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17th Annual Asia Rail Congress
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Asia Rail 2010 is the perfect forum for YOU to discover
innovative new business models, get updated on technological
advances and debate future rail developments across Asia.
Don’t miss out on joining Asia’s leading Congress for rail operators,
transport planning ministries, suppliers and consultants.
This year’s action-packed three day programme includes:
• The latest rail projects across Asia
• The latest rail market developments in Singapore
• Planning sustainable metros and key regional projects
• Benchmarking best practice for the rail industry
• CBTC deployment, interoperability and maintenance
• Integrated ticketing challenges and solutions
• Key air-rail links and station design developments and innovations
• An analysis of the PPP business case and rail financing strategies
• The latest high-speed rail project opportunities
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Operators:
• Sunder Jethwani, Chief Engineer/Property Development, DELHI METRO
CORPORATION
• David Kerr, CEO, TOLL ROYAL CAMBODIAN RAILWAY
• Niraj Kumar, Chief Traffic Manager, METRO RAILWAY OF KOLKATA
• Fa You Lin, Deputy Chief Director of the Transportation Department,
TAIWAN HIGH SPEED RAIL CORPORATION
• Surjit S Madan, Vice President, Head of Rolling Stock, MUMBAI METRO ONE
• Noormah Mohd Noor, CEO, EXPRESS RAIL LINK
• Van Quoc Nguyen, Vice Chairman, MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY FOR
URBAN RAILWAYS, VIETNAM
• Silvester Prakasam, Director, Fare Systems, LAND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY
OF SINGAPORE
• Senior representative from SMRT
Other expert speakers:
• Richard Anderson, Managing Director, Railway and Transport Strategy Centre,
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
• Olivier André, Director, Mainline Rail Market, ALCATEL-LUCENT
• Dr Sukhy Barhey, Director, Rail & Risk Management, LLOYD’S REGISTER RAIL
• Bhupinder Singh Bedi, PPP Expert, ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
• Richard Brown, Director, NORTH STAR CONSULTANCY
• Dr Michael Charles, Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Rail Innovation,
Graduate College of Management, SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY
• Robert Cooke, Senior Signalling Engineer, INVENSYS RAIL GROUP
• Anirudh Gautam, Executive Director – Engine Development,
RESEARCH DESIGN & STANDARDS ORGANISATION (RDSO)
• Yeon-myung Kim, Research fellow of Air Transport Research,
KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
• Charles Page, Business Development Director – Asia, INVENSYS RAIL GROUP
• John Powell, Managing Director, RAIL CONSULT ASIA
• Paul Power, Team Leader, Railway Restructuring Project, CANARAIL
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Pre-conference Workshops Conference Day One: Tuesday 30 November 2010

Monday 29 November 2010 08:00 Registration and morning coffee
Morning workshop A: 09:00 – 12:30 09:00 Welcome and opening remarks by the chairperson
The future of radio telecommunications systems

Led by: Showcasing the Latest Rail Market Developments in

Singapore

This workshop will engage the audience in a discussion about next generation wireless
communications and its role in helping rail operators make every passenger journey
on-time, safe and reliable. Does fourth generation (4G), and in particular Long Term
Evolution (LTE) technology, provide a benefit in helping to streamline operations, improve
safety and security, and enhance the passengers’ overall experience? This workshop will
also take a realistic look how LTE fits within your rail network. You will understand the
basics of how LTE works and how a well designed IP-based core backbone network is
critical to making it work.
The structure of the workshop will be:
• An overview of wireless communications in rail today
• Introduction to LTE – highlighting that it’s not just about wireless communications
• The fit for LTE within a rail communications network
• Things to consider as you plan for next generation wireless infrastructure
• An open discussion about the above
Olivier André, Director, Mainline Rail Market, ALCATEL-LUCENT
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Morning workshop B: 09:00 – 12:30
Cost reduction initiatives for rail operators
09:10 Opening address: Latest national rail developments and motor car
congestion initiatives designed to boost rail usage in Singapore
• Update on the status of projects including the Circle Line, Downtown Line,
Thomson Line, Eastern Regional Line, and extensions to the North-South
and East-West Lines
• Analysing the possible planning and construction challenges in building the
Cross-Border Rapid Transit System between Singapore and Malaysia, and
what can be done to overcome them
• To what extent is the vehicle quota system and the Certificate of Entitlement
reducing the number of motor cars on the road and increasing rail ridership?
09:40 Keynote address I: Title to be confirmed
Senior representative from SMRT
10:10 Keynote address II: Update on Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC)
installation on Singapore's Downtown Line
• Latest on the status of installing a CBTC system on the Downtown Line and
the challenges overcome
• Outlining the importance of long term relationships to overcome project
challenges
• Examining how to work effectively with partners on large complex projects

