Digital Railway 2026
Gdansk

March 23–25, 2026

The New Era of Digital Railways

About the Event

Registration

Digital Railway 2026 will take place in Gdańsk on 23–25 March 2026.
The main objective of the event is to explore issues related to digital interfaces in railway traffic control systems. The conference also aims to create a platform for the exchange of knowledge and experience between technology providers, the academic community, and industry.

During the event, the latest cloud-based solutions for railway traffic control will be discussed, along with current trends in the digitalisation of control processes. Participants will also have the opportunity to learn about cyber threats related to traffic operations in digital systems and to discuss the principles of cybersecurity.

Why Should You Attend?

Digital Railway 2026 Gdańsk is a key event for the railway sector, focusing on the future of digital railway traffic control systems. Taking part in the conference offers an opportunity to:

  • Gain Expert Knowledge

    The conference enables participants to build expertise in digital interfaces used in railway traffic control systems.

  • Discover the Latest Solutions

    Available cloud-based solutions for railway traffic control will be presented, including a geo-redundant interlocking system.

  • Learn About Cybersecurity

    During the conference, we will discuss solutions and cyber threats associated with operating railway traffic in a digital system.

  • Stay Up to Date with Trends

    The conference is a forum for discussion on the most advanced solutions and trends in the digitalisation of railway traffic control and management processes.

  • Build Your Network

    We will create a space for the exchange of knowledge and experience between domestic and international technology providers and the academic community. It is an excellent opportunity for networking.

  • Shape the Future of the Industry

    You can strengthen cooperation between academia and industry, supporting the commercialisation of scientific research. You will also have the opportunity to exchange views on the education of future engineers.

Pricing

Check out the available participation packages and choose the option that suits your needs.

  • 3500 PLN + VAT/ per person

    The cost of participation in the conference, excluding accommodation

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  • 2500 PLN + VAT/ per person

    The cost of participation in the conference for SITK RP members, excluding accommodation

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  • 1800 PLN + VAT/ per person

    The cost of participation in one selected day of the conference for SITK RP members, excluding accommodation

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Conference program

Item 1

    23 March (Monday)

  • 11:00 - 12:00

    Conference Guest Registration

  • 12:00 - 13:00

    Plenary Session

    12:00 – 12:05 Conference Guest welcome (5 min)

    12:05 – 12:10 Official Opening of the Conference (5 min)
    Ph.D. Jacek Paś
    Head of the Scientific and Programme Board
    Polish Association of Transport Engineers and Technicians National Board (SITK RP)
    President

    12:10 – 12:25 Conference opening presentation (15 min)
    Ph.D. Mariusz Buława
    Polish Association of Transport Engineers and Technicians
    Head of Cybersecurity National Committee SITK RP

    12:25 – 13:00 Honorary Guest, Co-organizer Representatives and Conference Partners welcome speeches (35 min)

  • 13:00 -14:30

    Discussion Panel 01
    Discussion panel under the patronage of the EULYNX Consortium

    DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF RAILWAY SIGNALING WITH EULYNX

    Moderator 1:
    Hans Manscheart
    EULYNX Steering Committee Chairman
    EULYNX Consortium

    Moderator 2:
    Ph.D. Mariusz Buława
    Polish Association of Transport Engineers and Technicians
    Head of Cybersecurity National Committee SITK RP

    13:00 – 13:15 Discussion Panel opening speech 01 (15 min)
    “EULYNX: Standardising the Digital Rail Evolution”
    Mirko Blazic
    EULYNX Technical Leed
    EULYNX Consortium

    13:15 – 13:30 Discussion Panel opening speech 02 (15 min)
    “Interfacing the Future: Bane NOR is Paving the Way for Modular Signalling with EULYNX”
    Kjell Holter
    Head of ERTMS Technical Management
    Bane NOR

    13:30 – 14:30 Discussion Panel 01 (60 min)

  • 14:30 – 16:00

    Lunch / Networking

  • 16:00 - 17:00

    Session with presentations 01
    Session under the patronage of the Railway Research Institute

    EULYNX BASED APPROACH IN SIGNALLING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT (Part 01)

    Moderator 1:
    D.Sc. Ph.D. Marek Pawlik, prof. IK
    Railway Research Institute (IK)
    Vice-Director of Railway Research Institute, Head of Interoperability Division

