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Details for all 2020 RTSA end of year events (this page/events pages will be updated as more events are added).

NZ Chapter end of year event with TrackSAFE

5:30-7:30pm (NZDT) Thursday 3rd December. Click here for more information!

Please join us for the Rail Technical Society Australasia’s NZ end of year event. We’re super pleased to combine this with TrackSAFE’s annual award presentation. We’ll also be holding presentations on two of the large programmes of work happening in New Zealand’s rail industry, the Auckland Metro Programme and the Northland Rail Upgrade. A short AGM for the NZ RTSA branch will also take place.

Speaker: Perry Fon Sing
Programme Director of Auckland Metro Upgrade

VIC/TAS Chapter Event – Suburban Rail Loop webinar

5:30-7:00pm (AEDT) Thursday 10th December. Click here for more information!

Announced by the Victorian Government in 2018, Suburban Rail Loop is a 90 kilometre orbital rail loop linking every major rail line from Cheltenham to Werribee, via the airport, and connecting major education, health and employment precincts in Melbourne’s middle suburbs. This city and state-shaping project will transform how people move around Melbourne, create thousands of jobs and will support the future liveability of Melbourne as a city of more than 8 million people.

This is an opportunity to hear from representatives of Suburban Rail Loop Authority working on the development of the biggest rail infrastructure project in Victoria’s history.

Speakers:
Nicole Stoddart
Executive General Manager Rail & Infrastructure, Suburban Rail Loop Authority

Alison Karmelich
Director Communications & Engagement, Suburban Rail Loop Authority

RTSA Special Event Webinar (jointly with IMechE): Felix Schmid – “The Long History and Exciting Future of Railway Systems Thinking”

7:00-9:00pm (AEDT) Thursday 10th December. Click here for more information!

Felix Schmid, Chair of the Railway Division of the IMechE for 2020-2021, has chosen ‘The Long History and Exciting Future of Railway Systems Thinking’ as the theme for his Chair’s Address.

Speaker: Felix Schmid
Programme Director – MSc Railway Systems Engineering and Integration, University of Birmingham

SA Chapter end of year event 2020 RTSA SA Division Annual Meeting and Dinner

7:00-11:00pm (ACDT) Wednesday 16th December. Click here for more information!

The South Australian Chapter of the RTSA invites you and your guest to our 2020 Annual Dinner. The dinner will once again provide a great opportunity for industry participants to join together for networking and camaraderie, and to look to the future of rail in South Australia. Guests will have the opportunity to learn more about the group’s priorities for 2021, elect the 2021 committee, and hear from our guest speaker Flavia Tata Nardini on the exciting presentation topic of Australian Innovation – Impact on the Rail Industry.

Speaker: Flavia Tata Nardini
CEO Space Fleet Technologies