IRSE International Convention 2024

IRSE International Convention was held between 26 and 30 August 2024 in Toronto Canada  

119 delegates attended the full Convention, with another 56 joining for the seminar day held on 27 August.

Mike Palmer (Parsons) presented at the seminar day to our president’s theme of unsung heroes, with the title 'Unsung heroes – the role of the operator in signalling projects' – this paper has already been published in the September 2024 IRSE News (irse.info/irsenews313)

We would like to thank our sponsors AtkinsRéalis, CPC Systems, Frauscher, Gannett Flemming, GO Transit, Hatch, Hitachi, HNTB, Metrolinx, Mott Macdonald, Signet Solutions, TTC, TUV Rheinland / Risktec, UNIPART, USRC, and WSP, for the support they provided to run this year's International Convention.

The full report on IRSE International Convention 2024, by Ian Mitchell, will be available to read in the IRSE News November edition.

International Convention is the IRSE's international technical convention, held every two years at locations around the world. 

The convention runs over a week, providing opportunities to listen to and discuss technical papers from global industry experts, participate in technical visits and many networking opportunities. 

The International Convention is attended by many mainline and metro professionals from across the globe.  IRSE members and non-members are welcome to join us. With its diverse international audience of railway professionals, the convention offers a range of sponsorship opportunities for industry partners. 

IRSE International Convention 2022

The highly successful IRSE International Convention 2022 was hosted by the IRSE Scottish Section and was the first to be held since 2018, with 145 IRSE members, non-members and guests participating in the week-long programme of activities.  Highlights included technical visits to Highland Spring Group's new rail freight facility and a signalling control centre, presentations by equipment manufacturers, project delivers and infrastructure managers, along with many opportunities to network with other delegates. Delegates' guests had their own programme of sightseeing.

For a write-up of the full convention, please see IRSE News 293 November 2022.