This session will give a brief overview of the sustainability work and initiatives that RSSB has been leading on behalf of the industry such as the Sustainability Principles and the Rail Carbon Tool. We will also give an update on the work that the Decarbonisation Task Force has championed, including the recent report to the Transport Minister in response to his call to eliminate all diesel-only trains by 2040.

Andrew Kluth Lead Carbon Specialist, RSSB

Deploying Alstom’s Coradia iLint technology to decarbonise the UK 

Mike Muldoon Head of Business Development & Marketing, Alstom

Hydroflex: the UK's first hydrogen train

Kevin Blacktop Head of Delivery, University of Birmingham

Class 165 HyDrive: what's the future for hybrid trains?

In this session, a selection of key industry stakeholders and 'challenge owners' will present their main priorities in the areas of decarbonisation and energy efficiency. The pitches will be followed by a panel discussion

Pitches from: 

Paul Smart Managing Director, Freightliner

Wendi Wheeler Energy and Carbon Strategy Manager, Network Rail

Graeme Clark Head of Business Development - Rolling Stock, Siemens

Chandra Morbey Innovation Manager, Porterbrook

Martin Ward Engineering Business Development Director, First Group

Russell Preece Systems Engineer - Fleet, Virgin Trains

Herb Castillo Energy Strategy Lead, HS2

This session will be a whistle-stop tour of a few case studies highlighting energy efficiency and decarbonisation technologies that have been applied in sectors other than rail. 

A selection of ‘elevator pitches’ will follow. Attendees will have strictly 1 minute each to showcase their relevant research expertise. 

Case studies:

Riding Sunbeams

Leo Murray Director of Strategy, 10:10 Climate Action

The exploitation of free piston engine technology to decarbonise transport

Prof Tony Roskilly Director - Centre for Energy Research, Newcastle University

Innovative semi-conductor technology: use in other sectors and its potential for rail

Prof Philip Mawby Head of PEATER (Power Electronics Applications and Technology in Energy Research) group, University of Warwick

G-volution technology

Shimon Shapiro Research and Development, G-volution Ltd

Elevator pitches from:

1. Ben Nichols, University of Nottingham
2. Will Midgley, Loughborough University 
3. William Holderbaum, Manchester Metropolitan University
4. Nick Mallinson, University of Warwick
5. Garfield Southall, University of Chester
6. Jianing Li, University of Birmingham
7. David Fletcher, University of Sheffield
8. Rebeka Sellick, SellickRail Ltd
9. Michael Healy, HaslerRail
10. John Parry, Ultra Light Rail Partners
11. Neil Tinworth, Unipart Rail Limited
12. Andy Stephens, Perpetuum
13. Andrew Stephinson, FTI Communication Systems
14. Clive Brook, Clean Power Hydrogen
15. Christopher Maltin, Global Gas Logistic Solutions
16. Mark Hinnells, Ricardo 

RSSB and KTN will outline the scope and the application process for the two funding competitions that are being launched today. A Q&A session will follow.

RSSB R&D collaboration competition

Luisa Moisio R&D Programme Director, RSSB

Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) call

Trevor Gregory Knowledge Transfer Adviser, KTN

The table moderators will be invited to stand to be identified by the attendees. Each moderator will lead a table discussion around one of the three competition challenges: (a) high speed (b) freight (c) infrastructure: energy storage/distribution. Please refer to the competition briefing (which will be made available on the day) for more details about each challenge. Attendees can choose which challenge they would like to discuss, and gather around one of the moderators; attendees are welcome to move around and join the discussion on other challenges.

Moderators for Challenge A - High speed:

Chandra Morbey Innovation Manager, Porterbrook

Mark Gaynor Head of Railway Planning, RDG

Richard Jones Technical Manager, RIA

Moderators for Challenge B - Freight:

Paul Smart Managing Director, Freightliner

Andrew Kluth Lead Carbon Specialist, RSSB

Moderators for Challenge C - Infrastructure (energy storage/distribution):

Wendi Wheeler Energy and Carbon Strategy Manager, Network Rail

Herb Castillo Energy Strategy Lead, HS2

First of a Kind round 2

Kelvin Davis Innovation Lead - Rail , InnovateUK