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Preliminary Announcement
Organizers:➢SITK RP - Association of Communication Engineers and Technicians of the Republicof Poland - National BoardAnd➢ Union of European Railway Engineer Associations
in cooperation with➢ SITK RP - Association of Communication Engineers and Technicians of the Republicof Poland Warsaw Branch
inviting and asking to put in your schedule 15th – 17th May 2024:
VI International Scientific-Technical Conference “Modern technologies in design,
construction and maintenance of rail switches - 2024”
which will take place in Hotel Boss, Zwanowiecka 20, 04-849 Warszawa.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Organizers of VI International Scientific-Technical Conference “Modern technologies indesign, construction and maintenance of rail switches - 2024” have pleasure, in advance, toinvite a large community of professionals engaged in design, manufacturing, construction,maintenance and diagnostics in unique solutions – traffic management systems for rail
vehicles.
Association of Communication Engineers and Technicians of the Republic of Poland
following suggestions of the rail professionals, continues the initiative to organize a forum to
discuss a wide spectrum of topics, problems, exchange of experiences and presentation ofmodern solutions in domain of rail and tram vehicles.
As the Association combines professionals from many types of transportation including forexample economics – this time we propose to focus on rail switches and intersections andtheir joints in rail route as: railways, tramways, undergrounds. Especially critical are solutions
for the high speeds, interlink drive – steering points, and solutions allowing shortest
construction times and maintenance economics.

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Working on a detailed schedule we will do our best to secure maximum time for exchange ofpractical experiences among participants, manufacturers’ representatives, scientists,businessmen and governing authorities. We do hope that new and renewed contacts during
the conference will contribute to upgrade the knowledge and the technical culture.
There are planned the guests’ speeches, sessions regarding implementations andpresentations of modern equipment, technologies, measurement tools and technicaldiagnostics of switches as well as capacities of co-organizers and partners. There will be
specialized panels attended by various infrastructurers’ governing organizations. Organizers
will make sure to provide enough time for discussions.
Our main goal is:- To present all aspects – organizational, technical, economical and legal related tomaintain the critical part of rail route and in particular its construction, maintenanceand diagnostics – to secure safety of vehicles movement - using technical research,and:-integration of transportation environments (railway, subway, trams, roads) in Poland
and abroad,to discuss the role of designer and diagnostics tasks as well as infrastructure
maintenance crews in processes and subjects like maintenance prediction, products
durability etc.,

and by this to:--define and unify the procedures, rules, documentation related to technical approvals
both by the supplier and the buyer including operation,
present and to recommend to use measurement equipment with software
demonstrating the results as well as advisory modes at each stage: frommanufacturer to end user,
support a unification process methods and measurement technics with interpretationof the results,
initiate and develop cooperation among parties,
procedures certification, methodologies and acceptance for their implementation.

Attendees:
Professionals engaged in design, switches manufacturing, their construction, maintenanceand diagnostics of rail infrastructure and switches in particular. Among others it refers to for
example: designers, technicians and higher supervisors, sidetrack personnel, executives inprivate infrastructure, PKP Linie Kolejowe S.A., railways construction and maintenancecompanies. Of course, this invitation is directed to switches manufacturers and theirsubcontractors who, in our opinion, will participate in discussions, for instance, in the panel
on requirements, re-profilation, overhaul, warranty conditions and their maintenance.
Organizers do hope that the topics will be interesting for manufacturers and suppliers ofmeasurement equipment, non-destructive testing and supporting

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software in technical acceptance process, quality control, safety of vehicle traffic. As an
integral subject is the drive, switches’ electric heating and diagnostics automation.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Organizers’ Committee is informing hereby that in the next Communicate there will be given
the details on VI International Scientific-Technical Conference “Modern technologies indesign, construction and maintenance of rail switches - 2024” re. attendance and Partnershipconditions.

Regards,
SITK RP - Association of Communication Engineers and Technicians of the Republic ofPoland

President of Warsaw Branch()Eng. Ireneusz Jasinski

President National Board()

PhD Eng. Jacek Pas