| Sunday 18 October |
| 17:00-19:00 | Registration |
Monday 19 October |
| 08:00-09:00 | Registration |
| | SESSION 1 - WELCOME & OPENING |
| 09:00-09:45 | Welcome and Keynote speakers: |
| | Mr. Andrius Kubilius, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania Mr. Eligijus Masiulis, Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania Mr. Li Shenglin, Minister of Transport of People's Republic of China Mr. Ivan I. Scherbo, Minister for Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus |
09:45-10:00 | Short break |
| 10:00-10:10 | Welcome of the Conference Co-Chairs: John Guy, Partner, Merlin
Eva Molnar, Director of Transport Division, UNECE
Arijus Ramonas, Special Representative of Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania to ASEM, CEO of the JSC "Arijus" |
| | SESSION 2 - WORLD ECONOMY AND ITS IMPACT ON TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS |
| | Status of global economy: recession or new beginning?
What are the main drivers behind international transportation trends?
Where should we focus on: infrastructure development or improvement of operations?
Outlook of the Europe-Asia transport markets
How will the Asia-Europe trade volumes develop?
What is the future of intermodal transport? |
10:10-10:50 10:10 10:20 10:30 10:40 10:50 | SPEAKERS: Mr. Guy Verberne Head of Economics and Investment Strategy, Fortis Bank Nederland Mr. Vincent Clerc Vice-President, Maersk Line Mr. Boris Lapidus Senior Vice-President, "Russian Railways" Mr. Li Shaode President, China Shipping Container Lines Mr. Wu Jinkun President, Ningbo Port Company Ltd. |
| 11:00-11:30 | Discussion between speakers, discussion panellists and audience participants on the following themes: |
| | What should we do to maintain our competitiveness?
Will manufacturing move closer to markets?
How can transport facilitate the development of global economy?
What is the future of today's transport systems?
What needs changing in Asia-Europe transport?
Logistics chains management - trends and perspectives |
| | DISCUSSION PANELLISTS: Prof. Rimantas Rudzkis, Chief analyst, DnB NORD Lietuva Mr. Michael Clausecker, Director General, The European Rail Industry Mr. Klaus Ebeling, Secretary General, European Intermodal Association Mr. Julian Skelnik, Chairman, the Baltic Ports Organization Mr. Edmundas Daukantas, Managing Director, JSC "Schenker" Mr. Hans-Henrik Pedersen, CEO, SC "DFDS Lisco", Lithuania Mr. Bertolt Flick, CEO, airBaltic Mr. Michael Svane, Director, Danish Transport Federadion Mr. Henry Kerali, Director for Transport Sector European and Central Asia Region, World Bank (TBC) |
11:30-13:00 | Lunch Hosted by Mr. Vygaudas Ušackas, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania |
| | SESSION 3 - DEVELOPING TRANSCONTINENTAL CONNECTIONS: OBSTACLES AND CATALYSTS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS |
| | What are major infrastructure needs and transport projects between Asia and Europe?
Who will finance, build and operate big projects?
What is the potential of PPP and other financial models in transport sector?
How can we enhance European and Asian maritime and hinterland connections?
What can we learn from implementation of large scale PPP projects? |
13:00-13:40 13:00 13:10 13:20 13:30 13:40 | SPEAKERS: Mr. Pavel Telička European Coordinator of the "Rail Baltica" project Mr. Chen Xuyuan President, International Shanghai Port (Group) Co., Ltd. Dr. Johannes Ludewig Executive Director, Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies Mr. Nicholas Jennett European PPP Expertise Centre Mr. Zhou Jichang President, China Communications Construction Company Ltd. |
| 13:50-14:30 | Discussion between speakers, discussion panellists and audience participants on the following themes: |
| | How investments in major transport infrastructure projects enhance our competitiveness?
Can governments support transport investments during the credit crunch?
Should they seize the opportunity to invest in transport infrastructure now?
Why don't PPPs work as well as they should?
How can politicians facilitate cross border projects which benefit all countries along the corridor? |
| | DISCUSSION PANELLISTS: Mr. Wang Jingchun, Deputy General Manager, China Road and Bridge Corporation Mr. Zhao Yuqi, Chief Engineer, China Harbour Engineering (Group) Company Dr. Egenijus Gentvilas, Director General, Klaipėda State Seaport Authority Mr. Mykhailo Kostiuk, Director General, Ukrainian Railways Mr. Tomas Vaišvila, Director General, Vilnius International Airport Mr. Edil Iskakov, Managing Director of Marketing, JSC "Kazakhstan Railways" Mr. Ugis Magonis, Chairman, SJSC "Latvian Railways" Mr. Matti Hyyrynen, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Resident Office Mr. Bengt Gustafsson, Project manager and one of the initiators, East-West Transport Corridor Project |
| 14:30-14:50 | Break |
| | SESSION 4 - IMPROVING TRANSPORT OPERATIONS: TOWARDS MULTIMODAL LOGISTICS CHAINS |
| | Euro-Asia transportation: perspective of freight forwarders
Shaping future maritime transport: key challenges and objectives
Developing transcontinental railway systems: agenda for future policy
Rail and shipping: contest or beneficial coexistence? |
14:50-15:40 14:50 15:00 15:10 15:20 15:30 | SPEAKERS: Please click here to download the presentation of Mr. Janusz Lacny, President of the IRU Mr. Stanley Lim Treasurer and member of the Presidency, International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) Capt. Xu Lirong Vice President, COSCO Mr. Livio Ambrogio Managing Director, Ambrogio Transporti Mr. Alberto Grisone Project Development & Strategy, Hupac Intermodal SA Mr. Chang Dechuan President of Quingdao Port Group Ltd. |
| 15:40-16:30 | Discussion between speakers, discussion panellists and audience participants on the following themes: |
| | How can we achieve mutual benefits from coordinated usage of different transport modes?
When inland transport will be competitive comparing to maritime transport? |
| | DISCUSSION PANELLISTS: Mr. Žilvinas Žilinskas, General Manager, V.Paulius & Associates Real Estate Mr. Marco Leonardo Sorgetti, Director General, CLECAT Mr. Vytautas Lygnugaris, Chairman, Lithuanian Shipowners' Association Mr. Saulius Stasiūnas, Deputy Director for Development, SC "Lithuanian Railways" Mr. Dmitry Macheret, Head of the Department of Economic Environment and Strategic Development, Russian Railways Mr. Ričardas Malkevičius, Lithuanian National Road Carriers' Association Mr. Tadeusz Szozda, Chairman, OSJD Committee Mr. Sergey Generalov, President, FESCO (TBC) Mr. Laptinskiy Vladimir Michailovich, First Deputy Head, Belarusian Railways Representative from the European Shippers Council |
| 16:30-17:00 | SESSION 5 - GENERAL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE MINISTERS |
| | Closing remarks by Conference Co-Chairs: John Guy, Partner, Merlin
Eva Molnar, Director of Transport Division, UNECE
Arijus Ramonas, Special Representative of Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania to ASEM, CEO of the JSC "Arijus" |
18:30-19:00 | Transportation to Dinner Venue |
19:00-22:00 | Gala Dinner hosted by Mr. Eligijus Masiulis, Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania European intermodal transport award ceremony Organizers: Lithuanian Intermodal Transport Technological Platform and the European Intermodal Association Dress code: Dark suit |
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