CSIC Annual Lecture 2015

Mon 29 June 2015

St Catharine's College

A railway civil engineer's perspective on innovation in the development of major transport infrastructure systems - the need for change in
infrastructure, how we enable that change, and examples of innovation which may teach us lessons for the future.
How do we demonstrate the value of investing in the changes we propose? How do we make them sustainable and measure the benefits?
The lecture will be illustrated with examples of recent and historic technology innovations ranging from Roman engineering through spiral
escalators and computer controlled tunnelling to future station design in a 4D virtual world. The reasons why some ideas have been more
successfully adopted than others will be considered. Can we learn from these experiences? Can we get better at spotting which technologies
we should invest in and how do we ensure we maximise the success when we do invest?
To register email csic-admin@eng.cam.ac.uk

Cost: Free