I N V I TAT I O N

Programme from december 3rd I n t e r n a t i o n a l S e m i n a r - Wo r k s h o p o n P o w e r Friday December 4th 2009

to december 6th 2009 Tr a n s m i s s i o n i n H i g h S p e e d R a i l w a y S y s t e m s from 9am to 6pm

P O S S I B I L I T I E S O F F E R E D A C C E S S M A P Po we r Tra nsm is sio n in

T O P A R T I C I P A N T S Hi gh Sp ee d R ai lwa ys Sy st ems

Day 1
Thursday december 3rd
Arrival K eep i n g In n ov at i on s o n Tr a ck
Installation at Hotel

Day 2
Friday december 4th
Seminar - Workshop
Official dinner at ESIEE-Amiens

Day 3
Saturday december 5th
Morning: visit of The Marquenterre Park, in the Somme Bay
Afternoon: visit of Amiens’ Cathedral and tour of the city
Dinner By car
F r o m PA R I S
Day 4 motorway A16-exit 17 >> AMIENS sud / DURY
Sunday december 6th motorway A1-exit 1 >> ROYE
Departure
From LILLE
motorway A1 then A29-towards >> AMIENS centre
cross the city centre-always straight

P R I C E S *
By train
F r o m PA R I S From LILLE
All duration - Day 1 to 4 : 175 € 1:10 from «gare du Nord» 1:30 from «gare LILLE Flandres»

From LONDON From BRUSSELS

Day 1 & 2 : 85 € 2:38 - Eurostar 1:21 - Thalys
Dinner day 1 & Official dinner included

Day 2 only : 65 €
By plane
Official dinner included
F r o m a i r p o r t PA R I S - B E A U VA I S - T I L L E
Day 2 & 3 : 155 €
From airport LILLE-LESQUIN

F r o m a i r p o r t PA R I S - C H A R L E S D E G A U L L E

* without Hotel
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Key points of this Seminar - Workshop

Welcoming Coffee Chairman of Workshop Session 3 :
9:00
Dr Simon WALTERS, University of Brighton
Keeping Innovations on Track
Welcoming Speech by the 14:00 CADEMCE PROJECT
9:15
In Europe, the railway industry is enjoying steady growth and success; however, the Chairman of Workshop Session 1 :
Dr Roger CESCHI, General Director, ESIEE-Amiens
Pantograph control by stochastic optimal control
Dr R. CESCHI, ESIEE-Amiens, France
increasing harmonisation, legislation, and required standards of service (such as
higher speed) are bringing new engineering problems. Real time test rig and hardware-in-the-loop simulation platform for
testing pantographs & catenaries interactions
Opening Speech* Dr A. MPANDA, ESIEE-Amiens, France
Electric power collection is essential for the operation of the train, and this relies Gilles DEMAILLY - President, Amiens Métropole
Claude GEWERC - President, Conseil Régional de Picardie
heavily on the reliable transmission of current between the catenary and the contact 15:00 Characteristics of electromagnetic noises produced by the sliding
Michel DELBEQ - President, i-Trans
contact between the catenary and pantograph and impacts on the
strip of the pantograph.
GSM-R transmissions
Dr V. DENIAU, INRETS, France
9:45 SNCF Mechanical and Thermal Simulation Tools for Designing
In 2011, as part of the i-Trans pole of competitiveness, ESIEE-Amiens is planning to the Pantograph-Catenary Interface
15:30 Break
establish a dynamic test platform, dedicated to current transmission systems for Dr A. BOBILLOT, SNCF, France
railway applications. Chairman of Workshop Session 4 :
This associated project has been named ‘’CADEMCE’’, for ‘’CAractérisation Dr Augustin MPANDA, ESIEE-Amiens
10:15 Design and testing of innovative pantographs : a general overview
Dynamique et Environnementale de Moyens de Captage Electrique’’, which means Prof B. ALLOTTA & Dr L. PUGI, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
15:45 Modelling pantograph catenary interaction using SIMPACK :
‘dynamic and environmental characterization of techniques for electric transmission’. EN50318 Test Case
10:45 Break
Thomas PARTARRIEU, Kevin CROS & François BARRAL, INTEC France SAS
The aim of this project is to carry out experimental tests on the diverse electrical and Chairman of Workshop Session 2 : 16:15 Pantogragh/Catenary Interaction Framework for Intelligent Control,
mechanical sub-systems of the catenary and the pantograph contact strip of high- Prof Ahmed RACHID, UPJV
Framework of PACIFIC Project
speed trains. Dr S. WALTERS, University of Brighton, UK, & Prof. A. RACHID, UPJV, France
11:00 The functioning principle of a pantograph and its interface
with the contact wire 16:45
D uring this seminar, we will investigate the operating risks and interactions Dr Steve CULLINGFORD & Bernard LANGENHAN, Brecknell Willis, UK
Achievements on contact strip material for high-speed & high-current
for electrified railway systems,
between harmonised railway networks and will identify and discuss the problems Framework of INOCAP Project
11:30 Simulation models of catenary-pantograph dynamic interaction, Dr L. CEBULSKI, Carbone Lorraine Applications Electriques, France
related to current transmission and to the ‘catenary - contact strip - pantograph’, Validation and Applications
including, but not limited to : wear, overheating, loss of contact and electric arcs. Prof A. CARNICERO, ICAI UPCOMILLA, Madrid, Spain 17:15 Round Table
Dr D. CADET, Research Director, Alstom Transport
12:00 Assessment quality of contact between pantograph & catenary ,
We will then review the development tracks studied and assess the risks for railway Simulation and Validation 17:45 Closing Speech
stakeholders ; this work will then lay the foundations for future innovations. Dr Salima MANAI & Mohammed LEOUATNI, Alstom Transport, France Prof Y. RAVALARD / Prof M. SHAWKY, i-Trans

12:30 Lunch Conclusion*

with the introduction of Christian MANABLE - President, Conseil Général de la Somme
Bernard MULOT, Lead Project Manager, CLAE - ESIEE-Amiens
Michel DELPUECH - Préfet

D e c e m b e r 4 t h 2 0 0 9 , A m p h i t h e a t r e « J u l e s Ve r n e » 20:30 Official Dinner

at ESIEE-Amiens. Welcoming Speech by
Bernard DESERABLE - President, CCI Amiens and ESIEE-Amiens
*subject to the participation of the speakers