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EIM-CER High Level Infrastructure Meeting - Frankfurt |
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| 03.06.2010 |
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EIM-CER High Level Infrastructure Meeting - Coventry |
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| 05.06.2009 |
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EIM-CER High Level Infrastructure Meeting - Warsaw |
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| 04.03.2009 |
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EIM 2009 Conference - Structuring the Future of Europe's Railways |
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MORNING SESSION: Chaired by Chaired by Zbigniew Szafranski, President, PKP–PLK
RAIL FREIGHT NETWORK
• Freight Corridor Regulation
Dr. Jörg Sandvoß, Member of Board DB Netz
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MEETING THE TRANSPORT WHITE PAPER TARGETS
• What the rail sector can do
Edward Christie, Senior Economic Advisor, CER |
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INTEROPERABILITY AND SAFETY
Luc Lallemand, CEO, Infrabel |
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AFTERNOON SESSION: Chaired by Romeu Reis, Vice-President of EIM and Member of the Board of REFER
FOLLOW-UP OF LAST YEAR'S ISSUES
• Asset Management
Paul Plummer, Director Planning and Development, Network Rail
• Winter-Preparedness
Gunnar Malm, Director General Trafikverket
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RECAST OF THE FIRST RAILWAY PACKAGE
• Ana Malheiro, Manager of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, EIM
• Zbigniew Szafranski, President, PKP–PLK
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WORLD BANK RAILWAY REFORM TOOLKIT
• Martha Lawrence, Director for Transport |
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WIDER IMPLEMENTATION OF TWO RNE TOOLS
• Harald Hotz, RNE Vice President |
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HLIM 2010 Combined slides |
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MORNING SESSION: Chaired by Bert Klerk, Chairman EIM and CEO of ProRail
9:00 WELCOME: Bert Klerk, Chairman EIM
KEY NOTE SPEECH: Zoltan Kazatsay, European Commission, DG MOVE
UPDATES ON:
• TRAFFIC CONTROL COMMUNICATION
• TRAINIDENT
Luc Vansteenkiste, Infrabel |
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10:15– 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-12:15 ASSET MANAGEMENT
• OVERVIEW OF ASSET MANAGEMENT
Ted Luiten, ProRail
• PRESENTATIONS ON BEST PRACTICE
o Andrew Newby, Head of Technical Planning, Network Rail
o Francesco Favo, RFI |
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12:15 – 13:00 WINTER PREPAREDNESS
• REPORT ON NORDIC INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS MEETING ON WINTER PREPAREDNESS
o Ossi Niemimuukko, DG, Finnish Transport Authority
• BEST PRACTICE EXAMPLES
o Hans Ring, Director International Affairs, Trafikverket
o Elisabeth Enger, CEO, JBV |
AFTERNOON SESSION: Chaired by Zbigniew Szafranski, President, PKP – PLK SA
14:00 – 15:00 UPCOMING POLITICAL INITIATIVES RELEVANT TO INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECAST OF THE FIRST RAILWAY PACKAGE
• TRACK ACCESS CHARGES (INCLUDING NDTAC)
• MULTI-ANNUAL CONTRACTS
• TEN-T REVISION
Johannes Ludewig (CER) and Michael Robson (EIM) |
15:00-16:00 INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING IN TIMES OF INCREASING BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
EXAMPLES FROM:
• Hubert du Mesnil, CEO, RFF
• László Mosóczi, Chief Executive Officer, MÁV
16:00-16:15 Closing remarks and announcement of next year’s venue
08.30. WELCOME and OPENING speech - Zbigniew SZAFRANSKI, President, PKP – PLK SA
08.45. Maintaining IMs’ economic viability in times of crisis and beyond
Chairperson: Zbigniew SZAFRANSKI, President, PKP – PLK SA
KEY NOTE SPEECH by:
Jonathan SCHEELE, Director TEN-T, European Commission
TEN-T (Trans-European Network – Transport): Towards a policy giving priority to alternative modes to road?
