UITP - International Association of Public Transport

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1. THE OPERATIONAL CENTRE OF THE MONTREAL METRO: NEW CUTTING-EDGE FACILITIES

Each day, the Montreal Metro carries over 775,000 riders and provides its clientele with more than two million hours of service annually. The Metro serves 68 stations on four lines.

The Operational Centre is truly the nerve centre of the system and ensures that Metro riders get to where they want to go efficiently, regularly and safely. Thanks to highly sophisticated computer systems, all information relating to metro activities, from train traffic, electrical power, equipment, communications to monitoring, is channelled to the Centre.

In response to needs arising from the extension of the metro to Laval in 2007 and since the time has come to renew its technological equipment, the STM began moving its Operational Centre into new premises. The Centre, which also houses the STM’s emergency coordination unit, will be operational in 2010.

2. AN UNDERGROUND FIRE PREVENTION TRAINING CENTRE: TRAINING IN A real-life ENVIRONMENT

The first fire prevention school was opened following two major fires that broke out in the Montreal Metro in the early 1970s. Renamed the Underground Fire Prevention Training Centre (Centre de formation souterrain en prévention des incendies), the school moved into its new location that reproduces a portion of the Montreal Metro and welcomed its first students in 2007.

Today, the Centre trains more than 500 people a year. In addition to STM employees, numerous stakeholders from emergency departments in Montreal and the surrounding areas, particularly firefighters, police officers and paramedics, receive instruction from 10 training inspectors in an environment that simulates the special conditions encountered during an incident in an underground setting.

During your visit, you will see a simulation of a fire as part of a train operator’s training.

Key-note: Mr Allen Macartney, Senior Intelligence Analyst, Transport Canada
Intelligence Processes and Terrorist Attacks

Chair: Thomas Kritzer, Deputy Director Metro Operations, Wiener Linien, Vienna, Austria and Vice-Chairman of UITP Security Commission

Intelligent video – results of testing 4 technologies on Madrid Metro

Juan Carlos Piñero Martínez, Security Systems Coordinator, Metro de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Integrated Security System for Passenger Rail Cars

Serge Van Themsche, Business Development Senior Director Western Europe, Bombardier Transportation, Brussels, Belgium
Vincent Rodo, General Manager/General Secretary, Toronto Transit Commission, Toronto, Canada

CCTV to reduce crime and violence

Bob Thacker, General Manager - Surface Transportation, Toronto Transit Commission, Toronto, Canada

Why Interdependent Integration on Trains and at the OCC is Vital for Rail Security

Valentin Scinteie, Director Business Development, Alstom Transport, Montreal, Canada

Carl Desrosiers, Directeur Exécutif- exploitation, STM, Montreal, Canada

Integrated smart surveillance systems for rail-based mass transportation

Francesco Flammini, System Engineer, Ansaldo STS, Naples, Italy

Giuseppe Racioppi, Amministratore unico, MetroCampaniaNordEst, Naples, Italy

Chair: Patrick Dillenseger, Special Assistant for Defense, RATP, Paris, France

Security focus and service mind – how to ensure that security personnel are up to the mark?

Andrea Soehnchen, Strategic Development Director Public Transport, Securitas AB, Sweden

Ricardo Ortega, Security and Civil Defense, TMB, Barcelona, Spain

Aggression and Fare Evasion in 2007: Survey of over 30 public transit companies

Sylviane Delmas, Service Relations, RATP, Paris, France and Chairperson of UITP Human Resources Commission
Ezio Castagna, Director General, CTM, Cagliari, Italy and Chairman of UITP Bus Committee

V-SICMA: Awareness-Raising and Competence Building of Public Transport Staff in countering Terrorism and Serious Crime by Creating Virtual Realities in interactive, 3S-Serious Gaming

Dr. Matthias Müth, Project Manager, Hamburg-Consult, Hamburg, Germany

Rainer Cohrs, Head of Central Services, Hamburger Hochbahn Wache, Hamburg, Germany

Training, Exercises and Audits - the pragmatic approach in Public Transport Security
Choy Kin Chong, Deputy Director for Security & Emergency Planning, SMRT Ltd, Singapore

Michael Roschlau, President and CEO, CUTA

Keynote speaker:

Todd Litman, Victoria Transport Policy Institute, Victoria, Canada
“Terrorism, Transit and Public Safety: Putting Risk Into Perspective”

Chair: Greg Hull, Director – Operations, Safety & Security Programs, APTA

Security for US Presidential Inauguration 2009

John B. Catoe Jr., General Manager, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Washington DC, USA

Security for Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010

Chief Officer Ward Clapham, Transit Police, TransLink, BC, Canada

Security for London Summer Olympics 2012

Geoff Dunmore, Operational Security Manager, London Underground, London, UK and Chairman of UITP Security Commission

Chairperson: Geoff Dunmore, Operational Security Manager, London Underground, London, UK and UITP Security Commission Chairman

Surface Transport Safety and Security By Design in Plan Abu Dhabi 2030

Ahmad Al Akhras, Abu Dhabi Department of Transport, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Preventing Crime and Disorder on Calgary Transit: A Case Study

Brian Whitelaw, Coordinator, Public Safety and Enforcement, Calgary Transit, Calgary, Canada

Achieving the right balance

Geoff Dunmore, Operational Security Manager, London Underground, London, UK and UITP Security Commission Chairman