10-12. September, 2014, Budapest, Hungary

European

Inland

Waterway

Navigation

Conference

2014

Call for Paper

Conference Secretariat Mr. Dávid Gábor GYÖRGY

Budapest University of

Technology and Economics

Department of Aeronautics,

Naval Architecture and Railway

Vehicles

H-1111, Műegyetem rkp. 3.,

Budapest, Hungary

Tel.: (+36 1) 463-1922, 463-1043

E-mail: eiwn@vrht.bme.hu

Submission Information Papers are invited on the topics

outlined and others falling within the

scope of the meeting. Abstracts of no

more than 300 words should be

submitted online at Registration before

31.05.2014.

Abstracts should clearly state the

purpose, results and conclusions of the

work to be described in the final paper.

The final papers are to be prepared as

per the requested format that is

available on the conference internet

site.

Deadline for submission of full-length

papers is 31.07.2014.

The language of the conference

will be English.

Registration A registration should be made

online at the conference

website. Please follow the

instructions there. For lectu-

rers, the abstract must be up-

loaded, too.. Bank transfer of

the Registration fee is ex-

pected afterwards a confir-

mation of abstract is sent and

a pro-form invoice is issued.

Registration is completed after

reception of the Registration

fee.

Venue The Conference will be held at

Novotel Budapest Danube Hotel,

Budapest, which offers rooms for the

participants for special price. The

hotel is located at 1027 Budapest,

Bem rakpart 33, north from Batthyány

Square. Reservation is to be made

directly with the hotel, it is the sole

responsibility of the participants.

(www.novotel-bud-danube.hu)

Other accommodation is suggested

at the Conference website.

Conference Proceedings The “Conference Proceedings”

will be available to all authors and

participants in a digital format.

International Organizing Committee Meeuwis van Wirdum, MARIN

Robert G. Hekkenberg, TU Delft

Prof. Dr. Dejan Radojcic, University of Belgrade

Dr. Frank Roland, CMT

Prof. Kalman Ziha, University of Zagreb

Juha Schweighofer, via donau Conference Topics In accordance with some priorities of the EU Strategy for Danube Region, the main subjects of EIWN 2014 conference are the following: • alternative energy resources for

fuelling; • retrofitting/fleet modernization; • promotion of Danube navigation; • education and education

harmonization; • simulator technologies for the

IWT sector; • infrastructure development; • River Information Services (RIS); • new markets for IWT; • water resource management and

its relation to shipping; • river-sea shipping.

Background The EIWN Conferences deal with the general problems and trends of inland waterway navigation. Main goal for calling EIWN to live was to bring IWT results into the Danube region to stimulate the sector in this area. It is organized with great success attracting prominent organisations in the inland navigational sector.

Patrons of the Conference Petar Margic - General Director

of Secretariat, Danube Commission

Hans van der Werf - General Secretary of Central Commission

for Navigation on the Rhine

You are kindly invited to participate in the International Conference on

European Inland Waterway Navigation, 2014 held between 10-12 September, 2014 in Budapest, Hungary, in the 7th of the EIWN Conference series organized from 1999 by the

Department of Aeronautics, Naval Architecture and Railway

Vehicles, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

with the special financial support of the

Ministry of National Development, NFM and professional support of the following organizations:

Hungarian Federation of Danube Ports, MDKSZ Hungarian National Shipping Federation, MAHOSZ

National Association of Radio Distress-Signalling and Infocommunications, RSOE

Institute for Transport Sciences Nonprofit Ltd., KTI, Centre for Transport Organisation and Network Planning

National Organizing Committee Dániel Hadházi, BME

Csaba Hargitai, BME

Capt. Béla Szalma, MDKSZ

Botond Szalma, MAHOSZ

József Horváth, NFM

Csaba Bellyei, NKH

Róbert Rafael, RSOE

Győző Simongáti, PhD., BME-KTI

Imre Matics, Conc. of Secr. Danube Commission

Tamás Marton

Conference Fee The conference fee is 390€ per participant, it covers the registration fee, the conference proceedings, the official conference dinner, lunch and refreshments for two and half days. Official conference dinner will be held on Thursday ,11.09.2014. The payment can be made by bank transfer, NET of bank charges. Detailed information is available at the conference website.

Conference website:

http://eiwn.vrht.bme.hu/

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