IRSE NEWS

The latest edition of IRSE NEWS is now available – click here to view it (you will need to log-in).  You can also see all the recent editions on the “Recent Issues” page of the IRSE website. This month’s edition contains articles on:

§  4^th generation train control systems

§  30 years later, have we still forgotten the driver?

§  Improving the management of emerging and residual safety risks

§  Interview: David Waboso, Managing Director of the GB Digital Railway Programme

§  Smart motorways

Australasian Section Technical Meeting

20/21 July, Adelaide

The IRSE Australasian Section will be holding a Technical Meeting in Adelaide on 20 – 21 July 2018. The theme for the meeting will be “What’s next for Rail Technology?”

Technical papers will be presented on Friday, with the Conference Dinner on Friday night. Technical Inspections will be conducted on Saturday and will include the new Adelaide Metro Train Control Centre at Dry Creek and the Advanced Train Management System (ATMS) Test Facility at the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) Project Office.

Visit the IRSE Australasia website for more information.

CBTC Conference – Call for papers

29/30 November, Toronto

The sell-out success of the IRSE's "CBTC and Beyond" conferences in Toronto in the last two years has led us to decide to hold the conference for a third year. We are now calling for papers for the 2018 event.

This year’s CBTC conference will be held on November 29th and 30th at Fairmont Royal York, in the heart of downtown Toronto.  We encourage you to attend this year, and right now we welcome proposals for papers and presentations on the following or related topics: 

§  Papers providing project updates, specifically (but not only) for Canadian CBTC projects currently being implemented or planned;

§  Papers related to the application of CBTC on LRT, and commuter rail transit systems;

§  Papers providing lessons learned in implementing CBTC in a brownfield environment;

§  Papers on actual CBTC revenue service operating and maintenance experience;

§  Papers looking to the future; what are the user business needs?  What research & development is currently underway on new/improved technologies to further improve operating performance while reducing life cycle costs?"

Please submit your abstract to ykimiagar@gfnet.com by September 28th.

Video recording of Presidential Programme Technical Meeting 13 June 2018

4^th Generation Control-Command Systems

The Presidential Programme Technical Meeting held in London on 13 June 2018, at which Josef Doppelbauer of the European Union Railway Agency spoke about 4^th generation control command systems, was live-streamed to enable people to participate from around the world. About 400 people watched some or all of the event live. 

You can now watch the recorded version of the meeting – click here to do so.

SAVE THE DATE:  The next Presidential Programme Technical Meeting will be in Paris on 14^th September, on the subject of “Big data in railway applications”. The event will be live-streamed.

ASPECT 2019

IRSE Council and the Netherlands Section have agreed to hold ASPECT 2019 in Delft, Holland from Tuesday 22 to Thursday 24 October 2019. The University of Delft will be the venue. There will be an introductory day on 22 October, followed by two days of technical papers. We are also intending to arrange technical visits on Friday 25 July, and social/ networking events will also be arranged for the evenings. We will launch the call for papers in October – click here for more information as it appears.

Revised IRSE Code of Professional Conduct

The IRSE’s Code of Professional Conduct, with which all members are required to comply as a condition of membership, has been revised to incorporate material drawn from:

§  The revised Statement of Ethical Principles produced by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering and the UK Engineering Council in 2017.

§  The UK Engineering Council’s Guidance for Institution Codes of Professional Conduct issued in 2017;

§  The UK Engineering Council’s Guidance on Whistleblowing issued in 2015.

As the Code of Conduct was being updated, the opportunity was also taken to clarify some of the wording to reflect the IRSE’s Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Policy.

You can find the new Code of Professional Conduct on the “About” page of the IRSE website, or click here to view it directly.

Subscription renewals

You should by now have received your subscription renewal for 2018-19. Subscriptions are due to be paid.