    Moderator 2:
    Ph.D. Jacek Paś
    Head of the Scientific and Programme Board
    Polish Association of Transport Engineers and Technicians National Board (SITK RP)
    President

  • 17:00 - 17:30

    Coffee break / Networking

  • 17:30 – 19:00

    Discussion Panel 02
    Discussion panel under the patronage of the Cybersecurity National Committee SITK RP

    ADVANCING DIGITALIZATION OF POLISH RAILWAY NETWORK

    Moderator 1:
    Associate Professor, DSc Eng. Andrzej Kochan
    Transport Certification Centre, Faculty of Transport
    Warsaw University of Technology

    Moderator 2:
    Ph.D. Wawrzyniec Wychowański
    Polish Association of Transport Engineers and Technicians
    National Board, General Secretary

    17:30 – 18:00 Discussion Panel opening speech 01 (30 min)
    “Digital by design: Poland’s New High-Speed Rail”
    mgr inż. Mateusz Malinowski
    Centralny Port Komunikacyjny
    Railway Division Deputy Director

  • 19:00 – 19:15

    Conclusion of the first day of the conference

  • 20:00

    Gala Dinner / Networking

    last Guest... :)

Item 2

    24 March (Tuestay)

  • 09:00 – 10:30

    Session with presentations 02
    Session with presentations under the patronage of the EULYNX Consortium

    DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF RAILWAY SIGNALING WITH EULYNX

    Moderator 1:
    Mirko Blazic
    EULYNX Technical Leed
    EULYNX Consortium

    Moderator 2:
    Ph.D. Mariusz Buława
    Polish Association of Transport Engineers and Technicians
    Head of Cybersecurity National Committee SITK RP

    09:00 – 09:15 Presentation 01 [15 min]
    “Digital signalling implementation in Germany”
    Dr. Bernd Elsweiler
    Head of Digital Interlocking Systems
    DB InfraGO

    09:15 – 09:30 Presentation 02 [15 min]
    “EULYNX as part of Network Rail’s Target 190+ programme”
    Pete Evans
    Principal Engineer Control, Command & Signalling
    Network Rail

    09:30 – 09:45 Presentation 03 [15 min]
    “Implementing the Rail Baltica Signalling Procurement Framework”
    Andrejs Mislēvičs
    Deputy Head of S&O/Signalling and Communications Team Leader
    RB Rail AS

    09:45 – 10:00 Presentation 04 [15 min]
    “Cybersecurity in digital signalling”
    Max Schubert
    Managing Director, INCYDE GmbH
    Security advisor Railway Security Expert Group,
    EULYNX/ERTMS Users Group

    10:00 – 10:15 Presentation 05 [15 min]
    “Applying cybersecurity specifications by infrastructure managers”
    Oliver Knapp
    Senior Expert IT Security, DB InfraGO
    ERJU System Pillar Cyber Security Domain Lead Railways

    10:15 – 10:30 Presentation 06 [15 min]
    “Modular signalling system – testing, integration and life-cycle management”
    Markus Melander
    Managing Director Relesoft Oy

  • 10:30 – 11:00

    Coffee break / Networking

  • 11:00 – 12:30

    Session with presentations 03
    Session with presentations under the patronage of the Railway Research Institute

    EULYNX BASED APPROACH IN SIGNALLING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT (Part 02)

    Moderator 1:
    D.Sc. Ph.D. Marek Pawlik, prof. IK
    Railway Research Institute (IK)
    Vice-Director of Railway Research Institute, Head of Interoperability Division

    Moderator 2:
    Ph.D. Jacek Paś
    Head of the Scientific and Programme Board
    Polish Association of Transport Engineers and Technicians National Board (SITK RP)
    President

    11:00 – 11:15 Presentation 01 [15 min]
    “Cybersecurity in digital signalling”
    Markus Wischy
    Principal Key Expert – Cybersecurity, Siemens Mobility
    ERJU System Pillar Cyber Security Domain Lead Industry

    11:15 – 11:30 Presentation 02 [15 min]
    “Driving the Digital Rail Revolution through European Standards”
    Sverre Kjenne
    Managing Director
    EEIG ERTMS Users Group

  • 12:30 – 13:30

    Lunch / Netowrking

  • 13:30 – 14:30

    Session with presentations 04
    Session with presentations under the patronage of the Cybersecurity National Committee SITK RP

