Schedule of Events

Preliminary Program*

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Location: Hotel Helnan Landmark New Cairo

19:00 Welcome Reception (all registered Monorailex conference participants)

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Location: Cairo, New Administrative Capital

08:30 – Leave Hotel Helnan Landmark (on foot)
– Visit East of Nile Monorail
– Exclusive visits to Depot and OCC access

Lunch Time

14:00 – Visit LRT Cairo, TBC
15:30 – Bus transfer
16:15 – Visit Khan el-Khalili, TBC
18:00 – Dinner at Khan el-Khalili, TBC

Friday, September 18, 2026

Location: Hotel ‘Helnan Landmark New Cairo’, Gizeh

08:30 – Board Meeting (all IMA Executive Council members)

09:00 – Annual General Members Meeting (all IMA members)

11:00 – Leave Hotel Helnan Landmark for Social Activity, Tech Tour (all registered participants)
Bus Transfer to Gizeh

12:30 – Visit Grand Egyptian Museum incl. Lookout Pyramids, TBC
15:30 – Bus transfer
16:00 – Visit Precast Yard West of Nile Monorail
17:00 – Bus transfer to Dinner Location

18:00 – Networking Dinner at Nile Shoreline, Seekh Mashwy Restaurant, Dokki, sponsored
21:00 – Bus transfer to Hotel Helnan Landmark

Conference Date & Venue

September 17-20, 2026

Hotel
Helnan Landmark New Cairo
Cairo, Egypt

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Conference Days

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Location: Conference Area, Helnan Landmark New Cairo

08:00 – Registration
09:00 – Welcome
09:05 – Keynote Speech
09:30 – P1 – Constructability Analysis of the Cairo Monorail Project, NAT
10:00 – P2 – Planning Integration as the Key to Monorail Success, Derap

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

11:00 – P3 – Technical Challenges in the Implementation of Monorail Systems in Dense Urban Environments: Engineering Lessons from São Paulo, Metro São Paulo
11:30 – P4 – Marconi Express: Focus on Technological Innovation, Customer Satisfaction and Environmental Sustainability in Mass Rapid Transit, Marconi Express
12:00 – P5 – Structural Design of the Elevated Stations on the Cairo Monorail Network, Sener

12:30 – Networking Lunch & In-house Exhibition

14:00 – P6 – Safety Management for Existing, Upgraded and New-Build Monorail System, TÜV SÜD Rail
15:00 – P7 – Hitachi Rail STS – Panama L3 Monorail – System Integration & Signalling Test Phase for an Advanced Monorail System, Hitachi Rail
15:30 – P8 – Implementing Unattended Train Operation (GoA4) in São Paulo Metro Line 15-Silver: Operational, Human, and Organizational Lessons Learned, Metro São Paulo

16:00 – Closing of Day 1

16:05- Coffee Break & In-house Exhibition

Location: Ibn Alsham Restaurant, (approx. 15 minutes walk from Helnan Landmark Hotel)
18:30 – Conference Dinner

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Location: Conference Area, Helnan Landmark New Cairo

08:00 – In-house Exhibition & Networking
08:30 – P9 – Before the First Train Runs: Lessons from the Caribbean’s First Automated Monorail on Lifecycle Finance and Operational Readiness, FITRAM
09:00 – P10 – Strategies of Operation of a Long Monorail, Alstom
09:30 – P11 – Power Rail Monitoring Solutions in Monorail System, Puzhen Technology
10:00 – P12 – HESOPTM Optimizing Energy for Alstom Monorail System, Alstom

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

11:15 – P13 – Monorail Expansion Joints: Establishing an Industry Standard from Design to Maintenance, IMA
11:45 – P14 – Cairo Monorail Expansion Joints – Insights of Testing, Installation & Inspection, mageba Services & Technology AG
12:15 – P15 – Technological Innovations and Industrial Applications of Suspended,mStraddle-type Monorail and Maglev Systems, CRBBG

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

14:15 – P16 – Development and Application of a Guideway Bridge Maintenance Management System for Chongqing Straddle-type Monorail Lines 2 & 3, Beijing Jiaotong University
14:45 – P17 – Comparative Sustainability Assessment of Monorail, Light Rail, and Elevated Metro Systems: Cairo Case Study, Innova

15:15 Coffee Break & In-house Exhibition

15:45 – P18 – Integrating Automated Urban Monorail Systems into Smart, Sustainable, and Multi-Modal City Networks in Saudi Arabia: The KAFD Monorail Case, Transport, General Authority, Saudi Arabia
16:15 – P19 – Alleviating Impacts of Climate Change: Cairo Monorail as a Mitigation Measure, NAT

16:45 Closing of Day 2

– END of MONORAILEX 2026 –

*subject to change