Invitation to KTH Railway Group’s spring seminar 2026

Presentations Spring Seminar 2026

We are pleased to invite you to a seminar focusing on the railway sector’s increasing reliance on digitalisation and data management. The seminar will be held in English.

Railways are no longer just physical systems, but are becoming integrated digital and physical systems. This integration is now standard rather than exceptional. How can data collection and analysis enable new approaches to managing rolling stock and infrastructure? From sensor technologies and monitoring systems to advanced analytics and decision support tools, what are the opportunities, and what challenges remain? The seminar highlights the need for collaboration across the sector to ensure safe, secure, and sustainable data handling. Through the expert presentations, we explore how digital tools can create real value for railways.

Date and time: Thursday May 21, 2026, at 1 pm to 5 pm

Location: Auditorium K1, Teknikringen 56, KTH, Stockholm.

Where is it located?  maps.app.goo.gl/Y6p8XqVNCz5KRYWF8

Registration form: www.kth.se/form/69c3a58955510ed2c317ede9

Please register May 15, latest.

We also offer a Zoom webinar in case you would like to watch the presentations in your device instead of on site. You can participate the 21st of May via any web browser, or download the Zoom app. The webinar requires separate registration (but no need to register to the seminar above). To register for the webinar only:
kth-se.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_e6Fz2iI9QEWsD5yxWhmqdg .

We look forward to welcoming you to a day full of insights and discussions!

KTH Railway Group
Oskar Fröidh and Ellen Bergseth together with the organising team
www.railwaygroup.kth.se

Preliminary programme

13:00 Welcome! Moderator: Ellen Bergseth, KTH

13:10 First session (4x20 min.)

1. Cyber Physical Systems – Safety and regulation, Martin Törngren, Professor, KTH

2. Quiet Track Management System (QTMS), Martin Höjer, Tyréns

3. Data-Driven Transformation and AI Implementation – experiences from Trafikverket Underhåll, Ann-Christine “Anki” Svärdby-Bergman, Swedish Transport Administration, maintenance department

4. Can the rail sector learn from the building sector? Marco Molinari, Researcher, Live-In Lab, KTH

14:30 Coffee break

15:00 Second session (4x20 min.)

5. Digital Automatic Coupler (DAC) - enabling the digital freight train, Sverker Hoflin, Voith (Swedtrain)

6. Data-driven detection of pressure buffer faults in the X 2000 tilting system, Ida Lorin, SJ AB

7. Derailment Detection/Prevention Function and GPS in locomotives, Peter Melander, Railway Metrics and Dynamics (RMD)

8. Digitalization of railway technology from a human, long-term implementation and maintenance perspective, Tova Nyström, WSP, Digital Asset Management

Mingle