Schedule of Events

Conference Days*

Friday, October 20, 2023

Location: Conference Area, Radisson Hotel + ZOOM

12:00 – Board Meeting, Sala Madrid-Lisboa (all Executive Board members)
14:00 – Light Lunch Snack (all IMA members)
15:00 – General Members Meeting, Sala Madrid-Lisboa (all IMA members)

Location: Restaurant Bassano
R. Dr. Rafael de Barros, 170, Paraíso, São Paulo – SP, 04003-041, Brazil

19:00 – Welcome Reception (all registered participants)

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Saturday, October 21, 2023

Location: Conference Area, Radisson Hotel

08:00 – Registration
09:00 – Welcome and Introduction
09:10 – Keynote Speech by Mr. Milton Gioia Junior, Director Operations at Metrô de São Paulo
09:30 – P1: Greenhouse Gas Emission Prediction and Efficiency Evaluation of Straddle Monorail Transit during Construction based on Support Vector Machine, Beijing Jiaotong University
10:00 – P2: Monorail and Other Transportation Systems: Noise Study, Innova/BYD
10:30 – Coffee Break, in the foyer
11:15 – P3: Advanced Design and Manufacture of Guideway Girders as an Enabler for high Ride Quality in Maglev and Monorail Systems, Max Boegl
11:45 – P4: Installation Methodology for Multiple Point Track Switch. Case Study from Panama Line 3, Hitachi Rail
12:15 – P5: Maximizing Availability and Reliability of Monorail Systems through Efficient Asset Management, Track Forward
12:45 – Networking Lunch, sponsored. Restaurant Area Radisson Hotel
14:15 – P6: Monorail in Monterrey – Challenges in the Development Phase, AECOM
14:45 – P7: Unlocking the Value of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Transportation and Infrastructure: A Holistic Approach to Operational Excellence”, Drees & Sommer
15:15 – P8: The Platform Screen Doors application in Monorail Lines – Advances in Safety and Efficiency, BYD Skyrail
15:45 – Coffee Break, in the foyer
16:15 – P9 to P11: Debate on Emergency Walkways
‘Rescue of Passenger’ – Discussion about systemic Consideration of Safety Requirements for the Monorail System using a Criticality Example, TÜV SÜD Rail, Kroenke Consulting
Innovation in Safety Systems and Escape Routes of Metro São Paulo Line 17-Gold, Metro São Paulo
17:15 – Closing of Day One
17:30 – In-house Exhibition
17:30 – Workshop Session 1: Emergency Guideways, Workshop Session 2: Planning Guide

18:15 – Appetizer and Aperitif, in conference area

Location: Restaurant Area, Radisson Hotel
19:30 – Networking Dinner, sponsored

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Location: Conference Area, Radisson Hotel

08:00 – In-house Exhibition
09:00 – P12: Bridging the Gap – Expansion Joints for Monorail Structures, mageba Services & Technology
09:30 – P13: Fatigue Tests on Bearings and Expansion Joints for Monorail Lines, Hirun International
10:00 – P14: Sustainable Upgrade of Expansion Joints for Monorail Guideway Beams, MAURER SPS
10:30 – Coffee Break, in the foyer
11:15 – P15: Finger Plate: Care in a Vital Component on the Permanent Way, Metro São Paulo
11:45 – P16: Use of Seismic Isolators in the Monorail Stations Design, Sener Ingenieria
12:15 – P17: Optimization of Monorail Conductor Rail Systems, Conductix-Wampfler
12:45 – Lunch, sponsored. Restaurant Area Radisson Hotel
14:15 – P18: Clearance Profiles and dynamic Envelope, Derap AG
14:45 – P19: Pneumatically Propelled Automated People Mover, Aerom
15:15 – P20: The New Generation of Suspended Monorail Transit System – Rigid Suspended Monorail, Beijing Jiaotong University
15:45 – Closing of Day Two
16:00 – Coffee Break, in the foyer

Location: Conference Area, Radisson Hotel + ZOOM
17:30 – Leave Radisson Hotel for visit of Main OCC Metro, walking distance 15 minutes
17:45 – Technical Visit Main OCC Metro

Location: Restaurant Dinho’s
Alameda Santos, 86 – Paraíso, São Paulo – SP, 01418-000, Brazil

19:30 – Closing Dinner, sponsored

*subject to change

Technical Visits Days*

Monday, October 23, 2023

Location: São Paulo

Line 15 Visit
08:30 – Start from Radisson Hotel Paulista to Paraiso Station Line 2, by feet
08:40 – Ride with Line 2 to Vila Prudente Station
09:05 – Ride with Monorail Line 15 to São Mateus Station
09:40 – Visit São Mateus Station
10:10 – Bus Transfer to Beam Pre-casting Yard
10:35 – Visit Beam Pre-casting Yard
11:15 – Bus transfer to Lunch Location
12:00 – Lunch
13:30 – Bus transfer
13:45 – Visit Depot Oratório (Maintenance and Operations Center)
15:15 – Bus Transfer to Hotel Radisson Paulista / Social Activity

Social Activity
17:00 Guided Tour Architecture of Museum of Art São Paulo
19:00 Individual Leisure Time

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Location: São Paulo

Line 17 Visit
08:00 – Start from Radisson Hotel Paulista with Bus
08:40 – Visit Congonhas Station (civil works, link to Conghonas Airport connection)
09:00 – Visit Depot “Água Espraiada” (under construction)
10:00 – Visit Morumbi Station (civil works, link to Line 9)
11:00 – Visit Jabaquara Depot (future link to subway Line 1) with Coffee Break
12:00 – Discussion with Line 17 Engineering and Architecture Team
13:00 – End of Line 17 Visit

Aeromovel Construction Site Visit
13:00 – Bus Transfer from Jabaquara Depot to São Paulo Guarulhos Airport
14:30 – Visit Aeromovel Construction Site
(Aerogru Construction Site, in front of Terminal 3 Guarulhos Airport)

16:00 – End of Monorailex