Programme

Registration

Welcoming remarks
Vadim Morozov, First Vice-President, Russian Railways

Plenary Session

Interaction between Industry and Government: Formalising Mutual Responsibility

Opening Speeches:
Andrei Nedosekov, Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation
Vadim Morozov, First Vice-President, Russian Railways
Tamara Stebunova, Deputy Head, Federal Tariff Service
Mikhail Dmitriev, President, Strategic Developments Centre
Sergey Maltsev, Chairman of the Board, Noncommercial Partnership ‘Council of Railway Operators Market’
Yury Saakyan, General Director, Institute of Natural Monopolies
Alexander Sapronov, General Director, Independent Transport Company

Lunch

Plenary Discussion

Andreevsky Hall

Interaction between Industry and Government: Formalising Mutual Responsibility

• Current tools for ensuring the collective responsibility of industry and the government for the development of railway transport
• Prospects for adopting a network-based contract: general commitments for promoting guaranteed transport services for the economy
• Balancing the interests of industry and government. How realistic is to modernise infrastructure without increasing tariffs?
• The future of government orders amidst continuous expansion in the market forms of railway transport management
• Mechanisms of state support based on the principles of a public-private partnership

Moderator:
Alexander Retyunin, Editor-in-Chief, Gudok newspaper and RZD Partner magazine

Panellists:
Igor Asaturov, General Director, Freight One
Salman Babaev, Vice-President, Russian Railways
Alexey Labyrin, Director, Logistics Department, National Non-metallic Company
Konstantin Mostinets, General Director, Vishnevogorsky Ore-ressing and Processing Enterprise
Dmitry Nikitin, General Director, Eurosib
Valery Reshetnikov, Senior Vice-President, Russian Railways
Yermolay Solzhenitsyn, Managing Partner, McKinsey&Company, Moscow Office
Vitaly Yevdokimenko, General Director, Freight Two
Svetlana Zinovieva, Deputy Head, Department of Transport Control and Communications, Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service

Coffee break

Open Dialogue

Andreevsky Hall

Effective Cooperation between the Carrier, Operator and Infrastructure Owner aimed to Meet the Needs of Manufacturers

Panellists:
Salman Babayev, Vice-President, Russian Railways
Alexander Retyunin, Editor-in-Chief, Gudok newspaper and RZD Partner magazine

An open dialogue will be held to exchange views with the audience concerning the problems of building effective cooperation between all members of the transport process in order to promote the interests of freight owners. The discussion is to focus on mechanisms to satisfy the needs of manufacturers for the timely and reliable delivery of goods.

Closing and Award Ceremony of the “New Milestone” Contest for the Annual Reports and Websites of Transport Companies

The contest is held to increase transparency, present and promote corporate governance practices, and improve the investment appeal of railway companies

Golden Palace

2011 Russian Railways Partner and Annual RZD-Partner Awards Ceremony

Concurrent Round tables

Ekaterininsky Hall

Financing the Industry in Modern Conditions: Efficient Modernisation through Smart Investments

• Tools for implementing the investment programme of the Russian Railways with limited tariff increase
• Optimal pricing forms: the investment component as a mechanism for overcoming the growing shortage of financial resources
• Creating conditions for the government to co-finance railway infrastructure facilities
• Raising additional funds by selling the share capital of Russian Railways and the holding’s subsidiaries

Moderator:
Yevgeny Bogdanov, Director, Automotive and Transportation Practice in Russia and the CIS, A.T. Kearney

Speakers:
Andrey Burlinov, Director, Natural Resources and Transport Division, Investment and Banking Department, VTB Capital
Yury Fyodorov, Deputy General Director, Institute of Transport Economics and Development
Innokenty Ivanov, Partner, Head of Infrastructure and Transport in Russia, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Dmitry Mukhin, Head, Investment Department, Russian Railways
Anna Pechenova, Deputy Director, Department of Investment Projects, Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation
Oleg Trudov, Deputy General Director for Science, Institute for the Problems of Natural Monopolies
Dmitry Yeremeev, Deputy General Director for Economics and Finances, Freight Two

Round Table №2

Establishing a Competitive Market for Rolling Stock Repairs

• Conditions needed to create a competitive environment in rolling stock repairs: preconditions for growth in the volume and quality of service
• The modernisation of the railway car repair industry. How can the steady increase in demand over supply be reversed?
• Measures to reduce the shortage of repair facilities in the regions
• The dependence of the current uncoupling repair expenses and the freight tariff. Methods to minimise costs for freight operators and owners
• The introduction of strict damage compensation procedures and regulations for interaction between parties as an incentive to increase liability

Moderator:
Oleg Diachenko, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, RZD Partner magazine

Speakers:
Valery Dubrovin, First Deputy General Director for Commerce and Production, First Railway Car Repair Company
Alexey Gribanov, Deputy General Director for Commerce and Production, Rusagrotrans
Sergey Kaletin, Deputy General Director for Technological Development, Freight One
Dmitry Perfiliev, First Deputy General Director, Third Railway Car Repair Company
Sergei Poryadin, Deputy General Director for Technological Development, Freight Two
Vladimir Prokofiev, President, Association of Railway Carriers and Rolling Stock Operators
Mikhail Sapetov, General Director, Second Railway Car Repair Company
Igor Tyagunov, Technical Director, Transgarant
Irina Chiganashkina, Board Member, Noncommercial Partnership ‘Council of Railway

Round Table №3

Private Rolling Stock: Management and Pricing Optimisation

Sponsor of Round Table

• Evaluating the efficiency of managing a private fleet. How can the positions of freight operators and owners be brought closer together?
• Prospects for establishing consolidated railway car fleets as a tool to control private rolling stock
• Improving operations at the railway-seaport junction
• Pricing methodology in the absence of inventory rolling stock: creating optimal rates for the needs of the modern market
• How should price acceptability be reconciled with the need for constant rolling stock renovations?

