2027 IHHA Conference Australia
The 14th IHHA Conference is scheduled to take place in Perth, Australia from 21–24 June 2027.
The IHHA is partnering with the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) to bring the conference to Australia.
The conference will be held under the theme “World-Class Performance: Driving Innovation in Heavy Haul”, reflecting how innovation, digital transformation and collaboration are reshaping heavy haul, from automation to predictive maintenance.
Perth is a fitting host city given IHHA’s Australian origins and the Association’s early connections to heavy haul breakthroughs in Western Australia. To find out more, visit the conference website and subscribe to the mailing list.
We promote heavy haul rail industry through conferences, research, and publications.
The IHHA is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in heavy haul railway operations, engineering, maintenance, and technology. It strives to accomplish this mission through the acquisition of knowledge relevant to this goal by sponsoring and organising international and regional conferences, specialist technical sessions and specialist seminars; by commissioning guideline manuals, by preparing and distributing conference proceedings and technical documentation and by related activities as recommended by the Board of Directors. The IHHA engages in a continual process of adaptation to ensure it satisfies the demands of state-of-the-art technical information that is relevant in a changing and developing industry.
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