TRACCS Rail Day 2024

A unique opportunity to learn more about the rail industry: Indoors and Outdoors, Demos, Conference, Technology Showcase, Keynote Speakers, etc.

location

The International Centre, Mississauga, Hall 5

Mississauga, 6900 Airport Rd, Mississauga, ON L4V 1E8, Canada

detailed schedule

Tuesday June 18

9:00 am to 9:20 am

Opening Remarks by TRACCS Board and Minister for Transportation (Main Stage)

9:20 am to 10:00 am

Fireside Chat with Rick Leary (TTC’s CEO), interviewed by Kirsten Watson (Main Stage)

10:00 am to 10:30 am

Rita Toporowski, Chief Service Delivery Officer – VIA Rail (Main Stage)

10:30 am to 11:00 am

Infrastructure Ontario Panel (Main Stage)

11:00 am to 11:40 am

Go Expansion Panel (Main Stage)

11:40 am to 12:10 pm

OnCorr Panel (Main Stage)

12:10 pm to 12:50 pm

Fireside Chat with Phil Verster (CEO of Metrolinx) interviewed – Aaron Branston (Main Stage)

1:30 pm to 2:10 pm
Technical Safety Innovations on a Urban Rail Civil Works Project – Boyd McKillican – SYSTRA Canada (Safety Room)

1:30 pm to 2:10 pm

High Frequency Rail (Construction Room)

2:10 pm to 2:50 pm

Overcoming Systems Integration and Systems Assurance Challenges in Project Delivery – Alexandre Desemery – Hatch (Safety Room)

2:10 pm to 2:50 pm

BIM and GIS Case Uses for LRT Projects: Management of Interfaces, System Performance & Final asset – Jeremy Huet – Egis (Construction Room)

2:50 pm to 3:30 pm

Independent Safety Assurance – What Is It and Why Is It Needed? Rail’s Journey to Net-zero – Ben Faulkner – Ricardo (Safety Room)

2:50 pm to 3:30 pm

Why the Industry Has to Adopt Collaborative Contracting for the Delivery of Major Transit Programs – Matt Clark – BTTC (Construction Room)

3:30 pm to 4:10 pm

Kevin Garben, RailWorks (Safety Room)

3:30 pm to 4:10 pm

Andrew Kooiman, Hurontario (Construction Room)

4:10 pm to 4:50 pm

Safety Integrating Complex Railway Systems and What it Means to YOU – Oi Ki Cheung – High Speed Rail Solutions (Safety Room)

4:10 pm to 4:50 pm

Asset Management Software Lessons Learned on Mega Construction Projects – Kyle Booth – Ultegra Systems) (Construction Room)

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Cocktail (Social Area – Hall 5)

Wednesday June 19

10:00 am to 10:40 am

Jim Charboneau‘s Technology Showcase Panel Discussion (Innovation Room)

10:40 am to 11:10 am

Gary Evans – GR-ASP or Graphical Representation (Innovation Room)

10:40 am to 11:10 am

Roadway Worker Protection for Diverse Applications Lidar + AI for Collision Avoidance and Track Intrusion Detection (Operations Stage)

11:10 am to 11:40 am

Joining Rail w/ NO Heat Affected Zone – Paul Cheng, FuseRing Inc (Innovation Room)

11:10 pm to 11:40 am

Delivering Transformative Solutions for Global Track Renewals – Unipart (Operations Stage)

11:40 am to 12:20 pm

Leveraging Data Traffic Management for Optimized Railway Connectivity – Gabriel Lopez Bernal – Icomera (Innovation Room)

11:40 am to 12:20 pm

Richard Catlow – EXP (Operations Stage)

12:20 pm to 1:00 pm

Innovative Use of Drone Technology – Darryl Conway – Stantec (Innovation Room)

12:20 pm to 1:00 pm

Operational Cyber – WGD Consulting (Operations Stage)

3:00 pm to 3:40 pm

Hitachi Ontario Line – Alexander White (Maintenance Stage)

3:00 pm to 3:40 pm

Inspiring the Next Generation – Damon High, Railway Futures (The Human Element Stage)

3:40 pm to 4:20 pm

How Friction Management Improves Asset Life and Increase Safety – Marco Santoro – LB Foster (Maintenance Stage)

3:40 pm to 4:20 pm

Exploring MEng Degree in Railways Engineering – Marjan Alavi, McMaster University (The Human Element Stage)

4:20 pm to 5:00 pm

The Benefits of Rail Lubrication and Friction Modifiers – Mike Deckert – FLO Components (Maintenance Stage)

4:20 pm to 5:00 pm

A New Generation of Leaders – Shabnum Durrani, COMTO (The Human Element Stage)

5:00 pm to 6:00 pm

The Importance of National Standards for Transit Rail and TRACCS’ Program’s Progress (The Human Element Stage)

Thursday June 20

9:00 am  | Open floor

11:30 am  | Keynote

12:00 pm  | Barbeque