IoT and big data in Scandinavian rail: Nexxiot leads discussion

Digital thought leader and Nexxiot co-founder Daniel MacGregor facilitated the moderation of discussion for Rotaia Media’s events on “The Rise of IoT and Big Data in Rail” at the beginning of this autumn.

This year the focus was on Scandinavian rail, with the title “Transformation built on speed of innovation”. This online event was attended by over 500 delegates from what is probably the biggest rail digitisation community in the world.

The expert panel included senior representatives from Bane Nor in Norway, Trafikverket in Sweden, Vayla in Finland, along with technology vendors OSI Soft and Stimio. The discussion focused on the major infrastructure and digitisation investments taking place in Nordic and Scandinavian regions to enhance productivity, capacity, safety and sustainability.

“I’ve been involved in these ‘Rise of IoT and Big Data in Rail’ events since they began in 2015”, said MacGregor. “They are essential for the industry to benchmark developments, discuss opportunities and also collaborate internationally with lessors, operators, Railway Undertakings and technology vendors to ensure the solutions fit the customers’ needs and are both interoperable and future proof.”

Ben Holliday, founder of Rotaia Media, added: “It’s exciting to see the progress being made as infrastructure managers harness the latest digital trends to achieve their goals of increasing capacity, reducing delays, enhancing safety and driving down costs.”

The panel discussion covered topics like how to evaluate and test new ideas, how to build interdisciplinary teams, how to clean and prepare data for analysis, how domain knowledge can be best integrated from experienced industry experts and how it is possible to fast track innovation for multi-stakeholder projects.

For more information visit iotandbigdatainrail.com

28th October 2020