WCRR'99: Congress Schedule

WCRR'99

World Congress on Railway Research
October 19-23, 1999
Tokyo, Japan

" New Technologies Create
New Opportunities
for the
Railways and Society
of the 21^st Century "

Access from Narita Airport
to the Hotels

	Letter from the Organizing Committee
	Congress Schedule
	Oral, Specialist, and Poster Sessions
	Congress Proceedings and Papers
	Schedule of Presentation Sessions
	Technical Visits
	Field Trips to Testing Facilities of RTRI
	Exhibitions
	Social Events
	Congress Facilities
	General Information
	Official Language
	Map of Access to the Congress Venue

	Supporting Japanese Organizations
	Organizing Commitee and Executive Committee

Congress Schedule
Please note that there have been some changes since the Preliminary Program

Monday, October 18

14:00 - 17:30 Registration of Participants at RTRI (Registration, Map 2)

19:00 - 20:30 Workshops at the Keio Plaza Hotel Shinjuku (invited persons only)

Tuesday, October 19

8:30 - 17:30 Registration of Participants at RTRI (Registration, Map 2)

9:00 Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony of the Exhibition (Hikari Plaza, Zone E, Map 4)

9:30 - 11:35 Opening Session

11:40 - 12:40 Press Conference (for press-related personnel only) (Room R-2, Map 2)

12:00 - 13:20 Congress Lunch

13:20 - 14:40 Oral Sessions

14:50 - 16:00 Specialist Sessions & Poster Sessions
Field Trips to Testing Facilities of RTRI
Coffee Break

16:10 - 17:30 Oral Sessions

18:00 - 20:00 Welcome Reception at RTRI

Wednesday, October 20

9:10 - 10:30 Oral Sessions

10:40 - 12:00 Specialist Sessions & Poster Sessions
Field Trips to Testing Facilities of RTRI
Coffee Break

12:00 - 13:20 Congress Lunch

13:20 - 14:40 Oral Sessions

14:50 - 16:00 Specialist Sessions & Poster Sessions
Field Trips to Testing Facilities of RTRI
Coffee Break

16:10 - 17:30 Oral Sessions

18:45 - 21:45 Gala Dinner and Best Paper Awards Ceremony at Palace Hotel Tachikawa

Thursday, October 21

8:20 - 8:40 Presentation on the Yamanashi Maglev Test Line

9:00 - 10:35 Closing Session

Technical Visits

Y1: Yamanashi Maglev Test Line (RTRI & JR Central)
Note that Y1 participants will not be able to attend the Closing Session.

Y2: Yamanashi Maglev Test Line (RTRI & JR Central) departs from at 11:00
T1: Shinkansen Ohi Train Depot (JR Central) departs from at 11:00
T2: Shinkansen General Control Center (JR East) and Ohi Workshop (JR East)
departs from at 11:00
T3: Construction Site of the Minato Mirai 21 Line in Yokohama (Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation) departs from at 11:00

Friday, October 22

Technical Visits

Y3: Yamanashi Maglev Test Line (RTRI & JR Central) departs from at 8:30 (PH at 8:00)
Y4: Yamanashi Maglev Test Line (RTRI & JR Central) departs from at 11:00 (PH at 10:30)
T4: Shinkansen Ohi Train Depot (JR Central) departs from at 9:00 (PH at 8:30)
T5: Shinkansen General Control Center (JR East) and Ohi Workshop (JR East) departs from at 9:00 (PH at 8:30)
T6: Construction Site of the Minato Mirai 21 Line in Yokohama (Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation) departs from at 9:00 (PH at 8:30)

Saturday & Sunday, October 23 & 24, Optional (additional fee required)

T7: Optional Technical Visit to Maihara Wind Tunnel Technical Center (RTRI) and Kyoto Station Building (JR West)
(Please ask at the Travel Desk for details, Map 2)

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