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SUMMARY:QLD Chapter Event - Student Hackathon
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nThe RTSA Queensland Chapter is holding a Railway Hackathon this October to gather and collaborate the creative minds in the railway industry with emerging leaders. This hackathon will tackle a specific transport theme that has been developed through consultation with Queensland Rail (QR) and Transport of Main Roads (TMR). Students will be grouped with industry professionals and be tasked to collaborate and “hack” at the theme. A short presentation on the “solution” will be completed on the last night with the winning team receiving prizes. \nThis hackathon will be held over three days over a three-week period (6th to 20th October) at three different engineering offices. This will be an opportunity for you to visit and see what an engineering office looks like (you might be potentially visiting your future office). \nClick here to register your interest in competing in the Hackathon. Selected participants will be invited to register for the event. \n\n\n\nDates\n    Venue\n      Venue Address\n\n\n Thursday 6 October\n     SMEC\n       Level 6/480 St Pauls Terrace\, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006\n\n\n Thursday 13 October\n     Hatch\n       61 Petrie Terrace\, Brisbane City QLD 4000\n\n\n Thursday 20 October\n     Jacobs\n       32 Cordelia St\, South Brisbane QLD 4101
URL:https://www.rtsa.com.au/events/rtsa-queensland-hackathon/
LOCATION:Queensland
CATEGORIES:Events,Queensland Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221012
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SUMMARY:New Zealand Rail Conference
DESCRIPTION:The ARA’s New Zealand Rail conference will take place at the Hilton Auckland on the 10th – 11th October 2022. \nThe economic value of rail to New Zealand was recently calculated to be approximately $1.47b to $1.54b per annum. Building on the Government’s commitment to rail\, the ARA’s New Zealand Rail 2021 will drive growth by focusing on the ‘how to’ by bringing together key industry and government stakeholders\, customers\, researchers and suppliers to network and exchange best practice on the innovation\, collaboration\, technical expertise and investment needed to advance these planning priorities and future opportunities for rail in New Zealand. \nThe ARA’s New Zealand Rail conference builds on the great energy and enthusiasm of the record attendance of recent conferences which provided updates\, outcomes and ambitious plans for the future of rail in New Zealand. A new policy framework and record investment is building a solid future for rail in New Zealand to be more reliable\, resilient and sustainable than ever. The New Zealand government will invest NZ$54 billion in land transport in the next decade. \nTopics to be addressed include: \n\nThe KiwiRail Transformation: Our Vision – Nation Building for Future Generations\nUpdate on Rail Policy\, Planning and Funding in New Zealand\nCRLL Project Update\nTransforming rail to address the growing expectations of customers\nDeveloping the business case for light rail in Auckland\nINDUSTRY PANEL- Leading people\nPANEL DISCUSSION| Innovation & technology: The future of rail safety\nA NZ perspective on the role of urban mobility in tackling climate change\nThe design journey to building greener railways\nRuakura Superhub – Maximising rail and the changing dynamics of the upper North Island supply chain\nCo-making the future of mobility: The Hyperloop\n\nThe RTSA is chairing the SAFETY session.\nSession Chair: Senthuran Arulanantham\, Committee Member\, RTSA NZ & Principal Engineer\, SMEC New Zealand \nPlus a presentation by Railway Technical Society of Australasia: \nGrowing and developing New Zealand’s railway engineering workforce- Ideas from Scandinavia \n(Presenters: Daniel Headifen\, Programme Director – Mechanical Facilities\, KiwiRail & Chair\, RTSA NZ and Michael Than\, Director Railway\, Railize)
URL:https://www.rtsa.com.au/events/new-zealand-rail/
LOCATION:Hilton Auckland\, Princes Wharf\, 147 Quay Street\, Auckland\, 1010\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:New Zealand Events
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SUMMARY:Qld Chapter Webinar Event: Introduction to rail traction power earthing and bonding systems
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nAttend this webinar to understand related risks in the rail environment and undertake a review of projects and the complexities encountered. \nThis presentation will outline: \n\nlearnings from recent rail projects\ntunnel environments where aspects of these complexities were encountered\nbrief introduction to the safety critical importance of Traction Power Earthing and Bonding systems.\n\nAdditional information\nManaging earthing related risk in the rail environment requires approaches that can be significantly different to those used for typical HV power systems. Hazardous voltages may be present not only under fault conditions but also due to the flow of traction currents under normal operations. Current draw of moving trains combined with currents injected by regenerative breaking\, results in a power system load flow analysis where the connection points of multiple sources and multiple loads move based on timetables. \nTypical earthing design approaches\, applicable to above ground meshed power systems\, are often difficult to implement in constrained tunnel environments where parallel exposure lengths are significant and available real estate is minimal. This combined with significantly higher likelihood of the presence of people\, adds additional complexity to earthing system design. \nAbout the speaker\nLachlan McKerrow\, Principal Engineer\, Safearth \nSince 1999 Lachlan has been in the discipline of earthing providing consulting expertise to a range of key infrastructure projects in the industrial\, transport and energy sectors. Now a Principal Engineer\, Lachlan is responsible for leading a team of consultants servicing the defence infrastructure\, rail\, tunnelling\, major construction as well as the renewable energy sectors. Lachlan graduated with BE (Elec) from the University of Newcastle in 1994 and worked for a small consulting firm servicing the mining and coal loading industry in Newcastle. Lachlan has 18 years’ experience in project management\, primary and secondary design\, training\, construction support\, field testing predominately in the area of earthing and lightning protection. \nClick on the link below to register for this event.
