Tuesday 25 November 2025

OpenRail invites you to the first OpenRail Day in Paris

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17 December 2025, SNCF Business Centre – Saint Denis (France)

Hybrid format – onsite and live streaming

With the support of French National Railways (SNCF) Group and the International Union of Railways (UIC), the first edition of this event will bring together the international railway community united around the OpenRail Association and committed to open-source innovation. Up to 300 attendees are expected in person and as many as 20,000 online, with confirmed participants from France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Norway, and Morocco.

On the agenda:

  • Projects exhibition & demos: Discover Open Source Rail Design (OSRD), the Digital Automatic Coupling Migration Decision Support System (DAC Migration DSS), Remote Condition Monitoring Open Source Software (RCM OSS), Library for Railway Simulation (LibLRS), Next Generation European (NGE), Asset Management System (AMS), European Open Network Architecture Exchange (EONA-X), Flatland, and meet the project teams. On site, open access
  • Workshops: Explore, understand, contribute to open source for railways. On site, live streaming and replay, registration required. Click here to register
  • Conferences & roundtable: Featuring the German Railways (DB), Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), SNCF, Moroccan National Railways (ONCF), UIC, Open Source Programme Office (OSPO), the European Commission, and many more. On site, live streaming; registration required. Click here to register

Special guests include François Davenne (DG UIC), Julien NICOLAS (Chief Information Officer (CIO), SNCF), Jochen Decker (OpenRail Chair, CIO SBB), Daniel Woithe (Vice-Chair OpenRail, CIO-CTO DB Systel) and the other members of the OpenRail Board of Directors.
Come join us for a full day dedicated to open source in the railway business!

Invitation in English:

Invitation in French:

Welcome OpenRail Day @Paris
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Introducing OSRD (1)
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Introducing OSRD (2)
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5 reasons to join OpenRail Day @Paris
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For further information, please contact us here: https://uic.org/about/contact

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