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April 15th – 16th, 2010
Communicating Good Practices workshop |
The European Commission with support from the European Level Crossing Forum is organising a high-level workshop focused on the communication of good practices between member states. The workshop is to be held in Brussels, Belgium. It is intended that education of road users and pedestrians will be an important sub-theme within the workshop.
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April 26th - May 2nd, 2010
8th Annual Operation Lifesaver Canada Rail Safety Week |
Canada’s Operation Lifesaver is developing plans for the 8th Annual Rail Safety Week. To discuss how you can participate to make Rail Safety Week a truly memorable event, please contact Dan Di Tota, National Director, Operation Lifesaver Canada at dand@railcan.ca |
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April 27th – 29th, 2010
Joint Rail Conference 2010 |
The Joint Rail Conference 2010 is entitled “High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rai”. This conference is being held at the University of Illinois in Champaign - Urbana.
For more information contact: Kim Hagemann at the University of Illinois on (217) 244-0841 or by emailat: jrc-2010@illinois.edu |
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June 22nd,
2010
European Level Crossing Awareness Day |
The second pan-European Level Crossing Awareness Day (ELCAD) is being organised by the European Level Crossing Forum in association with stakeholders at European and national levels. Further details are available from Ilyas Daoud at the International Union of Railways (daoud@uic.org) |
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June 22nd – 24th, 2010
2010 Rail Corridor Safety Conference – Working Together for Mobility and Safety. |
This conference is to be held in the Hotel Murano, 1320 Broadway Plaza, Tacoma, Washington 98402. Phone: (253) 627-3167. For more information contact: Helen Bassham, Institute of Transportation Studies – University of California by ‘phone at (510) 665-3628 or email at: hbassham@berkeley.edu |
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August 29th – September 1st, 2010
16th Operation Lifesaver International Symposium and Training Seminars |
The 16th Operation Lifesaver International Symposium and Training Seminars will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Baltimore, Maryland.
Operation Lifesaver says that this leadership conference will be packed with helpful information, inspiring speakers, and refresher training for key highway-rail safety and trespass prevention officials.
Registration will begin in January, 2010. For further information, send an email with a subject line of 16th Symposium to general@oli.org
Preliminary Schedule
- Sunday, August 29th, 2010
State Coordinators Meeting - (for Operation Lifesaver State Coordinators only)
- Monday, August 30th, 2010
8:00 am – Noon
Trainers’ Day - (a ticketed event for Certified OL Trainers only) 1:00 pm Symposium Begins
- Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Symposium sessions all day
- Wednesday, September 1
Symposium sessions end 11:00 am
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August
31st – September 2nd,
2010
The
12th International Conference on Computer System Design and
Operation in the Railway and other Transit Systems (COMPRAIL
2010) |
This
conference which is to be held in Beijing, China aims to update
the use of computer-based techniques, promoting their general
awareness throughout the business management, design, manufacture
and operation of railways and other advanced passenger, freight
and transit systems.
The meeting provides a forum for engineers,
planners, designers, manufacturers and operators, to discuss
how they can benefit from the latest developments. It will
also provide a forum for transit and rail operators.
The
conference will be of interest to all have an interest in
the development and application of computer techniques for
the solution of problems in the railway and other mass transit
systems.
The
conference organisers have announced that level crossings
and obstacle detection will be a topic area to be addressed
at COMPRAIL 2010. More information is available at: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/10-conferences/comprail-2010.html
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October 26th – 29th, 2010
11th Global Level Crossing Symposium |
The 11th Global Level Crossing Symposium, organised by East Japan Railway (JR East) is to be held in Tokyo, Japan. Key dates are
- February 28th, 2010: Deadline of the submission of the abstract of papers
- June 30th, 2010: Confirmation of accepted abstracts
- August 31st, 2010: Deadline for conference registration
- September 30th, 2010: Deadline of the submission of the full paper
Contacts are:
- For further information on the symposium
Mr.Koei Gemba, International Department, East Japan Railway Company Tel: +81-3-5334-1150 Fax: +81-3-5334-1110 E-mail: k-genba@jreast.co.jp
- For submission of abstract
Mr. Koichiro Suzuki C/O UIC, 6th Floor Avenue des Arts 53, B1000 Brussels, BELGIUM Tel: +32-2-213-0828 E-mail: suzuki@uic.org
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May 22nd – 26th, 2011
9th World Congress on Railway Research |
The 9th World Congress on Railway Research (WCRR) is to be held in Lille, France. The deadline for submission of abstracts is May 14th, 2010 with confirmation of their acceptance scheduled for November 2nd, 2010.
For more information on WCRR visit www.wcrr2011.org
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