The conference opening and plenary session will start at 9.00 on Wednesday 18 April 2012. The regular sessions will start after the opening and plenary session. The conference will officially close at 16.30 on Friday 20 April 2012. The registration desk will be open 16.00-18.00 on Tuesday 17 April for pre-registration. From Wednesday to Friday the registration desk will be open 8.00-18.00.

The presentation time for contributed papers is 12 minutes, followed by 3 minutes for questions. The presentation time for invited lectures is 25 minutes, followed by 5 minutes for questions. Presentations will only be possible using the provided computers and data projectors (not OHP or 35mm slides).

There are two ways to deliver your presentation at Railways 2012:

• Prepare a PDF or Powerpoint presentation and take it with you on a USB memory stick. Presentation laptops and projectors will be available in each room. You will have the opportunity to copy your presentation onto the presentation laptop during the break immediately preceding each session. Alternatively you can run your presentation directly from the memory stick.
• Bring your own laptop and connect it to the projector in the presentation room. But please note that the delays from connecting your laptop and setting up may shorten your presentation time.

Hotel NH Imperial Playa **** 35008 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Canary Isles Spain Web: www.nh-hotels.com

Gran Canaria Airport (IATA: LPA, ICAO: GCLP) can be reached directly from several European hubs (such as London, Frankfurt and Amsterdam). There are also 16 daily flights from Madrid with Iberia, Air Europe or Spanair.

The Airport is located 20km from the city centre. Let a taxi take you to your hotel.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is the city with the best climate in the world (according to a study of 600 towns worldwide) with an average temperature of 24C/75F.