Fire Protection and Safety in Tunnels 2019
Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers
17th-19th September, 2019
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Fire Protection and Safety in Tunnels 2019
DAY 1|17th September 2019
DAY 2|18th September 2019
DAY 3|19th September 2019
12:45 pm Chair's Opening Remarks
1:00 pm Improving collaborative working to deliver fire safety on High Speed Two
- Key facets of the HS2 network
- Understanding the regulative framework fire railway fire safety in the UK
- Ensuring fire and rescue service approvals for UK transport infrastructure and exploring fire and rescue services principles
- Developing a consultation framework to ensure collaboration between different stakeholders
- Managing and delivering QDRs
- Key fire safety features on HS2: highlighting resistant materials used and integrated passive systems
- Developing a combined ventilation and intervention strategy
- Collaborating to develop ventilation and shaft designs

Mark Gilbey
Tunnel Systems Lead
High Speed Two

Ian Parkhouse
Fire and Rescue Service Liaison Manager
High Speed Two
2:00 pm Case Study: Risk assessment and safety in long tunnel: What should be done differently?
- Emergency Management: highlighting the importance for designers to work closely with tunnel owners and fire brigades
- Risk Assessment: a compelling design driver
- Following-up on 2018’s presentation: Highlighting the reason behind the 300m distance between the cross passages in Brenner Base Tunnel
- Exploring what resistant materials have been integrated at the stage of construction to lower risk of fire

Ivan Baroncioni
Director, Railway Equipment Department
Brenner Base Tunnel
3:00 pm Exploring the challenges of integrating new rail lines in built-up urban areas
- Enabling the current London Underground business model for train service delivery to be transformed to a more flexible, responsive and customer focused model
- Navigating ways on achieving a step change in railway reliability and delivering greater line capacity
- Identifying how to select the appropriate technologies and solutions which enable higher levels of automation
- Improve customer experience of deep tube services by introducing saloon air-conditioning on deep tube trains and continuous management of rising tunnel temperatures

Paul Thomas
Head of Engineering, New Tube for London
Transport for London
3:30 pm Close of Construction Workshop
4:00 pm Site Visit to the Sydhaven New Metro Line in Copenhagen
Delegates will have the opportunity to visit the EBR/ØVK worksite and explore the latest development in this tunnel build. The excavation site is in a built up residential area and attendees to observe this launch site and learn more about the project
8:00 am Registration & Refreshments
8:30 am Chair's Opening Remarks
8:45 am Discovering Fire Protection & Safety in the New Copenhagen Cityringen Metro
- Highlighting the features of the Cityringen Metro line in operation
- Uncovering fire safety requirements to understand how to better construct your underground infrastructure against fire
- Exploring the key fire related systems design implemented in the new line
- Unveiling implemented compliance and innovation: compartmentation, fire alarm and firefighting services

George Kafantaris
Technical & Design Director
CMT Copenhagen Metro
9:15 am People Bingo
The perfect chance to network and meet your peers. In this session, delegates will all be assigned a number and tasked to find 3 other numbers in the room, ask them their name and top challenge and reason for attending the conference.
9:30 am Debating the pros and cons of automatic controls for tunnel safety: should you predetermine incident or react case by case?
- Reviewing available technologies for automatic incident detection and which ones are the most adapted to your tunnel: from sensors to movement detection
- Exploring how to use predetermined and archived accident to respond quickly to an incident
- Highlighting challenges related to the identification of the smoke source and how to take this into account in automatic controls
- Exploring the role of system integrators to ensure your technology in interoperable and ready to use
- Questioning how to handle water mist and ventilation when a fire is detected automatically to quickly protect your passengers and your infrastructure

Raf Derhaeg
Tunnel Safety Supervisor
Infrabel
10:00 am Aero-X Extinguishing Systems for Heavy Duty Applications
- Basics of Aero-X extinguishing systems
- Easy Maintenance by Heavy Duty Connection
- Extinguishing in Extreme Fire Conditions

Paul Van Trigt
CEO
Aero-X
10:30 am Morning Break & Networking
11:00 am Dual Automatic Incident Detection with Early Fire Detection: Advantages of Dual Automatic Incident Detection
- Early Fire detection
- Recent Projects
- Current ITS-series Dual
- Next generation dual camera
- Q&A

