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IRSE Bulletin – September 2024
IRSE News September 2024
The September edition of IRSE News is available online.
This month’s issue includes the latest news from the Institution and our local sections, including articles on the global challenges of skills integration, the role of the operator, and tabletop testing.
Members can click below to read this month’s copy online.
Third Presidential Lecture
NOW AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND
Continuing Jane Power’s presidential theme of “Unsung Heroes,” Mike Palmer discusses the role of operators.
Presidential Lecture
11 September; London, UK
Continuing Jane Power’s presidential theme of “Unsung Heroes,” Jerry Carter will discuss the role of asset engineers.
This in person event will be held at Broadway House, Tothill Street, Westminster SW1H 9NQ. The session will be recorded and live streamed.
Please visit the events page for full details.
IRSE Exams – study resources
Exam day is Saturday 5 October
Booking is now closed for October. A reminder to those taking the exam that, whether you are studying for the Certificate (module A), or one or more of modules B, C and D, there are many study resources available on our website and Vimeo channel.
All exams are held online and will be monitored by remote invigilation and anti-plagiarism software. The exams are strictly closed book.
AI and people in rail: maximising the benefits and managing the risks
7 October 2024; Birmingham, UK
This seminar will explore the impacts AI is having in the rail industry through the perspectives of human performance, design acceptance and change management. It will create an opportunity to understand the engineering potential for AI across the rail industry; what AI can do (and what it can’t) and how to implement AI, including case studies on the human factors (trust, ethics, regulatory needs).
Early-bird tickets are available until 14 September. IRSE members will benefit from a 20% discount. To ensure your discount, please use code IRSE 20 or email eventenquiries@imeche.org
Introducing the Eddie Goddard Prize
Past IRSE president Eddie Goddard (1995-96) kindly left a bequest to the IRSE which has been used to create a new award, combining Eddie’s passions for systems engineering and developing people.
Younger Members are invited to submit short papers on systems engineering for signalling and/or telecoms for an opportunity to win a prize of up to £2000 towards attending an IRSE event. The deadline for submission is 1 December 2024.
For more details, see page 36 of the September edition of IRSE News.
If you have any questions please email contact@irse.org
Click above to watch the trailer
ASPECT 2025
2 – 5 December 2025; Yokohama, Japan
Pre-registration is now open for ASPECT 2025 in Japan. If you’d like to be the first to find out about early bird rates and member discounts, click the button below to fill in our pre-registration questionnaire.
If you would like to present a paper at ASPECT 2025 or have any questions please email events@irse.org
Signalling the Future: Engineering and operational insights into ETCS and CBTC
SAVE THE DATE – 31st January 2025
A full-day engineering conference and networking opportunity for operators, suppliers, infrastructure owners and anyone with an interest in signalling projects.
Join us to examine real-world successes and lessons learned deploying these technologies. Experts and client organisations will share knowledge to provide a better understanding of the industry’s direction and needs. What are the challenges we must overcome and how can we collaborate to signal the future?
Tickets will be available on the IRSE website from 1 October. Sponsorship opportunities are available – please contact us via events@irse.org for details.
Tools for the automation of engineering
CALL FOR PAPERS
We are planning a seminar in March 2025 on tools for the automation of engineering tasks including design, test, installation and maintenance.
These cutting-edge technologies have the potential to revolutionise the way we design, install, test, operate, and maintain our railway systems. There are already fantastic developments taking the toil out of repetitive tasks, enhancing productivity, working faster and more accurately than is “humanly” possible.
There is a shortage of skilled engineers so we need these tools to keep projects and railways running.
If you are using or developing one of these tools then please share your innovation with the rest of the community. We are looking for presentations of around 20 minutes.
Please email irse.papers@irse.org to get in touch.
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Minor Railways section – Epping Ongar Railway Technical Visit
7 September 2024; Epping, UK
The IRSE Minor Railways section invites you to visit the Epping Ongar Railway (EOR) and the signalling cabins at North Weald, Epping and Ongar stations.
IRSE Scottish section – Signalling to keep trains only just apart: changing the rules of route signalling when ETCS is already being rolled out.
19 September 2024; Glasgow, UK
The IRSE Scottish section invites you to join them for an evening lecture presented by Graeme Christmas, Principal Engineer, Technical Authority, Network Rail. Graeme will give a talk extolling why we might need ‘better’ rules and why any such change is intended as an ‘engineering opportunity’ for wise men and women.
IRSE Swiss section technical visit
20 September 2024; Geneva, Switzerland
The IRSE Swiss section are delighted to invite members and guests for a technical visit to the new interlocking Geneva.
North Eastern Railway Engineers’ Forum 2024 – ‘New technologies, new opportunities’
25 September 2024; York, UK
Join the North Eastern Railway Engineers’ Forum for their 2024 meeting. This year’s theme is ‘new technologies, new opportunities’, with a range of technical presentations from across railway engineering disciplines to promote mutual understanding and help the interfaces between them to work effectively.
IRSE London & SE section – Carbon in Rail Signalling: How to save thousands of tonnes of Carbon
26 September 2024; London and online
Join the IRSE London & SE section for their September meeting ‘Carbon in Rail Signalling: How to save thousands of tonnes of Carbon’ presented by Aditya Gurtu (MEng MPhil CEng MIET), Senior Engineer within TfL’s Environment & Sustainability Engineering team, leading on Carbon reduction.
IET / IRSE course in railway signalling and control systems (RSCS)
30 Sep 2024 – 10 Oct 2024; Stevenage, UK and online
The highly regarded Railway Signalling and Control Systems (RSCS) course is back for 2024. This course takes place over six days, with a hybrid approach of 3 days live virtual between 30 September – 2 October and 3 days in-person at Futures Place in Stevenage, UK between 8 – 10 October. There is also a technical visit in London on the last day.
Please visit our website for full details or to book your spot.