What does it take to transfer innovation from research to real-world deployment?

The seventh episode of the European Railcast “From Research to Reality: Deploying Innovation Across Eeurope’s Rail System” explores the transfer of innovation from research to practice, what needs to be done in order to ensure this process is smooth and how EU-Rail together with its members tackles this challenge.

Host Jacki Davis is joined by:

• Karel Van Gils, Senior Programme Manager, Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking

• Davide Pifferi, Member of Europe’s Rail Governing Board & Coordinator of European R&I Projects, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane

• Christian Sagmeister, Head of Railway Systems at ÖBB-Infrastruktur & Member of Europe’s Rail High-Level Deployment Group

The episode highlights the key challenges that need to be met to overcome the obstacles and accelerate the take-up of innovative solutions, work done by EU-Rail’s Deployment Group to accelerate real-world innovation deployment, and what Europe need to do to ensure efficient innovation transfer.

Listen now and learn more about the role of the Deployment group a journey from lab to rail.

The European Railcast: A Podcast About the Future of European Mobility is brought to you by Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, the European partnership for rail research and innovation under the EU’s Horizon Europe programme.