The Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI) invited the French National Railways (SNCF) to its headquarters and hosted the 11th SNCF-RTRI Collaborative Research Seminar for three days, from November 6 to 8, 2024.
RTRI and SNCF signed an agreement on joint research in 1995. Since then, they have been working collaboratively on research covering a wide range of technical fields and exchanging information. The collaborative research seminar is held biennially to manage collaborative research projects, report on the results of the previous seminar to the present day, and formulate future plans. This was the first face-to-face seminar in six years since the 8th seminar in 2018.
Eight people from SNCF, including Mrs. Carole Desnost, Chief Technical Officer, and 40 people from RTRI, including Dr. Ikuo Watanabe, President, participated in this seminar.
At this seminar, a management meeting and presentation meetings were held, and it was agreed that RTRI and SNCF would continue to work closely together to promote collaborative research, and that the next seminar would be held in France in 2026.
