Schedule of Events

Friday, September 19, 2025

12:00 – Board Meeting (all IMA Executive Council members)

14:00 – Welcome Coffee & Light Lunch Snack (all IMA members)
15:00 – Annual General Members Meeting (all IMA members)

17:00 – Individual Leisure Time

Location: Ola Beach Club, Sentosa Island (walking distance 14 min. from hotel)
19:00 Welcome Reception (all registered Monorailex conference participants)

Saturday, September 20, 2025

Location: Conference Area, Hotel ‘Amara Sanctuary‘

08:00 – Registration
09:00 – Welcome
09:10 – Keynote Speech – Mr. Chua Chong Kheng, CEO of MSI Global Pte Ltd., Senior Advisor of LTA
09:30 – Introducing Sentosa Island – Mr. Chew Yun Meng, Divisional Director at Sentosa Development Corp.
09:40 – P1 – Challenges in Implementing Monorails in a High-Density City, Metro São Paulo
10:10 – P2 – Reimagining Monterrey: How Monorail is Driving the Future of Urban Mobility, Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metrorrey

10:40 – Coffee Break in the foyer & In-house exhibition

11:20 – P3 – Onboard Power Traction Batteries’ Influence on Operational Scenarios of São Paulo Metro Line 17-Gold, Metro São Paulo
11:50 – P4 – Application of Active Noise Cancellation Technology in Rail Transit, Honrock
12:20 – P5 – Intelligent On-Board Solutions, Luetze Transportation

12:50 – Networking Lunch in the foyer & In-house exhibition

14:20 – P6 – Study of the Index System of Assessment for the Maintaining Condition of Monorail Guideway Beams and Bridges in Chongqing, Beijing Jiaotong University
14:50 – P7 – Macro Texture Influence on Surface Wearability and Skid Resistance of Monorail Guideway Beams, Innova Transportation
15:20 – P8 – Evolution of the Dimensional Verifications on the Guide Beams and Closure Pours in Line 15 – Silver, Metro São Paulo

15:50 – Coffee Break, in the foyer & In-house exhibition

16:35 – P9 – Hitachi Rail Monorail Solutions – System Safety Analysis and SIL4 Certification Process for the Safety Function: Vehicle Direction Control, Hitachi Rail
17:05 – P10 -Guidelines for Safe Passenger Evacuation from Elevated Monorail Systems, IMA WG Passenger Evacuation (Lead: TÜV SÜD Rail)
17:35 – P11 – Examples for Safe Passenger Evacuation Solutions, TÜV SÜD Rail
18:05 – Closing of Day One

Location: Restaurant Royal Taj, (walking distance 3 min. from hotel)
19:00 – Networking Dinner

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Location: Conference Area, Hotel ‘Hotel Amara Sanctuary‘

08:00 – In-house Exhibition & Networking
09:00 – P12 – Pink & Yellow Monorail – 2 Years in Operation Performance Review, Alstom
09:30 – P13 – Challenges and Lessons Learned on Resilience in the Implementation of the BIM Tool for the Monorail Megaproject Line 3 of the Panama Metro, Nippon Koei LAC
10:00 – P14 – Special Monorail Applications Switzerland, Derap Monorail Systems AG

10:30 – Coffee Break in the foyer & In-house exhibition

11:15 – P15 – Pounding Analysis for Monorail Elevated Structures, Sener Mobility
11:45 – P16 – Monorail Structures: Ideas for Span and Assembly Optimizations, mageba Services & Technology AG
12:15 – P17 – Application of the World’s Largest (Over 10 Meters) Intelligent Cantilever Bridge Erecting Machine in Continuous Girder Construction, Shanxi Zhonghaiwei Rail Transit Engineering Co. LTD

12:45 – Networking Lunch in the foyer & In-house exhibition

14:15 – P18 – Uncovering the True Cost – Key Factors Influencing Life Cycle Costing in Operations and Maintenance, claystreetX
14:45 – P19 – Beyond Traditional Rail: How TÜV Rheinland Enables Futran’s Vision for Affordable, Sustainable, and Safe Urban Transit, TÜV Rheinland Group
15:15 – P20 – On-Demand Urban Cable Car Transit System ‘Whoosh’, Holmes Solutions
15:45 – P21 – Alleviating Impacts of Climate Change: Cairo Monorail as a Mitigation Measure, National Authority of Tunnels Egypt
16:15 – Closing of Day 2

16:25 – Coffee Break in the foyer & In-house exhibition

Location: Ultra Golf
17:00 Leave hotel for social activity, walking distance 6 min.
17:15 Minigolf ‘Tournament’

Location: Restaurant Native Kitchen (walking distance 7 min. from Ultra Golf)
19:00 Closing Dinner (sponsored)

Monday, September 22, 2025

Location: Sentosa Island & Singapore Mainland

AM – Leave Hotel Amara Sanctuary (on foot)
Visit Sentosa Express Monorail
– OCC
– Depot
– Ride

Lunch, Food Trucks on Sentosa

PM – Visit Autonomous Shuttle Bus (WeRide), tbc.
– Visit Singapore Cable Cars (Sentosa Line & Mount Faber Line)
– OCC
– Ride Round Trip Sentosa Line
– Ride to Mount Faber

Guided City Walk
– Hike down Mount Faber to public transportation
– Start of Tour: Buddha Tooth Relic Temple
– End Point: Makansutra Gluttons Bay

19:00 – Individual Leisure Time

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Location: Singapore Mainland

AM – Bus transfer (40 min. bus ride to Ten Mile Junction
Visit Buki Panjang LRT (Automated People Mover)il
– Depot
– OCC
– LRT Ride

PM – Singapore Rail Discovery Centre at Thomson East Coast Line (TEL) Mandai Depot
– TEL OCC

End of Monorailex

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