Innovating rail through international collaboration

Find partners and suppliers to transform rail operations

Rail infrastructure and rail operations are inherently complex, traversing national (and international) landscapes, connecting people and places, and a fundamental enabler of economic growth.  Its national importance is underpinned by investment decisions straddling operators and Governments, and further balanced against its extensive asset lifespans straddling decades, across thousands of kilometres.

 Industry priorities are consistent and clear: deliver high quality, reliable, frequent services for rail users.  Set against a backdrop of challenges such as increasing capacity, effective use of digitalisation, cost reduction, increased accessibility, improved security and delivering carbon reductions (to name but a few) and you have an industry which must innovate to succeed, for doing the same today as yesterday will simply not do.

 This event continues the conversations across the industry, bringing together innovative companies from across Europe to bring forth new collaborative solutions to age-old industry challenges.

 In collaboration with Innovate UK, Rail Forum, European Rail Clusters Initiative and partners, we are delighted to deliver this virtual conference and B2B networking platform for the cross fertilisation of ideas, partnerships and valuable developments that will enhance rail operations.

Who should attend?

Please attend if you are:

• A rail asset owner or operator seeking solutions
• An innovating company with ideas, products and services to transform rail activities
• A collaborator offering support to make new products and services ‘rail-ready’
• A partner offering know-how, materials, processes and support to take ideas and make them reality
• A test location or a prototyping organisation with rail expertise
• An integrator that can bring people in rail together
• A supporter or funder of rail innovation

This webinar has two parts:

• a virtual conference with speakers looking at bringing innovation into different elements of the sector. With speakers from Network Rail, South Western Railway, Irish Rail, Rail Forum and ERCI
• an opportunity to network with other attendees with similar ideas or challenges to build collaboration and partnerships.