RIA Innovation Conference Preview 2022

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RIA Innovation Conference 2022 Getting ready for Great British Railways 26-27 April, Nottingham

EVENT PREVIEW as of 23/03/2022

ENGINEERING INNOVATION FOR OVER 100 YEARS

WE KNOW RAIL

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Proud Platinum Sponsor of RIA Innovation Conference 2022

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

26-27 April

“We are preparing for the biggest change in the railway in a generation. The RIA Innovation Conference is an important opportunity for the rail industry to look at how we are planning and preparing for this milestone and what it will mean for the private sector.”

Sir Peter Hendy, Chairman, Network Rail

Date and time

Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 April 2022

Venue

DeVere East Midlands Conference Centre Beeston Ln, Nottingham NG7 2RJ

Description RIA’s Innovation Conference is one of RIA’s major flagship events, focused on bringing rail innovators, clients and stakeholders together to solve some of the industry’s most pressing challenges.

For two days in Nottingham, over 26 and 27 April, the rail industry comes together to explore how we deliver a more effective railway. The conferences have built an impressive track record over the last decade; they have become key diary dates for innovators in the UK

railway industry, in both the supply chain and in client and government organisations, offering a mix of information, networking and interaction to make innovation happen.

The Innovation Conference has won the Trade Association Forum’s Best Conference Award in 2018 and MEMCOM’s Best Membership Event of the Year in 2020!

REGISTER HERE:

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Designing thriving and connected cities and communities that keep the world moving.

Find out more about Arcadis, the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

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Arcadis. Improving Quality of life.

Day 1 Morningg Session

at a glance

26-27 April

Tuesday 26 April

09:00 - 10:30 Registration, exhibition and welcome coffee/tea 10:30 - 10:45 Opening Day 1: Darren Caplan, Chief Executive & David Clarke, Technical Director, RIA 10:45 - 11:20 Keynote + Q&A session: Keith Williams, Chair, Williams-Shapps Review 11:20 - 11:45 Presentation + Q&A session: Robert Ampomah, Chief Technology Officer, Network Rail 11:45 - 12:10 Presentation + Q&A session: Anita Brown, Head of Innovation and Engagement, Avanti West Coast

Networking lunch & Exhibition 12:10 – 13:10

Session

Parallel workshops 13:10 - 14:20 (see workshop pages for details) 14:20 - 14:45 Presentation + Q&A session: Thomas Ableman, Innovation Director, Transport for London 14:45 - 15:10 Presentation + Q&A session: Innovation for a

Sustainable and Connected Future - Adrian Greaney, Technology Director, Ricardo Automotive & Industrial

Sponsored by:

We live in an uncertain and rapidly changing world. Innovation is key to driving change across the energy and transport sectors to address the global challenges of urbanisation, climate change, and sustainability. This presentation will show developments in different transport sectors to explore: The challenges we face in transitioning to sustainable mobility and meeting the global CO2 targets Ways to manage uncertainty in this transition and define appropriate technology strategies supported by scenario planning How innovation is being applied to the way we develop new technologies and accelerate the path to market

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26-27 April

15:10 - 15:40 Presentation + Q&A: Howard Mitchell, Head of Innovation, HS2 15:40 - 16:05 Coffee break & Exhibition 16:05 - 16:50 Presentation + Q&A session: Supply chain innovators: Kirsty Dias, Managing Director, Priestman Goode; Matthew Maher, Strategy & Marketing Director, Thales; Andrew Hawthorn, Chief Solution Architect, High-Integrity Systems, Capgemini 16:50 - 17:20 Keynote + Q&A session: Toufic Machnouk, Director, Industry Partnership for Digital Railway, Network Rail 17:20 - 17:30 Closing remarks Day 1: David Clarke, Technical Director, RIA

Eveningg Session

17:30 - 18:30 Free time / Optional activity: Nottingham University lab tour (need pre-booking) 18:30 - 21:00 RIC April fest themed networking drinks, locally sourced beer tasting and German-style buffet dinner 21:00 - 00:00 After party

REGISTER HERE: WWW.RIAGB.ORG.UK/RIC2022

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Day 2 Morningg Session

at a glance Wednesday 27 April

26-27 April

08:30 - 09:30 Registration, exhibition and welcome coffee/tea 09:30 - 09:35 Opening Day 2: David Clarke, Technical Director, RIA 09:35 - 10:05 Keynote session + Q&A session 10:05 - 10:30 Presentation + Q&A session: Mark Rayner, Senior Innovation Specialist, Innovate UK EDGE 10:30 - 10:55 Coffee break & Exhibition

