Schedule of Events

Conference Days*

Friday, September 20, 2024

Location: Max Bögl Conference Center, Sengenthal

Annual General Meeting & Technical Tour Max Bögl
08:15 – Bus transfer to Max Bögl site from hotel ‘Park Inn by Radisson Neumarkt’
09:00 – Board Meeting (all IMA Executive Council members)

10:15 – Bus transfer to Max Bögl site from hotel ‘Park Inn by Radisson Neumarkt’
10:30 – Welcome Coffee (all IMA members)
11:30 – Annual General Members Meeting (all IMA members)

13:15 – Bus transfer to Max Bögl site from hotel ‘Park Inn by Radisson Neumarkt’
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

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Saturday, September 21, 2024

Location: Conference Area, Hotel “Park Inn by Radisson Neumarkt”

08:00 – Registration
09:00 – Welcome
09:05 – Keynote Speech
09:20 – P1 – How Systems Integration becomes pivotal in Modern Monorail Projects, Sener
09:50 – P2 – System Integration Activities for Interfaces Management between Monorail
Technologies Systems and Civil Work Infrastructure, Hitachi Rail STS
10:20 – P3 -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

10:50 – Coffee Break, in the foyer & In-house exhibition

11:20 – P4 – Non-standard Spans for Monorail Elevated Structures, Sener
11:50 – P5 – Innovative Construction: One-Shot Pouring of 22-Meter Double Expansion Piers and Pier Heads + Lifting Devices/Procedures for Monorail Curved Precast Guideway Beams, Innova
12:20 – P6 – Optimizing Guideway Beam Deflection in Monorail Systems: A Sensitivity Analysis
of Construction Variables and the Role of Observational Teams, Innova

12:50 – Networking Lunch (sponsored), Restaurant Area & In-house exhibition

14:20 – P7 – Monorail Track Inspection with the Use of Drones, São Paulo Metro, IPT – Instituto de
Pesquisas Tecnológicas do Estado de São Paulo
14:50 – P8 – Integrating Asset Management Systems in Monorail Transportation: A Holistic
Approach to Digital Operations & Maintenance and Condition Monitoring, Remec
15:20 – P9 – Life-Cycle-Costing Models (LCC) combined with Building Information Modelling
(BIM) – how the Monorail Industry can profit by a Holistic Implementation
Approach, Drees & Sommer

15:50 – Coffee Break, in the foyer & In-house exhibition

16:30 – P10 – Intelligent Software Development and Test Verification of PC Guideway for
Straddle Monorail Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University
17:00 – P11 – Alleviating Impacts of Climate Change: Cairo Monorail as a Mitigation Measure,
National Authority for Tunnels (NAT)
17:30 – P12 – IMA WG Passenger Evacuation, International Monorail Association, TÜV Süd
18:00 – 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 – P13 – The Smart Gateway – Innovations in Automated Sliding Doors: Redefining Safety,
Monitoring, and Digital Functionality, artiga
09:30 – P14 – Monorail Tires – an Integral Part of Monorail Systems for Sustainable People
Mobility, Michelin
10:00 – P15 – 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 – P16 – Fingerjoints for Monorails – Current Status and Opportunities, TüV Süd & Maurer
11:45 – P17 – Bearing the Test – Bearings for Monorail Structures, MPA Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) & mageba
12:15 – P18 – Monorail in High Seismic Areas, Hirun International

12:45 – Networking Lunch (sponsored), Restaurant Area, Park Inn Hotel & In-house exhibition

14:15 – P19 – MONOCAB – Novel Monorail Vehicle for Rural Areas, OWL Monocab
14:45 – P20 – MCX – Mission Critical Communication in Mass Transit, Funkwerk
15:15 – P21 – A Major Automated People Mover Connection at the Largest South American
Airport, AEROM

15:45 – Coffee Break, in the foyer & In-house exhibition

16:30 – P22 – Fire Protection System Research in Urban Monorail Transit System, Fogtec
17:00 – P23 – Importance of the BIM and Digitals Tools in a “Fast Track” Rail/Monorail Project
for – Best Practices, AECOM
17:30 – P24 – IMA WG Planning Guide, International Monorail Association
17:50 – 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)
19:45 Closing Dinner (sponsored)

*subject to change

Technical Visits Days*

Monday, September 23, 2024

Location: Neumarkt, Berlin

Transfer Day to Berlin
10:00 – Leave Park Inn Hotel Neumarkt to Rail Station Neumarkt(Oberpf.)
10:32 – Commuter train S1 to Nuremberg, change in Nuremberg
main station
11:40 – High speed train ICE 708 to Berlin
16:22 – Arrive in Berlin Main Station

Individual Leisure Time