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  1. Licensing
  2. Membership & Registration
  3. Qualifications & CPD
  4. Publications & Resources
  5. Get Involved
  6. News
  7. About

ASPECT 2025 — Yokohoma, Japan 

The Institution of Railway Signal Engineers look forward to welcoming you to their premier biennial technical conference, ASPECT 2025 in Yokohama, Japan

 

The ASPECT 2025 conference provides a fantastic knowledge-building and networking opportunity for professionals to discuss the latest developments in the field of railway signalling and communications.

Fifty one technical papers will be presented over three days by industry experts, including dedicated sessions presenting Japanese railway signalling, followed by an optional day of technical visits.

We invite global professionals and specifically younger engineers to share and expand their knowledge and lessons learned regarding ongoing projects, technological innovations and new concepts, focussing on train control, data communication and data analytics. 

The event has consistently attracted a wide of range of people in the industry with over 250 delegates from across the globe attending the last ASPECT conference. 

2 to 5 December 2025

Yokohama, Japan

 

ASPECT2025 News

Call for papers! Submit your 500 word abstract by 31 January 2025

Are you a young engineer? What are you looking for in terms of career development?

Do you run a development programme that is successfully developing and retaining staff?

Join the ASPECT 2025 conference to share your ideas and learn!

See our call for papers here or in the document library below.

Submit your paper abstract - click here for guidance and submission form

ASPECT welcomes papers on the topics of Automation, Signalling, Performance, Equipment, Control, and Telecommunications for design, implementation, operation and maintenance activities.

However, in 2025 in addition to the above topics we are also looking for a particular focus on how to attract, engage and retain young engineers.

See here for guidance for your submission and here for your submission form - both in document library below.

IRSE Innovator comes to Japan! This Younger Members-led session was a great success at ASPECT 2023, so is going on the road to Japan - click here for more details

The 2025 ASPECT IRSE Innovators session comprises of a panel of judges, composed of experienced professionals, and the young members presenters, who will represent the entrepreneurs. The presenters will then “pitch” their railway-related innovation idea to the judges, who will ask questions, challenge the idea, and ultimately pass judgement. Finally, the judges will decide which idea is the best. Whilst there will be no ‘investment’, the best idea will receive a small prize.

You must be a Younger Member of the IRSE aged below 35 years of age on the 31st January 2025 and be intending to register for the ASPECT conference.

The innovator submission guidance is here and your submission form is here - both in the document library below.

Funding is available for 15 IRSE Younger Members to attend ASPECT2025 and contribute towards their travel and accommodation costs. Click here for further details.

Aspect 2025 will be held in Yokohama, Japan in December 2025 and we are offering funding of up to £1,500 (GBP) per person to help cover travel and hotel costs. In addition, we will also pay for the Aspect 2025, three-day conference fee.

Applications for funding are welcomed from members of the IRSE who will be under 35 years of age on 31st January 2025. Preference will be given to those who have not previously received an award.

A selection committee will review all the applications and decide who will receive funding. Applications must be received by 31st January 2025, and applicants will be advised by 31st May 2025 whether they have been successful in obtaining funding or not.

Funding is through re-imbursement of up to GBP £1,500 per person, contributing to travel and hotel costs.

Click here for the application form (also in document library below).

Sponsorship opportunities are available - click here for more details

ASPECT events have consistently attracted a wide of range of people in the industry with over 400 delegates from across the globe attending the most recent conference in 2023.

The event is open to both IRSE members and non-members and will bring together, the world’s best signalling, control, systems, and communications engineers along with leading signalling and communications technology companies.

Our sponsorship brochure is available here, and in the document library below.

 

 

ASPECT 2025 document library

ASPECT 2023

 

ASPECT 2023 was held in Melbourne Australia in November 2023 and delivered fifty two technical papers from global industry experts on the theme of Global Integration and also featured several related workshop sessions. 

Delegates were drawn from aroundthe world and brought an amazing spread of expertise, knowledge, skills and experience. There was a range of industry experts, specialists and generalists as well as graduates and those who were new to the industry. They included representatives from the rail operators (private and public), equipment and techology suppliers, government delivery organisations, regulators, academic institutions, contractors and consultants.

Read more about it here (extract from IRSE News February 2024).

Watch the presentations and read the papers from ASPECT 2023 (IRSE member login required)