Ever wondered how Transport for Wales (TfW) is constantly working to improve the way we operate?
Look no further than the TfW Cinetig Hackathon; where the event brought together a diverse group of individuals to tackle real-world challenges faced by our organisation.
What is a Hackathon?
Imagine a vibrant space buzzing with creativity, expertise, and passion. It’s a collaborative event where people come together for a short period to solve specific problems.
Our Cinetig hackathon aimed to tap into the collective knowledge and experience of our colleagues, partners, and future leaders. We welcomed participants from across TfW, industry partners like Amey, Network Rail and Pullman Rail, and even enthusiastic students from Cardiff University.
Over two exciting days, 6 teams tackled challenges centred on adopting more sustainable travel behaviours, T-Network tool, predicting work, managing logistics, decarbonising infrastructure through smarter energy use and extending asset lifecycles. This collaborative environment fostered innovative thinking and teamwork.
We caught up with Barry Lloyd (Head of Innovation and New Product Development) who ran the event on behalf of TfW to discuss the importance of the hackathon:
Barry Lloyd: "We're here today because of the challenges we face, improving customer experience, creating safer and more integrated transport and driving innovation across Wales. The participants are going to work through in mixed teams with colleague, partners and students from our local universities to rapidly explore ideas, test solutions and create prototypes that can generally shape how we operate."
One of the participants, MacKenzie Lambert (conductor at Transport for Wales) and Sarah Winstone (Commercial Contracts at Pullman Rail) shared their thoughts on the Hackathon.
MacKenzie Lambert said: "It's been really enjoyable to work with TfW business partners who I would likely never cross paths with in my normal day-to-day job and using some of the tools that we have available."
Sarah Winstone: "I've had to extend my mindset on a lot of things. And working with a range of people from different companies, different roles, I've learnt quite a lot."
Congratulations to our overall winners 'Tocynnau Du' and to 'Red Dragons' for best collaboration.
As we work to implement the innovative hackathon’s opportunities and solutions. We’ll aim to update you on developments and notify you when the ideas are put into practice.
