On February 13–15, 2008 Reval Hotel Latvia, Riga, Latvia will host the International regional rail business forum “1520 Strategic Partnership: Baltic region”. The Forum is aimed at uniting interests of producers and customers of rail equipment, technologies, transportation and infrastructure services to develop economic ties between states, using 1520 mm gauge.

The three days of programme include panel and roundtable discussions, mini-exhibition, press-conferences, signing of agreements, entertaining evening program.

The key topic of the Forum is the increase of competitiveness of the Baltic region rail routes within Euro-Asian transportation system.
The following issues will also be discussed within the framework of the Forum:

• Up-to-date logistics infrastructure in the Baltic region: how to develop competitive multimodal service?
• Investments for the development of rail transport in the Baltic region: today and tomorrow
• Container transportation in the Baltic region: sources for cargo flows increase
• Rail transport and environmental protection in the Baltic region

Business Forum “Strategic Partnership 1520” is a unique communication platform in the “1520 Area”, meant to maintain, establish and develop business relationship. Regional Forum “Strategic Partnership 1520” 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 Baltic region. The first International Regional Business Forum “Strategic Partnership 1520: 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.

You can find more information at www.forum1520.com.