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The conversations that need to happen, here.

One of our founding goals is to create a platform for collaboration and development in the areas which present challenges in our industry: introducing innovation, setting standards, fostering safety, sustainability and cost-efficiency.

TRACCS Rail Day speakers will address some of our collective concerns in these two full days of talks, workshops, round tables and presentations.

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Fireside Chat
with Rick Leary, CEO of the
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)

Workshops on National Standards
by CSA Group

       Opportunities for Standards in Rail Electrification. (2 hr.)
       Opportunities for Standards to Support Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience for Transit and Rail Systems. (2 hr.)

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Schedule

Day 1
Tuesday June 20

* Subject to change

10 am

Room A

Room B

Room C

Opening Remarks

10:30 am

11 am

11:45 am

Fireside Chat with TTC CEO Rick Leary

Introduction to the Railway System Assurance Process.
Ignacio Sanz, Aecon 

Rail Consortiums: A Collaborative Approach to Maintenance Training
Amri Joyner (ITLC) and Don Lamotthe (DART)

Women in Rail Panel

(11:00-12:30 pm)

Karla Avis-Birch, Chief Planning Officer, Metrolinx

Gina Au, Apprentice, Streetcar Maintenance, TTC

Tracy D’Souza, Supervisor, Carpentry, Crosslinx

Joanna Kervin, Vice President, External Approvals and Implementation, Crosslinx

Samin Mahdavian, Project Coordinator – Avenue Station, Crosslinx

Kirsten Watson, Vice President, Government Relations, AECOM

Susan Sperling,Vice President, Communications and Public Engagement
Crosslinx Transit Solutions

TBD

TBD

With Jennifer van der Valk,  from the Toronto Region Board of Trade

12:30 pm

High output delivery for different disciplines – track renewal, OCS installation
David Mommer and Mikael Eekhout (NGE)

1:15 pm

break

break

1:30 pm

Building an E&AM team at Metrolinx
Fay Pittman, Chief Engineer Operations - Rapid Transit

Panel
(1:45 - 2:30 pm)
T
ransit electrification
Matthew Slade (EllisDon)

CSA GROUP
Michael Urban and Clifton Rondeau

2:30 - 3:00 pm

break

3 pm

Panel: Applying a Systems Engineering Approach Across Multi-Disciplinary Projects
Moderator: John Jelley, 
(Morrison Hershfield)

4 pm

Rashid Dorj
(City of Ottawa)

break

Will Allman
Rail Systems, Stations & Infrastructure Director for the High Frequency Rail Project at VIA HFR 

break

CSA WORKSHOP Opportunities for Standards to Support Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience for Transit and Rail Systems

Cocktail
(5 to 7 pm)

Schedule

* Subject to change

Day 2
Wednesday June 21

Room A

Room B

Room C

11 am

Mary Proc: 10 Secrets to Career Success in the Rail Industry

TBD

CSA GROUP
Michael Urban and Clifton Rondeau

11:45 am

Ensuring Track Worker Safety with Electronic Roadway Worker Protection Systems
Miller Ingenuity/RailWorks Corp (PNR RailWorks)

Panel: Procurement and Supply Chain

1:00 - 1:30 pm

break

break

break

1:30 pm

LABOUR IN THE INDUSTRY Michelle Malski League of Railway Women

Panel: Improving Technology Procurement & Reducing Risk. Considering the full asset lifecycle and stakeholders
Dale Brown (APTA/INCOSE) and Leslie Barnes (WGD consulting)

CSA WORKSHOP
Opportunities for Standards in Rail Electrification
(13:30 - 15:30)

2:15 pm

Enhancing the Everyday: Digitalization driving the transformation of rail across Canada
Aaron Branston (SIEMENS)

Panel: Railway Expansion Projects
(12:30-13:30) GO EXPANSION 

3:30 pm

Systems Integration
Mike Markoulakis (WGD Consulting)

Challenges of mapping utilities in the rail corridor
Lawrence Arcand (4sight)

Panel: Truth and Reconciliation as a Business Imperative for the Canadian Transportation Sector
Annette Salfarlie 
(COMTO)

TBD

4:30 pm

Closing Remarks

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