The fourth international conference on railway traction systems 2010

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Date 13-15 April 2010

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Time

To be confirmed

Location

University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

About the event

Improving the energy efficiency of railway systems relies on frontline developments in railway traction systems. This conference will be a forum for exchanging knowledge and cutting edge developments, and will be combined with invited keynote addresses from senior policy makers and technical experts.

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Call for papers

The IET is inviting abstracts for the conference in the following themes:

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novel railway traction systems
modelling and simulation
electrification infrastructure
new fuels
energy metering and data analysis
energy saving through train control
driver advisory systems
energy storage systems
case studies of energy saving techniques
economics, policy and business cases
standardisation and benchmarking
lessons from other transportation sectors (aerospace, shipping)

Key dates

26 October 2009	Deadline for receipt of abstracts
20 November 2009	Author notification
11 January 2010	Deadline for full papers

Conference dates

13 April 2010	Plenary session and first conference session
14 April 2010	Conference programme and dinner
15 April 2010	Conference programme and technical visits

Organiser

Full author information and abstract template will be available from the conference website, which will be open shortly. For further information in the meantime, please contact:

Charlie Thomason
Email: cthomason@theiet.org