NEWS
WCRR2001 is Announced


Yuji NISHIE
Manager,
International Affairs,
Information & International Affairs Div.


  We are pleased to announce that, following the WCRR'99 in Tokyo last year, the 5th World Congress on Railway Research, WCRR2001, will be held in Cologne (Koln), Germany, from November 25 to 29, 2001.

  The first WCRR was held in Paris in 1994, followed by the second one in Colorado Springs in 1996, the third in Florence in 1997, and the fourth in Tokyo in 1999. All of these conferences, organized by the top management and R&D executives of UIC, AEA Technology Rail, SNCF, DB, FS, AAR, and RTRI, have marked great success as unique occasions where railway-related people from around the world gathered and discussed railway technologies.

  We would like to recommend you to participate in this significant railway congress by way of giving presentations, joining the exhibition and sponsorship programs, and attending a wide variety of sessions.

WCRR2001
Hosted by:Deutsche Bahn AG
Date:November 25 to 29, 2001
Venue:Cologne, Germany
Motto:"Market - Products - Technology"
Congress languages:English/German
Registration fee:DM 1500 until June 30, 2001
DM 1700 until October 30, 2001
DM 1900 from October 31, 2001
Registration:You can register for the congress via internet (www.wcrr2001.de) from October 2000. From April 2001, we will also send you an invitation program containing a registration form as well as further information on the event. Should you be interested in receiving this invitation, please contact CCM Koln.
Session fields:Vehicles
Infrastructure
Network and Operational Management, command and control
Passenger traffic travel chain
Freight Traffic Logistic Chain
Exhibition:A trade fair is also included in the congress schedule.
Internet:www.wcrr2001.de

  For further details, pleased contact CCM Koln, the congress secretariat, at the following numbers and e-mail account.

Secretariat:CCM Koln
Corporate Communication
Management GmbH
Kreuzgasse 2-4
D-50667 Koln, Germany
Phone: +49-221-92-57-930
Fax: +49-221-92-57-9393
E-Mail: wcrr2001@ccmkoeln.de
Responsible person: Christiane Frohlich

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