Railway Diagnostic and Monitoring Conference 2026 - Program 16th April - Eurailpress

Thursday, 16th April 2026

10:30

Welcome and introduction

Bernd Reuß, Moderator, Eurailpress

10:45

From Diagnostics to Digital Twins: Leveraging AI and BIM for Resilient Rail Infrastructure

Peter Boom, Haskoning

11:15

Turning 3D Data to Real-World Impact: Practical Use Cases of AI-Powered Digital Twin

Alexis Meneses, Altametris

11:45

European Data Exchange: LLM-driven Data Enrichment

Patrik Schlemmer, voestalpine Signaling Siershahn

12:15

Lunch

13:30

Data Factory - An end-to-end ecosystem for large scale data from trains

Dr. Philipp Neumaier, Deutsche Bahn

14:00

From Trackside to Insight: Predictive Maintenance Through Wayside Systems

Heiko Barthold, MER MEC S.p.A.

14:30

Panel discussion

Moderator: Bernd Reuß

Harald Hopfgartner, voestalpine Signaling Siershahn
Philipp Neumaier, Deutsche Bahn
Heiko Barthold, MER MEC S.p.A.
Alexis Meneses, Altametris
Juliette von Driel, ProRail

15:15

Coffee Break

16:00

The Potential of a Wayside Train Monitoring System for the German Rail Network

Katharina Gärtner, DZSF
Michael Reitz, DZSF

16:30

Intelligent lubrication and monitoring systems

Joël Zbinden, Substring GmbH
Frédéric Waldmann, Substring GmbH

17:00

Ende of first event day

17:45

Networking evening

Olga Freund

olga.freund@dvvmedia.com

+49 (0)40 237 14-351