URL:https://www.rtsa.com.au/events/ea-webinar-event-introduction-to-rail-traction-power-earthing-and-bonding-systems/
LOCATION:Queensland
CATEGORIES:Events,New South Wales and ACT Events,New Zealand Events,Queensland Events,South Australia Events,Victoria and Tasmania Events,Western Australia Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221017
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SUMMARY:Doc Frank Heibel's CBTC Kickstarter Training
DESCRIPTION:RTSA Members can get an AUD$100 discount off the AUD$1\,099 course fee – send us an email at RTSAtube@gmail.com for the discount code. \nClick here to visit Doc Frank’s website for more information and to register. \n \n\nGet CBTC savvy and confident\nRegardless of your signalling knowledge prior to the training! \n\n\nCBTC is the high performance signalling technology of choice in way over 100 cities around the world. Do you want or need to learn about CBTC but don’t know where to start? Or do you feel overwhelmed and clueless? Because you may consider signalling a “dark art”\, and therefore CBTC as the “uber signalling” must surely be even more incomprehensible than conventional signalling? \nYou can now safely put those fears and prejudices aside as help for you is just a few clicks away. \nThis CBTC Kickstarter training was carefully designed to pick you up from wherever you are on your signalling learning curve (even if you think you are right at the bottom end!) and provide you with a sound and comprehensive foundation of easy-to-understand and memorable CBTC knowledge. The CBTC Kickstarter training has been around since 2014 and helped hundreds of railway professionals from all backgrounds to gain the knowledge and confidence to understand something they might have previously considered “rocket science”. \nThings you will learn during this CBTC training include:\n* What is CBTC and what makes it genuine\n* Simple frameworks for memorising key functionality and architecture of CBTC\n* CBTC on one page (really!)\n* Why is interoperability between different CBTC products such a problem\n* Foundations and trends of data communications for CBTC\n* Key CBTC subsystems and their interaction\n* What all those acronyms mean that are commonly used by the “pros”\n* What are the key benefits of CBTC and what drives those benefits\n* How to implement CBTC the smart way (and what’s not so smart that better be avoided)\n* The best ways of interfacing CBTC to legacy signalling (my “golden three” interface types)\n* How CBTC compares with other contemporary signalling technologies\n* Challenges of delivering CBTC and how to tackle them\nand so much more (but I do not want you to feel overwhelmed – you really will learn all that\, trust the proven process). \nThis CBTC training consists of four video conferencing session of about three hours each. I did some benchmarking with the (very few and far between) other CBTC trainings in the global market and can proudly assure you that this CBTC Kickstarter training offers by far the best value for money regarding training duration versus price. It is also the most established public CBTC training worldwide with the longest track record. \nAs for evidence of the course quality\, you will probably know that railway people are usually a bit shy in giving public praise for anything\, especially in front of a camera\, but I managed to capture testimonials from at least some of my previous course participants who all spoke most highly about this course. (That video below was shot in 2014 as a trailer for live classroom trainings\, but the messages are timeless and still applicable today.) And take my word that those testimonials reflect what everybody had to say about this training! \nHere are some other quotes from participants of this CBTC training: \n\n“Had a great time\, made new contacts and learned lots.”\n“Very enjoyable\, engaging and informative. Really good.”\n“Excellent. A solid CBTC basis\, presented in a fun and informative manner.”\n“Great course\, excellent content\, will be very useful for upcoming changes.”