International conference on the railwa y infrastructure for 21st century

Interest of the event has surpassed the expectations of the organisers from the companies OLTIS Group and OLTIS Slovakia, when the extensive three-day programme has attracted a total of 165 participants from 9 European countries, and 47 lectures have been presented by 42 speakers from 6 diverse countries. The conference programme was divided into three sections and five programme blocks. The first one presented general thoughts concerning the up-to-date issues of the European railway transport, and introduction of the international and partner organisations. The second block, named „Interoperability“, brought the bearing topics of the international standards TAF TSI and TAP TSI, unified Network Statements, and information support of the international transport. The third block introduced above all the subjects of the wayside monitoring devices and calculating the railway access fees. The section „Information Technology“ constituted the fourth block, devoted to the graphical and data information systems for the railway infrastructure, and the enterprise solutions for the large organisations, as CRM, Asset Management, or system integration.