Schedule of Events
Conference Days*
Friday, September 20, 2024
Location: Max Bögl Conference Center, Sengenthal
Annual General Meeting & Technical Tour Max Bögl
09:00 – Board Meeting (all IMA Executive Council members)
10:30 – Welcome Coffee (all IMA members)
11:30 – Annual General Members Meeting (all IMA members)
13:30 – Light Lunch Snack (all registered Monorailex conference participants)
15:00 – Technical Tour Max Bögl (all registered Monorailex conference participants)
18:00 – Bus transfer to conference hotel “Park Inn by Radisson Neumarkt”
Location: Restaurant W3, Neumarkt (walking distance 15 min. from hotel)
19:30 Welcome Reception, sponsored (all registered Monorailex conference participants)
Venue
Park Inn by Radisson Neumarkt
Nürnberger Strasse 4
92318 Neumarkt
Conference
Brochure
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Location: Conference Area, Hotel “Park Inn by Radisson Neumarkt”
08:00 – Registration
09:00 – Welcome
09:10 – Keynote Speech
09:30 – P1 – How Systems Integration becomes pivotal in Modern Monorail Projects, Sener
10:00 – P2 – System Integration Activities for Interfaces Management between Monorail
Technologies Systems and Civil Work Infrastructure, Hitachi Rail STS
10:30 – Coffee Break, in the foyer & In-house exhibition
11:15 – P3 – Non-standard Spans for Monorail Elevated Structures, Sener
11:45 – P4 – Lifting Devices/Procedures for Monorail Curved Precast Guideway Beams,
Innova
12:15 – P5 – Optimizing Guideway Beam Deflection in Monorail Systems: A Sensitivity Analysis
of Construction Variables and the Role of Observational Teams, Innova
12:45 – Networking Lunch (sponsored), Restaurant Area & In-house exhibition
14:15 – P6 – Monorail Track Inspection with the Use of Drones, São Paulo Metro, IPT – Instituto de
Pesquisas Tecnológicas do Estado de São Paulo
14:45 – P7 – Integrating Asset Management Systems in Monorail Transportation: A Holistic
Approach to Digital Operations & Maintenance and Condition Monitoring, Remec
15:15 – P8 – Life-Cycle-Costing Models (LCC) combined with Building Information Modelling
(BIM) – how the Monorail Industry can profit by a Holistic Implementation
Approach, Drees & Sommer
15:45 – Coffee Break, in the foyer & In-house exhibition
16:30 – P9 – Intelligent Software Development and Test Verification of PC Guideway for
Straddle Monorail Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University
17:00 – P10 – Alleviating Impacts of Climate Change: Cairo Monorail as a Mitigation Measure,
National Authority for Tunnels (NAT)
17:30 – P11 – IMA WG Passenger Evacuation, International Monorail Association, TÜV Süd
18:15 – Closing of Day One
Location: Gasthaus Meisterstück (Hotel Wittmann’s, walking distance 5 min. from hotel)
19:30 – Networking Dinner (sponsored)
Sunday, September 22, 2024
Location: Conference Area, Hotel “Park Inn by Radisson Neumarkt”
08:00 – In-house Exhibition & Networking
09:00 – P12 – The Smart Gateway – Innovations in Automated Sliding Doors: Redefining Safety,
Monitoring, and Digital Functionality, artiga
09:30 – P13 – Monorail Tires – an Integral Part of Monorail Systems for Sustainable People
Mobility, Michelin
10:00 – P14 – New “old” Bogies for “Kaiserwagen” of the Monorail System in the City of
Wuppertal, LogoMotive
10:30 – Coffee Break, in the foyer & In-house exhibition
11:15 – P15 – Fingerjoints for Monorails – Current Status and Opportunities, TüV Süd & Maurer
11:45 – P16 – Bearing the Test – Bearings for Monorail Structures, MPA Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) & mageba
12:15 – P17 – Monorail in High Seismic Areas, Hirun International
12:45 – Networking Lunch (sponsored), Restaurant Area, Park Inn Hotel & In-house exhibition
14:15 – P18 – MONOCAB – Novel Monorail Vehicle for Rural Areas, OWL Monocab
14:45 – P19 – A Major Automated People Mover Connection at the Largest South American
Airport, AEROM
15:15 – P20 – The Monorails as a Sustainable Solution to Improve Transport Accessibility and
Relaunch the Development of High Congested Metropolitan Areas: the Naples’
Eastern District Project in Southern Italy, Cavuoto, University of Campania & University
of Naples
15:45 – Coffee Break, in the foyer & In-house exhibition
16:30 – P21 – IMA WG Planning Guide, International Monorail Association
17:00 – 22 – Importance of the BIM and Digitals Tools in a “Fast Track” Rail/Monorail Project
for – Best Practices, AECOM
17:30 – Closing of Day Two
Location: Maybach Museum
18:00 Leave hotel for Visit of Maybach Museum, walking distance 15 min.
18:15 Visit of Maybach Museum
Location: Restaurant Oberer Ganskeller (walking distance 7 min. from Maybach Museum)
19:30 Closing Dinner (sponsored)
*subject to change
Technical Visits Days*
Monday, September 23, 2024
Location: Neumarkt, Berlin
Transfer Day to Berlin
08:30 – Leave Park Inn Hotel Neumarkt to Rail Station Neumarkt
09:12 – Commuter train S1 – to Nuremberg
change in Nuremberg main station
High speed train ICE 1112 – to Berlin
(tbc.)
12:57 – Arrive in Berlin main station
Individual Leisure Time
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Location: InnoTrans, Berlin
InnoTrans Tech Tour
09:30 – Meet at InnoTrans IMA booth (hall 4.2, stand 100)
10:00 – Start of Guided Tour “InnoTrans”
12:00 – End of Monorailex
*subject to change
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Conference Registration Form
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