This workshop will provide an overview of initiatives and current best practices to increase Robert Cooke, Senior Signaling Engineer, INVENSYS RAIL
efficiency and reduce Opex for rail operators while promoting green branding ideals. It will 10:40 Morning coffee & networking
help operators take a holistic approach, using various methods at their disposal such as:
• LED lighting and signaling replacement to reduce electricity and maintenance costs 11:00 Keynote address III: Independent assurance – lessons learnt from recent
• Improved train movement profiles and scheduling to reduce energy costs applications
• Providing quick ROI through converged integrated systems for improved operations • Evaluating some of the lessons learnt in applying independent assurance to
and communications efficiencies major projects
• Restructuring the supply chain combined with lean practices for lower spares costs • Discussing how these lessons are being applied in upcoming projects to
and logistics efficiencies increase the value of independent assurance
The workshop will end with an interactive session where operators can input information • Outlining some of the changes likely to be seen in independent assurance
to create a cost-benefit analysis based on their own railways. application
Dr Sukhy Barhey, Director, LLOYD’S REGISTER RAIL
Afternoon workshop A: 14:00-17:00
Improving the tendering process for rail projects

This workshop will explore ways of improving the tendering process for large scale rail
projects for both operators and contractors. In particular, it will examine:
• Whether it is prudent to assign a project manager to run the administration of 11:30
the procurement process
• How long should the request for proposals be?
• What historical facts should you provide?
• Determining what questions to ask to help you decide who to hire
• Examining whether there is value in inviting bids from both strong contenders and
long shots
• Assessing how many rounds of bids you should have
• Analysing the value in letting contractors know about the format of the responses 12:00
you want
• Exploring how long your tendering process should be
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Afternoon workshop B: 14:00-17:00
Training and assessing staff ability to cope with highly
pressurised and dangerous situations
This workshop will examine how staff can be best trained, and assess their competency
to deal with, high stress situations such as train evacuations, failure and collisions via 12:30
simulated environments. It will also show that staff responses to emergency situations are
often affected by skills learned a long time ago and in the wrong environments.
Metro Regional Project Focus
Bangkok Metro: update on its financing, construction and success to date
• Outlining what PPP model was used to finance the Purple, Red and Blue
Lines, and why
• A critical analysis of the metrics used for assessing and delivering lines
• An overview of project management lessons learned to date
• Has the metro eased road congestion enough to justify the costs of
building it?
Update on the financing and construction status of the Ho Chi Minh City metro
• Investigating how lines that have gone beyond the planning stage have
succeeded in securing funding
• Assessing the level of funding and skills required to move other lines beyond
the planning stage
• To what extent have the lines that have reached the construction phase gone
according to plan and budget?
Van Quoc Nguyen, Vice Chairman, MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY FOR
URBAN RAILWAYS, Vietnam
Networking lunch for speakers & delegates

