The most recent past events
The 2026 International Convention will be based in the historic city of Helsinki in Finland. The convention features a varied programme of presentations and technical visits to witness the latest developments in the field of signalling and control systems. We will be based in central Helsinki and there will be an accompanying guest programme for member’s partners who are warmly invited to take part.
The convention provides an unrivaled opportunity to learn more about the latest technology and to meet and share ideas with fellow professionals from across the IRSE’s global membership. The convention is aimed at active professionals wishing to expand their knowledge and experience, but we expect many senior professionals to be present whose generosity in sharing their long experience greatly enhances the convention experience.
The convention commences on the evening of Monday 25 May with a welcome reception and concludes with a gala dinner on Friday 29 May.
The main programme includes:
• Lectures and presentations by key experts
• Visit to Kouvola Railway Training Centre
• ETCS and CBI in use in Finland
• Visit to Helsinki Metro
• Visit to Fintraffic control centre.
The guest programme will include a selection of key local attractions at an unhurried pace.
Further details, including booking arrangements, are available on the IRSE Global website.
The 2026 IRSE Australasian Technical Meeting and AGM will be held in Sydney on 10th to 12th April.
More details are available here.
Theme
Legacy to Digital: the Signalling Transformation
The Legacy to Digital: the Signalling Transformation theme is aimed at both current developments in our industry whilst also acknowledging the fundamentals of signalling and communications practice that has served us well over the past decades.
Annual General Meeting
Successes and challenges in the implementation of ETCS in Europe
Discover the status of ETCS deployment across Europe. This presentation analyses the underlying causes of the varied progress, and benchmarks different European implementations—both trackside and onboard—examining their present status and the plans for the coming years. As part of the wider digital transformation of the railway sector, ETCS implementation will increasingly become a continuous improvement process. Organisations will need to adapt accordingly and remain open to future innovations.
Register today and join the IRSE Global President and Mott MacDonald Fellow, Bogdan Godziejewski, as he shares his European benchmarking of ETCS deployment, future developments, and key challenges
Presenter: Bogdan Godziejewski FIRSE | IRSE President
18:30 onwards: Networking and Refreshments
Further details and registration can be found here.
The IRSE President Bogdan Godziejewski FIRSE is visiting Brisbane on the 7th April. Bogdan is keen to meet local IRSE members. The Queensland committee has arranged for a morning tea to make this possible. This is a great opportunity to meet the global President and put forward your views on where the IRSE should be heading. All members are encouraged to attend.
Details can be found here.
The IRSE, in collaboration with the RTSA (Railway Technical Society of Australasia, New Zealand Chapter), invites you to their event featuring a presentation by Vinoth Rajamani on his engineering journey, followed by IRSE President Bogdan Godziejewski’s insights into Europe’s ETCS challenges.
Registration and more event information is available on the Engineering New Zealand Te Ao Rangahau website.
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.
