Program

III International Rail Business Forum “1520 Strategic Partnership”

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May 20 - 22 2008
Russia, Sochi, Radisson SAS Lazurnaya Hotel

How shall the business of the “1520 Area” grow faster? This question will be the most important within the frameworks of the Forum which gathers leaders of business, authorities and international organizations in Sochi, “at the round table” for the third time. They will openly discuss strategic issues of the transport and logistics development in the countries united by common gauge standard (1520 mm). Active integration of the “1520 Area” into the Euro-Asian transportation system puts the task of investment, technological and human resources attraction to the rail business in the first position, for these resources will give a new impulse to the “1520 Area” business development and let it win the leading positions in the world markets.

So, see you in Sochi!

The Forum key topic:
“1520 Strategic Partnership: How Shall Business Grow Faster?”

May 20, 2008 Radisson SAS Lazurnaya Hotel
15:20	Registration of participants
20:00	Welcome cocktail for the Forum participants and honored guests "Russian Riviera" Restaurant
May 21, 2008 Radisson SAS Lazurnaya Hotel
10:00	Plenary session Pavilion for plenary sessions   Alexander Zhukov, Deputy Chairman, Government of the Russian Federation Vladimir Yakunin, President, Russian Railways Igor Levitin, Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Hartmut Mehdorn, Chairman of the Board, Deutsche Bahn AG Sergey Shishkarev, Chairman, State Duma Committee for transport Alexander Tkachev, Governor of Krasnodar Region Vladimir Afanasenkov, Head of Administration of Sochi Thomas Leimgruber, Secretary General, International Rail Transport Committee (CIT) Tadeush Shozda, Chairman of Executive Committee, Organization for Cooperation of Railways Guillaume Pepy, President, SNCF* Andre Navarri, President, Bombardier Transportation Dietrich Moeller, President, Siemens in Russia
11:30	Coffee-break
12:00	Panel Discussion №1
	Pavilion for plenary sessions     Business of “1520 Area”: effective strategies and prospective projects   Today the “1520 Area” actively incorporates into the Eurasian transport system. The dynamic development of transport-logistic business in the “1520 Area” is characterized by active penetration of companies into international markets, establishment of joint ventures and implementation of large-scale projects in different spheres. It is obvious that under these circumstances the work out of coordinated approaches to the “1520 Area” strategic development will help business to optimize the use of resources and to reach maximal results. That’s why the determination of key priorities and strategic models of business development on the territory consolidated by unified technological standards and historical business contacts is the task of top priority. The fulfillment of this task will help shape more effective strategies at a separate company level and build long-term mutually beneficial relations with investors.   Moderator: Vladimir Yakunin, President, Russian Railways   Participants: Grigory Berezkin, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Group of Companies “ESN” Dmitry Komissarov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Transmashholding Maxim Liksutov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, TransGroup AS Hartmut Mehdorn, Chairman of the Board, Deutsche Bahn AG Andre Navarri, President, Bombardier Transportation
13:30	Lunch Hotel restaurants
15:00	Presentation of the Book on railway reforming in the “1520 Area” Pavilion for plenary sessions   Vadim Mikhailov, Partner, Ernst&Young
15:15	Rail infrastructure of “1520 Area”: SWOT analysis
	Pavilion for plenary sessions   SWOT Analysis is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats involved in a project or in a business venture.   Rail infrastructure is the base of the branch business and the competitiveness of the “1520 Area” business depends on its effectiveness. It is clear that the state of the rail infrastructure can either contribute to the business development or eliminate it. What are the ways to maximize the return by using the strengths of the “1520 Area” and minimize the influence of weaknesses? We will try to find the answer during our interactive SWOT analysis.   Moderator: Boris Lapidus, Senior vice-president, Russian Railways   Participants: Eugene Ambrosov, President, FESCO Transport Group Albert Eganyan, Managing Partner, Vegas-Lex Valeriy Izrailit,Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ust’-Luga Company Sergey Shishkarev, Chairman, State Duma Committee for transport
16:30	Coffee-break Ground before Pavilion for plenary sessions
17:00	Panel Discussion №2
	Pavilion for plenary sessions   Capital, Technologies, People – Key Resources for “1520 Area” Business Development   Since the early 1990th the “1520 Area” has got thorough a very important and serious period which was characterized by global reconstruction of all the processes connected with the railway transport operation and transition to market principles of work. Now that almost every country within the “1520 Area” has undergone the active stage of railway industry reform, the question of strengthening the “1520 Area” business on the world market has arisen. The capital for large-scale infrastructure projects implementation and people capable of mastering new technologies and working effectively under global competitiveness conditions are the resources of primary importance for the “1520 Area” further development. These resources can  help the “1520 Area” business to occupy leading positions on international markets.   Moderator: Boris Lapidus, Senior vice-president, Russian Railways   Participants: Eugene Ambrosov, President, FESCO Transport Group Igor Bogachov, Director, Department for corporate projects, XEROX Russia Igor Kolomeiskiy, Head, Department of investment activities, Russian Railways* Sergey Lipatov, Chairman of the Board - President, Company TransTeleCom Andrey Sharonov, Managing Director, Troika Dialog Group of Companies Mikhail Slipenchuk, Head, METROPOL Group
18:30	Football Match Football field of the Hotel
20:30	Gala reception of JSC Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin If good weather -  ground at the swimming pool If it rains – congress hall Guests gather at 20:00
May 22, 2008 Radisson SAS Lazurnaya Hotel
10:00	Round Table № 1 “Orchid” hall   Railway Transit Within the Eurasian Transport System: How to Compete with Sea and Auto Carriers?   Due to its unique geoeconomic location the “1520 Area” possesses great transit potential. At the same time 98% of Eurasian through transportation goes through sea transport and hauliers are sweeping the market. The strategic aim of partners by the “wide” gauge is to switch growing cargo flows to the “1520 Area” rail routes. Competitive tariff setting, the legal control harmonization, joint investments into the infrastructure development – these are the very lines of cooperation to determine the increase of rail traffic part in Eurasian transport system.    Moderator: Gennady Bessonov, Secretary General, Coordination Council on Transsiberian Transportation   Participants: Alexander Koshkin, managing partner, law firm RightSol KSM Yatsek Kugler, Head of representative office in Russia, Polish State Railways Thomas Leimgruber, Secretary General, International Railway Transport Committee (CIT) Fedor Pekhterev, Director, GiprotransTEI Tadeush Shozda, Chairman of Executive Committee. Organization for Cooperation of Railways Elena Tyzhinova, Chairman of Committee for new management technologies, Ministry of economics of the Republic of Buryatia
	Round Table №2 Congress Hall   Railway Engineering for the “1520 Area”: Opportunities and Prospects for International Cooperation   Today, when the railway companies of the “1520 Area” are ready to invest great funds into modernization and upgrade of rolling stock, the machine building complex of the “1520 Area” faces the task to manage growing demand in modern, highly economical and comfortable equipment. It is now clear that it is impossible to solve this problem in strategic prospect if the machine building companies of the “1520 Area” do not master advanced technologies in the sphere of development, production and operation of railway equipment. At the same time the “1520 Area” growing market is becoming more attractive for major world producers. The mentioned trends suggest great opportunities for international cooperation. What forms of cooperation are the most optimal for the “1520 Area” companies and the most interesting for foreign producers?   Moderator: Valentin Gapanovich, Vice-president, Russian Railways   Participants: Andrey Andreev, Acting Director General, Transmashholding Victor Bykadorov,  Chairman of the Board, Director General, Luganskteplovoz, Holding company Flavio Canetti, Senior Director Business Development, Bombardier Transportation Vladimir Chamans, Director General, Chairman of the Board, Riga car-building plant Andrey Kuksa, Head of center, Concern “Tractor plants” Alexander Kurchatov, Chief designer, Yakutia Railways Alan Loushnikov, acting Head, Federal Agency for Railway Transport Dietrich Moeller, President, Siemens in Russia Oleg Shkabrov, Head of planning and design office, Krukov car-building plant Victor Yefimov, Chief designer, Uralvagonzavod
	Round Table № 3 “Bosporus” Hall   Investment Resources for “1520 Area” Business Development: What Attraction Strategies Are Most Effective?   Today under the conditions of economic growth, the business of the “1520 Area” targets more ambitious large-scale goals. The share of long-term projects aimed at the fulfillment of global and strategic tasks is increasing. The implementation of such projects is sure to require great funds. So, the question of investment attraction into the railway industry is of top priority. Many “1520 Area” companies accept investment programs where they determine ways and mechanisms of attracting investments. The experience accumulated in this field of activity is of great interest to all ‘wide gauge’ partners.    Moderator: Fedor Andreev, Senior vice-president, Russian Railways   Participants: Ekaterina Akhanova, Director of the Department for investment banking capability, IFC Metropol Anatoly Ballo, Member of the Board, Deputy Chairman, SC Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank) Petr Baskakov, Director General, TransContainer Innokenty Ivanov, Senior lawyer, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Yuri Koptelov, Director of project group, Eurasian development bank Kirill Lipa, Managing Director, UniCredit-Aton Nikolay Lukashevich, Senior Director, Department of Corporations, Fitch Ratings Alexey Taicher, First Deputy Director General, First Cargo Company Yan Tavrovsky, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Russia
