| TITLE | PLACE | TIME | 
                     
                      | Congress opening | 10:00 | 
                     
                      | Official opening Jakob Presečnik, 
                        Traffic minister
 Boris Sovič, Maribor mayor
 
 | Turner Hall |  | 
                     
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                      | Organiser's opening dr. Drago Sever, Vice-president of Association of Business 
                        Logistics
 Bo Bylund, Chairman of EIM
 
 | Turner Hall |  | 
                     
                      | Coffee brake | 11:00 | 
                     
                      | Role and significance 
                        of infrastructure managers in Europe | 11:15 | 
                     
                      | European Rail Infrastructure Managers Association 
                        (EIM) Bo Bylund, EIM Chairman
 | Turner Hall |  | 
                     
                      | ECMT'S Role in the Process of Infrastructure 
                        Management Stephen Perkins, CEMT Pricipal 
                        Administrator
 | Turner Hall |  | 
                     
                      | Infrastructure Manager in the Light of Transport 
                        Policy Boris Živec, State Secretary for 
                        International Affairs and Transportation policy
 | Turner Hall |  | 
                     
                      | Rail transport in the light 
                          of EU accessionMag. Matjaž Knez, State Secretary for Railways
  
                          DiscussionModerator Boris Živec, State Secretary for International 
                            Affairs and Transportation policy
 | Turner Hall |  | 
                     
                      | Lunch | 13:15 | 
                     
                      | Experience in 
                        the Reorganisation of Rail Infrastructure Management | 15:00 | 
                     
                      | JBV, Jerbaneverkt, Norway Ole 
                        Drangsholt, Director of International Affairs - JBV
 | Turner Hall |  | 
                     
                      | REFER, Rede Ferroviaria Nacional, PortugalJose Osorio e Castro, Vice Chairman of REFER
 | Turner Hall |  | 
                     
                      | UNIFEDrewin Nieuwenhuis, general manager
  
                          DiscussionModerator Viktorija Strašek
 | Turner Hall |  | 
                     
                      | Initiatives in Other Areas of European Legislationdr. Hans-Jurgen Knopp, Pre Acceession Advisor, James 
                          Evans, Secretary General of EIM
  
                          DiscussionModerator dr. Hans-Jürgen Knopp
 | Vokac Hall |  | 
                     
                      | Development of TransEuropean Transport Network 
                          (TEN-T)Roberto Ferrovante, European Commission DG TREN
  
                          DiscussionModerator Kristijan Novak
 | Teply Hall |  | 
                     
                      | Gala dinner | 19:30 | 
                  
                  
                     
                      | TITLE | PLACE | TIME | 
                     
                      | Railway Infrastructure 
                        Management Process | 9:00 | 
                     
                      | Slovenian Rail Infrastructure Manager Viktorija Strašek, Head of General, Legal and Personnel 
                        Department-AŽP
 | Turner Hall |  | 
                     
                      | Management of Railway Infrastructure in Nedherlands Evert Jan Schuuman, PAA
 | Turner Hall |  | 
                     
                      | Railway Infrastructure Marketing in Slovenia Rajko Satler, Head of Marketing Department-AŽP
 | Turner Hall |  | 
                     
                      | Railway Stations -Important Factor in Rail 
                          Infrastructure MarketingGrandiStazioni
  
                          DiscussionModerator mag. Bojan Rosi
 | Turner Hall |  | 
                     
                      | Coffee brake | 10:00 | 
                     
                      | Development of rail infrastructure | 10:15 | 
                     
                      | Development of Slovenian rail infrastructure Lidia Jurše, Project Manager - AŽP
 | Turner Hall |  | 
                     
                      | The Life Cycle of Railway Infrastructure: Aspects 
                        of Costs Jan Van Gigch, project manager 
                        at Holland Railconsult
 | Turner Hall |  | 
                     
                      | Major projects (ISPA, PHARE Twinning)Kristijan Novak, Department for Strategy, Development, 
                          Investment and Projects; Benjamin Steinbacher Pušnjak, 
                          Department of Transport
  
                          DiscussionModerator Lidia Jurše
 | Turner Hall |  | 
                     
                      | Innovations - 
                        Essential for Rail Infrastructure Management Quality | 11:15 | 
                     
                      | Developments in Tracking and Tracing Systems KNAPE Gruppe
 | Vokac Hall |  | 
                     
                      | SDMS - Railway geographical information 
                        system Mirko Žveplan, ing. geod., SOFTDATA
 | Teply Hall |  | 
                     
                      | Coffee brake | 11:55 | 
                     
                      | Congress end | 12:15 | 
                     
                      | Congress Conclusiondr. Drago Sever
  
                          Parting speech | Turner Hall |  | 
                     
                      | PARTING LUNCH | 
                  
                  
                     
                      |  Instructions for writing papers for the Congress | 
                     
                      |  MS Word Template | 
                     
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                      | We invite all the authors 
                        to provide their papers until November 15th 2003. |