Pete Tomlin Featured at Next-Gen Train Control
Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
Kiewit Rail & Transit Systems Sponsor – Canada Pete Tomlin will be featured at Railway Age’s Next-Gen Train Control 2022 Conference, presented jointly with Parsons, Oct. 20-21, Philadelphia. Tomlin’s presentation, “The Utopia Line, Reverse-Engineering Systems for a Greenfield Project,” will have a special twist of its own. He was one of three experts who initially spearheaded the Toronto Transit Commission’s evolution to ATC was initially spearheaded by three experts who have since left the agency: Tomlin (Project Director-ATC), Andy Byford (CEO), and Mike Palmer (Chief Operating Officer). Byford and Tomlin went to New York City Transit as President and Vice President CBTC, Signals & Train Control Engineering, respectively. Palmer joined Parsons as Director of Rail Operations and CBTC, and is among this conference’s principal organizers. Byford subsequently returned to his native England as Commissioner of Transport for London, and now has left that agency to return to the U.S.
Hearing and learning from industry leaders like Tomlin is just one reason to attend this conference. Need more? Here are ten:
- Spend valuable networking time with signaling and train control professionals from around the world.
- Learn about innovative approaches to implementing advanced technologies.
- Discover new methods for procurement and contracting.
- Provide input on standards development.
- Become better-informed on current R&D initiatives.
- Share lessons-learned with industry colleagues.
- Connect with potential new customers.
- Acquire all the knowledge you need about ongoing and planned projects.
- Discover what regulations are coming and how they could impact your business.
- Advanced your standing as a railway industry professional.
Railway Age’s Next-Gen Train Control Conference, presented jointly with Parsons, will feature in-depth technical sessions and comprehensive project updates on CBTC for rail transit, PTC for main line railways and related advanced, emerging technologies—artificial intelligence, Big Data, cybersecurity and more. Presented by leading experts from around the world, this conference is now in its third decade, and is the global rail industry’s single-most important communications and signaling event.
