The Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI) opened a technological forum to exhibit the research results on September 6 to 7 at the Kunitachi Institute according to the following schedule, where 1,015 visitors gathered in total.
| First day (Sept. 6th): | |
| "Exhibition of research results," "Opening of research facilities" and "Lecture" | |
| Second day (Sept. 7th): | |
| "Exhibition of research results," "Opening of research facilities" and "Lecture" | |
1. Exhibition of research results
The research results on the following 74 themes were exhibited on the 1st floor of the main building by using research products, models and panels.
| Research field | Number of themes |
| Magnetically levitated railway system | 5 |
| Rolling stock | 8 |
| Structures and disaster prevention | 14 |
| Electric engineering and information | 21 |
| Track | 10 |
| Environment and human science | 9 |
| Railway technology promotion center | 5 |
| ISO Registration center | 2 |
2. Opening of research facilities
The following 11 research facilities were opened to the visitors.
| Research field | Number of facilities opened | Major facility |
| Rolling stock | 4 | Brake performance testing machine |
| Civil engineering | 3 | Twin-disk rolling contact testing machine |
| Electrical engineering | 4 | Current collection system wear testing machine |
3. Lecture
A lecture meeting was held for more than 400 attendants at the RTRI hall on the afternoon of September 6 and 7 on the following themes, where attentive discussions were held between the audience and lecturers.
| Theme | Lecturer |
| Magnetically levitated railway system | Tsutomu Furuki Director, Technical Management Division, Maglev Systems Development Department |
| Cyber-Rail \The IT Revolution in traffic\ | Takahiko Ogino Information International Affairs Division |
4. Acknowledgements
RTRI will continue to open technological forums in the years to come to make the research results widely known. In opening the next year forum, RTRI will esteem the opinions offered by the visitors through questionnaires or by other means.