Steffen De Muynck
Product Manager
FLIR Systems, Inc.
11:30 am Case Study: Exploring latest technologies developed and implemented in the Brenner base tunnel to reinforce fire safety and protection
- Highlighting available technologies to measure gas release and prevent any explosion
- Uncovering innovation in movement detection technology to efficiently locate passengers and workers
- Discovering special guidelines developed for the Brenner Base tunnel to reinforce fire safety and protection, and take action from their implementation

Michael Halwachs
Head of Tunnel Security
PORR group
12:00 pm Examining how to get GPS signal in confined areas
- Evaluating methods in metro infrastructures, mines and covered bus depot
- Determining ways order to improve security of workers and rescue forces penetrating those areas
- Whilst considering GPS signals still emitted in tunnels and stations

François Goudenove
Chief Sales Officer
Syntony
12:15 pm Harnessing on new technology and data to better manage traffic and reducing fire risks in tunnels
- Provide an overview of London’s strategic road network and London’s road tunnels
- Tools to manage traffic and tunnel safety
- Ongoing and future challenges

Rana Ilgaz
Head of Profession Highways and Traffic
TfL
12:45 pm Next generation of Situational Awareness during a tunnel incident
- Situational Awareness from inside a tunnel fire direct to where you need it most
- Critical information direct to the control room, fire command centre and mobile units
- Comprehensive information in one place – integration of multiple data sources
- Lights out – reliable technologies for emergency situations when visibility is zero in a tunnel

Mark Begg
Highways Sales Director
Navtech Radar Ltd
1:15 pm Lunch & Networking
2:15 pm Bringing together all the tunnel stakeholders during the planning phase to reinforce safety and save time and money
- Highlighting the importance of involving tunnel operators and infrastructures managers in the design phase
- Working alongside local fire brigades to ensure the design of the tunnel facilitates emergency intervention
- Reinforcing collaboration to cut cost on post-constructions works
- Exploring real case study of such processes to implement it for every project in the future

Jakob Böttger
Team leader Planning and deployment fire brigade
BLS
2:45 pm Exploring how to tackle ventilation challenges with new energy carriers in tunnels
- Discovering how to ensure whether the source of smoke is mobile or stationary before ventilating
- Harnessing on cellphone technology to locate passengers within and better orientate ventilation
- Exploring how to use AI and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to better use ventilation
- Considering the average walking speed of passengers before starting the ventilation and water mist
- Connecting radar, cameras and sensors to better orientate the smoke in your tunnels

Benjamin Truchot
Head of Fire and Dispersion Department
Ineris
3:15 pm Panel Discussion: Uncovering how to easily achieve higher security and safety in old tunnel
- Investing in cost efficient technologies to improve easily security in old tunnels such as lighting, signs and white painting to reflect light
- Discussing how to overcome interoperability challenges with in old tunnels: how to integrate new technology in your existing systems
- Exploring several examples of successful tunnel upgrading to build on successful experience in Europe
- Shedding lights on working closely with emergency services and fire brigades to be better prepared
- Looking at various resistant materials to easily implement in refurbished tunnels to lower risk of fire

Rana Ilgaz
Head of Profession Highways and Traffic
TfL
4:00 pm Afternoon Refreshments & Networking
4:30 pm Workshop: Exploring the lessons learnt from the mining industry regarding fire safety and protection
In this insightful session, the speaker will present to the audience the technologies and strategies used in the mining industry to protect the workers from fire incident. From equipment to rescue room, from smoke detectors to survival kit, this session will cover all aspects of fire safety in mining, and will allow the audience to think outside the box to find cost effective solutions for their tunnels.

Richie Cahill
Safety Officer
Boliden

Samuel Backman
Development Engineer Health & Safety
Boliden
5:15 pm Preparing for a Terrorist Incident in a Tunnel
- Brief description of the Channel Tunnel safety features
- Outlining the response arrangements for terrorist incidents
- Describing the complexity of cross border considerations
- Sharing learning points from bi-national exercises

Steve Demetriou
Channel Tunnel Safety Authority
6:15 pm Chair's Summary and Close of Day One
6:20 pm Drinks reception and networking dinner
8:45 am Registration & refreshments
9:15 am Chair's Opening Remarks
9:30 am Speaker Hosted Roundtables
Interactive roundtable sessions offer a unique opportunity to come together with your peers to share best practice and develop solutions to critical challenges facing the industry as a whole. Hosted by industry experts and each focused on a single issue, roundtables are an exciting, interactive way to build your personal network and learn from the experience and expertise of others.
Each roundtable session lasts for 45 minutes, and delegates may attend up to 2 roundtables
RT 1 – Discussing strategies to improve communication and collaboration between tunnel and train operators
Available for Sponsorship
RT 2 – Exploring strategies to shape health and safety culture across different nations
Stephen Fowler, Head of Health and Safety UK, Eurotunnel
RT 3 – Discussion on safety in road tunnels and underground transportation facilities due to vehicles with alternative fuels
Maria Marton, Expert on Road Infrastructure and Tunnel Safety, Swedish Transport Agency
RT 4 – Roundtable Session Reserved for Event Sponsor
Available for Sponsorship

