Lectures and Publications
3rd World Congress on Rail Training
At the 3 rd world congress on rail training in Lisbon André has given two seminars:
• Successful co-operation between the industry & education sector
• RailAlert, Go to work healthy, return home healthy. How to train brain based safety
This bi-annually UIC organised congress provides information on the latest developments in schooling and training of railway personnel.
Symposium external safety RONA (Regionaal Overleg Noordelijke Aftakking)
A presentation on how the Dutch railway safety systems currently operate, with a preface of ERTMS.
SpoorCollege Safety / Railway safety
In the light of 175 years of rail transport in the Netherlands a series of ‘SpoorColleges’( Railway Lectures) has been given. The lecture on Safety / Railway Safety explained the ‘why and how’ of railway safety. It is a short summary of the current railway safety system NS’54/ATB and a preface of ERTMS and its future implementation in the Netherlands.
Guest lectures
Various guest lectures on railway transport:
• Spatial Planning and Strategy, Utrecht university of applied sciences
• Nautical college Vlissingen
• KLPD (Korps National Police)
• Spatial Planning and Strategy, Technical University Delft
Publications
• UIC (2015), Successful co-operation between the industry & education sector
• UIC (2015), RailAlert, Go to work healthy, return home healthy. How to train brain based safety
• International Railway Journal, University and industry team up to attract talent