Programme

Sunday - 10 November 2019 Tehran @ Evin Hotel
18:00 Registration, Welcome Coffee/Drinking

Monday - 11 November 2019 Tehran @ Evin Hotel
08:00 Registration
09:00 Opening ceremony

Recitation of Holy Quran & National Anthem
Opening Video
Speech by Mr Saeed Rasouli, Vice-Minister for Roads & Urban Development and President of Iranian Railways
Speech by Mr François Davenne, UIC Director General
Speech by Mr Pirooz Hanachi, Tehran Mayor
Speech by Mr Mohammad Eslami, Minister of Roads and Urban Development of I. R. Iran

Moderator: Mr Marc Guigon, Passenger Director of UIC
10:20 Coffee break, Inauguration Conference exhibition, Press Conference
11:00 A Presentation by RAI on Railway Station Best Practices
11:15 1st round Table: Rail-Based City

Mr Pour Seyed Aghaei, Deputy of Tehran Mayor
Dr Mohammad Montazeri, Head of UITP Iran Regional Office
Ms Farzaneh Sadegh, Vice Minister of Architecture and Urban Development, Ministry of Roads & Urban
Pr Bernd Scholl, ETH Zürich University professor
Mr Patxi J. Lamíquiz-Daudén, Technical University of Madrid
Mr Mehmet Turşak, Head of Safety and Quality Management System, TCDD
12:45 Questions/Answers & Conclusion

Moderator: Professor Ms. Mahdokht Soltanieha, ETH University
Assistant: Mr. Vahid Aligardashi, Director General of Engineering Bureau of RAI
13:00 Lunch Break / Visit of the trade exhibition
14:30 Parallel sessions 1

  • 1.A Station Design 1
    Ms Mahdokht Soltanieha, ETH University, Zürich,
    Mr Patxi J. Lamíquiz-Daudén, Madrid University
    Ms Lida Eslami, Managing Director of Herampei Consulting Enginners
    Mr Jean-Claude Thirionet, SNCB
    Ms Pegah Pashin, RAI
    Mr Jinglu Du, Delft University



Moderator: Mr Amir Bahador Abdolmohammadi, RAI Director for High Speed Projects

  • 1.B Sustainability
    Ms Jacqueline Kommers, EURNEX
    Pr Bernd Scholl, ETH University, Zürich
    Ms Alice Lunardon, Founder of Sustainability-Booster
    Ms Mozhgan Farahmand, RAI
    Dr Reza Kheyroddin, Iran University of Science & Technology
    Ms Inara Watson, London South Bank University
    waiting list: Mr Babak Majidi & Mr Ahamad Rahmati



Moderator: Mr Mohammad Delnavaz, Deputy Director General of Engineering Bureau, RAI

16:00 Questions/Answers & Conclusion
16:15 Coffee Break / Visiting Conference exhibition
16:45 Parallel sessions 2

  • 2.A Smart solutions for Stations
    Mr Fadong Meng, Deputy Director of Passenger Transport, China
    National Railway Group Company
    Mr Ignacio Sanz, ADIF
    Mr Oliver Brandmüller, IT project lead, DB Station&Service
    Ms Parinaz Bazeghi, UIC Digital Platform
    Mr Mohammad Ami Sohrabi, Rail Andishan Dana Engineering Co.
    Mr Mehrdad Akbarimehr, RAI
    waiting list: Mr Mahdi Nikpour, RAI



Moderator: Mr.Carlos Ventura, Passenger Stations Director, ADIF

  • 2.B Services & Commercial activities
    Mr Willey Smeulders, European Passengers’ Federation
    Ms Zahra Ghamarimajd, RAI
    Ms Fatemeh Rajabi Safiri, RAI
    Mr Mohammad Nikaeen, RAI
    Mr Mahdi Ostadi Jafari, RAI
    Mr Clément Gautier, UIC Passenger Department



Moderator: Mr Clément Gautier, UIC Passenger Department

18:15 Questions/Answers and Conclusion
20:00 Gala Dinner

Tuesday - 12 November 2019 Tehran @ Evin Hotel
08:30 Registration
09:00 Parallel sessions 3

  • 3.A Station Design 2
    Mr Ingo Hansen, Delft University of Technology
    Dr Majta Mirmoghtadaee, Road, Housing and Urban Development Research Center (BHRC)
    Ms Fuying Zhang, Deputy Chief Designer, China National Railway Group Company
    Mr Mohammad Mahmoud, 3M-CEPM R&D Institute
    Mr Metin Yazar, Director General of RAYSİMAŞ Railway Engineering & Consulting Company
    Ms Marzieh Barikani, RAI
    Dr Amin Akay, Karabuk University
    waiting list: / Ms Fatemeh Hajizadeh / Ms Mahdieh Emadi



