13:00 – 14:00

Registration of participants with refreshments
Meeting of the Scientific Committee of the conference and members of the PSKD association

14:00 – 15:00

Opening

Panel discussion:
Development of railway transport in Slovakia, strategy, financing

Participants:
Denisa Žiláková, Secretary of the Ministry of Transport of the Slovak Republic
Peter Stano, Head of the EC Representation in the Slovak Republic
Giorgio Travaini, Executive Director of ERJU
Ján Blcháč, Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic and Mayor of Liptovský Mikuláš
Zbyněk Hořelica, General Director of SFDI

15:00 – 15:30

Refreshment break

15:30 – 18:00

1st block of presentations

Koralmbahn - an exceptional railway construction
Jürgen Egger, ÖBB
A new approach to the Strategy of the Railway Administration
Radek Čech, SŽ Praha
VRT in Slovakia
Ján Bušovský, Valbek SK
Safety, modern trains, cleanliness, new digital services
Ivana Piňosová, ZSSK
Development of urban rail transport in Bratislava
Michal Halomi, DPMB
Freight transport from the perspective of ETCS and current legislation
Peter Ihnát, ŽS Cargo

Panel discussion:
Current goals in the modernization of railway infrastructure, development and integration of public passenger transport

Participants:
Miroslav Garaj, General Director of ŽSR
Tomáš Tóth, General Director of SŽ Prague
Zdeněk Chrdle, General Director of AŽD Prague
Rastislav Glasa, member of the ZSSK board of directors
Michal Halomi, member of the DPMB board of directors

18:00 – 18:30

Announcement of the award
Personality of Railway and Urban Rail Transport in Slovakia for the Year 2025

18:30 – 23:30

Social evening
Program: Kuštárovci; wine&spirit bar by WLC

08:00 – 09:00

Registration of participants with refreshments

09:00 – 10:30

2nd block of presentations

Korea-Japan Tunnel, Bering Tunnel, development of high-speed railways
Anton Uhnák, World Peace Road Foundation
Railway sub-program Port of Poland - preparation and construction of VRT in Poland
Jacek Zaremba, CPK
European railway projects
Giorgio Travaini ,ERJU

Panel discussion:
How to involve Slovak entities in European railway research

Participants:
Giorgio Travaini, executive director ERJU
Libor Lochman, EuroRail
Vladimír Kampík, UNISIG
Otto Plášek, VUT Brno

10:30 – 11:00

Refreshment break

09:00 – 10:30

3rd block of presentations

Railway Safety Solutions in the UK
Tom Lee, RSSB UK
ETCS in the European Railway Network
Tomáš Konopáč, SŽ Praha
ETCS – Effective Application on Railway Infrastructure in the Czech Republic
Antonín Diviš, AŽD Praha

Panel discussion:
Railway Safety

Participants:
Vladimír Kampík, UNISIG
Tomáš Konopáč, SŽ Prague
Antonín Diviš, AŽD Prague
Ivan Komínek, REMING Consult
František Pallaj, Drawtech

13:00 - 14:00

Conference Closing
Lunch with a small gift.