Organizing instructions

 

Dear Mrs., Mr.

            We are preparing the 12th International Seminar "Track Maintenance Machines in Theory and in Practice - SETRAS 2004", which will take place on October 13 - 14, 2004 at the University of Zilina under the auspices Rector of the University of Zilina Prof. Ing. Ján Bujnak, PhD. and General director of ZSR Ing. Roman Veselka.

            The aim of the Seminar is to bring information to participants about state and perspectives of development in the field of track maintenance machines, small and heavy machinery for track construction and maintenance, track measurement devices and cars, track diagnostics etc.

            Programme committee expects your paper concerning the areas mentioned above. The papers will be published in the Proceedings of the Seminar. If you are interested in giving a paper, please fill in enclosed participation form (with summary of your paper) and return it till May 7, 2004 at the address:

            Doc. Ing. Daniel KALINCAK, PhD., VTS pri ZU, Moyzesova 20, 010 26 ZILINA, Slovak Republic, tel. (+421 41) 513-2650, 513-2658, tel./fax (+421 41) 5254 440, e-mail: daniel_kalincak@kkvmz.utc.sk.

            We expect submitting of the full text of paper (max. 10 pages including pictures, format B5) in English by July 9, 2004.

            Full text of paper (WordPerfect, MSWord) and also pictures (*.wpg, *.pcx, *.bmp, *.tif, *.cdr, *.plt etc.) should be sent to us on diskette or by e-mail. One printed copy of your paper in the form in which will be published should be enclosed in addition to the diskette or e-mail. Exceptionally it is possible to accept typed papers and figures or graphs in camera ready quality. Detailed instruction how to write paper will be send to you by May 31, 2004.

            Invitation form with detailed information about the Seminar will be sent to you by August 10, 2004. Further information about the Seminar SETRAS 2004 you can also obtain at the http://www.vtszu.sk, which will be prepared before long.

            We offer to firms the possibility of presentation and advertising its products and services at the Seminar in various form (advertisement in Proceedings of Seminar, miniexhibition etc.). If your firm is interested in presenting yourself at the Seminar, please let us to know it as soon as possible.

 

Doc. Ing. Daniel Kalincák, PhD.

Chairman of programme and organizing committee

 

Seminar objectives:

            The International Seminar SETRAS 2004 is organized for railway workers, urban transport and factory transport workers, manufacturers and users of track maintenance machines and its components, research, development workers, designers, universities staff and people interested in research, development, design, testing, technology, operation and maintenance of track maintenance machines.

            The aim of the Seminar is to bring information to participants about state and perspectives of development in the field of track maintenance machines, small and heavy machinery for track construction and maintenance, track measurement devices and cars etc.

This year the preferred topics of the Seminar are machinery for modernised railway track, rail/road vehicles, equipment for diagnostics of railway track (track recording cars, rail profile measuring equipment, rail flaw detection systems, measuring of rail support stiffness etc.) and measuring and guiding systems for track maintenance machines.

            Further aim of the Seminar SETRAS 2004 is to offer to the firms possibility of presentation its products and services.

 

Deadlines:

May 7, 2004                    Sending of application of the papers including summary,

May 31, 2004                  Notifying the participants about qualification of papers for publication,

July 9, 2004                    Submitting of full text papers,

August 10, 2004              Submitting detailed information about program and final invitations,

September 13, 2004         Sending application forms for participation on the Seminar,

October 13 - 14, 2004      Seminar.

 

            If you wish to contribute to the Seminar see Call for papers and send Registration form. If you wish to advertise your firm in the Seminar please send to us filed in the form Advertising. If you wish to obtain final invitation form (it will be printed out on July) please send to us filed in Application.

            Information about place of the Seminar you can find at information map and information about urban transport at http://www.dpmz.sk/.

            Further information about the Seminar will be continuously updated.

 

Blok textu: Assist. Prof. Ing. Daniel KALINCAK, PhD., 
VTS pri ZU, Moyzesova 20,  010 26 ZILINA, SLOVAKIA
Tel.: (+421 419) 513-2650, Tel./fax: (+421 41) 5254 440
e-mail: daniel_kalincak@kkvmz.utc.sk

 

 

Registration of participants that will arrive during October 12, 2004 will be in building ZSR RD: