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PROGRAMME
INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL RAIL BUSINESS FORUM
“1520 STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: BALTIC REGION”
FEBRUARY 13 – 15, 2008
REVAL HOTEL LATVIA, RIGA, LATVIJA
Business Forum “1520 Strategic Partnership” is a unique communication platform in 1520 area, meant to maintain, establish and develop business relationship. Regional Forum “1520 Strategic Partnership” plays an important role in the realisation of the global mission. Regional Forums are held as supplementary meetings between annual meetings in Sochi, Russia. Strategic business dialogue on the development is dedicated to four macro regions of 1520 area: Central Asia, Caucasus, Eastern Europe and the Baltic region. The first International regional business forum “1520 Strategic Partnership: Central Asia” took place in Alma-Aty (Kazakhstan) in December 2006. It was very positively regarded and gave a strong impulse to develop relations in the transport field in the region of Central Asia.
Forum “1520 Strategic Partnership: Baltic Region” is continuation of this work. Themain topical issues on the development of transport logistics in the Baltic region are to be discussed there. The territories of the Baltic region are developing rapidly. The Baltic region is located in a very significant crossing point of the trade routes and links Western Europe with 1520 area; therefore, all partners are interested in this region.
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FEBRUARY 13, 2008
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15:20
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Registration
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20:00
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Welcome cocktail for participants and guests
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FEBRUARY 14, 2008
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9:00
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PLENNARY SESSION
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«OMEGA 1» Hall
Ainārs Šlesers – Minister of Transport, the Republic of Latvia
Uģis Magonis – Chairman of the Board, Latvian Railway
Vladimir Yakunin – President, Russian Railways
Henri Kuitunen – President and General Director, VR-Group (Finnish Railways)
Stasys Dailydka – General Director, Lithuanian Railways
Kaido Simmermann – Executive Director - Chairman of the Board, “Estonian Railway”
Zhaksybek Kulekeev - President, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, NC
Tadeus Shozda – Chairman of Executive Committee, Organization for Cooperation of Railways (OSJD)
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10:15
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Express-contact |
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HALL 1
Express-contact is a unique and innovative way to meet new potential business partners. The form of fast meetings helps to stay in contact with them in future. Express-contact promotes the development of new long-term and beneficial business relations at the maximum.
Attention! Please do not forget to take your business cards with you (about 100-200 pieces).
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Coffee break
«HALL 2» |
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11:00
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PANEL DISCUSSION No.1
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«OMEGA 1» Hall
Increase of competitiveness of the Baltic region rail routes within Euro-Asian transportation system.
Today the Baltic region demonstrates high rate economic growth. Globalization of the international trade, increase of freight transportation and integration of the Baltic States into the European Union makes the Baltic Sea region an important transit point, a key area in Euro-Asia economic cooperation that is why it is hart to overestimate the Baltic region potential in terms of “East-West” and “North-South” transit corridors development. Effective realization of the opportunities, determined by favourable geo-economic position of the region is possible only if all the parties interested in strategic priority development of the Baltic transit traffic coordinate their efforts. Today railways meet serious competition with other modes of transport. When route haulers win a market, consolidation of all interested parties and joint efforts is essential on the service quality improvement for realization of rail infrastructure transit potential.
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Rail transport in the Baltic region: does service quality meet shippers” needs?
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1520 and 1435: how to increase efficiency of technological cooperation?
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Transit capacity of the Baltic region: How to compete with road haulage?
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Delivery time and freight safety: main advantages or bottle-necks?
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Joint projects: from international to intersectorial competition.
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Sea transport in the Baltic region: is it a competitor or a partner for railways?
Moderator:
Uģis Magonis – Chairman of the Board, Latvian Railway
Vladimir Yakunin – President, Russian Railways
Participants:
Ezhi Visniewski – Director of the International Cooperation Office, Polish State Railways
Stasys Dailydka – General Director, Lithuanian Railway
Henri Kuitunen – President and CEO, VR-Group Ltd (Finnish Railways)
Kaido Simmermann – Executive Director - Chairman of the Board, Estonian Railway
Vladimir Zherelo – Head, Belorussian Railways
Zhaksybek Kulekeev - President, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, NC
Igor Asaturov – First Deputy CEO for commerce and production, First Cargo Company
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12:30
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Lunch
«ESPLANADE» Restaurant
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14:30
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PANEL DISCUSSION No.2 |
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«OMEGA 1» Hall
Up-to-date logistics infrastructure in the Baltic region: how to develop competitive multimodal service?
Together with rapid growth of the population, goods, services and financial flows mobility, requirements to efficiency of cooperation between various means of transport increase as well. In circumstances of global economy development of multifunctional transport networks will make cargo delivery faster and cheaper. Increase of the Baltic infrastructure competitiveness due to the development of complex multimodal service will allow the region to integrate effectively into the Eurasian transport system and will contribute to growth of the national economies together with business prestige of the region.
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How to develop competitive multimodal service: effective solutions for the Baltic region
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Development of the regional port and terminal infrastructure: strategies and projects
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Will 4PL operators appear in the Baltic region?
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Unified information platform for 1520 Area: interaction enhancement and cutting-edge technologies introduction
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Perspectives of transport and logistics infrastructure development in the North-West of Russia
Moderator:
Boris Lapidus – Senior Vice-President, Russian Railways
Stasys Gudvalis – Deputy General Director, Lithuanian Railways
Participants:
Eugeny Ambrosov – President, Management company FESCO Transport Group
Aivars Taurinsh - President, ARCIS (Association for Logistics and Custom Brokers in Latvia)
Valeriy Izrailit – Chairman of the Board of Directors, Company Ust’-Luga
Imant Sarmulis – Managing Director, Ventspils Free Port
Bogdan Oldakowski - Secretary General, Baltic Ports Organization
Nikolay Titjuhin – President, Euro-Asian Logistic Association
Gennady Bessonov – Secretary General, Coordination Council on Trans-Siberian Transportation
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16:00
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Express-contact (continuation) |
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«HALL 1»
Express-contact is a unique and innovative way to meet new potential business partners. The form of fast meetings helps to stay in contact with them in future. Express-contact promotes the development of new long-term and beneficial business relations at the maximum.
Attention! Please do not forget to take your business cards with you (about 100-200 pieces).
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20:00
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Gala reception hosted by Ugis Magonis, Chairman of the Board, JSC “Latvian Railway”
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Latvia Society House
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FEBRUARY 15, 2008
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10:00
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ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION No.1 |
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«BETA 1» Hall
Investments for the development of rail transport in the Baltic region: today and tomorrow
In conditions of global economy competition for financial resources becomes tougher and tougher. With the advent of new markets, rapid development of IT leads to simplification of global investment processes on the one side, and diversification of instruments and forms of inverting on the other. Private businesses, international corporations and countries compete for investments. At that, the problem of money attraction for development and modernization of the Baltic rail infrastructure and rolling stock is very up-to date and demands cooperation of the “wide” gauge partners in order to increase competitiveness of 1520 area transport. The leaders of business and key experts of the rail field will share their opinions with us.
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High-speed traffic in the Baltic region: projects, terms and cooperation
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International consortiums: instrument for realization of infrastructure projects – are they worth creating?