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India Focus: Challenges and Project Opportunities
14:00 Delhi Metro: applying lessons learned in other Indian cities
• Evaluating the success of signaling and other safety technology systems
• Assessing what elements of a metro can and should be outsourced
• Exploring the systems employed to reduce bureaucracy and evaluating
their success
• Have procedures Delhi Metro uses to maintain passenger standards on
carriages and platforms been successful, and how were they implemented?
• Responding to criticisms of the Delhi Metro project – environmental
concerns, land-rights issues and the apparent failure to effectively integrate
with the bus network
• Assessing the potential for applying Delhi Metro’s business model in more
densely populated cities
14:30 Mumbai Metro: construction challenges and future project opportunities
• Assessing why BOOT was used for the financing framework
• An overview of the planning and construction challenges so far faced in
building phase one, and how they have been overcome
• Evaluating phases two and three: what expertise will be required and why?
Surjit S Madan, Vice President, Head of Rolling Stock,
MUMBAI METRO ONE PRIVATE LIMITED
15:00 Namma Metro: lessons learnt so far and expertise still required
• An analysis of what financing model was used and why
• What best practice lessons can be learnt from the route planning phase?
• Evaluating the commercial strategies deployed to maximise passenger
ridership and growth
• Are the safety procedures deployed any different to other Indian metros
and what can be learnt from them?
• Are there further opportunities for the private sector to get involved,
and in what areas?
15:30 Afternoon tea & networking
15:50 Metro Railway of Kolkata: metro underwater building challenges
and further private sector opportunities
• Evaluating how the initial funding delay for the project was overcome
• Assessing the planning and construction challenges so far in building
India’s first underwater metro
• What other projects are planned for the metro that the private sector can
potentially get involved with?
Niraj Kumar, Chief Traffic Manager, METRO RAILWAY OF KOLKATA
Planning Sustainable Metros
16:20 Integrated rail transport and urban planning: global best practice lessons
• Analysing how to effectively achieve integrated rail transport and urban planning
at both the strategic and the project stages via international case studies
Conference Day Two: Wednesday 1 December 2010
09:00 Welcome & opening remarks by the chairperson
Benchmarking for the Rail Industry
09:10 The strategic importance of urban railway benchmarking
• Use of benchmarking to determine the key success factors for high performing urban railways
• How has the CoMET and Nova Benchmarking Groups’ ongoing analysis of
twenty-seven metros assisted in identifying and implementing best practice?
• Use of Key Performance Indicator analysis to prioritise resources, reduce costs,
increase service quality and generate revenue
• What does benchmarking tell us about the performance of Public Private
Partnership metros versus public sector metros?
• The potential for benchmarking suburban railway operations
Richard Anderson, Managing Director, Railway and Transport Strategy Centre,
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
New Innovations in Station Design and Planning
09:40 Case study on revenue generation through innovative new station design and planning
• An overview of innovations in property development, retail, advertising, leisure
opportunities and selling station naming rights
• Assessing the partnerships required to achieve the above aims
• Evaluating how stations can contribute to city centre development and regeneration
• To what extent can strategic land sales be used to fund station development?
Sunder Jethwani, Chief Engineer/Property Development, DELHI METRO CORPORATION
Terrorism and Security
10:10 Anti-terrorism security policy: how far should you go?
• Assessing terrorism risk at stations, and on passenger and freight trains
• Evaluating to what degree rail operators are under pressure from regulators and
governments to implement anti-terrorism initiatives
• How can rail operators effectively balance the threat of terrorist attack with
the costs of implementing protection systems and procedures?
10:40 Morning coffee & networking
Integrated Ticketing Challenges
11:00 Challenges of delivering end-to-end integrated ticketing across all transport modes
• Outlining the political, technological and project management challenges
when implementing integrated ticketing
• How integrated ticketing problems can lead to long delays – looking at case
studies in Sydney, Dublin and Stockholm
• What effective examples of coordination and cooperation has there been in
Asia between transport providers and integrated ticketing suppliers, and what
can be learnt from them?
Silvester Prakasam, Director, Fare Systems, LAND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY
OF SINGAPORE

16:50 Energy saving: what cost-effective methods can you employ?

• Assessing energy saving techniques and technologies at the planning,
design, construction and operational phases
11:30
• Outlining key methods of benchmarking your energy saving performance
• What initiatives can you put in place now without having to wait for asset
replacement or technological advancement?
• Highlighting best practice case studies across Asia and abroad
Anirudh Gautam, Executive Director – Engine Development,
RESEARCH DESIGN & STANDARDS ORGANISATION (RDSO)
17:20 Close of day one & official conference cocktail party sponsored by:
Wireless Communications Update
Examining the business case for LTE technology in railway communications
• Examining why and if railways should be migrating from GSM-R to Long Term
Evolution (LTE) technology
• Exploring the future applications enabled by a wireless broadband link
• Analysing the strategies for migrating to LTE
Olivier André, Director, Mainline Rail Market, ALCATEL-LUCENT
CBTC Deployment, Interoperability and Maintenance

