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Rendezvous July 2008 7-10—Pretoria, South Africa South African Transport Conference Ammie Wissing, Conference Planners, Menlo Park, South Africa. Tel: +27 12 348 4493 Fax: +27 86 649 8212 wissing@iafrica.com www.up.ac.za/academic/civil/ satc.html 14-16—Germantown, WI, USA 3-day Industrial Control Seminar Marc Immordino, Product Training Manager, Wago Corp, Germantown, WI, United States. Tel: +1 262 255 6222 Fax: +1 262 255 3232 train.us@wago.com www.wago.us 17-18—London, Britain NEW: Greener Rail Conference IQPC Ltd, London, Britain. Tel: +44 20 7368 9300 Fax: +44 20 7368 9301 enquire@iqpc.co.uk www.iqpc.com/UK/greenerrail 29-30—Sydney, Australia NEW: RISSB Rail Technology Conference Ms Katy Henson, Informa Australia, Sydney, Australia. Tel: +61 2 9080 4334 Fax: +61 2 9299 4622 katy.henson@informa.com.au www.informa.com.au/ railtechnology Southampton, Britain. Tel: +44 238 029 3223 Fax: +44 238 029 2853 krobberts@wessex.ac.uk www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/ 2008/comprail08/index.html Railways (UIC), Paris, France. Tel: +33 1 4449 2053 Fax: +33 1 4449 2129 dejong@uic.asso.fr www.uic.asso.fr IRJ is the official media partner for these events Showcase 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 15-17—Germantown, WI, USA 3-day Industrial Control Seminar Marc Immordino, Product Training Manager, Wago Corp, Germantown, WI, United States. Tel: +1 262 255 6222 Fax: +1 262 255 3232 train.us@wago.com www.wago.us 23-26—Berlin, Germany InnoTrans 2008 Conference & Exhibition Messe Berlin GmbH, Berlin, Germany. Tel: +49 30 30380 Fax: +49 30 3038 2190 innotrans@messe-berlin.de www.innotrans.com 24-26—London, Britain IRSE Aspect 2008 Conference Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE), London, Britain. www.irse.org/aspect 15-17—Hanoi, Vietnam Viet Traffic 2008 Exhibition: Ms Pannida Sunanata, Exhibition Manager pannida.s@iirx.com.sg General enquiries: Ms Cheryl Tan, Marketing Manager cheryl.tan@iirx.com.sg IIR Exhibitions Pte Ltd, Singapore. Tel: +65 6319 2668 Fax: +65 6319 2669 www.viettraffic.com 15-17—Beijing, China NEW: China High-Speed Railway Summit 2008 Organising Committee, China Decision Makers Consultancy, Shanghai, China. Tel: +86 21 6840 7631 Fax: +86 21 6840 7633 info@chinarailworld.com www.chinarailworld.com 21-22—Washington, DC, USA Railway Age Passenger Trains on Freight Railroads Conference Ms Jane Poterala, Railway Age, New York, United States. Tel: +1 212 620 7209 Fax: +1 212 633 1165 jpoterala@sbpub.com 27-29—Germantown, WI, USA 3-day Industrial Control Seminar Marc Immordino, Product Training Manager, Wago Corp, Germantown, WI, United States. Tel: +1 262 255 6222 Fax: +1 262 255 3232 train.us@wago.com www.wago.us 28-30—Budapest, Hungary NEW: CEE Rail 2008 Conference Ms Sarah Pegden, Terrapinn Ltd, London, Britain. Tel: +44 20 7242 2324 Fax: +44 20 7242 2320 sarah.pegden@terrapinn.com www.terrapinn.com/2008/cee_rail 11-13—Madrid, Spain 6th International Rail Forum General Secretariat, Foro del Ferrocarril y del Transporte, Madrid, Spain. Tel: +34 91 351 9500 Fax: +34 91 351 7501 irf@montane.eu.com www.railforum.net 12—Sydney, Australia MetroRail - “New Transport Technologies for Sydney” Symposium Andrew Honan, Chairman NSW Chapter, Railway Technical Society of Australia, Sydney, Australia. nsw-chair@rtsa.com.au www.rtsa.com.au 23-25—Abu Dhabi, UAE Roadex - Railex Exhibition & Conference Ms Sarah Woodbridge, IIR Middle East, Dubai, UAE. Tel: +971 4 4072 422 Ext 122 Fax: +971 4 3353 526 sarah.woodbridge@iirme.com www.roadex-railex.com October 2008 6-8—San Diego, United States APTA Annual Meeting and Expo Ms Jennifer Hoff, National Trade Productions (NTP), Alexandria, VA, USA. Tel: +1 703 683 8500 Fax: +1 703 836 4486 jhoff@ntpshow.com apta.ntpshowsites.com/exhibition. html 9-11—Tashkent, Uzbekistan TransUzbekistan Transport 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.trans.ite-uzbekistan.uz/en/ 2008/ 15-16—Dubai, UAE Middle East Rail Projects 2008 James Inston, Middle East Business Intelligence, Dubai, UAE. Tel: +971 4 390 0045 Fax: +971 4 368 8023 james.inston@meed-dubai.com www.meed.com 15-17—Istanbul, Turkey TCDD/UIC International Rail Symposium on the theme “Innovative Railways - Journey to the Future, and Trade Exhibition plus UIC Global Conference on Rail Signalling and Train Control Ms Liesbeth de Jong, Press Relations, International Union of December 2008 3-5—New Delhi, India Rail-Tech Asia 2008 and Logistics & Transport India 2008 Europoint bv, Zeist, Netherlands. Tel: +31 30 698 1800 Fax: +31 30 691 7394 info@railevents.eu www.rail-techasia.com Tafcon Projects, New Delhi, India. Tel: +91 11 6565 9495 Fax: +91 11 2692 0271 events@tafcon.com www.lti2008.com August 2008 4-5—New Delhi, India Roads, Rails, Tunnels and Bridges Conference Marcus Evans Conferences, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel: +603 2723 6614 Fax: +603 2723 6699 tanp@marcusevanskl.com September 2008 1-3—Malta Urban Transport 2008 Conference Ms Rachel Creasey, Conference Secretariat, Wessex Institute of Technology, Southampton, Britain. Tel: +44 238 029 3223 Fax: +44 238 029 2853 rcreasey@wessex.ac.uk www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/ 2008/urban08/index.html 9-11—São Paulo, Brazil Transpo Quip Conference Sebas van den Ende, Commercial Director, Transpo Quip, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Tel: +55 21 3717 4719 Fax: +44 20 8082 5445 info@transpoquip.com www.TranspoQuip.com 15-17—Toledo, Spain Comprail 2008 Conference Ms Kimberley Robberts, Conference Secretariat, Wessex Institute of Technology, March 2009 3-5—Lille, France NEW: International Conference on Rail Human Factors Call for papers. Ms Anne Floyde/Ms Kirstie Dane, Institute for Occupational Ergonomics, University of Nottingham, Britain. Tel: +44 115 9514040 Fax: +44 115 8466771 ECRHF@nottingham.ac.uk www.railhumanfactors.co.uk November 2008 4-6—São Paulo, Brazil 2008 Business on Rails Exhibition & Conference Ms Samantha Scafi, International Relations, Revista Ferroviaria, São Paulo, Brazil. Tel: +55 11 3884 0580 Ext 03 Fax: +55 11 3562 4724 samantha@revistaferroviaria.com.br www.revistaferroviaria.com.br/ nt2008/index-ing.asp 6-7—Tbilisi, Georgia TransGeorgia Transport, Logistics and Infrastructure Conference & Rendezvous on the Web A comprehensive list of upcoming conferences and exhibitions is available in the Rendezvous section of the IRJ Website www.railjournal.com 58 IRJ July 2008 http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/comprail08/index.html http://www.uic.asso.fr http://www.up.ac.za/academic/civil/satc.html http://www.wago.us http://www.railforum.net http://www.wago.us http://www.viettraffic.com http://www.innotrans.com http://www.iqpc.com/UK/greenerrail http://www.rtsa.com.au http://www.chinarailworld.com http://www.irse.org/aspect http://www.roadex-railex.com http://www.informa.com.au/railtechnology http://apta.ntpshowsites.com/exhibition.html http://www.rail-techasia.com http://www.wago.us http://www.lti2008.com http://www.trans.ite-uzbekistan.uz/en/2008 http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/urban08/index.html http://www.terrapinn.com/2008/cee_rail http://www.meed.com http://www.railhumanfactors.co.uk http://www.TranspoQuip.com http://www.revistaferroviaria.com.br/nt2008/index-ing.asp http://www.railjournal.com

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