April 17, 2008

International conference
Development of Railway Stations in Russia

Goals of the Conference:

• Announcement of plans of the JSC Russian Railways and, in particular, the Directorate of Railway Stations ambitious plans to transform railway stations
• Initiation of a dialogue with respect to the further ways of development of a rail station as major element of the transport infrastructure in the context of the consecutive economic development of the Russian Federation
• Attraction of potential partners and investors to the activity of the JSC Russian Railways in development of the station complex
• Voicing of motions and ideas by the interested parties with regard to their participation in the development of the station complex of the Russian Federation
• Discussion of world experience in the development of the railway station complexes

Participants and audiences of the Conference:

• JSC Russian Railways – executives and experts of departments and services of the company, its affiliates and subsidiaries
• Governmental officials
• International consulting and development companies, wielding wealth of experience in development and management of railway station facilities
• Investment banks and funds, interested in investing into large-scale projects
• Largest retailers, restaurant holdings and hotel businesses
• Leaders in the tertiary sector, ad agencies
• Representatives of IT and telecommunications companies
• Construction, architectural and engineering companies
• Heads of regional administrations and municipalities concerned

Keynote agenda items of the Conference:

• The guidelines to transform the railway station complex
• Potential of the Russian stations as a highly profitable segment of the transport business
• Railway station as an instrument to develop a regional economy
• Investments into the station complex: pro and contra; requirement for investors to take part in the  pilot investment projects
• Action-oriented proposals by the interested parties with regard to their participation in the development of the station complex of the Russian Federation
• Legal control of the development of railway stations in Russia
• Development of the intermodular station characteristic features
  

Project Manager:
 

Maria Bertosh mbertoshbusinessdialog.ru  Tel./fax: +7 (495) 262-98-15