Delivering digital rail with an OT cloud
In the pursuit of enhanced transport services, climate resilience, and ambitious net-zero goals, rail operators are embracing digitalisation to ensure they are much more adaptable and flexible. This transformation extends beyond investment in physical assets such as rolling stocks and track to encompass digital assets like intelligent sensors, switches, automated control and supervision application software. As software and data starts to take centre stage, the private Operational Technology cloud is becoming the nerve centre of rail operations.
Join this broadcast featuring industry specialists as they discuss the key to successfully deploying rail cloud infrastructure, the essential elements of rail communications networks, and how this infrastructure can accelerate development and adoption of innovation across the sector.
Key topics to be covered will include:
- Best practice in OT network deployment.
- Key drivers for investment in OT networks.
- Trends in cloud infrastructure that can enhance the efficiency of rail operations.
- How OT networks can help rail operators fulfil the potential of digital signalling, interlocking, FRMCS, IoT and other emerging technology.
Loading feed
Sponsor
Speakers
Confirm cancellation
Something went wrong.
An error occurred trying to play the stream. Please reload the page and try again.
Close
Prof. Andy Doherty FREng is the Chief Technology Officer for GCRE. Andy’s role is to provide the vision and leadership to the technology strategy and development of the UK’s first genuine full scale railway innovation facility. Until the autumn of 2020 Andy was Chief Rail Technology Officer for Network Rail, providing the vision and leadership to its technology strategy. He led on engineering interaction with the UK railway industry and within the European railway sphere. Andy is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineers and is an Electrical Systems Engineer, with expertise in the railway system, rolling stock design, the mechanical interface between the train and track, transmission-based signalling systems such ETCS and electromagnetic compatibility.
Nick is Executive Editor of Railway Gazette Group. He has covered global rail technology and policy stories for Railway Gazette since joining the title as News Reporter in 2006. Nick has visited more than 50 countries to report on rail and metro projects, and he has become a familiar face within the rail sector by presenting Railway Gazette Group’s flagship Interactive Broadcast series, and by chairing and moderating blue-chip events across the industry, including the UNIFE General Assembly and the World Congress on Railway Research.
Nick has been an active supporter of the campaign to develop a domestic high speed rail network in the UK, and a member and advocate for the Young Rail Professionals networking association, which seeks to promote rail careers to the next generation and boost diversity within the industry. He is a regular commentator on public transport issues in mainstream media channels, including BBC television and radio, Sky News, and broadsheet newspapers.
Born in Rochdale, UK, Nick graduated with a BA (Hons) in History from the University of York in 2002. Before joining Railway Gazette Group, Nick spent a year working in a specialist school for children with learning difficulties in rural France, and he was a digital journalist and editor covering the energy and financial services sectors for market analysis company Datamonitor.