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IRRB – International Railway
Research Board
Outline for the future of IRRB
Imrich Korpanec
Deputy Director
Technology/System Department
IRRB meeting, 21.11.2005
UIC as platform for cooperation
At present – world level
• WCRR – World Congress on Railway Research
• Joint research projects
• Technology and Research Forum
• Bilateral and EC contacts with UIC support
• TRB – Transport Research Board (N. America)
IRRB – what more and better…???
IRRB meeting, 21.11.2005
WCRR
• Unique event gathering the top researchers, railway experts
and practitioners from all continents
• Presentations on the latest achievements of research
worldwide and its contribution to the rail business
• Cross-fertilisation from the exchange of the information on
the research achievements and its implementation in leading
companies both for freight and passenger operators and
infrastructure managers
• Milestone in evaluation of progress worldwide made due to
the research and development by all parties involved –
academia, researchers, supply industry and operators
• but essentially information exchange on topical research
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Technology and Research Forum
•Technical information/exchange platform for UIC working
groups and coordination of UIC activities in the field of
technical harmonisation and research
• Support for the TSI work, technological innovation and
migration strategies towards TSI and international standards
• Relation to the standardisation bodies as well as to industry
for transfer the UIC knowledge embedded in the UIC leaflets
into the European standards and world standards
• Coordination of UIC activities in the fields of environment
and safety
• UIC Research programme, management of research projects,
relation to EC and other associations, WCRR and involvement
in world research activities, etc…
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Why IRRB ?
UIC mission: Technology empowerment - worldwide
• Need to have at the UIC level a body which would involve all
major stakeholders in the world research
• to create a platform of exchange on transport research themes
such as e.g. safety, security and cost reduction
• To explore better the research potential worldwide for
benefiting from synergies in executing research, improving
cooperation, bridging a knowledge gap between continents, etc.
• To explore opportunities on research resources/funding at
global level as i.e. FP7 in Europe, Japan? USA?, etc.
• To establish the joint world research agenda with full
commitments of all stakeholders
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IRBB - Opportunities
Some examples/ideas:
• Joint research projects (follow up of JRPs, next JRP-3)
• participation at EC initiatives within the scope of the next
FP7
• collaboration with standardisation bodies
• joint development of high-speed and urban transit
technology with emerging world markets
• dedicated technology and operational research for freight
transcontinental corridors
• specialists exchange for working at UIC, EC and other
national projects
• and many others….
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IRRB next actions
• Terms of reference
- common objectives, mission, membership,
operation, etc.
• World Research Agenda
- joint strategy for world research - priorities,
programmes, key technologies, etc.
• Joint research programmes and initiatives
- approval, funding, supervision, deliverables,
follow up implementation, etc
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