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Use of leasing schemes for financing the Baltic rail systems modernization
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Perspectives of state-private partnership use for strategic projects financing
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Legal and investment conditions for popularization of infrastructure concessions mechanism
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Rail Baltica: mechanism of financing and perspectives of the project realization
Moderator:
Vladimir Zmeyushchenko – Editor in chief, newspaper Gudok
Participants:
Andulis Zidkovs – Deputy Secretary of State, Ministry of Transport, the Republic of Latvia
Paul Guitink – Senior Adviser Central & Eastern Europe, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER)
Maris Riekstins – Deputy Technical Director for Development, Latvian Railway
Michel Gaspard – Transport sector Specialist, European Investment Bank/Jaspers
Igor Nikolayenko – Deputy Head, Federal Agency for Railway Transport
Natalia Golka – Director for International Affairs, SIGMA-ZNTK
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ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION No.2
«BETA 2» Hall
Car-building for rail transport: means of satisfying growing demands
High level of rolling stock deterioration today is one of the key barriers for the Baltic region rail transport development. Growing demands of the national economies determine the necessity to force the renewal and replenishment of locomotive and car parks. The Baltic region railways require highly efficient and comfortable equipment. Machine-building companies of the “1520 Area” have significantly increased the produce offer. At that, large world companies also actively develop the “1520 Area” market. What strategies of cooperation with the equipment suppliers will be optimal for rail companies?
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Renewal and modernization of rolling stock in the Baltic region today: strategic plans and instruments for realization
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Rolling stock for organization of high speed transportation in the Baltic region: demands of the carriers and possibilities of the suppliers
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Russian transport machine-building perspectives in the contecst of realization of the 2030 Rail Transport Development Strategy
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Ways of the leading foreign technologies attraction for the “1520 Area” transport machine-building: cooperation opportunities in the Baltic region
Moderator:
Valentin Gapanovich – Vice President, Russian Railways
Mikhail Goncharov – Adviser to President, Russian Railways
Participants:
Vladimir Shneydmyueller – Technical director, Transmashholding
Vladimir Chamanas –Director General, Head of the Board of Directors, Riga Car Building Plant
Aivars Keskula - Chairman of the Board, Daugavpils Locomotive Repair Tool
Jorg Liebscher – Regional Director for CIS and East Europe, Division “Locomotives”, Siemens AG
Grigory Uspenskiy – Chairman of the Board, Riga electric machine building plant
Vladimir Aleshin – Deputy General Director, Bombardier Transportation (Signal)
Sergey Barbarich – Deputy Director, Russian Railway Research Institute
Victor Tissen – Director General, Transmash
Nina Vakhnina - Director General, Intercity
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ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION No.3
«ALFA» Hall
Container transportation in the Baltic region: sources for cargo flows increase
Globalization of the world economy makes container traffic one of the most essential and promising means of cargo transportation. One can suggest that in the visible future this trend will only grow. This, in its turn, means that competition for container cargos attraction will increase significantly. How will the container traffic market develop in the short-term and mid-term perspective and which factors will determine it? Understanding of the key trends of development of container traffic between Europe and Asia will allow to concentrate the resources on the key directions and receive maximum payback in the nearest future.
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Cooperation of national rail administrations for the sake of increase of 1520 area container traffic competitiveness: discussion based on the “Baltika-transit” example
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Adoption of competitive tariff policy in the Baltic region: mechanisms for effective interaction between state regulators and businesses
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Common freight control system – effective instrument to increase competitiveness of overland container transportation
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Cooperation with customs authorities to enforce container transportation: how to make competitive advantage?
Moderator:
Alexander Retyunin – Editor-in-chief, magazine RZD-Partner
Participants:
Petr Baskakov – CEO, TransContainer
Eric Shmuksts – Chairman of the board, LDz Cargo Ltd
Albertas Simenas – Deputy General Director, Lithuanian Railways
Edil Iskakov – President, Kaztransservice
Kalvis Vytolinsh – Economics Adviser, Ministry of Economics of Latvia in Kazakhstan
Eugeny Mikhailov – Head of Cargo Marketing and Tariff Policy Department, Russian Railways
Sergey Shvedov – Chairman of the Board, Association of Railway International Electronic Documents Circulation Operators
Mikhail Prokofiev – Head of North-West Customs Office, Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation
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11:30
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Coffee break
«HALL 1»
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12:00
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Riga 2008: Postscriptum |
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The Forum conclusion
«OMEGA 1» Hall
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13:00
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Cocktail
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«HALL 2» |
* The programme is subject to change. Confirmation of the speakers is expected.
The Forum will be simultaneously translated into English and Russian languages.
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