The call for papers for the RailTech Europe Conference 2019 is now open. The topics of this three-day conference are ERTMS, Sustainability and Energy Saving in Rail and Predictive Maintenance. In 2019, the conference will take place on 26, 27 and 28 March in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The deadline to submit the abstract is the 15th of November.

At this conference, some the following questions will be answered:

ERTMS

-How can we accelerate the roll-out of ERTMS in Europe?
-What happens after the installation?
-How can the costs of the implementation be reduced?
-What are the latest communication technologies? And which ones should be applied on which certain railways?
-What are the best practices so far with the implementation of ERTMS?
-What are successful brownfield implementations?

Predictive Maintenance

-How can asset management lower the infrastructure maintenance costs?
-How can digital developments improve the performance of rail?
-What can rail learn from other industries in predictive maintenance?
-How can you make a train smarter?
-What has to be done to increase the availability of the track and/or trains?

Are you an expert on one of these topics? Submit your paper before the 15th of November. Find more information about the conference on the website.