EVENT BROCHURE 19-20 JUNE 2014 - NH NACIONAL HOTEL MADRID, SPAIN
Dear QATS Railway User, We are delighted to invite you to our 9th annual QATS Railway User Group. The 2014 edition will take place in Madrid - Spain on 19-20 June 2014 at the Hotel NH Nacional. The purpose of the User Group is to bring together the QATS Railway user community on an annual basis to showcase new features and software developments. The event also marks a moment where the Expandium Team shares knowledge, techniques and ideas with end-users. The User Group is a day Expandium dedicates entirely to hear from its customers, their experiences and challenges. Users feedback is key for the R&D Team to constantly deliver solutions that answer precisely to the customers current and upcoming needs. The meeting will start with keynotes and presentations from Expandium. The highlight of Expandium s presentations will be the enhancements and new features in QATS Railway v3. A session of workshops will follow the presentations based on the positive feedbacks we have received from the previous initiatives. It will enable participants to brainstorm on topics and share their points of view on the future of telecommunication monitoring and troubleshooting solutions. The second half of the day will be dedicated to debrief and conclude the workshops and guest speakers will make presentations on trending subjects related to our industry. The User Group will end with some special evening entertainments. On the next day of the User Group, 20th June 2014, Expandium will organize an Open Discussion & Product Enhancements Workshop on Expandium s products & services. QATS Railway users will have the possibility to connect to their own company s network if they request so. Check-out the last page of this brochure for further details. As always, the brochure and the agenda will be updated as regularly as possible. Stay tuned for more details and updates about the event. We are looking forward to meeting you in Madrid! Bernard Giner, Nicolas Marquant, Pascal Bertrand, Expandium CEO User Group Moderator QATS Railway Product Manager 2
Agenda DAY 1 - Thursday June 19 th, 2014 TIME Duration TOPIC PRESENTER 08:30 30mn Welcome Coffee & Tea 09:00 30mn Event Introduction & Agenda 09:30 15mn Expandium CEO Keynote 09:45 1h QATS Railway Release Note Nicolas Marquant, User Group Moderator Bernard Giner, CEO Expandium Pascal Bertrand, QATS Railway Product Manager 10:45 30mn Coffee Break 11:15 15 Workshop Introduction Nicolas Marquant, User Group Moderator 11:30 1h Workshop #1: ERTMS Monitoring Workshop #2: Onboard probes & Unattended Call Generators Workshop #3: IM3/Radio/Commissioning 12:30 1h30 Lunch Break 14:00 45mn Workshop debriefing and conclusion 14:45 30mn QATS Railway Use Case on Adif s Network Mariano Garcia Ruiz ADIF - Spain 15:15 30mn Coffee Break 15:45 30mn Network Commissioning & IM3 Management 16:15 45mn SNCB Use Case François-Ioan Mayet Expandium Services Thomas Demeulemeester SNCB 17:00 - User Group - Day 1 - Conclusion 18:30 - Evening Entertainments DAY 2 - Friday June 20 th, 2014 (Refer to page 5 for more info on this day) 08:30 30mn Morning Coffee & Tea 09:00 1h30 Open Discussion & Product Enhancements Expandium Team 10:30 30mn Coffee Break 11:00 1h15 Open Discussion & Product Enhancements Expandium Team 12:15 - End of Event 3
Meeting location The NH Nacional Hotel offers the perfect place for a business meeting in Madrid. Its ideal location near the Paseo Del Prado, just a few minutes from downtown and close to the airport, should accommodate with ease the venue of our guests. If necessary, receptionists are available and can advise guests regarding bus, train and metro services. Accommodation During this free conference, Expandium will cover all expenses during the event: conference, lunch, dinner, all coffee breaks and entertainments. Attendees will only need to cover the travel arrangements and the hotel accommodation. In order to arrange everything in time, we kindly request the confirmation of your participation as soon as possible. We strongly advise that you book in advance your stay for availability purposes. NH Nacional Hotel 48, Paseo del Prado 28014 Madrid Spain Tel: +34.91.4296629 Email: nhnacional@nh-hotels.com As the previous year, the User Group will occur on 2 days. Please let us know if you can t attend the second day. Entertainments Many historic attractions and museums are only a short walk from the meeting location. As usual, some evening entertainments will be offered right after the User Group. Useful tips Getting there Bus stop: Prado - Atocha Metro stop: Atocha Atocha Train Station: Madrid-Barajas Airport: By car with GPS coordinates: 50 m 150 m 300 m 15 km All presentations made during the event will be sent to the participants after the User Group. Latitude: 40.40951 Longitude: -3.6924 4
Open Discussion & Product Enhancements Friday June 20th 2014 at 9:00 am NH Nacional Hotel Madrid - Meeting Room Grab this opportunity to openly discuss with us your day-to-day software or network investigation and troubleshooting issues with QATS Railway and REC Alert. Each user, with their authorization, will be able to connect to their own network and discuss with all the Expandium Team how to fully use and empower QATS Railway, especially with the latest features released. As many of you already know, we strive to listen to our customers. Share your contributions to shape the future developments of QATS Railway. All our Team will be dedicated this half day to answer to all your new needs, questions, comments, suggestions, and more. Please let us know at if you can t attend this workshop. 5