    ADVANCING DIGITALIZATION OF POLISH RAILWAY NETWORK

    Moderator 1:
    Associate Professor, DSc Eng. Andrzej Kochan
    Transport Certification Centre Faculty of Transport
    Warsaw University of Technology

    Moderator 2:
    Ph.D. Wawrzyniec Wychowański
    Polish Association of Transport Engineers and Technicians
    National Board, General Secretary

  • 14:30 - 15:00

    Coffee break / Networking

  • 15:00 – 19:00

    EULYNX Consortium Workshop


    This EULYNX workshop program offers two parallel workshop sessions by the EULYNX Academy trainers, ranging from fundamental architecture overviews to expert-level technical deep dives into engineering and security specifications.

    Introduction level:
    15:00 – 17:15
    Session A: EULYNX Fundamentals (Ibtihel Cherif)
    An introductory overview of the EULYNX reference architecture and its role in decoupling interlocking logic from field elements to reduce lifecycle costs.

    Expert level:
    A deep dive workshop into the engineering, security, and implementation of EULYNX for infrastructure managers and supply industry partners.

    15:00 – 16:00
    Session B1: Engineering of EULYNX
    (Nico Huurman, Christian Kis)
    A technical walkthrough on configuring EULYNX subsystems and connecting national requirements of the infrastructure managers to EULYNX, explanation of the IM code marking and example with SCI-ILS.

    16:00 – 17:15
    Session B2: Security in Practice (Richard Poschinger)
    A comprehensive session on applying EULYNX/ERJU SP Cybersecurity Specifications, focusing on tendering requirements, operational models, testing. Reflecting on migration and existing installed base. Alignment with the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and NIS 2.

    17:15 – 17:30
    Coffe break

    The second part of the workshop will be focused on specific topics, which will be selected by participants via voting.
    Available topics:

    Communication Stack and RaSTA (Ibtihel Cherif)
    Explanation of the applied communication stack and the usage of RaSTA by EULYNX, including the applied RaSTA parameters, specifications and sequences.

    Migration to EULYNX (Christian Kis)
    A session covering the migration toward the EULYNX target architecture, covering scenarios related to Green Field / Renewal / Resignalling / Mosaic migration. Examples and discussion on cases for ERTMS Rollout on existing IXL (Brown Field) and Conversion of Interlocking Modules into Multi Element Controllers.

    TDS Force Clear Options (Nico Huurman)
    Deep dive into the Train Detection Specifications, explaining the TDS Force Clear (resetting axle counts) variants. The session includes a demonstration on using a simulator.

    17:30 – 18:10
    Session B3: Technical Deep Dive (Participant’s Choice)

    18:10 – 18:45
    Session B4: Technical Deep Dive (Participant’s Choice)

    18:45 – 19:00
    Session B5: Interactive Q&A
    A final open forum to address specific questions.

  • 19:00 – 19:15

    Conclusion of the second day of the conference

  • 20:00

    Casual friends dinner / Networking

    last Guest... :)

Item 2

    25 March (Wednesday)

  • 10:00 - 14:00 

    Technical Tour

  • 14:15

    Conclusion of the conference

Scientific and Programme Committee

dr inż. Jacek Paś
Head of the Scientific and Programme Board, Polish Association of Transport Engineers and Technicians National Board (SITK RP) President
dr inż. Wawrzyniec Wychowański
Polish Association of Transport Engineers and Technicians, National Board, General Secretary
dr inż. Mariusz Buława
Polish Association of Transport Engineers and Technicians, Head of Cybersecurity National Committee SITK RP
Mirko Blazic
Eulynx Consortium | Technical Lead
Hans Menschaert
Chairman of the EULYNX Steering Committee
Location

Radisson Hotel & Suites Gdańsk

The conference will take place in Gdańsk at the Radisson Hotel & Suites.

Discount with a code

For participants of Digital Railway 2026 Gdańsk, we have arranged a 10% discount on accommodation at the hotel.

When making a reservation, please enter the code:

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Organizational office

Association of Engineers and Technicians of Communication of the Republic of Poland

Ul. Czackiego 3/5
00-043 Warszawa

Ewa Wojdyńska
Project Manager
digitalrailway2026@sitkrp.org.pl
+48 692 556 037

International contact

Wawrzyniec Wychowański
Secretary General of SITK RP

digitalrailway2026@sitkrp.org.pl
+48 505 787 221

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