Engineering a sustainable railway
The IET Railway Network Best Paper Competition and Networking Lunch
Date 21 November 2008
Time
To be confirmed
Location
The IET Savoy Place, London, UK
Introduction
Environmental, economic and political pressures are expected to increase the emphasis on rail travel as a real alternative means of transportation. Significant growth is expected in both passenger and freight traffic over the next 20 years. The challenge of creating safe, energy efficient trains that provide the traveller with comfortable ride experience and new on-board technologies such as internet connectivity is something that will require engineers to share knowledge across the world.
Increasing capacity is also crucial for enabling the railways’ sustainable future and there are many projects taking place across all the railway systems and sub-systems which aim to improve energy and operational efficiency whilst increasing capacity.
Key Benefits
- Get noticed - this is a unique opportunity for younger engineers and more senior engineers new to the rail industry to present to their peers at a professional seminar
- Gain experience - authors will be mentored through the presenting process by an expert in the field
- Be rewarded - the best paper at the seminar will receive an Institution award, all the accepted authors will have their papers published by the IET
Organiser
The IET
Railway Network Younger members’
Michael Faraday House
Six Hills Way
Stevenage
SG1 2AY