Webinars
RISSB runs its MasterClass series of webinars focusing on industry hot topics each fortnight. Delivered by industry leaders and technical experts, the webinars cover a broad range of subjects that are currently driving discussions in the Australian rail industry. The webinars run for up to an hour, depending on the topic, and are held in real-time to give you the opportunity to participate and ask questions electronically.
Keep visiting this page to view an updated schedule of webinars that RISSB will be delivering this year including special publication pre-release information sessions and our popular quarterly Ask RISSB live webinar events.
*All recorded RISSB MasterClass webinars have been transitioned to a dedicated members-only area where webinars can be streamed on demand. If you are a RISSB member and would like to view a recording, go to Grand Central.
2025 Webinars
Keep visiting this page to find out who we have lined up for 2025.
| Date | Presenter | Topic | Register | Watch Recorded Webinar |
| Tuesday 18 February 2025 | Timothy Dangerfield, Systems Integration Manager/Chief Engineer, RailConnect NSW |
What Blue Crude could mean for the rollingstock industry |
| Date | Presenter | Topic | Register | Watch Recorded Webinar |
| Monday 3 March 2025 | Dennis Horton, ONRSR |
Elevating the use of our national rail safety data – what’s next? | ||
| Tuesday 18 March 2025 | Michael Jewell, General Manager Performance Planning and Reporting Paul Pafumi, Head of Innovation Martin Ruiz, Performance and Process Improvement Lead
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The People Movement Analytics initiative |
| Date | Presenter | Topic | Register | Watch Recorded Webinar |
| Tuesday 1 April 2025 | Hope Steele, Stakeholder Engagement & Communications Manager, TrackSAFE Foundation |
TrackSAFE Foundation – Working Together to Save Lives | ||
| Tuesday 29 April 2025 | Cris Fitzhardinge, Senior Standards Development Manager, RISSB Bruce Wooldridge, Standards Development Manager, RISSB |
Wayside Electrical Charging Interfaces for Battery Electric Rolling Stock |
| Date | Presenter | Topic | Register | Watch Recorded Webinar |
| Tuesday 6 May 2025 | Aaron Fraser, Engineering Director, Systems & Software, Wabtec Corporation |
Coexistence and interoperability of digital signalling systems | ||
| Tuesday 20 May 2025 | Dr Amin Teyfouri, Maintenance, Siemens Mobility |
Enhancing Railway Safety through IoT and Blockchain Integration |
| Date | Presenter | Topic | Register | Watch Recorded Webinar |
| Tuesday 3 June | Bernard Carlon – Chief CRSMS, TfNSW Jessica Linsell – Director, Policy, ONRSR John Barry – Digital Products Director, NHVR Patrick Coleman -Principal Advisor Stakeholder Relations and Policy, Aurizon / Freight on Rail Group (FORG) |
International Level Crossing Awareness Day panel |
| Date | Presenter | Topic | Register | Watch Recorded Webinar |
| Tuesday 8 July | Mark Wood, Chief Technology Officer, 4Tel Pty Ltd |
Insights from trialling AI technology in revenue service | ||
| Tuesday 22 July | Bill Palazzi, Palazzi Rail |
Beyond Interoperability. What must we do to realise ETCS across the national rail network, and why should we do it? | Register Now |
| Date | Presenter | Topic | Register | Watch Recorded Webinar |
| Tuesday 13 February 2024 | Carolyn Walsh, Chair and Commissioner at the National Transport Commission |
Achieving a nationally interoperable rail network: Reform is nigh | Register Now | |
| Monday 26 February 2024 | Mary John, Business Development at Parallel Systems |
Australian Rail Innovation: Testing autonomous wagons on the Arc network | Register Now |
| Date | Presenter | Topic | Register | Watch Recorded Webinar |
| Tuesday 12 March 2024 | Simon Vaux, CEO at DEOS Digital |
Improving data management with Australian Standard 7739.2 | ||
| Tuesday 26 March 2024 | Amy Lezala Zahr, the Chief Engineer – Rail Network Design and Integration at the Department of Transport and Planning |
Victorian Rail Requirements – Stakeholders, Standards and Waivers – There’s logic to the madness |
| Date | Presenter | Topic | Register | Watch Recorded Webinar |
| Tuesday 16 April 2024 | Steven Tsang, the Technical Principal at Interface Rail Engineering |
Effective Continuous Monitoring of Track and Rolling Stock Performance: Freight Reliability and Passenger Comfort | ||
| Tuesday 23 April 2024 | Joe Saunders, the Group General Manager – Training & Consulting at Risk 2 Solution Group |
Managing Occupational Violence and Anti-Social Behaviour in Rail |
| Date | Presenter | Topic | Register | Watch Recorded Webinar |
| Tuesday 21 May 2024 | Andy Petrie, the Director of Systems & Safety Assurance at ARCH Artifex |
The Role of Independent Safety Assessment (ISA) in the Co-Regulation of Major Rail Projects |
| Date | Presenter | Topic | Register | Watch Recorded Webinar |
| Tuesday 2 July 2024 | Sara Conway, the Manager for the Central and North West at the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) |
Sharing safety ideas to ‘Make a Change’ | ||
| Tuesday 16 July 2024 | Klaus Clemens, Director of RMAus, and RISSB’s General Manager of Products & Innovation, Sudha Niles. |
Streamlining the Rolling Stock approval processes | ||
| Tuesday 30 July 2024 | Damien White, CEO at RISSB |
Increasing our focus on product adoption and implementation - RISSB's 2025 Work Plan |
| Date | Presenter | Topic | Register | Watch Recorded Webinar |
| Tuesday 6 August 2024 | Josie Thomas, Principal Policy Advisor at the National Transport Commission (NTC), and Griffin Smith, Key Account Manager at MTA. |
New AHP Program supporting the implementation of rail safety worker health assessments | ||
| Tuesday 20 August 2024 | Hyunkyu Jun, Railroad System Safety Division, Chief Researcher |
The installation of in-cab CCTV in Korea and Australia |
| Date | Presenter | Topic | Register | Watch Recorded Webinar |
| Tuesday 3 September 2024 | Jacqui Newbegin, Signalling Standards Lead, Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority |
A Systems Engineering Approach to Standards |
| Date | Presenter | Topic | Register | Watch Recorded Webinar |
| Tuesday 1 October 2024 | Travis Cooper, Acting Senior Manager Security and Emergency Preparedness, Queensland Rail |
Mental Health Co-deployment Trial | ||
| Tuesday 15 October 2024 | Scott Reimers, Business Development Manager at Trapeze Rail |
Global benchmarked DAS insights |
| Date | Presenter | Topic | Register | Watch Recorded Webinar |
| Tuesday 12 November 2024 | Paul Fergusson, Principal Rail and Rolling Stock Solutions, Jacobs & Ulrike Schroeder, Associate Rolling Stock Engineer, Jacobs |
The track to decarbonised rolling stock | ||
| Tuesday 26 November 2024 | Dr Michelle Zeibots, Senior Lecturer, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UTS |
Countdown to the inevitable: resource scarcity, decarbonisation and the electrification of rail freight in Australia | Register Now |
| Date | Presenter | Topic | Register | Watch Recorded Webinar |
| Tuesday 10 December 2024 | Jim Modrouvanos, CEO and Chief Investigator – Office of Transport Safety Investigations |
Insights from OTSI’s no-blame investigations to enhance transport safety | Register Now |