10:55 - 11:20 Presentation + Q&A session: Prof Sarah Sharples, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Transport 11:20 - 12:20 Innovation Client Leaders panel discussion: Robert Ampomah, Network Rail; Howard Mitchell, HS2; Anita Brown, Avanti West Coast; Rikesh Shah, TfL; Mark Rayner, Innovate UK 12:20 - 12:50 Presentation + Q&A session: Performance Based Maintenance: delivering operational improvements through maintenance innovation - Daniël Burggaaf, Asset Management Consultant & Chris Pike, Rail Sector Director, Arcadis The Dutch rail network has been through an ongoing transformation programme, including rationalising its contracting approach to asset maintenance and renewal.

Over the past 14 years the contracts have been changed from prescriptive standards based to performance based maintenance contracts, achieving significant improvements in a range of performance KPIs.

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Day 2

at a glance

26-27 April

Wednesday 27 April

The history of the transformation, practical examples of innovation deployed onto the Dutch network, and the measurable improvements achieved.

The challenges and considerations for organisations when implementing performance based maintenance, including the journey so far of implementing PBM on the UK network.

Sponsored by:

Networking lunch & Exhibition 12:50 – 13:50 Parallel workshops 13:50 - 15:00 15:00 - 15:35 Keynote session + Q&A session: Sir Peter Hendy, Chairman, Network Rail 15:35 - 15:45 Closing Conference: David Tonkin, Chair, RIA

REGISTER HERE: WWW.RIAGB.ORG.UK/RIC2022

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26-27 April

Attendees will be able to choose between 6 different workshops, both on Day 1 and Day 2 of the Conference. The content of the workshop will be the same on both days.

Workshops

Day 1: 13:10 - 14:20 - Exhibition hall & breakout rooms Day 2: 13:50 - 15:00 - Exhibition hall & breakout rooms

Network Rail R&D This workshop will showcase different innovations undertaken by supply chain companies, exploring how collaboration across industry is key to overcome certain barriers. Come an learn how supply chain is transforming the industry.

UKRRIN Virtual Reality Showcase UKRRIN – The UK Rail Research and Innovation Network – is an academic and industrial partnership built around three centres of excellence – in Infrastructure, Rollings Stock and Digital Systems. The UKRRIN Centres have recently completed extensive new physical facilities, including investments of tens of millions of pounds in research and development rigs and equipment. Come along to the UKRRIN area to take part in high fidelity virtual reality tours of these facilities all over the country, and to speak to their owners about the potential for collaboration.

Overcoming barriers to Innovation Hosted by Connected Places Catapult, this workshop will look at how innovators can overcome barrier to roll out their innovations into an operational railway.

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26-27 April

Workshops

Day 1: 13:10 - 14:20 - Exhibition hall & breakout rooms Day 2: 13:50 - 15:00 - Exhibition hall & breakout rooms

Leadership and skills – Unlock your potential in a changed world Fuel Integrated Sponsored and hosted by Fuel Integrated, and co-led with NSAR, this deep dive interactive session is packed with techniques to shape your leadership and people strategies in a time of a constant change.

- You’ll engage: Collaborate with other rail experts, attendees and session leads in teams and identify pain points together.

- You’ll learn: Using tried and tested methods from Fuel’s framework, you’ll learn which tools you need to overcome challenges being faced today.

- You’ll takeaway: Variety of strategies (and did we mention prizes?) to shape the solution your business can deliver.

TOC Innovation in passenger experience This workshop will invite Train Operator Company (TOC) representatives, from South West Rail and LNER, to discuss innovation in passenger experience. The session will allow a forum of discussion between TOCs and supply chain, around the main challenges and innovative solutions to improve passenger experience.

Rail Technical Strategy: the role of cross-cutting and evolving technologies Batteries, sensors and digital twinning technologies are still progressing fast and offer cross-cutting opportunities to the rail industry. To support the development of the long term routemaps of the RTS, we have gathered some early insight on current practice and future trends of these technologies. Attendees will have the opportunity to complement, challenge, comment the insights gather to date, and discuss the implications and opportunities for rail that they present.

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Improving rail journeys for millions of passengers every day.

VIA Rail Canada

Proteus rail interior system

Multidisciplinary design company PriestmanGoode will be introducing Proteus at the RIA Innovation Conference. A new train interior design that aims to transform future rail experience with more flexibility, comfort and benefits for both commuters and leisure travellers.

