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Rendezvous May 2008 5-6—Elk Grove Village, IL, USA NEW: Railway Track Systems: Engineering and Design Course Prof C Allen Wortley, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States. Tel: +1 608 262 0577 Fax: +1 608 263 3160 wortley@engr.wisc.edu http://epd.engr.wisc.edu/webJ778 12-14—Germantown, WI, USA NEW: 3-day Industrial Control Seminar Marc Immordino, Product Training Manager, Wago Corp, Germantown, Wisconsin, USA. Tel: +1 262 255 6222 Fax: +1 262 255 3232 train.us@wago.com www.wago.us 14-16—Shanghai, China Asia Railtec Summit 2008 Ms Eva Wang, H&Z Industry Media Group, Shanghai, China. Tel: +86 21 5355 0255 Fax: +86 21 6380 2615 yifan.wang@hnzmedia.com www.asiarailtec.com 18-20—Dubai, UAE Rail Infrastructure Mena 2008 Conference Ms Karen Hewett, Terrapinn, London, Britain. Tel: +44 20 7827 4165 Fax: +44 20 7242 1508 karen.hewett@terrapinn.com www.terrapinn.com/2008/mena/ 18-22—Seoul, Korea World Congress on Railway Research Congress Secretariat, WCRR 2008 Planning Corps, Seoul, Korea. Tel: +82 2 364 4370 Fax: +82 2 364 4371 secretariat@wcrr2008.org www.wcrr2008.org 20-21—Prague, Czech Republic NEW: Rail in Central & Eastern Europe Marketforce Communications, London, Britain. Tel: +44 20 7608 0541 Fax: +44 20 7490 2296 conferences@marketforce.eu.com www.marketforce.eu.com/ceerail/ 20-22—Turin, Italy Expo Ferroviaria Exhibition Ms Florence Gadet, Exhibition Manager, Mack Brooks, St Albans, Britain. Tel: +44 1727 814400 Fax: +44 1727 814401 expoferroviaria@mackbrooks.com www.expoferroviaria.com 21-23—Baku, Azerbaijan TransCaspian Transport, Transit and Logistics Exhibition Ms Rukhsara Mamedsalakhova, Senior Event Manager, ITE Group plc, London, Britain. Tel: +44 20 7596 5091 Fax: +44 20 7596 5127 transport@ite-exhibitions.com www.transcaspian.az/en/2008/ 26-29—New Delhi, India Transport India 2008 Conference Beacon Events, Hong Kong. Tel: +852 2219 0111 Fax: +852 2219 0112 info@beaconevents.com www.Transport-India.com 28-30—Sydney, Australia Rail Infrastructure Australia 2008 Conference Julian Stansmore, Terrapinn, Sydney, Australia. Tel: +61 2 9021 8832 Fax: +61 2 9281 3950 julian.stansmore@terrapinn.com www.terrapinn.com/2008/ rail_au/ Tel: +27 11 516 4050 Fax: +27 11 707 8354 gina.bester@terrapinn.com www.terrapinn.com/2008/railza/ 3-4—London, Britain NEW: Annual Rail Freight Group Conference Ms Amy Yates, The Waterfront Conference Co, London, Britain. Tel: +44 20 7787 1210 Fax: +44 20 7787 1211 amyyates@thewaterfront.co.uk www.thewaterfront.co.uk/confere nces/conf_calendar.php 3-5—Guangzhou, China Metro 2008 Exhibition Deric Liu, Project Manager, Coastal International Exhibition Co, Wanchai, Hong Kong. Tel: +852 2827 6766 Fax: +852 2827 6870 general@coastal.com.hk www.coastal.com.hk 4 London, Britain NEW: Electromagnetic compatibility workshop CPD Co-ordinator, York EMC Services Ltd, University of York, Heslington, York, Britain. Tel: +44 1904 434440 Fax: +44 1904 434434 cpd@yorkemc.co.uk www.yorkemc.co.uk June 2008 2-6—Johannesburg, South Africa AfricaRail 2008 Conference Ms Gina Bester, Terrapinn, Johannesburg, South Africa. 54 IRJ May 2008 http://www.transcaspian.az/en/2008/ http://epd.engr.wisc.edu/webj778 http://www.thewaterfront.co.uk/conferences/conf_calendar.php http://www.thewaterfront.co.uk/conferences/conf_calendar.php http://www.wcrr2008.org http://www.transport-india.com http://www.wago.us http://www.coastal.com.hk http://www.marketforce.eu.com/ceerail/ http://www.asiarailtec.com http://www.yorkemc.co.uk http://www.expoferroviaria.com

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