IN_MOVE by Railgrup, as Presidency of the Multimodal Logistics Task Force together with DITECFER, launches a very innovative proposal to discuss the opportunities that join BlockChain and CyberSecurity to current Logistics scenarios.

This first joint meeting of the ERCI working groups will be held on June 20 and 21 and June 22 and will be designed for the partners of STARS (European Project) both to work and to form teams and will be used to carry out a impressive visit to the Carrara marble caves.

The initiative is organised by the DITECFER Railway Cluster in the framework of the EU funded “EXXTRA” and “STARS” projects it coordinates, and in collaboration with the ERCI Task Forces “Cybersecurity in Railways” and “Multimodal Logistics”. 

AGENDA

ACCELERATION EVENT THE BLOCKCHAIN MADE EASY

FOR SMEs AND EUROPEAN VALUE CHAINS

ERCI 1^st Joint Task Forces “Cybersecurity in Railways” and “Multimodal Logistics” meeting

BLOCKCHAIN-ENABLED RAILWAY AND MULTIMODALITY APPLICATIONS TO BOOST EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL VALUE CHAINS

USE-CASES FOR OPERATIONS, BUSINESS  MODELS, SAFETY AND  CYBERSECURITY

Marina di Carrara-Carrara, Tuscany, Italy | 20-22 June 2022

You are almost to participate in this first-of-a-kind event conceived and organised by DITECFER in the framework of the two running Task Forces of ERCI-European Railway Clusters Initiative “Cybersecurity in Railways” and “Multimodal Logistics” and of two EU-funded projects DITECFER coordinates: “STARS” and “EXXTRA”.

We are going to address together a ‘very  hot’ topic: the Blockchain technology, representing a very important driver for innovation and performance, yet still needing to be known by wider audiences in its actual potentialities – and not only for cryptocurrencies.

Blockchain is and will be a key technology for the Railway and Multimodality sectors, as it introduces a new modality to approach processes based on data immutability. This untaps a very wide and varied potential of applications enabling benefits in terms of performance, safety, security, sustainability, operations, business models.

The full understanding of the technology and the identification of use-cases where it can deploy its benefits for each organisation  become, therefore, fundamental.

For this it has been conceived as an ‘acceleration event’. Proactivity from the Participants will be therefore key.

We are looking forward to learning a lot together with all the Participants!

DAY #1 – 20 JUNE 2022

The Village – The Italian Sea Group - Viale Cristoforo Colombo, 2 - Marina  di Carrara

From 9.15 Check-in, Badge Delivery, Welcome Coffee

INTRODUCTORY PART | SETTING THE SCENE

• 10.00 Welcome Greetings and Key Introductory  Messages: the EXXTRA and STARS Projects, ERCI and its Task Forces, the Goal of  the Acceleration Event on Blockchain - Veronica Elena BOCCI (DITECFER - Italy), Local Stakeholders,  Dirk-Ulrich KRÜGER (ERCI - Belgium)
• 10.40 Cybersecurity  in Railways: What Has Been Achieved? What Remains to Be Done? - Giorgio PIZZI (Ministry for Sustainable  Infrastructures and Transport / ENISA TRANSSEC - Italy)
• 11.10 Automatic Train and Digital  Railways: Industrial and Cybersecurity Challenges - Luigi RUCHER (Thales Ground Transportation  Systems / DITECFER - Italy)
• 11.35 Railway Freight  and Multimodal Logistics: How to Tackle  Gaps from a Value Chain Perspective? - Ignasi GÓMEZ-BELINCHÓN (In Move by Railgrup  - Spain)
• 12.00 Building EU Leadership in Blockchain Technology: The European Commission’s Blockchain

Strategy – Q&A - Pierre MARRO (European Commission - DG CNECT  - Belgium)

• 12.30 Discovering the Blockchain Technology: the Fundamentals - Q&A - Prof. Filippo  ZATTI (University of Firenze -  BABEL - Italy)

13.00-14.30 Lunch Break and Networking

FOCUS | THE BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY IN RAILWAYS AND MULTIMODAL LOGISTICS: USE CASES AND CHALLENGES

• 14.30 Blockchain-Enabled  Virtual Coupling of Automatic Train Operation - M. GANESAN (Alstom - India)
• 14.50 Digital  Automatic Coupling of Rolling Stock in a Freight Train and the Enabling Role of  Blockchain - Francesco  LUCISANO (Co.El.Da. Software - Italy), Guido ANCARANI (DITECFER - Italy)
• 15.10 Blockchain-enabled Exchange  of Information in TEN-T Logistics  Corridors - Laura CASTELLANI  (Excise, Customs and Monopoles Agency - Italy), Federica MONTARESI (Eastern Ligurian Sea Port Authority -  Italy)
• 15.35 Blockchain-enabled  Ports: the Experience of the "PLANET" H2020 project and Blockchain  Interoperability - Harris  NIAVIS (Inlecom - Belgium), Claudio SALVADORI (NGS-New Generation Sensors -  Italy)

