About the Conference
The conference Horizons of Railway Transport brings together the latest knowledge and best practices in the field of railway infrastructure, operations, management, and marketing. The aim is to facilitate open professional discussion and connect people who are driving the railway industry forward.
Mission / Theme
The aim of the 13th annual international scientific conference is to create a space for practitioners, researchers and industry representatives to share their experiences and results in the field of railway transport digitization and automation, with an emphasis on economic efficiency, sustainability, management, and marketing.
We will discuss, in particular, intelligent transport systems and interoperable solutions (from technology to operational and economic impacts) that lead to a unified and harmonized European railway area. The conference builds on previous years and also brings experience from the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan.
Basic information
- Date
- October 7–9, 2025
- Location
- Swissôtel Damian Jasná, Demänovská Dolina 555, 031 01 Demänovská Dolina
- GPS
48.969374, 19.579470- Conference languages
- SK CZ EN
- Format
- In-person
- Review process
- Single-blind, at least two reviewers
- Publication
- Selected contributions in Transportation Research Procedia (Elsevier), indexed in Scopus.
- Fee
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- 246 € – participation without publication
- 492 € – participation with publication in TR Procedia
- Important dates
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- August 31 submission of contribution (PDF + DOCX)
- September 15 payment of fee
- October 7–9 conference
- Template & Submission
- Template (DOCX); send to fpedas-horizonty@uniza.sk (subject: HŽD 2025 – Contribution – Surname – AbbreviationTopics).
- Accommodation
- Swissôtel Damian Jasná, 230 €/night (double room), reservation code HZD 2025. Participants are responsible for paying for their own accommodation.
- Organizers
- University of Žilina & Association of Railways Operators of Slovakia
- Contact
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Conference: fpedas-horizonty@uniza.sk
Conference topics
Railway Infrastructure and Technology
- Innovation trends in automation and digitalization of railway transport and infrastructure
- Public passenger transport and integrated transport systems
- Freight and intermodal transport
- Logistics and circular processes in transport
- Information technologies in transport and optimisation of transport and logistic processes
Management and Marketing in Railway Transport
- Transport policy and competencies in transport
- Management and marketing in transport
- Communication, human resources and education in transport processes
- Environmental and social aspects of railway transport and infrastructure
Project Management in Railway Transport
- Strategy in the railway sector
- Investments evaluation in railway transport
- Recovery and resilience plan as a tool to enhance railway transport competitiveness
Organizers
The conference is organized by the University of Žilina and the Association of Railways Operators of Slovakia.
On behalf of the Rector of the University of Žilina prof. Ing. Ján Čelko, CSc.
- 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