10th International Conference
October 20-23, 2010, Katowice-Ustroń, Poland

Welcome to the TST'10 Conference Site


Telematics and data processing technologies play fundamental role in transport control and management systems. The basic objective of the conference consists in promotion of modern solutions of information and telematic systems as well as of management systems in transport.

Conference organizers invite to cooperate everybody, who would be willing to present their achievements in areas connected with the conference subjects. Participation in the conference will provide a good opportunity to present the accomplishments so far and to outline directions for transport telematics development.

Honourable patronage
The conference takes place under the patronage of:
- Minister of Infrastructure
- Rector of Silesian University of Technology
- President of Polish Air Navigation Services Agency
- ERTICO - ITS Europe
- Association of Polish Electrical Engineers SEP
- IEEE Poland Section

Organizers:
- Chair of Automatic Control in Transport, Department of Railway Engineering, Faculty of Transport, Silesian University of Technology
- Polish Academy of Sciences, Transport Committee
-
Polish Association of Transport Telematics (member of Network of National ITS Associations)

Co-organizers:
- Faculty of Transport, Warsaw University of Technology
- Faculty of Transport and Electrical Engineering, Radom University of Technology
- Faculty of Economics, University of Economics in Katowice
- Faculty of Social and Technical Sciences, Silesian High School of Management in Katowice
- Regional Centre of Road Traffic, Katowice
- Motor Transport Institute in Warsaw
- Railway Institute (former Railway Scientific and Technical Centre), Warsaw
- Civil Aviation Personnel Education Centre of Central and Eastern Europe

Conference Publishers:
-
Springer-Verlag
- Archives of Transport System Telematics

Co-operating Institutions:
- Ministry of Infrastructure
- Polish Academy of Sciences, Katowice Branch, Transport Commision
- Gdynia Maritime University
- Maritime University of Szczecin
- University College of Technology and Business, Warsaw
- ERTICO ITS-Europe
- Bombardier Transportation (ZWUS), Katowice
- WASKO, Gliwice
- Institute of Logistics and Warehousing in Poznan
- Association of Transport Engineers and Technicians, Katowice Branch
- Association of Polish Electrical Engineers SEP
- ITS Poland
- Railway Automation Establishment (KZA), Katowice
- Polish Railway Lines, Railway Lines Establishment in Katowice


Important Dates:

Registration of applications with a paper
by 20 April
Registration of applications without a paper
by 30 September
Submission of abstracts
by 20 April
Information on the qualification by the Scientific – Programme Committee
by 30 April
Submission of full text of paper:
(the paper will be published in the monograph or scientific journal)
by 31 May
Submission of full text of the paper:
(the abstract will be published in the conference materials, the paper will be published on a CD-ROM)
by 1 July
Information on the qualification to printing the paper in monograph or scientific journal
by 15 July
Conference payment deadline (required for paper publication) by 31 July
Information on the qualification to poster session
by 15 September
Submision of presentation accompanying a paper
by 1 October
Submission of posters
by 20 October

Additional information:
Reviewed texts of papers together with referees comments will be dispatched to authors for changes, if any.
Papers will be also publish on a CD-ROM.
The organiser reserves the right to qualify some papers for the poster session.


Conference fee:
Fees (items 1 to 8) include 22% VAT.



by 30.09.2010
1
Full payment (the participation without paper)
Scientific programme, conference materials, accommodation, full board, gala dinner, travel Katowice – Ustron - Katowice
450 EUR






by 30.06.2010 by 31.07.2010
2
Reduced payment for members of Scientific - Programme Committee
Scientific programme, conference materials, accommodation, full board, gala dinner, travel Katowice – Ustron - Katowice
350 EUR
3
Reduced payment for authors
Scientific programme, conference materials, accommodation, full board, gala dinner, travel Katowice – Ustron - Katowice
420 EUR 450 EUR
4
Reduced payment for co-authors (person not presenting the paper), made together with the author’s fee
Scientific programme, conference materials, accommodation, full board, gala dinner, travel Katowice – Ustron - Katowice
350 EUR 380 EUR
5
Reduced payment for PhD students / students (only as a first author)
Scientific programme, conference materials, accommodation, full board, gala dinner, travel Katowice – Ustron - Katowice
210 EUR 280 EUR
6
Reduced payment for regular PhD students / students (not applicable to authors or co-authors)
Scientific programme, without conference materials, accommodation, full board, gala dinner, travel Katowice – Ustron - Katowice
170 EUR 210 EUR
7
Accompanying person (not applicable to co-authors)
Scientific programme, without conference materials, accommodation, full board, gala dinner, travel Katowice – Ustron - Katowice
170 EUR 210 EUR
8
One-day participation in the scientific programme (agreed with organizers)
Scientific programme, conference materials, dinner
170 EUR 240 EUR
9
Logo on the conference website and logo on the all
conference materials
280 EUR (+VAT)
10
Advertising insert (grayscale) in conference proceedings 280 EUR (+VAT)
11
Advertising stand in the exhibition hall 560 EUR (+VAT)
12

Sponsoring offers:

bronze sponsor
700 EUR (+VAT)
silver sponsor 1400 EUR (+VAT)
gold sponsor 2800 EUR (+VAT)

The organisers of TST’10 plan a 20% discount for members of Network of National ITS Associations.

Additional pages (no more than four) may be published after payment of an additional fee (25 EUR per page).
The above fees are final amounts (postage not included).
Additional fees (items 9-11) do not include fees for participation in the conference (those fees are specified in item 1 and possibly in item 7).

Sponsoring as the additional fee ensure to the sponsor insert the information about the co-operation in the form of the annotation SPONSOR in all conference materials and on the conference website (as an active link), also participation (without hotel fees) one, two or three representatives, respectively and enable printing promotional materials in the conference proceedings (1 page in Polish and 1 page in English) in conjunction with possibility to: deliver a presentation about company activity, placing an advertising stand in the place of the conference, adding other promotial materials to the conference ones.

Cancelation charges must be received in writing no later that:
by 15.08.2010
by 01.10.2010
Reimbursement of the conference fee: 90% 50%

Refund for cancelations received after 1st October will not be possibile.

CAUTION! Organizers do not guarantee a single rooms.

 

Bank transfer information:

Name of Account: Politechnika Slaska, Akademicka 2A, PL 44-100 Gliwice, POLAND
IBAN PL 60 1050 1230 1000 0002 0211 3056
Name of Bank: ING Bank Slaski S.A. O/Gliwice
Swift Transfer Code: INGBPLPW
Name of payment: TST 2010 "Participant's Name and Surname"

Contact:
Renata Skowronska,
Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Transport, 8 Krasinskiego Str.,
PL 40-019 Katowice, POLAND
e-mail: skowronska@tst-conference.org
tel. / fax: +48 32 603-43-65
(N 50o15'19.13", E 19o01'59.22")

Patronage:
Springer - science_business media
Archives of transport system telematics
ITS Network
IEEE Association
Polish Society of Transport Telematic
Machmer International Consulting
Telematics PRO e.V.
Instytut Transportu Samochodowego
Polska Platforma Technologiczna Inteligentnych Systemów Transportowych
Polski Kongres ITS
Infrastruktura Transportu
Przegląd Elektrotechniczny. Najstarsze czasopismo elektryków polskich
Przeglad ITS
Journal of Modern Technologies in Transport
Napęd i sterowanie
Raport Kolejowy
edroga.pl - portal drogowy
komunikacja publiczna
Kurier Kolejowy