"Zilele Feroviare 2006" Conference Programme

Day 1 – octomber 17, 2006

08.00 – 09.00 Registration of participants. Welcome coffee

09.00 – 10.40 - Section I - Bulgaria and Romania – new members of European family

      Speakers:
09.00 – 09.20 Stefan Roseanu, General Manager Club Feroviar
                     Welcome speech
09.20 – 09.40 Claudiu Dumitrescu, General Manager of The General Direction of Infrastructure and Railway Transport MTCT
                     Welcome speech
09.40 – 10.00 Jonathan Scheele, Head of the Delegation of the European Commision in Romania
                     Railway Transport and EU: Policy, Legislation and Financing
10.00 – 10.20 Claudiu Dumitrescu, General Manager of The General Direction of Infrastructure and Railway Transport MTCT
                     The strategy of developing railway transports
10.20 – 10.40 Adriaan Johannes Toet, Adviser Central and Eastern Europe Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) AISBL
                     EU needs an efficient rail transport system for successful enlargement
10.40 – 11.30 Networking coffee break

11.30 – 13.30 - Section II - Economic impact of infrastructure investments (first part)

      Speakers:
11.30 – 11.50 Miroslaw Kanclerz, Manager CEE UIC
                     East – West Railway Cooperation
11.50 – 12.10 Mircea Arnautu, Manager AFER
                     The New Role of Romanian Railway Authority after the Accesion to European Union
12.10 – 12.30 Constantin Axinia, General Manager CFR S.A.
                     The strategy of modernization of Romanian Railways in the context of the adhesion to the EU
12.30 – 12.50 Ray Chambers, Chairman Seneca Group
                     Commercial Restructuring of Romanian Railways
12.50 – 13.10 Joachim Kroll, Secretary General RailNetEurope
                     Improvement of International Railway Busines from the Infrastructure Managers' Point of View
13.10 – 13.30 Questions and Answers
13.30 – 15.00 Lunch

15.00 – 17.30 - Section II - Economic impact of infrastructure investments (last part)

      Speakers:
15.00 – 15.20 Sorin Gîfei, Director of Romanian Transport Police COLPOFER representative
                     COLPOFER, European co-operation of railway companies and railway police forces
15.20 – 15.40 Thierry Legrand, Programme Manager Transport and Packaging, Standards Development CEN
                     An Introduction to European Standardization in the Railway Sector
15.40 – 16.00 Bernard von Wullerstorff, Manager for International Affairs UNIFE
                     Standardisation and Innovation in the Rail Supply Industry
16.00 – 16.20 Tim Gray, International Business Development Director, Railway Industry Association
                     British Railway Industry Competencies for Romanian Railway
16.20 – 16.40 Alvaro Urech, INECO-TIFSA, Galileo Joint Undertaking representative
                     Galileo Programme and the GRAIL project
16.40 – 17.00 Helmut Schreiner, Swietelsky Railway Constructions
                     Modern solutions for building a interoperable railway
17.00 – 17.20 Luca Repetti - Ansaldo Segnalamento Ferroviario
                     Interoperable Railways from vision to reality: the Italian experience
17.20 – 17.40 Questions and Answers

Day 2 – octomber 18, 2006

      Speakers:
09.00 – 09.20 Alexandru Noaptes, General Manager CFR Calatori
                     The alignment of the national passenger transport operator to the standards of an European transport system
09.20 – 09.40 Bogdan Focsa – TS Manager Siemens
                     Shaping tomorrow's railways together
09.40 – 10.00 Diana Spinciu, Legislation and Development Manager BRM
                     Trustworty partner of railway companies
10.00 – 10.20 Klaus Uhl, General Manager Vienna Consult
                     The GueterBim - the Viennese solution for ecological city logistics
10.30 – 11.00 Questions and Answers
11.00 – 11.30 Networking coffee break

11.30 – 13.30 - Section III - Competition vs. regulation in railway transport (last part)

      Speakers:
11.30 – 11.50 Liviu Bobar, General Manager CFR Marfa
                     CFR Marfa facing the competition
11.50 – 12.10 George Buruiana, General Manager ServTrans Invest
                     Private railway freight operators
12.10 – 12.30 Kurt Bauer, Railistics
                     Financing regional rail passenger services in Europe
12.30 – 13.30 Questions and Answers
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 15.30 Transfer to Gara de Nord Station
15.30 – 18.00 Visit of the Exhibition in Gara de Nord Railway Station