A stellar line up of rail industry experts at our upcoming conference
With just over one month to go, our Smart Rail Innovation Conference is shaping up to be Canada’s hottest rail industry conference.
Despite its rich history and significant economic contribution, the Canadian rail industry seems to be trailing behind its global counterparts in terms of innovation. A comprehensive review of global innovation in the rail sector indicates that Canada lags behind many developed and developing nations in implementing key technologies like driverless train controls, hydrogen propulsion, 5G rail connectivity, and inductive and track-based electrification systems.
These circumstances make conversations about rail innovation in Canada not only timely but critical. The future of rail is pivotal to sustainable development, post-pandemic recovery, and decarbonization efforts.
Our rail industry experts will be diving into the lessons learned from global rail innovation strategies and where Canada stands in terms of rail investments and technology.
Our Speakers
ADM Paul Smith
Assistant Deputy Minister, Transportation and Economic Corridors
Government of Alberta
Aaron Amorim
Chief Software Architect, Hitachi Rail
Abraham Masri
Manager, Energy Transition & Sustainability – Trimac Transportation
Adam Halsey
Head of Business Development, Transit (North America), InductEV
Alexandre Lampron
Director - Strategies and Development, Hydrogène Québec
Alexis Dunphy
Project Manager, Sustainable Transit Initiatives - CUTRIC
Alice Rodriguez
Deputy Director of External Affairs
California High-Speed Rail Authority
Andrew Cassidy
North America Business Development Manager- Hydrogen Storage
Angela Allain
Director, Public Transit - Codiac Transpo
Anne Mercier
Business Development & Innovation Director - Rail and Algorithms/AI
GIRO
Anusia Govindasamy
Principal - KayaAG Consulting
Ariel Bautista
Director, eMobility – Alectra Energy Solutions
Artiom Loginov
Canada Business Development and Sales Manager - Accelera by Cummins.
Ashish Soni
OT Cybersecurity Manager, B.C. Rapid Transit Company (SkyTrain)
Bem Case
Executive Director, Innovation and Sustainability - Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
ZEB Database Survey
Membership Survey
Decarbonizing the west: Alberta Municipality Constellation Project
With the inevitable rollout of electric fleets across the country by 2040, there is no doubt that the future energy demand will impact current grid infrastructure and stability.
This project will provide a comprehensive study that informs the procurement and deployment of zero emission buses and the future energy demands across nine transit agencies in Alberta.
This $550 092 project is a combined investment from Infrastructure Canada's Zero Emission Transit Fund, Ontario Society of Professional Engineers and FortisAlberta.
Grand River Transit launches first battery electric bus
Grand River Transit is getting eleven, fully electric, 40-foot buses – and new charging units – after a combined investment of more than $15.1 million in two projects from the federal and provincial governments, along with the Regional Municipality of Waterloo.
Six chargers have been installed at the Northfield maintenance facility; buses can be fully charged in about four hours, the region says. The 11 new electric buses cost a total of about $15.1 million, offset by federal and provincial funding of more than $11 million, as MPs and MPPs reaffirmed their governments' continued funding for a green economy.
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Zero Emission Transit and Mobility Conference 2026
The 8th Annual Zero Emission Transit & Mobility Conference, hosted by the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC),
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