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138 Younger Members’ Section The Younger Members have been continuing to organise events for the benefit of those less familiar with the signalling and telecommunications industry, while also considering how best to provide for the needs of the Institution’s younger members in the future. In September the latest in the series of half-day equipment seminars was organised at Canary Wharf, London, on the subject of Railway Control Systems. The event started by comparing the functionality, interfaces and architecture of a typical metro control system to those of UK mainline control systems. From these presentations the delegates could conclude that metro and mainline systems are fundamentally similar, although both have evolved to meet the requirements of the different environments. The next stage of evolution for mainline control systems was summarised as a movement towards greater integration – a development that has been led by metro systems. It was remarked that technically almost anything is possible to implement in software. The real challenges relate to the operational procedures for integrated systems and larger geographical areas, incident management and failure/fallback strategies, and the development and safety assurance of these complex systems. A presentation on human factors followed, providing an opportunity to remind the delegates of how the decisions made by system designers affect the end users – the operators. It was noted that often overlooked considerations such as the positioning of control centre windows and the control of room temperature should not be forgotten in the design and development phase as such issues affect the ability of the operators to carry out their duties. The event concluded with presentations providing an overview of two current projects – the London Underground train identification and management information systems (TIMIS) project and the renewal of the control system at Glasgow Central. Both presentations looked at how additional functionality can be added to existing railways to improve the management of the service. The Younger Members continue to organise worth while events. A day entitled “ASPECT Survival Kit” will precede the ASPECT international conference to help explain the key concepts to be covered in the conference and help delegates to note them in their professional development record. The Younger Members’ Committee held a brainstorming afternoon this year to generate ideas of how to ensure that the Institution’s younger members continue to be offered events to help them develop their understanding of signalling and telecommunications. It was recognised that the current organisation of the Committee is challenged both geographically and by the effort each member is able to contribute. A proposal is being worked up to better incorporate the Younger Members’ events with the activities of the Institution as a whole. Council has welcomed this initiative. Contact has been made with chairmen of all Institution committees, regional sections and international sections to introduce this proposal and seek younger member representatives from each committee or section to help plan consistent, quality events that will be accessible to all the Institution’s younger members. In addition, the Younger Members have maintained their association with the Young Engineers’ Forum – a meeting of Younger Member representatives from throughout the engineering institutions. This year the Institute Mining, Minerals and Materials hosted the forum for the purpose of sharing ideas of how to organise younger members’ activities. The <strong>IRSE</strong> Younger Members contributed by giving a presentation on its activities, the challenges encountered and solutions proposed. In summary, the Younger Members are pleased with what their efforts have achieved this year and remain hopeful for the future. K Goodhand Secretary
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