Horizons of Railway Transport

Automation and Digitalization in the Context of Railway System Interoperability

Thank you for being part of the Horizons of Railway Transport 2025 conference!

The thirteenth edition of our event in Jasná brought together 147 experts from nine European countries, who discussed the challenges and opportunities of digitalisation, automation, and the future of railways.
Together, we created a space for professional dialogue, new partnerships, and shared visions for a modern, interoperable, and sustainable railway system.
The outcome of the expert sessions is a joint communiqué, in which the conference participants agreed that the future of railways rests on three pillars:
(a) stable and diversified financing, (b) digitalisation and automation of processes, and (c) the development of human capital and the preparation of a new generation of professionals.

We look forward to meeting you again in 2027!

Conference Topics

Railway Infrastructure and Technology

Management and Marketing in Railway Transport

Project Management in Railway Transport

prof. Ing. Anna Dolinayová, PhD.
Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Žilina
assoc. prof. Martin Kendra, PhD.
Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Žilina
Ing. Radek Holý, Ph.D.
Czech Technical University in Prague
assoc. prof. Peter Márton, PhD.
Faculty of Management Science and Informatics, University of Žilina
assoc. prof. Michal Varmus, PhD.
Faculty of Management Science and Informatics, University of Žilina
prof. Milan Kubina, PhD.
Faculty of Management Science and Informatics, University of Žilina
assoc. prof. Rudolf Kampf, Ph.D., MBA
The Institute of Technology and Business České Budějovice
assoc. prof. Ing. Onrej Stopka, Ph.D.
The Institute of Technology and Business České Budějovice
assoc. prof. Jaromír Široký, Ph.D.
Jan Perner Transport Faculty, University of Pardubice
assoc. prof. Petr Nachtigall, Ph.D.
Jan Perner Transport Faculty, University of Pardubice
Prof. dr. Gintautas Bureika
Faculty of Transport Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
prof. Dr. Ádám Török, PhD., DSC.
Faculty of Transportation Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Ing. Peter Šulko, PhD., MBA
Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR)
Ing. Ján Žačko
Union of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic
Ing. Peter Ihnát, PhD., MBA
Železničná spoločnosť Cargo Slovakia Inc.
Mgr. Peter Helexa
Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko
Ing. Roman Kusý
Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko
prof. dr.sc. Borna Abramović
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb
prof. Dr. Sanjin Milinković
Fakulty of Transport, University of Beograd
assoc. prof. Florin Nemtanu, PhD., SM-IEEE
Transport Faculty , Politehnica University of Bucharest
assoc. prof. Florin Rusca, PhD.
Transport Faculty , Politehnica University of Bucharest
prof. Ing. Gabriel Fedorko, PhD., MBA
Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies (BERG) Technical University of Košice
prof. dr.sc. Davor Dujak
Faculty of Economics in Osijek, J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek
prof. Ing. Václav Cempírek, Ph.D., DBA
College of Logistics (VŠLG) Přerov
Ing. Iveta Dočkalíková, Ph.D.
College of Logistics (VŠLG) Přerov
Ing. Hana Neradilová, PhD.
College of Logistics (VŠLG) Přerov