“Passenger Forum 2011”, organised by Business Dialogue and the Argumenty i Fakty publishing house, will take place at the Swissotel Red Hills Conference Centre (Moscow) on 29 March 2011. The strategic partner for the event is Russian Railways.

This is the first time that this specialised forum on passenger transport issues is being held. As part of the event it is planned to examine a range of key areas concerning the development of the passenger transport market in Russia, including the strategy for developing passenger traffic and issues relating to tariff regulation, services, quality of service, developing transport engineering and ensuring safety. It is planned that the discussion will include a significant focus on issues concerning the development of the passenger transport market in the context of strengthening the country’s economy and social services.

Passenger transport is not only a powerful industry but also an important social component in the national economy. The need to develop an efficient transport infrastructure is longstanding – traffic jams in megacities, difficulties in organising new public transport routes and slow modernisation of transport systems, and issues regarding accessible ticket pricing – these are just some of the issues that need to be addressed.

Those invited to discuss topical issues concerning passenger transport include representatives of relevant ministries and departments of the Russian Federation and of government bodies, such as Sergei Ivanov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Igor Levitin, Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, Viktor Basargin, Minister of Regional Development of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Belov, Deputy Minister of Healthcare and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Sergei Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow, Alexander Torshin, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and member of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee, Ruslan Tsalikov, First Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, and others.

It is planned that those taking part in the event will include senior executives of transport, logistics, finance and service companies, and CEOs and commercial directors of urban transport, railway and air transport operators and of companies manufacturing vehicles and transport equipment. Among these executives are such people as Vladimir Yakunin, President of Russian Railways, Alexander Borodin, CEO of Tolmachevo Airport, Dmitry Gayev, head of the Moscow Metro, Yevgeny Chudnovsky, CEO of Koltsovo Airport, Shamil Kurmashov, deputy CEO for finance and investment of Aeroflot – Russian Airlines, Mikhail Vasilenko, CEO of Sheremetyevo International Airport, Gennady Shtern, Director General of Mosmetrostroy, Aleksey Krivoruchko, General Director of Aeroexpress, Sergey Kravchenko, President of Boeing Russia/CIS, and others.

Representatives of companies such as IBM, Group LB, Sky Express, Avianova, Rosinter Restaurants Holding, Siemens AG in Russia, ZHASO, Rosneft, Mercedes-Benz Trucks Vostok, Iveco, Bombardier, Transmashholding, Alstom and many others have also been invited to participate.

We invite you to take part in Passenger Forum 2011.

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