Excitement is building as Railway Industry Association’s (RIA) 14th Innovation Conference, its flagship event in the Unlocking Innovation programme, arrives in Wales in little over a week, bringing together inspirational leaders, pioneering engineers, ambitious entrepreneurs and passionate railway professionals.
The agenda has been set for the ‘Inspired by Innovating’ event, on 26-27 March at the ICC Wales, and features keynote speeches from Scott Waddington, Chair of Transport for Wales; Rebecca Jeffrey, New Mobility Lead uber; Dr Rachel McInnes, Co-Director for Joint Centre for Excellence in Environmental Intelligence, Met Office; and Tom Salter, Deputy Director National Security Science and Research at Department for Transport.
This year will feature the events largest exhibition hall ever with 74 companies exhibiting, as well as Network Rail and Transport for Wales Zones. There will also be 23 exhibition spotlight pitches, Future Focus zone full of new innovations and robots, pitch sessions and tech talks. You can read the agenda here.
Click here for tickets, which also include evening dinner with live entertainment and games tables.
RIA Senior Marketing & Events Manager, Grace Smithen, said: “This is the last chance to sign up for what will be an amazing two days. Themed around the topic of ‘Inspired by Innovating’ this year’s event will be an opportunity for you to share your innovations, be inspired by technological and research advancements happening in the UK and around the world, engage with clients and suppliers to overcome barriers that cannot be overcome via email or Teams, and, most importantly, have fun while doing it. It’s not to be missed.”
The event was named Best Longstanding Association Event (up to 800 attendees) at this year’s Association Excellence Awards.
New for 2024 – conference run
ICC Wales is surrounded by woodland and has direct bridge access into the ancient Coldra Woods. Delegates will have the opportunity to join the RIA Team for 5K run on the morning of 27 March.
Grace added: “This will be a great opportunity for delegates to see the ancient woods and have a great workout before a busy day of innovating.”
If you’re interested in joining, email the RIA Team at events@riagb.org.uk to sign up.
For more details how to get to Wales, including a coach service by Partners Transport for Wales click here.
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