IN MEMORIAM



Mr. PETER GANCI, Key Note Speaker for the conference, was killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center drama on September 11 in New York, USA.
Brisk Events remembers Mr. Ganci who agreed to present the subject of Safety Programmes for passengers in the New York Underground.


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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
(Some speakers are still on request)

DAY 1, Wednesday December 5th, 2001

MORNING SESSION "PASSENGER BEHAVIOUR"

10.15	Key note speaker 1:	Speaker to be announced
10.45	Risk Assessment	Speaker to be announced
11.10	Coffee Break
11.30	"The shattered sense of security - Psychological prevention and rehabilitation"	Mrs. S. Johnson, Netzwerk Psychologie AG, CH (ok)
11.55	"Human Factors in Mass Transit"	Dr. R. van der Horst, TNO Human Factors, NL (ok)
12.20	LUNCH

AFTERNOON SESSION "TUNNEL & FIRE SAFETY"

13.45	"Preventing and dealing with calamities in passenger tunnels"	Prof. Ir. E. Horvat, E. Horvat Consultants BV, NL (ok)
14.10	"VSD – Video Smoke Detection"	Mr. I. Moore, Intelligent Security Ltd., UK (ok)
14.35	Coffee Break
15.00	"Escape Routing for Tunnels independent from Power Supply"	Mr. T. Ebneter, Longlite, CH (ok)
15.25 – 16.00	Discussion between speakers and delegates
18.00	Conference Dinner Hotel Krafft am Rhein

DAY 2, Thursday December 6th, 2001

MORNING SESSION "BUILDING FOR PASSENGER SAFETY"

09.45	Resume conference – Introduction to 2nd conference day
10.00	"North/Southline: the development of a new safety concept"	Ir. A.J.M. Snel, Witteveen + Bos, NL (ok)
10.25	Pro-active design	Speaker to be announced
10.50	Coffee Break
11.15	"Passenger Safe Rail coaches"	Representative of Rail Coach manufacturer (request)
11.40	"Optimising Passenger Flows on Platforms by Dynamic Signing" (ok)	Mr. W. Verheul, Vialis Traffic & Mobility, NL
12.05	"Development of a natural smoke ventilation system for the redesign of Blackfriars underground station"	Mr. J. Pagan, Warrington Fire Research Consultants, UK (ok)
12.30	"Fire Safe Polyester Composites in Mass Transit Applications"	Mr. G. Tipping, DSM Composite Resins Deutschland GmbH, D (ok)
12.55	LUNCH

AFTERNOON SESSION "MANAGEMENT & STAFF"

14.15	"Safety Management on the Dutch High Speed Line: anticipating the EU Safety Directive"	Mr. R. Houben, HSL South Project Organisation, NL (ok)
14.40	"Enhancing Passenger Safety through a Rail Safety Audit Program"	Mr. G. Hull, APTA, USA (ok)
15.05	"Fire and Evacuation- Hands-On Simulation"	Mr. P. Brennan, Catalis Rail Training, UK (ok)
15.30	Coffee Break
15.55	"Safety in railway tunnels"	Mr. H.K. Dick, former Director SBB, CH (ok)
16.20	"Modelling the behaviour of passengers using railway systems – Is it really possible?"	Mr. Alan W. Marsden, Rossmore MCA Ltd, UK (ok)
16.45 – 17.15	Discussion between speakers and delegates
17.15	End of Conference