Rail Technical Conference by ASAVRAIL

Only 150 places!

Registrations start at 08:45am till 9.15am

Schedule for the day to be confirmed soon!

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Bagdges

After placing your ticket order, you will receive a welcome email, requesting your details, which are needed to produce your personalised Visitors ID badge. Your Visitors ID Badge will be provided to you on the day by our registration team.

Note: If you do not reply to the welcome email with your details, you will be given a standard visitors ID badge on the day. If you have ordered your ticket and registered your details with us before 28th August 2025, you will receive a personalised visitor badge. Otherwise a generic visitors badge will be given to you at registration on the day. We will require you to complete the registration form so that we have a record of your attendance.

You must bring along proof of your Eventbrite ticket (Digital or Printed).

Badges must be worn at all times throughout the event, for security purposes.

All badges will be collected by the registration team at the end of the event.

Refreshments and lunch (sandwiches) will be available for all attendees, courtest of our Gold Sponsor Bender.

Important before booking:

• This is an in-person event only — please do not book unless you genuinely plan to attend.
• If you book and can no longer come, please cancel your ticket so someone else can attend.
• Multiple no-shows may be blocked from future events.

Discounted Hotel Rates

• Event Hotel Partner: Leonardo Royal Hotel in Birmingham (Broad St)
• Discounted Rates for all attendees
• Contact us via rtc@asavrail.com for details

Schedule

• Doors Open: 8:45am – Registration & Networking until 9:15am
• Talks Begin: 9:15am
• Morning Break: 20 minutes - Networking
• Lunch: 30 minutes (sandwich lunch provided) - Networking
• Afternoon Break: 20 minutes - Networking
• Final Networking Session: To close the day
• Event ends 5pm

Full Schedule for talks and networking will be confirmed soon!

Exhibitors:

Amaro, Bender, iLECSYS Rail, True North Rail, DigiSig Rail, PMTandA, Elev8 Training, Railcom Solutions, Rail Forum, Lineardraft (Zebraware), Signal Global, Kite Projects, BK3 Training, Richardson Rail Services, IMechE, IET, IRSE, Railway Benefit Fund & Young Rail Professionals.

The Rail Technical Conference (RTC), hosted by ASAVRAIL - The key message is this:

“We cannot deliver a safe, reliable, and modern railway without investing in the people who make it happen.”

The Rail Technical Conference (RTC), hosted by ASAVRAIL, designed to address the critical challenges facing the UK rail workforce — particularly in the areas of competency, compliance, and resource management.

Its purpose is to bring together technical leaders, training providers, industry bodies, and frontline professionals to openly discuss how we maintain high technical standards, keep our people safe, and retain the skills needed to deliver future infrastructure.

Through targeted talks and panel discussions, the conference aims to spark action around improving training, supporting workforce wellbeing, and strengthening industry collaboration.

The Rail Technical Conference is aimed at those directly impacted by the current lack of consistent work and workforce uncertainty in the rail sector.

Our delegates include:

• Track and Signalling Installers and Technicians facing fluctuating workloads
• Design Engineers at all levels—from Apprentices and Graduates to Principal Engineers
• Site Safety Staff and Compliance Officers managing increasingly complex safety demands
• Construction and Civils Operatives affected by project delays and underutilisation
• Possession Planners and frontline Supervisors dealing with compressed programmes
• Early-career Rail professionals and Apprentices seeking sustainable career paths
• Contractors, agency workers, and supply chain staff experiencing irregular employment
• Project Professionals such as, Project Managers, Commerical, Procurement, Line Managers, non-technical professionals
• Suppliers and manufacturers

This event is focused on those whose livelihoods and professional development are being challenged by the current market pressures — providing them with insights, support, and a platform to be heard.

Delegates should come away with:

• A clearer understanding of the current pressures facing the rail workforce
• Practical insights into improving competence, wellbeing, and compliance
• Inspiration to take action within their own organisations
• A renewed sense of shared responsibility for industry-wide standards

It’s also about connection and collaboration — creating space for open discussion between those in training, operations, engineering, and leadership roles.

Post-Event:

A Certificate of Attendance will be provided (7.5 hours) for your CPD Record

After the conference, you will receive:

• A feedback questionnaire.
• Your CPD Attendance Certificate (7.5 hours) – sent via email after completing the questionnaire.

The RTC is ideal for organisations who:

• Deliver technical training or workforce development services
• Support mental health, wellbeing, or professional development in rail
• Provide technology or systems that support competency, licensing, or compliance
• Want to engage with the rail engineering community on standards and innovation
• Are interested in shaping the future of the UK’s railway workforce

There will be 8 different key themes for the day:

1. Current Workload and Industry Response

2. Competency and Training

3. Supporting Railway Workforce Facing Early Retirement

4. Stress and Mental Health in Difficult Times

5. Professional Registration and Development

6. Benefits of IET/IMechE/IRSE Membership

7. Succession Planning: Passing the Baton in the Real World

8. Dealing with Lack of Work and Career Mobility

Our Speakers:

Current Workload and Industry Response

Michael Ewart - Amaro

Sarah Townsley - Amaro

Competency and Training

Pam Martin and Paul Martin - PMTandA

George Rigby – Elev8 Training

Laura Howes & Jack Rollinson – Amaro

Competency and Training: Supplier Innovation and Training

Tony Edwards - Bender UK

Lewis Westbury - iLECSYS Rail

Succession Planning: Passing the Baton in the Real World

John Waugh - Amaro

Michael Hickey - DigiSig Rail Group

Russell Simpson - DigiSig Group

Owen Naughton - DigiSig Rail Group

Miles Wootton - DigiSig Rail Group

Georgia Haslam – West Midlands Trains/Young Rail Professionals

Sarabha Saaluvesh K - West Midlands Trains/Young Rail Professionals

Supporting Railway Workforce Facing Early Retirement

Jo Kaye - Railway Benefit Fund

Stress and Mental Health in Difficult Times

Lewis Matthews - Amaro

Professional Registration and Development

Abdul Rehman Savant - ASAVRAIL Ltd

Benefits of IET Membership

Jacob Cheevers - IET

Benefits of IMechE Membership

Charlotte Brownsword - IMechE

Benefits of IRSE Membership

Ian Bridges - IRSE

Dealing with Lack of Work and Career Mobility

Megan Ablott - Siemens

Victor Heath - BK3 Training

Andy Steele - PWI/1432 Ltd

Headline Sponsor: Amaro

Gold Sponsor: Bender UK

Silver Sponsor: iLECSYS Rail, True North Rail

SME Sponsors: PMTandA, Elev8 Training, DigiSig Rail

Charitable Support Partner: Railway Benefit Fund

Registration Support Partner: Young Rail Professionals

Event Support Partners: IET, IMechE

Event Hotel Partner: Leornardo Royal Hotel Birmingham

For event terms and conditions, visit www.asavrail.com