November 30 - December 01, 2021
Toronto (online)

The Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) is hosting its second Smart Rail Technology Conference (virtually) from November 30-December 1, 2021.

Participants will hear from industry experts, business leaders and political decision-makers, including:

• Bowinn Ma, Government of British Columbia
• Rajan Sawhney, Government of Alberta
• Caroline Mulroney, Government of Ontario
• Chantal Rouleau, Government of Quebec
• Phil Verster, Metrolinx
• Rick Leary, Toronto Transit Commission
• Mark Kirby, Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association
• Randy Helmer, TransLink
• Ann Marie Carroll, York Region Transit

The conference revolves around five themes:

• Hydrail: Getting to zero with hydrogen propulsion and fuelling systems in rail
• Electrified rail systems: supporting mass transit through zero-emissions public transit networks
• Big data in rail: data-driven rail solutions that build better, faster, cleaner networks
• Going driverless: autonomous and connected rail systems
• Return to transit: rail in a post-pandemic world