On 6^th of June 2018, the Safe4RAIL consortium met in Munich (Germany) for the 2^nd Advisory Board meeting, which was organized and hosted by our complementary action CONNECTA (No. 730539) and its project partner Deutsche Bahn. After the welcome of our well-staffed Advisory Board, the joint meeting began. The meeting was divided into five dedicated technical sessions, namely:

• Drive-by-Data
• Functional Architecture including function open coupling (FOC) and Functional Distributed Framework (FDF) as well as Application Profiles
• Simulation Framework, Train Virtualisation and Virtual Certification
• Wireless Train Control and Monitoring System (WTCMS) including Wireless Train Backbone and Train-to-Ground
• High Safety Level Electronic Solutions for Brake Control including Brake-by-Wire

Each technical session was accompanied by a Questions-and-Answer slot, whereby both parties, Advisory Board and the project consortium, were able to question each other. As already proven by the 1^st Advisory Board meeting, also the second joint AB meeting was able to show how smooth the collaboration between CONNECTA and Safe4RAIL proceeded. Conclusive, CONNECTA and Safe4RAIL received a valuable feedback and comments from the external advisors in order to finalize successfully both projects, which will be accomplished this fall.