Moderator:
Andrey Guriev, First Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Gudok newspaper and RZD Partner magazine

Speakers:
Svetlana Brokar, Lawyer, MMK-TRANS
Alexey Grom, Vice-President for Railway Transport, FESCO Transport Group and Managing Director, Transgarant
Ilia Dudinsky, Deputy General Director for Commerce and Production, Freight Two
Mikhail Ivanov, Director for Development, Eurosib SPb – Transport Systems
Pavel Ivanov, Head, Central Traffic Management Directorate – Russian Railways subsidiary
Vladimir Khoroshylov, Deputy General Director – Director for Business Development, Brunswick Rail
Dmitry Korolev, Executive Director, Noncommercial Partnership ‘Council of Railway Operators Market’
Yelena Kunayeva, General Director, Company Transport Service Centre, Russian Railways
Leonid Mazo, Expert, TransBazis
Vyacheslav Petrenko, Head, Department for Freight Transport Marketing and Tariff Policy, Russian Railways
Vladimir Savchuk, Director, Railway Transport Studies Department, Institute of Natural Monopolies
Alexey Shafranov, First Deputy General Director for Commerce and Production, Freight One
Alexander Telkov, General Director, Semptopeia
Andrey Tonkih, Deputy Director of State Policy in the Field of Railway Transport

Lunch

Concurrent Round tables

Georgievsky Hall

Round Table №4

Service Quality for Freight Owners. A Shortage of Railway Cars or Unsettled Conditions on the Market?

Sponsor of Round Table

• Transport price. What is the actual burden on freight owners?
• The efficiency of contractual relations between the freight owner and operator: opportunities for long-term commitments by both parties
• Interaction with the operator. Should the interests of small and medium freight owners be protected at the legislative level?
• To what degree could an electronic exchange of railway cars meet the needs of freight owners?
• Mechanisms for improving executive discipline during the processing of requests for railway cars?
• Freight transportation between Russia and Finland: how to speed up cargo shipping and raise service quality?

Moderator:
Alexander Retyunin, Editor-in-Chief, Gudok newspaper and RZD Partner magazine

Speakers:
Andrey Frolov, Vice-President, Union of Timber Manufacturers and Exporters of Russia
Alexey Iskakov, Commercial Director, Freight Two Moscow Office
Elena Kostromina, Director, Research Centre, Institute of Transport Economy and Transport Policy, Higher School of Economics
Igor Kurotchenko, Head, Freight Transportation Studies, Institute of Natural Monopolies
Konstantin Mostinets, General Director, Vishnevogorsky Ore-ressing and Processing Enterprise
Juha Petajaniemi, Sales manager, VR-Group
Viktor Voronovich, Head, Marketing and Tariff Policy Department, Freight One
Oksana Vorontsova, Director, Underwriting and Operational Support Department, GEFEST

Aleksandrovsky Hall

Round Table №5

Transport Construction: Innovative Solutions to Modernise Infrastructure

Sponsor of Round Table

• The construction features of track and bridge structures for high-speed railways
• The development and use of modular bridge structures
• Using composite materials in the construction of railway infrastructure
• Prospects for using non-ballast track structures during the construction of train stations and engineering structures (tunnels, bridges, railway crossings)
• Modern environmental requirements for designing railway tracks
• Designing and building high-tech treatment plants

Moderator:
Viacheslav Rybkin, General Director, Lengiprotrans

Speakers:
Vladimir Avilov, General Director, Transsignalstroy
Dmitry Bogdanov, Head of Division, Russian Railways
Yevgeny Dorot, Deputy General Director, RZD Stroy
Alexander Savin, Head, Certification, Metrology and Standardization, VNIIZhT
Andrey Stolbetsov, General Director, Vodproektstroy
Alexey Vasilkov, Deputy General Director, Institut Giprostroymost

Ekaterininsky Hall

Round Table №6

Container Trains – Real Competition for Road Transport

• Prospects for establishing regular specialised container trains to efficiently serve growing freight traffic
• Line service technologies for container trains: improving commercial appeal and optimising logistics
• Developing express container trains services: the benefits of integrated services based on the ‘one window’ principle
• Legalising the status of container trains: formalising guarantees and flexible pricing opportunities
• Interaction between stevedore companies, freight forwarders and railway operators when forming container trains
• Processing container trains. How can the shortage of container terminals and platforms be eliminated in the regions?

Moderator:
Boris Lapidus, General Director, Russian Railway Transport Research Institute; Chairman, International Railway Research Board  under the International Union of Railways

Speakers:
Gennady Bessonov, General Secretary, Coordinating Council on Trans-Siberian Transportation
Yury Fyodorov, Deputy General Director, Institute of Transport Economics and Development
Alexey Grom, Vice-President for Railway Transport, FESCO Transport Group and Managing Director, Transgarant
Viktor Ivanov, Head, Container Service Directorate, Eurosib SPb – Transport Systems
Nikolay Rezvov, General Director, Russian Troika
Yury Yuriev, Director for Strategic Development, TransContainer

Coffee break

Discussion club

Transportation Management for Essential Freight Types

A review of the key aspects of freight transportation by individual round tables (coal, fertilizers, metal, wood, construction materials and oil) with representatives from rolling stock operators, manufacturers, government services and the Russian Railways.

Summarising the discussion with the participation of moderators from each round table. The discussion over the outcome of each round table is aimed at encouraging a consolidated position among all interested parties on the appropriate approaches on improving the transport process.

Drink Reception