Moderator: Mr Vahid Aligardashi, Director General of Engineering & Supervising Infrastructure Bureau, RAI

  • 3.B Mobility, accessibility & Door-to-Door solutions
    Ms Maria Teresa Escolano, Head of Expansion Section, ADIF
    Mr Hans-Peter Vetsch, CEO, Vetsch Rail Consulting, Switzerland
    Mr Milko Papazoff, UIC - ASEAN
    Ms Marina Vasina, Passenger Stations, RZD
    Ms Fatemeh Torabi, PHD Student, Delft University, Winner of Student Competition of the Conference
    Mr Hassan Sadeghi Naeini, Iran University of Science & Technology



Moderator: Mr Mohammad Montazeri, Head of UITP Iran Regional Office

10:30 Questions/Answers & Conclusion
10:45 Coffee break / Visiting Conference exhibition
11:15 Parallel sessions 4

  • 4.A Security & Safety
    Mr Vahid Pourtajrishi, RAI
    Mr Seyed Majid Eftekhari, Director General of Regulatory, RAI
    Dr Morteza Bagheri, School of Railway Engineering of Iran University of Science & Technology
    Mr Amirhossein Salarian & Ms Aida Mashhadizadeh, Winners of the first team of Student Competition of the conference, School of Railway Engineering of Iran University of Science & Technology
    Ms Anne Leemans, Yellow Design Foundation, Belgium
    Ms Marie-Hélène Bonneau, UIC Head of Security Division



Moderator: Ms Marie-Hélène Bonneau, UIC Head of Security Division

  • 4.B Station Management & Financing



Ms Ekaterina Kozyreva, International Projects Director, IEC
Ms Melody Khadem Sameni, School of Railway Engineering of Iran, University of Science & Technology
Ms Akram Rostamkhani, RAI
Ms Harir Sadraei, RAI
Mr Seyyed Mehdi Hosseini, Deputy Director General of Logistics Dept., RAI
Mr. Paul Van Doninck, Business Developer, Jernhusen, Sweden

Moderator: Mr Clément Gautier, UIC Passenger Department

12:45 Questions/Answers & Conclusion
13:00 Lunch Break / Visiting Conference exhibition
14:30 2nd Round Table: Generating Added Values for Cities: Main Challenges
Dr Hejazi, chamran ahwaz university
Mr Georgiy Gevorkiyan, RZD Passenger Stations Directorate
Mr Carlos Ventura, ADIF Passenger Stations Director
Mr Willy Smeulders, European Passengers’ Federation, Board member
Ms Kerstin Gillsbro, Jerhnusen’s CEO
16:00 Questions/Answers & Conclusion
Moderator: Mr. François Davenne, UIC Director General
Assistant: Ms. Leila Moosavi, General Director of Investment of RAI
16:15 Coffee break / Visiting Conference exhibition
16:45 Closing Ceremony

Student Competition winners (1st & 2nd Iranian teams)
Speech by Mr Saeed Rasouli, Vice-Minister for Roads & Urban Development and President of Iranian Railways
Speech by Mr François Davenne, UIC Director General
Speech by Ms Kordbacheh, International Affairs Department of Iranian Railways

Moderator: Mr Amir Bahador Abdolmohammadi
17:30 End of the 7th UIC nextstation conference
19:30 Travel from Evin Hotel To Local Mehrabad Airport in Tehran
20:30 Making flight arrangements
22:05 Flight from Tehran to Isfahan
23:05 Arrival at Isfahan Airport – Travel to Abbasi Hotel of Isfahan

Wednesday - 13 November 2019 Isfahan
07:00 Breakfast at Abbasi Hotel
08:00 Check out / Wait in the lobby of Abbasi Hotel
08:15 Transfer to Isfahan Railway Station
08:45 Technical Visit of Isfahan Railway Station
09:45 Break
10:00 Travel from Isfahan Railway Station to Isfahan sightseeing
10:30 Visiting Isfahan special tourist places such as
- Naghsh / e Jahan Square,
- Ālī Qāpū palace,
- Traditional Bazaar of Isfahan
13:30 Lunch
15:00 Continue Isfahan Tour
16:30 Travel-Transfer to Isfahan Airport
17:00 Making flight arrangements
18:00 Flight from Isfahan to Tehran
19:00 Dinner at a Traditional Restaurant in Tehran
22:00 Transfer to International Imam Khomeini Airport of Tehran

Note 1: All information about the Technical Visit of Isfahan and any other required information in this regard are available at the link of the UIC nextstation 2019 conference website: https://nextstation.org/technical-visit-isfahan below

Note 2: Participants whose flights will be on the evening of Wednesday, 13th November, we will be provided with them a VIP car to take them directly from Isfahan to Imam Khomeini Airport (Almost 4 hours).