	Round Table № 4 Congress Hall   Logistics of International Transportation: Prospects for Development of Through Services in “1520 Area”    As the mobility of population and the speed of goods, service and finance flow is increasing, the requirements to effective cooperation between different modes of transport are getting tighter. The opportunity to get complex logistical services becomes one of the key reasons determining the delivery route for cargoes. The “1520 Area” uniting 17 countries needs operators capable of providing world-standard through services. These operators will help attract cargoes to 1520mm railway network.   Moderator: Boris Lapidus, Senior vice-president, Russian Railways*   Participants: Vladimir Chisnakov, Director General, Russkaya Troika Alexander Kolik, Vice-president, TransCare* Zinaida Kolobova, Head of Cargo and Commercial Office, Yakutia Railways Tatiana Kondrashenko, Head of Logistics center, Center for New Equipment and Technology Introduction Natalia Golka, International relations director, Sigma-ZNTK Maxim Liksutov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, TransGroup AS Adrian Marciszewski, Transport Manager East Central Europe, IKEA Vyatcheslav Petrenko, Head, Cargo Marketing and Tariff Policy Department, Russian Railways Nikolay Tityukhin, President, «EurAsian Logistics Association» Oleg Surin, business solutions architect, SAP Victor Zhukov, Director for marketing and tariff policy, TransContainer
	Round Table №5 Congress Hall   Reforming “1520 Area” Railways: Experience and Prospects for Cargo Carriers’ Cooperation   The main goal of the branch reforms in the “1520 Area” countries (both ongoing and planned) is to raise the effectiveness of railway transport under the conditions of market economy and to transform it into the locomotive of development for national economies. The key idea of the reforms is to escape monopolism and promote competitiveness. This approach touches upon not only non-core activities, but main working directions such as transportation of goods. Consequently, a number of cargo carriers have been established in the “1520 Area”. What is the effect of appearance of new ‘players’ on the market and how are cargo carriers going to cooperate within the “1520 Area”?   Moderator: Alexander Retyunin, Editor-in-Chief, RZD-Partner   Participants: Salman Babayev, Director General, First Cargo Company Vadim Bynkov, Head of Legal Department, Russian Railways Alexander Eliseev, Chairman of the Board, New Forwarding Company Yerkhat Iskaliev, President, Kaztemirtrans Valeriy Reshetnikov, Vice-president, Russian Railways Vasily Shimokhin, Director General, Yakutia Railways* Erik Smuksts, Chairman of the Board, LDz Cargo Valery Veremeyev, Head of Department of corporate construction and reforming, Russian Railways*
11:30	Coffee-break Lobby of the Congress Hall Lobby of the “Bosporus” Hall
12:00	Speech of legendary business-guru Glen Heimstra
	Pavilion for plenary sessions   Glen Hiemstra is the founder and owner of Futurist.com, a company dedicated to disseminating information about the future in order to assist individuals, organizations and industries in creating the futures they prefer. Glen has worked with many leading companies, government agencies and organizations including Microsoft, Boeing, Adobe, Ernst & Young, PaineWebber, ShareBuilder, Ambrosetti (Italy), Club of Amsterdam, Northern Telecom, Home Depot, Weyerhaeuser, Hewlett Packard, Novo Nordisk, U.S./Mexico JWC, APAX Partners, Costa Rica Hotel Association, Atlanta 2060, Tulsa 2025, Idaho Transportation 2030, Federal Highway Administration Advanced Research, John Deere, and many others. (participants will be allowed to ask questions)
13:00	Lunch The Hotel’s restaurants
14:00	Panel Discussion №3
	Pavilion for plenary sessions    Modern Human Resources for “1520 Area” Business   Rapid development of technologies and informational boom of the late XX century led to the situation when the only competitive advantage of a company is its personnel. They are inexhaustible resource of organization which is capable of ensuring its stable growth. But this resource should constantly be developed otherwise it can turn into deadwood. That’s why human resource management is a key question for the development of a company that wants not only to “stay alive”, but become leader of its industry.  In the sphere of transport, where speed, mobility and constant upgrade are keys to success, the question of human resource development comes to the forefront.   Moderator: Vladimir Yakunin, President, Russian Railways   Participants: Oleg At’kov, Vice-president, Russian Railways* Pavel Bezruchko, General Manager, Senior Partner, ECOPSY Consulting Vladimir Lavrov, General Manager, XEROX Russia Boris Levin, Rector, Moscow State University of Railway Engineering Nikolay Nikiforov, Chairman, Rosprofzhel Victoria Petrova, Director, Human Resources, United Company, RUSAL Pertti Saarela, Director, Administration, VR-Group Michael Schabas, Director, RailPersonnel International
16:30	Coffee-break
17:00	Sochi 2008: Post Scriptum
	Closing Ceremony  Ground before Pavilion for plenary sessions
17:45	RALLY’ 1520    Radio controlled racing cars competition Football field of the Hotel
21:00	«Strategic PARTY 1520» The Hotel beach
00:00	After Party 1520 Night club “Cleopatra”

*    The confirmation from speakers is being expected
     The initiators reserve the right to introduce changes in the program