• A Cost Effective System for Railway Level Crossing Protection  (Presentation) (Paper)
  Narendra Singh Deo; CSTE/ ACD, Konkan Railway
  
  
• The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Test Bed  (Presentation) (Paper)
  Dr. Elisabeth G. Jones; Associate Professor, Civil Engineering - Associate Director, Mid-America Transportation Center
  
  
• Level Crossing Safety & Accident Investigation  (Presentation) (Paper)
  Mark Stallbaum; Team Leader, Rail Safety Investigation, ATSB
  
  

• Safety Related Issues During Industrial Action (Presentation) (Paper)
  István Gaskó; President of Free Trade Union of Railway Workers, Hungary
  
  
• To Protect My Life and Our Members' Lives (Presentation) (Paper)
  Toru Miyamo; Chairperson, Infrastructure Workers Section - East Japan Railway Workers Union
  
  

Afternoon Session

• Union Pacific Railroad's Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS) (Presentation) (Paper)
  Dr. Dennis Holland; Director Occupational Health Psychology, Union Pacific Railroad
  
  
• Managing the Threat of Influenza Pandemic to a Railway (Presentation) (Paper)
  George Lee; General Manager - Safety & Quality, MTR Corporation
  
  
• Railway Suicides and Railway Suicide Prevention of Deutsche Bahn AG (Presentation)
  Fritz Schröder; Safety Director, System, Deutsche Bahn AG
  
  

• Natural Disaster Countermeasures Conducted by East Japan Railway Company (Presentation) (Paper)
  Susumu Hashizume; Deputy General Manager, Transport Safety Department, East Japan Railway Company
  
  
• Investigation of the June 2006 Lilooet Train Derailment in British Columbia  (Presentation) (Paper)
  Ian Naish; Transportation Safety Board of Canada
  
  

Wednesday, October 8^th 2008

Morning Session

• The Impact of the RSR On Rail Operations: Challenges on Safety Performance and Data Analysis (Presentation) (Paper)
  CK. Makgati; Railway Safety Regulator, South Africa
  
  
• Risk profiling the South African Rail Industry (Presentation) (Paper)
  Letsane Rathaba; Railway Safety Regulator, South Africa
  
  
• ROSA - Rail Optimization Safety Analysis (Presentation) (Paper)
  Ruediger Puetter; Marc Geisler; Deutsche Bahn AG, Minden / Berlin, Germany
  
  

• Development and Application of Hazard Analysis & Risk Assessment Models for the Korea Railway (Presentation) (Paper)
  Dr. Chanwoo Park; Senior Researcher, Korea Railroad Research Institute
  
  
• Development and Introduction of JR East Version of 4M4E Human Error Analysis Method (Presentation) (Paper)
  Ken Kusukami; Director, Safety Research Laboratory
  Ryouich Imata; Reseacher, Safety Research Laboratory, East Japan Railway Company
  
  
• Safety Performance and Data Analysis (Presentation) (Paper)
  Alan Ross; Principal, A&K Ross Associates Pty Ltd
  
  

Afternoon Session

• Europe: An Open Space for Rolling Stock? (Presentation) (Paper)
  Gilles Dalmas; Head of Authorizations Department
  Marion Segretain; Head of Benchmark Unit, EPSF (French National Safety Authority)
  
  
• A New Safety Regulatory Framework for the European Union is Taking Shape (Presentation) (Paper)
  Anders Lundström; Head of Unit at the European Railway Agency
  
  

• Partnerships to Reduce Imported Risk (Presentation)
  Aidan Nelson; Director, Community Safety Partnerships, Ltd.
  

Other Conference Papers

• Development of the Rail-Program for Risk Informed Safety Managements (Rail-PRISM) (Paper)
  Ho-Joong Lee; Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
  
  
• A Development of the Requirement Verification & Management (RVM) System for the Railway Safety in South-Korea (Paper)
  Donbum Choi, Jongbae Wang; Korea Railroad Research Institute
  
  
• Safety Analysis of Operational Rules and Specifications (Paper)
  Katrin Hartwig, Michael Meyer; German Aerospace Center, Institute of Transportation Systems
  
  

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