Monday, 1st October 2007

Morning Session

• Emerging Dimensions of Railway Safety - Dinesh Mohan, Transportation Research & Injury Prevention Programme, Indian Institute of technology Delhi, India
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• Risk management in railway projects - Karl Ove Ingebrigtsen, Vice President Scandpower AS, Norway
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• Method for analysis of organisational risks and risk assessments - Susanne Kallman (Senior Safety Strategist - Swedish Rail Administration), Lena Kecklund (Human Factor Consultant - MTO Psychology), Sweden
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• Emerging Development Project Patterns in Management of Rolling Stock Safety - Sanjeev Kishore, General Manager, RITES India Limited, India
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Afternoon Session

• Railway Safety Plan and Its Status in Korea - Sanglog Kwak, Senior Researcher, Korea Railroad Research Institute, South Korea
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• The Integrated Management System (IMS) at Deutsche Bahn AG (DB AG) - Peter Gerhardt, Senior Manager International Relations, Safety & Technology, Deutsche Bahn AG (DB AG), Germany
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• Investment Planning to Improve Safety on Indian Railways - M.C. Murali, Chief Safety Officer Southern Railway, Indian Railways, India
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• Managing the Risk of Organisational Accidents - Peter Cuffe, Chief Safety & Security Officer, Irish Rail (Iarnród Éireann), Ireland
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Tuesday, 2nd October 2007

Morning Session

• Raksha Kavach - A Train Collision Prevention System - Ajaykumar A. Bhatt, Chief Signal & Telecommunication Engineer, Konkan Railway Corporation Limited, India
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• Lessons from the Train Accident for Establishing “Safety First” Work Climate - Kazuhisa Matsuda, Chief of Negotiation, East Japan Railway Workers’ Union (JREU), Japan
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• Technological advancements to enhance safety performance of Loco Pilots - Kul Bhushan (Adviser (Electrical), Railway Board) Nasim Uddin (Chief Electric Locomotive Engineer, North Central Railway), Indian Railway, India
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• The Current Situation of the Health Care System and the Roles of Medical Facilities under the Direct Management of JR East - Miyo Takinami, Chief of Negotiation, East Japan Railway Workers’ Union (JREU), Japan
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• Fine Tuning Technology for Safety - Best Failures to Runaway Successes in Real Life - Anuj Kumar, Chief Personnel Officer, Indian Railway service of Mechanical Engineers, North Western Railway, India
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• Measures for the Ultimate Safety in the Shinkansen - Masamichi Kato, Director of the Safety Research Laboratory, East Japan Railway Company (JREU), Japan
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• Impact of Safety Enhancement Systems and Diagnostic technologies on Human Performance - Ajay Vijayvargiya, Sr. Professor (Signal & Telecom), Railway Staff College, India
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Afternoon Session

• Level Crossing Derailments and near-Derailments involving Heavy Trucks, and Subsequent Safety Actions Taken - Ian Naish, Director, Rail Investigations, Transportation Safety Board, Canada
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• Traffic moment at level crossings: when busy crossings can be safer - John Barker, Safety and Risk Consultant, Arthur D. Little, United Kingdom
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• Risk-based evaluations and trends of railway casualty accidents on the national railway of South Korea - Chanwoo Park, Engineering Ph.D./Senior Researcher, Korea Railroad Research Institute, Republic of Korea
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• The Management of Third Party Generated Risk in Ireland - John Welsby, Commissioner, Railway Safety Commission, Ireland
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• Improvements of Level Crossings at Israel Railways - Amos Gellert (Deputy Director For Safety) / Moshe Becker (Senior Adviser) / Mark Getsis (Head of Information and Safety Research Devision), Israel Railways Ltd, Israel
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Wedenesday, 3rd October 2007

Morning Session

• Presentation on IRSC 2008 Conference in Denver Colorado - Jeffrey Moller
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• Level Crossing Safety Management Information System - Rajendra K Verma, Chief Engineer, Indian Railways, India
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• Innovative and Cooperative Approach to Improve Safety at Rail Level Crossing in Australia - Phil Sochon, Deputy CEO & Manager Government Relations, Australasian Railway Association, Australia
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• SELCAT – Concept of Level Crossing Safety Performance Monitoring - Roman Slovak, Research assistant, Technical University of Braunschweig, Institute for Traffic Safety and Automation Engineering, Braunschweig and International Union of Railways, Germany, France
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Afternoon Session

• An Accident Investigation Case with the ARAIC in Japan - Susuma Harhizume, Deputy General Manager, East Japan Railway Company (JREU), Japan
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• Canada’s Railway Safety Act Review - Honourable Doug Lewis (Executive Director, Railway Safety Act Review Secretariat, Chair, Railway Safety Act Review Advisory Panel) / Timothy Meisner (Executive Director, Railway Safety Act Review Secretariat), Transport Canada, Canada
  Paper   Presentation  
• Accident Investigations: Purpose driven recommendations - Herman Bruwer, General Manager (Safety Assurance), Railway Safety Regulator, South Africa
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• Rail sector involvement in development of the European Rail Safety Directive - Simon Fletcher, Senior Safety and Interoperability Manager, International Union of Railways (UIC), France
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• Level Crossing Safety & Accident Investigation - Tony Simes, Senior Transport Safety Invesitagtor, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Australia
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• Is it always right to be right? Drawing the line with respect to overly prescriptive, ‘nanny’ like regulation - Alan Ross, Principal, A & K Ross Associates Pty Ltd, Australia
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• Confidential Close Call Reporting Systems - Jeffrey Moller, Executive Director Operations, Association of American Railroads, USA
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• Lessons from an accident - Marion Segretain, Head of benchmark Unit, Etablissement Public de Sécurité Ferroviaire (EPSF) French National Safety Authority, France
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• The experience of safety planning and management in a vertically separate railway - Anson Jack, Chief Executive and Director of Policy, Research, and Risk, Rail Safety and Standards Board, United Kingdom
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Other Conference Papers

• Changes and challenges for the UK’s railway health and safety regulator - Alan Bell, European Legislative Development of Rail Regulation (ORR), UK
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• Future Trends in Signalling on NWR - Anand Dwivedi, Chief Signal Engineer, North Western Railway, India
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• Electrical safety perspective in rail Transport - A.K. Dutta, Divisional Railway Manager, Indian Railways, India
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• Design A Engine Data Recorder (Black Box) For Railway Eelectric Engine - Ashish Verma / Alka Dubey, Department of Physics & Electronics, Dr. H.S. Gour University, India
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• Rule-making as part of the Canadian Regulatory Safety Regime: Overview and Assessment - Deana Silverstone, Legal Consultant - Rail, Canada
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• The Crown Station Incident: General Flaws with Immediate Reporting Procedure - Enos Ngutshane, Group Executive: Operations Compliance, South African Rail Commuter Corporation, South Africa
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• Safety Measures at Work Sites - Pradeep Kumar (Chief Track Engineer) / Krishan Kumar Miglani (Dy.Chief Engineer), Northern Railway, India
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• Planning and Execution of Railway projects: Consideration for Safety Related Items - Prem Natth Ram, Indian Railways, India
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• Safety Through Gauge Crack Monitoring - Atul Bhooshan Khare (Deputy Chief Engineer) / Sushil Kumar Malik (Principal Chief Engineer), Indian Railways, India
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• Role Of Safety Management In Development Process Of Modern Railway Signalling Equipment, Somnath Pal, Professor, Indian Railways Institute Of Signal Engineering & Telecommunications, India
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• Safety enhancement work in Ghat section on Bhopal Division - Vijay Pandey, Secy to PCE/WCR, Indian Railways, India
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