(As a mandatory disclaimer for any testimonials please note that the statements above and in the video are individual and personal feedbacks of previous training participants which cannot indicate let alone guarantee your own learning success.) \n\nCBTC is not going away once it has been introduced. If it gets anywhere close to where you work\, trust me that your best option is to familiarise yourself with it and avoid the feeling that you want to hide in a corner from “those signalling nerds”. You will have the knowledge and confidence to talk to the “pros” at eye level\, distinguish “an X from an U” and call out people who try to pull wool over your eyes. Avoiding CBTC that has gained a foothold in your railway will be next to impossible and a potentially serious threat to your further railway career\, so why not fall forward and embrace it?The CBTC Kickstarter training is the best tool for kickstarting your CBTC journey\, whatever that journey may end up being. And helping you it will\, as it has been proven time and again for all of my training participants over the last eight years since launching this course for the first time. \nSome extras you will get with this training:\n* A knowledge test at the end of the last training session.\n* A course certificate upon your completion of the training.\n* Access to an exclusive online group of CBTC Kickstarter training alumni for boosting your CBTC network.\n* 12 months of Q&A support on the course content (unique in this industry).\n* Bonus #1: For the first time ever course participants will get a full glossary of acronyms used in this training.\n* Bonus #2: An exclusive video on the future of Australian signalling\, comparing my 2014 view with today’s status.\n* Bonus #3: An exclusive video analysing a 1995 paper on CBTC benefits from a global top CBTC expert – still valid today.
URL:https://www.rtsa.com.au/events/doc-frank-heibels-cbtc-kickstarter-training/
LOCATION:Queensland
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221020
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221021
DTSTAMP:20220804T051025Z
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SUMMARY:NSW Chapter Event: RTAA and RTSA Annual Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Tickets are now on sale for the joint RTAA and RTSA Annual Dinner. \nEnjoy a relaxed and informal night of networking with industry colleagues in the beautiful Doltone House\, Hyde Park on Thursday 20th of October 2022. \nRTAA and RTSA Members: $150\nNon Members: $210\nTables of 10: $1\,500 \nClick here to register on the RTAA website.
URL:https://www.rtsa.com.au/events/nsw-chapter-event-rtaa-and-rtsa-annual-dinner/
LOCATION:Doltone House\, Doltone House Hyde Park\, 3/181 Elizabeth St\,\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Events,New South Wales and ACT Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Railway Technical Society of Australasia":MAILTO:memberservices@engineersaustralia.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20221020T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20221020T223000
DTSTAMP:20221009T234611Z
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UID:3980-1666287000-1666305000@www.rtsa.com.au
SUMMARY:WA Chapter Event: Annual Dinner 2022
DESCRIPTION:***TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT ARE NOW SOLD OUT*** \nJoin the Railway Technical Society of Australasia for their annual WA Chapter Dinner in the beautiful surrounds of Kings Park. \n\n\nEnjoy an evening of networking and celebration with a three course dinner paired with free-flowing premium beverages and outstanding WA entertainment.\nClick here for more information. \n\n\n  \nFor sponsorship opportunities\, please contact: Qian.Zheng@pta.wa.gov.au 
URL:https://www.rtsa.com.au/events/qld-chapter-event-annual-dinner-2022/
LOCATION:State Reception Centre\, Frasers\, Kings Park\, Perth\, WA\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Events,Western Australia Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Railway Technical Society of Australasia":MAILTO:memberservices@engineersaustralia.org.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221024
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221027
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SUMMARY:Doc Frank Heibel's ETCS Kickstarter Training
DESCRIPTION:Email us at RTSAtube@gmail.com to find out about discounts on Doc Frank’s courses. \nClick here to visit Doc Frank’s website for more information and to register. \n \n\n\nGet ETCS savvy and confident\n\nThe European Train Control System (ETCS) is the signalling technology of choice for all of Europe (that’s the E in ETCS) but has become established as the most popular and widespread modern signalling technology around the world. Even being so far from Europe\, Australia and New Zealand have ETCS applications for the suburban\nrail networks in Auckland\, Adelaide\, Sydney and Brisbane.ETCS offers enhanced features that can improve the achievable capacity and can transform the\noperation of public rail transport in similar ways than the signalling “gold standard” CBTC. You can\nunderstand the basic concepts and principles with the help of this