Event agenda
Wednesday, 13 November 2024
10:00 - 10:05
Welcome
Ian Evley – Innovate UK Innovation & Growth Specialist and lead for Innovation activities for Rail Forum will open proceedings and discuss the innovation landscape
10:05 - 10:10
How Network Rail supports collaborating innovators and highlighting one or two challenge areas (potentially decarbonisation).
Gareth Evans, Head of Rail Technology, Network Rail will be discuss how Network Rail support collaborating innovators and considering some of their key challenges
10:15 - 10:25
How a rail operator supports innovators and highlighting one or two challenge areas in performance.
Dan Piner, Senior Design and Innovation Manager at South Western Railway, will discuss how they support innovation into their passenger rail operations as well as considering some key current challenges
10:25 - 10:35
How major infrastructure programmes can be supported by innovation
AJ Cronin, Delivery Manager at Iarnród Éireann, will discuss how innovation can drive and support modern infrastructure programmes.
10:35 - 10:40
How Rail Forum is supporting its UK members to drive innovation including its membership with ERCI
Cat Appleby, Membership & Engagement Director, Rail Forum, will outline innovation support to members and how it works with colleagues in ERCI
10:40 - 10:45
How ERCI is supporting cross border innovation
Dirk-Ulrich Kruger, Managing Director of Rail-S cluster and President of ERCI – European Railway Clusters Initiative ASBL, will outline how ERCI is supporting cross border innovation
10:45 - 11:15
Panel Q&A
Short session to give the opportunity to participants to ask their questions and relevant comments.
11:15 - 11:20
Wrap up and close
Meeting block
12:00 - 17:00
Meeting duration:30 minute time slots
Thursday, 14 November 2024
Meeting block
09:00 - 17:00
Meeting duration:30 minute time slots
Friday, 15 November 2024
Meeting block
09:00 - 17:00
Meeting duration:30 minute time slots