Our event start with a Welcome Reception on Friday evening. Saturday and Sunday will be the classic conference days with multi-faceted technical presentations looking at monorails from a wide variety of disciplines - additionally there will be an In-House Exhibition where companies and stakeholders have the opportunity to present their projects or products.
Technical tours
A special feature of our conference will be the subsequent "Technical Visits" on Monday and Tuesday to monorail lines 15 and 17 of the Metro SP. On operating line 15, plans include a ride on the train, a visit to the nearby construction site for the line extension, a visit to the very large depot Oratorio with maintenance activities and the operations centre. Additional visits are planned for line 17, which is under construction in the western part of the metropolitan area of São Paulo.
We would be pleased to welcome you either as a speaker with your presentation, as an exhibitor, as a sponsor, or as a guest at our conference.
Photos archive IMA
DEADLINE is May 12!!!
The "Call for Papers" is open to all interested parties.
We encourage and invite professionals across the world to submit paper proposals for the Monorailex 2023 Conference in Brazil with the kind support of Metro São Paulo.
Monorailex 2023 Theme
Best Practice and further Evolution of Monorails as Public Transportation Systems
Possible topics could include:
Best Practices Construction, Operations, and Maintenance
Planning of Transport Systems and Evaluation (of monorails)
Transit System Safety
Life Cycle Costs
Technical Innovations
You can find a guide for authors,important dates and the form to apply at www.monorailex2023.org.
For any inquiries regarding the program, please contact: info@monorailex.org
We look forward to seeing you at Monorailex 2023!
Look behind the Scenes at IMA
What else is happening at IMA until we meet in October at Monorailex in São Paulo
Preparations for Monorailex, organize technical tour with side program and spouses' program
Fine-tune the agenda for presentations with confirmation for accepted papers
Registration for Monorailex will open Mid of June
Revision and redesign of the IMA website for better and easier access and more information
Workinar with technical topics and discussion exchange
Gaining more members - the next company that signs up for a membership with IMA gets 1 free participation at Monorailex 2023.
Monorail Projects Update
Status of the progress of the Monorail in Santiago City, Dominican Republic.
Santiago de los Caballeros – the second largest city in the country and one of the key topics for the Dominican Republic is the improvement of the mobility. At the moment the development of the public transport system has top priority. One part of the project is the construction of a monorail line, which will connect with the Santiago cable car and six corridors of the bus rapid transit (BTR) system to offer a mobility service to most of the population. The work on the monorail system started in March of 2022 and should be finished in 2025. The 16 km line will run from Cienfuegos in the northwest of the city to Madre y Maestra in the southeast and is planeed with 16 stations. The trains will run at 80km/h with a headway of 90 seconds, and the transport capacity will be 20,000 passengers per direction per hour which results in almost 30% of all trips within the city.
Pictures have been taken of the construction site in the area of the station for the connection of the commercial zone France Santiago.
Photos by Roger Dirksmeier
IMA Activites around the world
We have been busy – spreading the mission of IMA!
NT Expo in São Paulo, Brazil: Roger Dirksmeier,Vice-President of IMA and Phellipe Barcellos from Austros Rail as IMA Ambassador in Brazil were presenting IMA on the NT Expo, the leading railway technology exhibition in Latin America with national and international exhibitors from Railway and Transport in March.
Exchange with ABIFER for closer cooperation: Vicente Abate, President of ABIFER (the Brazilian Association of the Railway Industry) welcomed Roger Dirksmeier, Phellipe Barcellos. The association ABIFER represents the interests and concerns of manufacturers of equipment for the railway system, with the aim to highlight the importance of rail freight and passenger transport. It maintains a permanent relationship with operators, government and legislative authorities in Brazil. One of the discussed topics was the Monorail Line 15 and 17 of Metro São Paulo with its development and overcoming and solving the obstacles encountered during the construction of Line 15 and its positive example.
At the NTExpo Rodolfo Szmidke, from Metro São Paulo (member of IMA) introduced the vice-president Roger Dirksmeier to Luis Kolle, the new president from AEAMESP (Association of Metro Engineers and Architects) to bring both associations closer together and discuss varies opportunities of cooperation models. "We are looking forward to a successful Monorailex 2023 in São Paulo with support of AEAMESP", Luis Kolle said.
Meeting with Andreas Rau, Head of Product Management Transport System Bögl, as member recruitment and a visit of the test facilities of Max Bögl.
Calling all members who are interested to act as an ambassador for IMA and want to share and spread the mission of IMA at events. Please, contact the IMA team under info@monorailex.org to get more information and marketing material.
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