The railway freight transport market is expected to continue to grow, but this requires higher efficiency and railway operators must find ways to reduce costs and deal with the increasing complexity of customer requirements, while at the same time achieving the targets of reducing emissions.<\/p>\n
During the Forum, railway business professionals representing the entire transport chain will engage in productive discussions on the positioning of rail freight as a sustainable and competitive solution in a global world of increasing volumes of trade. The role of corridors as one of the tools with which to boost the efficiency and productivity of rail freight will be on the agenda, as well as ways to shape the rail freight business through innovation, automation and digitalisation.<\/p>\n
The debated topics during the forum:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 09:30 \u2013 10:00 Registration and welcome coffee<\/p>\n 10:00 \u2013 11:30 Panel 1: China-Europe \u2013 new intermodal transport concepts Moderator:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gilles Peterhans<\/strong>, Secretary General - UIP 11:30 \u2013 12:00 Coffee break<\/p>\n 12:00 \u2013 13:30 Panel 2: Digitalisation \u2013 solution for making connectivity efficient Moderator:\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Gabriel Popa<\/strong>, Prof. PhD. Eng. - \"Politehnica\" University of Bucharest 13:30 \u2013 15:00 Lunch<\/p>\n 15:00 \u2013 16:30 Panel 3: Freight transport competitiveness Moderator:\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Valentin Doroban\u021bu<\/strong>, President - Patronal Organisation of Romanian Private Railway Companies 20:00 \u2013 23:00 Dinner<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n\n<\/div> The technical visits, on the 2nd day of the forum, will take place at:<\/p>\n\n
Programme<\/h2>\n
<\/em><\/strong>(development of rail-maritime intermodal transport; rail industry trends and freight transport role; optimisation of performance of multimodal logistics chains; CEE role in ensuring and attracting freight flows)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
Speakers:
Video Message from Jean-Pierre Loubinoux<\/strong>, General Manager - UIC
Vasile Diaconescu<\/strong>, Rolling Stock Manager - AIF\/ Country Division Manager - Siemens
Iustin Cionca<\/strong>, President \u2013 Arad County Council
Dennis Schut<\/strong>, Research Manager - UIC
Valentin Doroban\u021bu<\/strong>, President - Patronal Organisation of Romanian Private Railway Companies
Severin G\u00f6bl<\/strong>, Head of International Pricing - Rail Cargo Hungaria Zrt.
Vitalie Struna<\/strong>, General Manager - Translogist Intertrans Unigrup<\/p>\n
<\/em><\/strong>(data operation in freight transport; rail-road interconnectivity: challenges and solutions; importance of freight transport system digitalisation in increasing attractiveness; new infrastructure projects, facilities and terminals to meet the demand)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
Speakers:
Amedeo Neculcea<\/strong>, Councellor - GFR
Gilles Peterhans<\/strong>, Secretary General - UIP
Ovidiu Anic\u0103i<\/strong>, Project Manager - ITC
Olimpiu Ra\u021biu<\/strong>, Area Manager - GanzAir-Ungaria
Peter Sorger<\/strong> - Expert Advisor
\u015etefan Iovan<\/strong>, IT Consultant - Informatica Feroviar\u0103<\/p>\n
<\/em><\/strong>(international freight corridors; measures to increase the competitiveness and attractiveness of railways; investments in rolling stock and technologies \u2013 more silent cargo trains; single wagon vs block train)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
Speakers:
Ralf-Charley Schultze<\/strong>, President \u2013 UIRR
Daniel Ciobanu<\/strong>, Traffic and Sales Manager \u2013 CFR Marf\u0103
Ion Gavril\u0103<\/strong>, General Manager - CFR Electrificare
Fulger Popescu<\/strong>, COO - Astra Rail Industries
Georgeta Emilia Mocu\u021ba<\/strong>, Assoc.Prof.PhD.Eng.\u00a0 - \u201cPOLITEHNICA\u201d University of Timi\u0219oara
Drago\u0219 Popescu<\/strong>, Competition Inspector - Railway Competition Council<\/p>\nTechnical visit<\/h2>\n
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Partners<\/h2>\n