INNOVARail 2027 / About
Big ideas.
Shared direction.
A multidisciplinary meeting place for the people advancing railroad research, technology, and development.
Rail progress is a collective effort.
INNOVARail brings together perspectives from freight railroads, passenger services, and rail transit. The conference creates space for technical exchange across the many systems, disciplines, and organizations that make rail work.
Researchers, engineers, operators, industry professionals, and students are part of that conversation. Whether your work focuses on infrastructure, vehicles, operations, or emerging technology, INNOVARail is an opportunity to connect it to the wider railway system.
Next stop: Pueblo, Colorado.
The 2027 edition will take place in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. Dates, the conference venue, and the organizing committee are TBA.
A community built on exchange.
The 2026 edition established research areas spanning track and infrastructure, rolling stock, propulsion, train control, operations, transit, safety, and new technologies. The 2027 program will be published once confirmed.
Explore the research areasOrganizing committee
The 2027 organizing committee and technical leadership are TBA. Confirmed names and affiliations will be published here.
Find your place in the conversation.
Explore author information and the research areas from the previous edition.