12:00 Outlining the business case and deployment strategies for installing CBTCs
• Analysing the benefits of installing a Communication-Based Train Control
(CBTC) system against the costs of doing so
• Assessing how the high level of collaboration required to deploy a CBTC system
can be achieved
• What strategies can be put in place to limit service disruption during the installation phase?
• An overview of CBTC deployment both regionally and globally, and
an assessment of the trends

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rban Railway Operations
12:30 Networking lunch for speakers & delegates
13:50 Implementing interoperability by creating a standardised CBTC system based
upon the interchangeability concept
• Overcoming the difficulties in operating systems from different suppliers
• Assessing the challenges of introducing standardisation to enable the operation
of different systems from suppliers and interoperability on suburban and main lines
• What strategies should be deployed to create interoperability between CBTC
metros and alternative rail signaling systems used in urban and suburban rail?
14:20 Multi-sourcing for railways: can it work for you?
• Evaluating the challenges of introducing a multi-sourcing model, and whether it
can enable more effective and speedier migration to driverless systems
14:50 Developing, testing and implementing an effective maintenance strategy for
CBTC systems
• What are the differences and implications of maintaining both low and high-usage
lines, and non-driverless and driverless lines?
• Outlining how to estimate and manage the lifecycle costs of maintaining both
legacy and CBTC systems
• Back up systems requirements and how to reduce overall maintenance costs
15:20 Afternoon tea & networking
15:40 From concept to passenger service: a case study of CBTC on the Madrid Metro
• Assessing the importance of a one team approach
• Evaluating how to minimise disruption during the installation and upgrade phase
• Sharing insights on how to deliver a complex solution on time
Charles Page, Business Development Director – Asia, INVENSYS RAIL GROUP
16:10 Closing roundtable: checklisting action points for effective CBTC deployment,
interoperability and maintanance
Panel consisting of above speakers
16:40 Speed networking: meet your fellow delegates
17:20 Close of day two
Conference Day Three: Thursday 2 December 2010
09:00 Welcome & opening remarks by the chairperson
Developments and Future Project Opportunities in Cambodia
09:10 Cambodia: Panel discussion on creating Asia’s first private national railway
operator and future project opportunities
• An overview of Cambodia’s maintain and operate concession, and future
business development opportunities
• Outlining the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) rail corridors within the Trans Asian
Railway, particularly the ‘missing link’ project to connect Phnom Penh to Ho Chi
Minh City
• Thailand’s Office of Transport Planning and rail priorities in the context of the Trans
Asian Railway
David Kerr, CEO, TOLL ROYAL CAMBODIAN RAILWAY
Paul Power, Team Leader, Railway Restructuring Project, CANARAIL
High-Speed Developments, Analysis and Key Regional Projects
09:40 HSR postponement in Vietnam: evaluating future prospects for the project
• Assessing why the project was postponed and when it is likely to be given
approval to proceed
• Evaluating whether the business case for the US$56 billion HSR network between
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City is economically sound
10:10 Analysing the business case for increasing HSR speeds
• Outlining HSR speeds globally, and highlighting the operational and technical
issues holding back increases in speed
• Analysing how HSR speeds have been increased globally and what can be learnt from it
• Evaluating if the benefits of increasing HSR speeds outweigh the costs of doing so
Dr Michael Charles, Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Rail Innovation,
Graduate College of Management, SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY
10:40 Morning coffee and networking
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11:00 HSR versus budget airlines: is the balance of power shifting towards rail?
• Assessing whether the balance of power is shifting towards rail travel as
passengers consider environmental concerns, high security at airports and
lower comfort levels of budget airlines
• To what extent are analysts correct in saying that high-speed rail is only
competitive with airlines when a line is less than 800km?
• Assessing what strategies Eurostar and other HSR companies globally are using
to compete against budget airlines, and how successful have they been
Yeon-myung Kim, Research fellow of Air Transport Research,
KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
11:30 Lessons to be learnt so far from building the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong
Kong Express rail link
• What design, planning and construction best practice lessons can be taken from
the construction of the Mainland Section?
• An overview of the likely construction challenges and solutions in building the
Hong Kong section, and connecting it to China’s vast high-speed rail network
• To what extent has opposition to the US$8.6 billion Hong Kong section been overcome?
• Outlining the financing model adopted and why
12:00 Taiwan HSR: lessons learnt from one of the world’s largest privately funded
public transport systems
• Assessing the funding lessons that can be learnt from Taiwan’s US$18 billion
HSR line
• Outlining why the train system selection was controversial and what can be learnt
from it
• What challenges were faced during the construction and operational phases, and
how were they overcome?
Fa You Lin, Deputy Chief Director of the Transportation Department,
TAIWAN HIGH SPEED RAIL CORPORATION
12:30 Networking lunch for speakers & delegates
13:40 Case study: To be confirmed
Senior representative from LLOYD’S REGISTER RAIL
Air-Rail Link Innovations
14:10 Air-rail links: project opportunites and best practice innovations
• Update on air-rail Link projects across Asia
• What progress has there been in integrated ticketing and downtown check-in
baggage pick up logistics?
• What best practice lessons can be learnt from Kuala Lumpur’s Express Rail link?
Richard Brown, Director, NORTH STAR CONSULTANCY
Noormah Mohd Noor, CEO, EXPRESS RAIL LINK
The PPP Business Case and Rail Financing Strategies
14:40 Comparing and contrasting the benefits and weaknesses of different
PPP models for your railway
• Outlining the various types of Public Private Partnership (PPP) models available
for railways today
• Analysing the cost and revenue implications of different PPP models
• Evaluating risk allocation, ownership and support issues arising from different
PPP models
Bhupinder Singh Bedi, PPP Expert, ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
15:10 Afternoon tea & networking
15:30 Evaluating what PPP rail contracts have been successful and why
• Looking at which PPP rail contracts have succeeded in providing value for money
for constructors and maintenance providers, railway operators and end users?
• What examples are there of PPPs leading to innovations in design, construction,
operation and management of railways by better allocating and managing risks
and focusing on whole-of-life costs?
• To what extent are there global best practice examples to learn from?
16:00 Global financial institutions: the projects they want to fund and strategies
to attract financing
• Evaluating what markets and rail projects are of most interest today for global
financial institutions
• What you can do to convince a global financial institution to finance your project?
16:30 Chairman’s concluding remarks & close of conference
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Senior Sponsors Industry Breakdown Of Asia Rail 2009 Attendees

