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Network-H2 Webinar “Hydrogen compatible materials and safety”

Network-H2 is the EPSRC funded network to maximise the impact of UK-funded research and innovation. The Network will be organising conferences, seminars, workshops and funding calls in order to advance the knowledge and understanding of hydrogen fuelled transportation.

This webinar is the next in their series of seminars featuring speakers from industry and academia and will explore the challenges and advances in Hydrogen compatible materials and safety.

The webinar is in support of a funding call focussing on Hydrogen Standards: https://www.net-zero-research.co.uk/funding/

  • Date: 18/06/2021
  • Time: 13:00
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News 12/02/2021

WCRR 2022 call for abstracts

The next edition of the World Congress of Rail Research (WCRR) will be hosted in Birmingham, UK on 6 to 10 June 2022.

The WCRR Organising Committee is seeking papers to address the theme:

Reshaping our railways post pandemic: Research with an impact

Take the opportunity to promote your solutions at one of the sessions shaped around the RTS Functional Priorities.

Call for papers (recently extended to 21 May 2021)

The next edition of the World Congress of Rail Research (WCRR) will be hosted in Birmingham, UK on 6 to 10 June 2022.

The WCRR Organising Committee is seeking papers to address the theme:

Reshaping our railways post pandemic: Research with an impact

Take the opportunity to promote your solutions at one of the sessions shaped around the RTS Functional Priorities.

Call for papers (recently extended to 21 May 2021)

Events

#RTSdatadriven R&D Coordination Forum

This forum provided an opportunity for those funding and /or delivering research and innovation aligned with the Data driven functional priority to share what they are working on and hear about interesting developments elsewhere across industry.

The event included presentations from members of the Rail Data Council, Porterbrook, Connected Places Catapult and Network Rail. There was also broader discussion about developments across industry and future opportunities and challenges.

The outputs from this activity will directly feed into the review of the RTS routemaps.

  • Date: 17/05/2021
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#RTSlowemissions R&D Coordination Forum

This forum provided an opportunity for those funding and /or delivering research and innovation aligned with the Low emissions functional priority to share what they are working on and hear about interesting developments elsewhere across industry.

The event included presentations from Avanti West Coast, Network Rail, Alstom, Ricardo Rail and Aether. There was also broader discussion about developments across industry and future opportunities and challenges.

The outputs from this activity will directly feed into the review of the RTS routemaps.

  • Date: 25/05/2021
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#RTSoptimised R&D Coordination Forum

This forum provided an opportunity for those funding and /or delivering research and innovation aligned with the Optimised train operations functional priority to share what they are working on and hear about interesting developments elsewhere across industry.

The event included presentations from Network Rail, Worldline, Bellvedi and Thales. There was also broader discussion about developments across industry and future opportunities and challenges.

The outputs from this activity will directly feed into the review of the RTS routemaps.

  • Date: 28/05/2021
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#RTSeasytouse R&D Coordination Forum

This forum provided an opportunity for those funding and /or delivering research and innovation aligned with the Easy to use for all functional priority to share what they are working on and hear about interesting developments elsewhere across industry.

The event included presentations from the Rail Delivery Group, RSSB, Hitachi Rail and Cambridge University. There was also broader discussion about developments across industry and future opportunities and challenges.

The outputs from this activity will directly feed into the review of the RTS routemaps.

  • Date: 10/06/2021
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#RTSreliable R&D Coordination Forum

This forum provided an opportunity for those funding and /or delivering research and innovation aligned with the Optimised train operations functional priority to share what they are working on and hear about interesting developments elsewhere across industry.

The event included presentations from members of the Rail Data Council, Porterbrook, Connected Places Catapult and Network Rail. There was also broader discussion about developments across industry and future opportunities and challenges.

The outputs from this activity will directly feed into the review of the RTS routemaps.

  • Date: 15/06/2021
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News 07/03/2021

UKRRIN Launches Call for New Centres of Excellence

The UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN), the £92 million partnership between academia and industry, has opened a call for expressions of interest to establish two new Centres of Excellence, in:

‘Inclusive Passenger Experience’ and

‘Rail Economics, Policy and Operations’

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The UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN), the £92 million partnership between academia and industry, has opened a call for expressions of interest to establish two new Centres of Excellence, in:

‘Inclusive Passenger Experience’ and

‘Rail Economics, Policy and Operations’

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Events

Save the date: RIA Annual Conference

RIA’s Award winning Annual Conference is a highlight of the industry calendar, bringing together RIA members of all sizes with clients, industry leaders, influencers, international guests and policy makers for a two days of informative discussions and networking.

  • Date: 04/11/2021
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