The Derby and Derbyshire Rail Forum (DDRF) is hosting an
Enabling Technology and Environmental Event in conjunction with
Transport Innovation Network (iNet) on Tuesday 19th January from
10:30am-1:30pm at The Whitehouse Hotel in Kegworth, Derby.
The free event will focus on the implementation of high speed
trains and look at the ways in which innovative technologies can be
adopted to improve environmental impacts of high speed rail in the
most cost effective manner.
Alistair Dormer, Hitachi's General Manager Rail Group, will lead
a number of guest speakers including James Hardy, Head of Strategy
Support from RSSB, who will address current and new technology
strategies across rail systems. Ian Walmsley will examine energy
supplies and ways of reducing harmful CO² emissions, and
environmental consultant Jane Munrow from the Signal House Group
will be offering practical advice on how small companies can
achieve the Environmental Management Standard ISO 14001.
John Frodsham, the Transport iNet Project Director said: "The
Enabling Technology and Environmental Event will showcase latest
examples of real innovation and demonstrate how future
developments in rail will respond to meet key environmental
issues, from both an operational and strategic perspective.
Addressing global warming and finding ways to reduce harmful
emissions into the environment, whilst maintaining and supporting
economic growth is a long term challenge, but one that businesses
across all transport sectors need to work together on to
tackle."
The Transport iNet, which is based at Loughborough University,
is funded by East Midlands Development Agency (emda) and the
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The aim of the iNet is
to share expertise and stimulate the research and development of
new products, services and processes across the five transport
sectors, rail, marine, automotive, motorsport and aerospace.
The event is open to all and will be of particular interest to
small and medium sized transport businesses, engineers and
manufacturers within the rail industry.