2% NGO
3% Finance
4% Insurance
37%
7% Comm. Technology
Operators
8% Consulting
8% Government
Invensys Rail Group (IRG) is a multinational leader in delivering leading edge 12% 19%
railway control and communication solutions. We enable the world’s railways to Other Tech. Vendors
meet the increasing demand for rail services by providing a range of solutions that
safely increase the capacity of their networks by increasing frequency and
maximising effectiveness. Operational in over 30 countries, IRG delivers through its
regional businesses which include some of the most respected names in the
industry: Testimonials
• Westinghouse Rail Systems – over 140 years experience delivering signalling
and control systems for mainline and mass transit railways in the UK, Europe “I write you this message to convey my appreciation for your last event.
and the Far East It was well organised and the speakers were all up to the level with
• Dimetronic Signals – the leading supplier of signalling and control systems for interesting subjects to be presented.
both mainline and mass transit railways in the Iberian Peninsula, Middle East,
and North Africa and Latin America The attendance was also quite good and I was able to meet a few people
that I knew already from Taiwan. Additionally the venue was quite a good
• Safetran Systems – a major supplier of automatic grade crossing warning
choice with excellent food.
systems, wayside signalling systems, positive train control, and mainline
and yard switch machine applications to North American railroads As a consequence, one could see that the delegates stayed to the end of
• Westinghouse Rail Systems Australia – the leading mainline railway signalling the conference, which is rarely the case as the attention usually drops on
and control specialist in the South-East Asia region with facilities in Indonesia, the second day.”
Malaysia and Thailand, and in Australlia Patrick de Cock, VP Business Development Asia, THALES
• Westinghouse Rail Systems India – providing mainline and mass transit
solutions across the subcontinent “The most perfect mix in a day at a conference I have ever seen.”
For more information go to www.invensysrail.com Mark Flint, BD Manager, SIGMA COACHAIR

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We do this by providing the trusted communications expertise necessary to enable our
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their passengers’ experience. We help our rail customers make the best use of their
communications networks to deliver mission critical and passenger focused services,
while enabling them to safely migrate to next generation IP based technology. Our
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