Stephen Fowler
Head of Health and Safety UK
Eurotunnel

Maria Marton
Expert on Road Infrastructure and Tunnel Safety
Swedish Transport Agency
11:00 am Morning Break & Networking
11:30 am Discovering the investigation results of fire in a road sweeper in the Fjærland tunnel on the Norwegian National Road 5
- Exploring the causes of fire and the situation within the tunnel to understand gravity of such incident
- Unveiling the recommendations from the AIBN to ensure road-users safety during maintenance work
- Disputing pros and cons of automatic and manual controls during maintenance work: what is the best control strategy to achieve work and road-users safety
- Investigating the evacuation process put in place and discovering recommendations from the AIBN to improve communication with road-users

Marius Raddum
Inspector of Accidents
Accident Investigation Board Norway
12:00 pm Tackling your system integration challenges: Getting it right in a one-off configuration
- Statement: every tunnel is unique and procurement procedures do not stimulate knowledge
- The habits your organisation must learn to master systems integration
- Highlighting the challenges set by new conditions of work and the consequences on system integration
- Uncovering differences when integrating system in new tunnels and tunnels in refurbishment

Gert-Jan Ransijn
System Integration Manager, Amsterdam Metro
12:30 pm Embracing IT management of evacuation and smoke control in high demand underground metro lines
- Understanding the critical situation of fire incident in in high demand underground metro lines with 1.500 passengers per train with a frequency of 90 seconds
- Coordinating real time smoke control and evacuation operational strategies
- Exploring how to coordinate operational strategies with fire brigade intervention
- Highlighting how IT technologies are essential for the control of all the variables involved in the management of emergency situations in metros
1:00 pm The need for Fire Safe Transformers in under ground installations
- Transformer Fires – An Unnecessary Risk
- Fire Safety case study
- Installation Advantages

Robert Copley
Renewable Energy Specialist
M&I Materials Limited
1:15 pm Lunch & Networking
2:15 pm The Montcenis Base Tunnel - The approach to safety during operation
- Presentation of the future cross-border Montcenis base tunnel between Italy and France
- Presentation of the aspects of railway safety and accident management
- Presentation of the smoke extraction systems and fire protection network to be activated in the event of an accident.

Paolo Poti
Rail Safety Director
TELT
2:45 pm Safety in the Perthus cross-border tunnel, from design to operations and crisis management
- Brief presentation of LFP
- Brief presentation of the line and the Tunnel
- How safety has been integrated in the design criteria
- Operations and safety conditions
- Crisis Management during railway accidents and external attacks

Petros Papaghiannakis
LFP

Marc Marc Viñas Buxeda
LFP
3:15 pm Afternoon Refreshments & Networking
3:45 pm Embracing cutting-edge IoT technology to protect your infrastructure and prevent fire
- Exploring the scope of available sensors measuring smoke, emissions or movements
- Harnessing on real-time communication and accurate data collected to ensure your tunnel is running smoothly and assess more accurately any dangerous situation
- Connecting your IoT technology to smart cars to improve communication with the drivers and tackle risks before they become danger
- Embracing technology connectivity within your tunnel to have a real-time control of your tunnel

Madeleine Martinsen
Industrial PhD student
Maalarden University
4:15 pm Chair’s Summary and Close of Conference
Sponsorship opportunities
We have a variety of sponsorship packages available for FPST 2019 and would love to hear from you. If you’d like to get your solution in front of leading tunnel operators and owners you can contact us below:
Ben Lloyd-Davies
E-mail: BenLloyd-Davies@arena-international.com
Telephone: +44 (0)207 9366 552
Speaker opportunities
The FPST programme has been organised in collaboration with industry and will offer fresh insight and practical take-aways for enhancing tunnel safety. If you have a topic suggestion or would like to get involved, contact our team at:
Hannah Toms
E-mail: Hannah.toms@arena-international.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 207 9366 855