| 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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| 21-22.05.2008 |
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EIM-CER High Level Infrastructure Meeting - Brussels |
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| 17-19.03.2008 |
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UIC HIGHSPEED 2008 - Amsterdam |
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| 13.02.2008 |
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En-Route to Rail Sustainability - EIM 2008 Conference - Brussels |
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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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Speakers
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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
22 May 2008 - High Level Infrastructure Meeting
08.30. Welcome
09.00. Delivering improved performance
Chairperson: Ossi Niemimuukko, Vice-President EIM and CEO RHK
Political message from recent EC Rail Communications & Interoperability/corridors - is there a need for further political initiatives:
E. Grillo-Pasquarelli, Director for Inland Transport, DG TREN |
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Implementation experience and benefits of performance schemes:
P. Plummer, Network Rail |
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Towards a performing rail infrastructure for freight and passengers – The approach of DB Netz AG:
V. Kefer, DB Netz |
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11.00. Coffee break
RFF’s new infrastructure charging scheme:
J. Faussurier, RFF |
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Implementation & expectations from the performance schemes:
V. Giovine, TrenItalia |
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12.30. Lunch
14.00. Interoperability and corridors – the way ahead
Chairperson: Krzysztof Celinski, Chairman of the Board PKP PLK
Interoperability: from concept to reality:
L. Lallemand, Infrabel |
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Construction of the high-speed lines in Poland as a way of increasing capacity for freight services on the East-West axis:
K. Celinski, PKP PLK |
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RailNetEurope: Infrastructure Managers' International IT Development Plan and Project Overview:
L. Vansteenkiste, RNE |
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15.30. Closing remarks from Chairperson and introduction of host for next year’s conference
17-19 March 2008 - UIC HIGHSPEED 2008
Speech to the UIC Congress
Bert Klerk , Chairman ProRail and Chairman EIM |
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Presentation of EIM member's high-speed rail activities
| Held at EIM stand on UIC HIGHSPEED 2008 exhibition, 17/18/19 March 2008 |
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13 February 2008 - En-Route to Rail Sustainability Conference
Proceedings and speeches
08.30. Registration (moderator: Peter O'Donnell, Journalist)
09.00. Introduction speeches
| Opening remarks: Michael Robson, Secretary General |
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Priorities for the Presidency:
Peter Verlic, State Secretary for Transport - Slovenian Presidency |
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| Opening address: Michael Cramer, MEP |
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09.20. Advancing rail performance and sustainability
Long-term financial perspective and delivering improvements:
Bert Klerk, CEO - ProRail |
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EC proposals on Multi-Annual Contract:
Frank Jost - EC |
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Reducing infrastructure costs through long term planning and contracts:
Imrich Korpanec, Secretary General - EFRTC |
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Funding of the network through PPPs:
Mike Matheou, Partner - Lovells |
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10.40.Coffee break
11.15.Round table / Panel discussion:
Why should we promote Multi-Annual Contracts as a feasible / sustainable way
of financing the network?
Participants:
Marc Falchi - ERFCP, Frank Jost - EC, Michael Cramer - EP, Tomaz Schara, - SZ, Bert Klerk - ProRail |
11.40.Improving intermodality & comodality
Working with the ports to achieve sustainable transport solutions:
Eric Nilsson, Executive VP Marketing - Port of Gothenburg |
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Innovation in transport:
Eric Peetermans, Advisory Council - Ferrmed |
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Decoupling transport growth from environmental impact through intermodality:
Luc Aliadiere, CEO - UIC |
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12.40.Lunch
13.30.Taking up the challenge of sustainable transport
Why should we promote Multi-Annual Contracts as a feasible / sustainable way
of financing the network?
Taking up the challenge of long term sustainability:
Franco Castagnetti - New Opera |
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Reducing CO2 emissions by using less and renewable energy:
Michael Borre, Assistant Director of Procurement & Properties - Banedanmark |
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Raising the bar of sustainability performance through stakeholder dialogue and public participation - RFF's experience:
Jean-Marc Dziedzicki, Expert - Stakeholder dialogue and Claire Pardo,
Expert - European affairs - RFF |
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15.10.Coffee Break
15.30.Charging: "the cornerstone of sustainable mobility"
Financing the European infrastructure:
Milosz Momot, EC |
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Eurovignette and charging for external costs in other modes:
Jos Dings, Director - Transport & Environment |
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Charging on single corridors from the customer's perspective:
Heiner Rogge, Secretary General - CLECAT |
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16.45-17.15."Greening the Transport Sector"
Closing speech by the European Commissioner for Transport
Jacques Barrot |
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