ETCS Kickstarter training. \nBased on the highly successful teaching concept of the CBTC Kickstarter\, this ETCS training does not require any prior signalling knowledge and is therefore suitable for any railway professional who may get exposed to that new ETCS technology and the change it will bring to the future operation of the railway. \nETCS Kickstarter is ideal for getting your ETCS journey “kickstarted”. You will receive a comprehensive easy-to-understand introduction to relevant ETCS concepts and principles and gain confidence by really “getting it”. \nWhat you will learn during this training includes: \n\n\nAutomatic Train Protection – definition and purpose\nHistory and purpose of ERTMS and ETCS\nSuppliers and other stakeholders\nThe six (not three) levels of ETCS\nCore functions of ETCS and how they work\nETCS modes\, transitions and language\nLessons from ETCS implementation\nInternational case studies\n\nThe main objective of this training is your full understanding of the course content\, demonstrated by a knowledge test at the end of the training and documented by a course certificate.The ETCS Kickstarter: \n\n\nhas adopted the successful\nteaching concept of the iconic CBTC Kickstarter course\navoids the use of ‘signalling mumbo jumbo’\nfocuses on YOU as the participant\, ensuring that you understand 100% of the content presented and\ncan access and use this knowledge when you\nneed it in your daily business\ncomes with an industry-unique 12-months online after-event support that lets you ask any questions on\nthe training content and reinforces your learning success from the training\nis the perfect choice for\nrailway professionals like you (I assume) who will deal increasingly often with the new ETCS technology\, now or in the future.\n\nETCS is the leading global standard for modern interoperable signalling. Diligently applied it can become a real game-changer which enables widespread improvement of railway performance.Take this opportunity to boost your understanding of ETCS by enrolling to this outstanding training today!
URL:https://www.rtsa.com.au/events/doc-frank-heibels-etcs-kickstarter-training/
LOCATION:Queensland
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221025T120000
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SUMMARY:NSW Chapter Event: ARTC Inland Rail – Geotechnical Initiatives
DESCRIPTION:Join the RTSA NSW Chapter for a presentation by Andrew Doe (ARTC) on Inland Rail online at 12:00-1:00pm AEDT on Tuesday 25th October 2022! \nTickets are free for EA and RTSA members (RTSA members who are not full members of Engineers Australia\, enter the code RTSA at check out to access the event at zero charge). \nPlease note that due to the low number of in-person registrations and high number of online registrations this event will unfortunately now be online as a webinar only with no in-person option. \nClick here to register on the EA website. \nOverview\nInland Rail is a freight rail project that will connect Melbourne and Brisbane via regional Victoria\, New South Wales and Queensland. Spanning over 1\,700km\, including floodplains\, mountain ranges and the southern hemisphere’s longest rail freight tunnel\, the geotechnical challenges on the Inland Rail project have called for innovative approaches to meet project and community needs. \nThis presentation will provide an update on the status of the Inland Rail project\, discuss the challenges being faced on the delivery of the project and offer insight into the geotechnical initiatives being applied. \nEvent program\n\n12.00 pm: Presentation commences\n1.00 pm: Presentation and networking concludes\n\nAbout the speaker\nAndrew Doe\, Principal Geotechnical Engineer\, Inland Rail\, ARTC \nEngineering Geologist with over 25 years’ experience in major civil infrastructure\, mining and engineering geology. Andrew’s interests are in geotechnical investigation and design infrastructure projects. Andrew has had the privilege to work on both major and minor commercial and infrastructure projects in Australia\, Canada\, the United Kingdom and Ireland. \nClick on the link below to register for this event.
URL:https://www.rtsa.com.au/events/nsw-chapter-event-artc-inland-rail-geotechnical-initiatives/
LOCATION:Engineers Australia Sydney (Market Street)\, 44 Market Street Mezzanine Level\, Sydney\, New South Wales\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Events,New South Wales and ACT Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Railway Technical Society of Australasia":MAILTO:memberservices@engineersaustralia.org.au
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