COVID-19 has changed the way of using public transportation. Operators must apply new protocols (not defined so far) to generate confidence in the population. What tools do we currently have?

The European Railway Clusters Initiative (ERCI) Conference on Mobility and COVID-19: The Science Counterattacks will address this extremely topic issue from different perspectives coming from the Academic World.

The Conference will cover a wide variety of approaches: sensor systems to control simultaneously temperature and social distancing, electrochemical sensors to detect the level of viral load, rapid diagnostic nanosensor platforms against pandemics, simulation technologies to minimize the risk of contagion caused by air stream flows in stations and public transport vehicles.

Don’t miss the opportunity to learn from the best European Scholars, united against COVID-19. The science counterattacks!

AGENDA

10:00 – 10:05 | Welcome and presentation of ERCI – Mr. Dirk Ulrich Krueger – Spokesperson of ERCI

10:05 – 10:10 | Introduction – Dr Eng. Ignasi Gómez-Belinchón, Cluster Manager Railgrup

10:10 – 10:25 | Contagion and mobility. SARS-CoV-2 – Dr Enric Alvarez - Researcher of the Research Group on Computational Biology and Complex Systems (BIOCOM-SC), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Barcelona Tech (UPC)

10:25 – 10:40 | Sensor system to control simultaneously temperature and social distancing in public transportation transit & waiting zones. – Eng. Ute Franke, 5MICRON

10:40 – 11:10 | Electrochemical sensors to detect the level of viral load. Learning from “in silico” experiments - Prof. Carles Alemán. Barcelona Tech. IMEM-BRT Group. Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Barcelona Tech (UPC).

Case use applied to industry – Dr. Pau Turón, PhD (Chem), PhD (B.Adm), VP Research and Development. B. Braun Group (Spain)

11:10 – 11:25 | Rapid diagnostic nanosensor platforms against pandemics. – Dr. Bergoi Ibarlucea – Head of Biosensing Activities, Institute of Materials Science, Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials Dresden

11:25 – 11:40 | Air stream flows in stations and public transport vehicles as a key element in the potential for virus spread. Simulation technologies to be applied to minimize the risk of contagion - Prof. Joaquim Rigola. Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Center (CTTC). Department of Thermal Machines and Engines. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Barcelona Tech (UPC)

11:40 – 12:00 | Q&A Session

Date & Time

Wednesday, 15th July

10h00 - 12h00 CET

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