Transport for London interior

Contact us for more information 150 Great Portland Street London W1W 6QD T +44 (0)20 7580 3444 studio@priestmangoode.com

PriestmanGoode.com

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Main Exhibition Hall & Catering point

DCM

Workshop 3

National Railway Museum

Railtex / Infrarail

Workshop 1

Main Conference room

London Transport Museum

Workshop 4

Vidatec Graffica

Workshop 2

Network Rail Showcase/workshop area & Catering point

Registration area

Venue floorplan

International Exhibition of Railway Equipment, Systems & Services International Railway Infrastructure Exhibition

ON TRACK FOR THE FUTURE

10 – 12 May 2022 | Olympia London For the first time, Railtex / Infrarail takes place at Olympia London, covering all aspects of railway technology, including:

• Infrastructure • Rolling Stock • Rail+

• Passenger Experience • Net Zero • And many more

MORE THAN JUST AN EXHIBITION! Extensive conference programme CPD ACCREDITED On-Track display

Recruitment wall Plant and machinery exhibits

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www.railtex.co.uk

Organiser:

Exhibition floorplan

SatSense

Hitachi Rail

Unipart

Park Signalling

Westermo

Fuel

HS2

University of Nottingham

One Big Circle

RailDiary

GBR Rail

Ricardo Rail

Omnicom Balfour Beatty

Hack Partners

Schneider Electric

Furrer+Frey

Thales

Konux

Asset Insights

Schweizer Electronic

Roxtec

Zetica

TBAT

Evifile

Gramm Barriers

Capgemini

Arcadis

Catering area

PriestmanGoode

UKRRIN

Platinum & Gold sponsors exhibiting

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26-27 April

Exhibitors sponsors and strategic partners

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FUELLING INNOVATION IN RAIL. Strategic Creative Communications for businesses serving national and international markets. We help industry-leading rail providers communicate their vision, engage their people, and transform their offer.

Think Simple.

Simplicity is the key to innovation and innovation is the foundation for tomorrow.

Simplify your Strategy.

At our workshops, we co-create with your stakeholders to help them identify the strategy and direction of the business. This helps you to shape the product your customers need and the solution your business can deliver.

Simplify your Storytelling.

Communicate one message simply – to make an impact. We know that too much noise fades into the background. We can help you make the right noise to hook your audience in an authentic way.

Boost your Engagement.

The place for transactional people relationships is gone. Organisations that empower their people will deliver transformational customer experiences.

We can support you and your teams with inspiring creative communications and programmes.

Understanding your challenges and goals.

Helping you turn chaos into clarity.

Creating meaningful human-to-human communications.

VISIT US AT OUR STAND TO FIND OUT HOW SIMPLE SUCCESS CAN BE. fuelintegrated.com Strategic Brand Planning Business Transformation Global Campaign Planning Storytelling

Design for Business Customer Journeys Content Creation Motion Graphics

Digital Marketing Engagement Tools Internal Communications Experiential

26-27 April

Evening Entertainment Beer Tasting For this year’ RIA innovation conference we our hosting are first in person beer tasting! We’ve partnered up with a local independent brewery called Braybrooke Beer Company. They will be producing 3 different lagers and on the day they will help us uncover the tastes and smells that are distinct with each of their beers, along with the preferred food pairings along with having the chance to take part in tasting our own limited edition Pale Lager called Innovation Inspiration Beer.

Aprilfest menu Alongside the beer tasting we are also hosting a Oktoberfest style buffet dinner, sampling some delicious German delicacies with special care to cater for all dietary requirements.

Salad

- Wurstsalat Tart sausage salad made with vinegar, oil, and onions - Obazda Bavarian Cheese Spread made with Camembert and soft cheese - Frikadellen pan-fried meatballs of minced meat - Bavarian Kartoffelsalat Traditional Potato salad

Mains

- Schweinshaxe

Fall off the bone tender Bavarian roasted pork knuckle - Schweinebraten Roast Pork - Bierfleisch Hearty Beef Stew - Schnitzel Breaded Pork Escalope - Vegan Schnitzel Breaded Vegan Escalope - Schupfnudeln mit Sauerkraut Fried Potato Dumplings with Sauerkraut

Desserts

- Donauwelle Danube Wave Cake with sour cherries and cream - Apfelküchle Battered, rum soak Apple Slice - Apfelstrudel Apple Strudel

Dinner and Drinks are kindly sponsored

by Knorr-Bremse

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26-27 April

WE THANK Our sponsors

Gold

Dinner & Drinks sponsor

Silver

Badge Sponsor

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RIA Innovation Conference 2022 Getting ready for Great British Railways 26-27 April, Nottingham

www.riagb.org.uk/RIC2022

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