The OITAF Ropeway Congress 2024 to be held in Canada
From 17 to 21 June 2024, the OITAF Ropeway Congress 2024 entitled ‘Ropeways – Smart Transport Solutions’ will be held in Vancouver, Canada. The event takes place every six years and brings together ropeway operators. Many topics central to the industry will be covered, including the development of ropeways in urban and tourist areas, the operation of ropeways, new developments in ropeway technology, and the central theme of sustainability. Registration is now open.
The conference language is English or French, with simultaneous translation into the other language as well as German and Spanish.
There will also be two days of visits to the year-round destinations Grouse Mountain and Whistler Mountain/Blackcomb. In addition, there is an attractive support programme for accompanying persons: Vancouver Island Tour and Grande Ville Island Tour.
All activities take place or start at the Hyatt Hotel in Vancouver.
To register, please visit the congress website https://oitaf2024.com/
The full programme
| Conference Session 1 TUESDAY JUNE 18TH 2024
Development of ropeways in the urban and tourist sector
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| 9:00 | Opening | Jörg Schröttner (A) |
OITAF President | E | ||
| 9:15 | Greetings
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| 9:30 | The transport capacity of a cable car system in public transportation | Klaus Erharter
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(MEX)
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Klaus Erharter (I), Technical Director Leitner Paul Abed (MEX) Director of Mexitelefericos S.A. de C.V. |
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| 10:00 | Burnaby Mountain Gondola: Making the Rapid Transit Connection
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Holly Foxcroft (CAN) | Lead Planner, TransLink | E | ||
| 10:20 | Toulouse’s cable car: focus on best practise 2 years after commissioning
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Patrick Vial (F) |
Project director of Teleo – now project manager of thé future third métro Line in Toulouse | F | ||
| 10:40 | Discussion
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| 11:00 | Coffee break
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| 11:25 | BREST, the 1st urban ropeway in France
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Victor Antonio (F) |
Mobilities director
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| 11:45 | Transit planning in a context of inequality: The Case of Mexico City’s Cablebús Network – 10 million people each day.
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Andrés Lajous
(MEX) |
Mobility Secretary, CDMX
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| 12:10 | Discussion
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| 12:30 | Lunch break
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| Session 2
Operation of ropeways |
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| 14:00 | Get the best out of your ropes
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Sven Winter (D) |
CEO ROTEC GmbH President OITAF Study committee II | E | ||
| 14:20 | Digital customer trainings: know-how anywhere and anytime
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Philip Oberdorfer (A) |
Digital Services Customer Support Doppelmayr Seilbahnen GmbH | E | ||
| 14:40 | Operations and Maintenance (O&M): A successful long-term approach in managing Client’s assets
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Javier Rosales (VEN) |
Operation and Maintenance Manager (Doha, Qatar) Doppelmayr Cable Car GmbH | E | ||
| 15:00 | Opportunities and threats of digitalisation
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Marco Zgraggen (CH) |
CEO Sisag | E | ||
| 15:20 | Discussion
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| 15:40 | Coffee break
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| 16:00 | Operation and Maintenance of a multi-brand cable car
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Diego Scofano (BRA) |
Technical Director Grupo Iter – Rio de Janeiro | E | ||
| 16:20 | LIFE Ropeway, the Innovative approach to increase the sustainability of Ropeways and their Operation throughout their entire lifecycle
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Michael Fauche (F) |
New Market & Strategy Director Poma | E | ||
| 16:40 | Great Place to work Talent Journey | Benny Pregenzer (A) |
CEO Fisser Bergbahnen GmbH | E | ||
| 17:00 | Ropeways – A Leader in Safe Accessible Transportation
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John Kamb (USA) |
Ropeway Engineer, US Forest Service
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| 17:20 | Metrocable Line K – Keys to keeping the first urban cable car in operation after 20 years, 135,000 hours and 260 million passengers mobilized
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Jorge Alberto
Ramos Lopez |
Ropeways Manager, Metro de Medellín
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| 17:40 | E-mobility at the +1 level in public transport
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Dominik Berndt (D) | CEO and Initiator di Cable Car World | E | ||
| 17:50 | Discussion
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| 18:10 | Conclusion
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| Session 3 WEDNESDAY JUNE 19TH 2024
Ropeway technology, new developments
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| 9:00 | Proposal for a tool to help verify the safety level of monocable aerial ropeways
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Gaëtan Rioult (F) |
Head of Department for Ropeway Installations STRMTG France, President OITAF Study Committee I |
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| 9:25 | Autonomous mobility with ropeways – the next generation of modern transportation
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Michael Mathis (A)
Martin Oberhammer (A) |
Head of technical division, Doppelmayr Seilbahnen GmbH
CEO Silvretta Montafon Holding GmbH |
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| 9:55 | Weather Challenges in Ropeway Operations & Maintenance
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Tom Scully (USA) |
Risk Control Consultant, President OITAF-NACS | E |
| 10:15 | Discussion
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| 10:35 | Coffee break
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| 11:00 | Fire risk under ropeways – a new approach to fly over difficulties | Thibault Chatelus (F) |
Ropeway engineer in STRMTG (french control authority) | F |
| 11:20 | The intermodal transport system ConnX
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Günther Tschinkel (I) |
Head of electrotechnical technical department Leitner ropeways | E |
| 11:45 | Cybersafety in the Sky: Unveiling the Crucial Link Between Ropeways Safety and Cybersecurity
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Giorgio Pizzi (I) |
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport – Italy – Director of Ropeways, local railways and digitization of local public transport Division | E |
| 12:10 | Discussion
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| 12:30 | Lunch break
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| Session 4
Dimensions of sustainability |
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| 14:00 | The transformation of funicular system since 1888 – The Peak Tram
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Samuel Lee (HK) |
Director of Engineering Peak Tramways Company Limited / Hong Kong | E | |
| 14:15 | Adaptation strategies of ropeway companies in Switzerland due to climate change
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Berno Stoffel
(CH)
Benedicta Aregger (CH) |
Director Swiss Cable Car Association
Vice Director Swiss Cable Car Association |
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| 14:35 | Development and optimization of snow making systems for better resource management | Franco Torretta (I) |
Technical director Monterosa skiresort (Italy); President of the Italian National Association of Ropeway Technicians (A.N.I.T.I.F.) | E | |
| 14:55 | Empirical data on technical snowmaking: Greener and more Sustainable than assumed | Günther Aigner (A) |
CEO „Zukunft Skisport
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| 15:15 | Energy Storage System for Ropeways
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Stefan Gassmann
(CH)
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Head of Sales Frey AG |
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| 15:30 | Coffee break
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| 15:55 | Touristic Sites and Environment
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Gunther Suette (A) |
President OITAF Study committee VII | E | |
| 16:15 | New strategy for ski resorts: public transport as the future essential service
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Sophia Oberjakober(I)
Andreas Dorfmann(I) |
CEO Mobilitätskonsortium
President Mobilitätskonsortium, CEO Kronplatz Group |
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| 16:35 | The new generation of bicable ropeway, the economic link between monocable and 3S
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Dominic Bosio (F) |
Leitner ropeways SpA | E | |
| 16:55 | Discussion
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| 17:15 | Organisational issues for the side visits
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| 17:25 | Presentation of Grouse Mountain Resort
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Speaker (CAN) |
Grouse Mountain | E | |
| 17:50 | Closing Words
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| 18:00 | End
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| 20:00– 24:00 | Gala Dinner
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| Escursion Thursday June 20th 2024 |
| Escursion Friday June 21st 2024 |