16.00-16.20 Coffee-break

• 16.25 What Skills for Blockchain: the "CHAISE" Blueprint Alliance of the EU and Training Available  -

Pietro AZZARA (Italia 4 Blockchain -  Italy)

• 16.50 The  STARS Blockchain Network: How We Got Here and What Our Goals - Conversation  between Veronica Elena BOCCI (DITECFER  / STARS project - Italy)  and Fabio GATTI  (Apuana SB / STARS  project - Italy)
• 17.10 Final Round-Table on Open-points concerning  the Use of Blockchain and Key Conclusions - with Giorgio PIZZI, Luigi RUCHER, Pietro  AZZARA, Federica MONTARESI, Thomas  OSTERTAG, Fabio GATTI - Moderates: Veronica Elena BOCCI

• Day 1 Works finish | 19.00 Networking Aperitivo at Doride Beach – Viale Amerigo Vespucci, 28

The Village – The Italian Sea Group - Viale Cristoforo Colombo, 2 - Marina  di Carrara

From 9.15 Check-in, Badge Delivery, Welcome Coffee

FOCUS PART 1 | LOOKING FOR NEW USE CASES IN THE RAILWAY AND MULTIMODAL LOGISTICS VALUE CHAINS, AND THE ROLE OF SMEs

• 10.00 Recap of Day 1: Key Learnings and Inspirations -  Veronica Elena BOCCI (DITECFER  - Italy)

Presentations from Stakeholders of use-cases suitable to be enabled by Blockchain & Pitches of Ideas

• 10.15 Untap Potentials from Integrating Technologies: Blockchain and Additive  Manufacturing –

DEMO – Q&A  – Nicola GRAMEGNA (EnginSoft – Italy), Martin  HOLLAND (Prostep –  Germany)

• 10.45 Blockchain for Tracking and Tracing  Materials Used in Manufacturing  Processes, supporting Sustainability and Circular Value Chains – Q&A – Annabelle SION (Polymeris – France),  Maximin MAIR (DeconX – Italy)
• 11.10 Blockchain for Condition Monitoring – Q&A – John EUSTON  (University of Birmingham –

United Kingdom)

• 11.30 Untap Potentials from Integrating Technologies: Blockchain and IoT – DEMO – Q&A  –

Leonardo FABBRI (Elfi Electronics – Italy), Guido ANCARANI (DITECFER  – Italy)

• 11.50 Untap Potentials from Integrating  Technologies: Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence; Blockchain and Digital  Twin; Overview of More Possible Use Cases; Funding Opportunities – Q&A

– Veronica Elena BOCCI, Guido ANCARANI (DITECFER  – Italy)

FOCUS PART 2 | LEARNING TO WORK WITH THE BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY

• 12.10 How to Register a Transaction on the STARS Blockchain Network – LIVE EXERCISE – Q&A –

Fabio GATTI (Apuana  SB – Italy), All

13.00-14.30 Lunch Break and Networking

• 14.30 Multi-purpose-Blockchain in a Value Chain: Tracking  and Tracing Origins  of Materials, Adding Value to “Made In” Products,  Multimodal Logistics – DEMO of What  We Will Visit and Experience on Day 3 – Fabio GATTI (Apuana SB – Italy)

16.00-16.20 Coffee-break

• 16.20 Practical Work in Groups  – Identification of Use Cases, Key Stakeholders, Key Data, Key

Benefits - All

• 17.10 Brief Presentations in Plenary of the Works by all Groups  - All
• 17.50 Re-cap of Key Lessons  Learnt – Veronica Elena BOCCI (DITECFER – Italy), Fabio GATTI (Apuana  SB – Italy)

18.00 Day 2 Works finish

Parcheggio Oriana Fallaci - Via Oriana  Fallaci - Marina  di Carrara

9.15 Meeting with Participants to Day 3

• 9.30 Departure with the Participants’ Cars to reach the Marble  Quarries Area
• 10.30 Start of the Visit  to the Marble Quarries with Jeeps with the Guides  and to the Cava Museum

– Illustration of How Blockchain is Used to Trace the Origin and Characteristics of Marble

12.30 Lunch at the Quarries Area

• 14.00 Visit to the “Cooperativa Scultori di  Carrara” (Carrara Sculptures Cooperative) - Illustration of How Blockchain is  Used to Guarantee the Authenticity of the Sculptures
• 16.00 Visit to the “MDC Terminal” at the Port of  Marina di Carrara – Visit and Explanation of Operations, Illustration of How Blockchain Enables  Document Transactions between  Parties at the Terminal up to the Port of  Destination

17.30 Day 3 and overall Works finish

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