István PAKOZDI, Managing Director, VPE |
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10.15. Coffee break
MULTI-ANNUAL CONTRACT: Rail infrastructure looking for performance: what’s coming up in France?
Hubert DU MESNIL, President, RFF |
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ECONOMIC CRISIS: Railway investment during the global recession – a UK perspective
Paul PLUMMER, Director Planning and Regulation, Network Rail
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PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPPs): How to increase the use of PPPs? The Portuguese experience:
Gonçalo Freitas, REFER |
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12.45. Lunch
13.45. Securing the long term interoperability of infrastructure
Chairperson: Bert KLERK, Chairman of the Board of Directors, ProRail and Chairman of EIM
SPECIFIC INTEROPERABILTY ISSUES: report from the European (Infrastructure & Interoperability) Task Force on:
- Harmonisation of certain infrastructure parameters
- Uniform train identification
- Communication between control centres
Luc Lallemand, CEO, Infrabel
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ERTMS and CCS:
- ERTMS: Strategy for the deployment of ERTMS, towards the implementation of version 3.0.0.
- CCS: Proposal to establish of a High Level Coordination of Control Command & Signalling.
Volker KEFER, CEO, DB Netz |
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CONVERGENCE OF RAILWAY SYSTEMS
Marek PAWLIK, Vice-President, PKP PLK |
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15.30. VENUE OF THE NEXT MEETING and CLOSING REMARKS
Bert KLERK, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Prorail, President of EIM
4 March 2009 - Structuring the Future of Europe's Railways
08.30. Registration and coffee
09.00. Welcome: Bert Klerk, CEO ProRail and President EIM
Key Note Speech: Gustav Slamecka, Deputy Transport Minister, Czech Presidency
09.45. Session 1: The future of the Trans European Transport Network
Themes
- Contents and policy approach of the Green Paper
- The TEN-T projects so far: success stories, lessons learned
- Does the Trans-European Network support the Freight-Oriented network?
- Looking ahead: what focus for the TEN-T in the future? How should the current approach be revised? What should determine a "priority" project?
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Jonathan Scheele, Director TEN-T, European Commission |
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Silva Adriana Ticau, MEP |
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Guy Vernieuwe, Manager Strategy & International Affairs, Infrabel |
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10.45. Coffee break
11.15. Session 2: Freight Oriented Network
Themes
- The proposed EC regulation
- The FON from the customers’ perspective
- Research and projects developing alternative scenarios for a European rail network
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Speakers
| Enrico Grillo-Pasquarelli, Director Inland Transport, European Commission |
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| Gerwin Zomer, RETRACK |
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| Eric Fontanel, General Manager, UNIFE |
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12.30. Networking Lunch
14.00. Session 3: Green Corridors
Themes
- Can Green Corridors be a reality?
- Creating a level playing field: The Greening Transport Package and the Eurovignette revision
- Best environmental practice in infrastructure management
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Speakers
| Sebastien Gourgouillat, Manager Sustainable Development, RFF |
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Inger Gustafsson, VINNOVA - Swedish Governmental Agency
for Innovation Systems |
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15.00. Session 4: Innovation and good governance
Themes
- How do new entrants and private operators fit into corridor structures
- Innovation and intermodality in Rail Freight
- Multi-Annual Contracts
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Speakers
| Berk Klerk, CEO ProRail and President EIM
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| Adriaan Roest Crolius, NEA Transport Research and Training |
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| Jean Faussurier, RFF |
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16.00. Coffee break
16.30. Session 5: The CEE experience
Themes
- The specific challenges of the CEE rail
- How to connect the CEE countries to main European Corridors
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Speakers
| Boguslaw Liberadzki, MEP |
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| Peter Toth, MAV |
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Konstantin Skorik, Freightliner Poland
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17.15. Closing Remarks: Johann Friedrich Colsman, Member of the Cabinet of Vice President Antonio Tajani