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Day One – October 5, 2022
OPENING SESSION – KEYNOTE SPEECHES
9:30 - 9:35
Welcome Adress
Miroslav Fukan, OLTIS Group
9:35 - 9:40
Welcome Adress
Martin Kupka, Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic
9:40 - 9:45
Welcome Adress
Adina Ioana Vǎlean, European Commission / Commissioner for Transport
9:45 - 9:50
Welcome Adress
Ambassadors FR/SE (tbc)
9:50 - 10:00
Reserved
DAY ONE – October 5, 2022
SESSION 1 – Rail Sector Contribution to the EU Green Deal
MODERATOR
Libor Lochman, Czech Railways
10:00 - 10:15
Czech Republic Transport Sector - Presidency Overview
Martin Kupka, Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic
10:15 - 10:30
New Challenges for EU Railway Sector for 2022 - 2030
Adina Ioana Vǎlean, European Commission / Commissioner for Transport
10:30 - 10:45
Green Planet Needs Green Railways
Rosalinde van der Vlies, European Commission / DG Research and Innovation
10:45 - 11:00
Let’s Make the Single European Railway Area a Reality
Alberto Mazzola, CER
11:00 - 11:15
Fulfillment of UNIFE’s Expectations from the Implementation of the Fourth Railway Package Technical Pillar
Philippe Citroën, UNIFE
11:15 - 11:30
François Davenne, UIC
11:30 - 12:00
Coffee-break
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Sponsor: LEVEL Systems
12:00 - 13:00
EXPERT AND OPEN DISCUSSION
Answers to the moderator’s questions
Answers to the moderator's questions
Michal Krapinec (tbc), Czech Railways
Carlo Borghini, Europe’s Rail JU
Jiří Svoboda, Správa železnic
Josef Doppelbauer, European Union Agency for Railways
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch – Sponsor: Cargo Wagon
Day One – October 5, 2022
SESSION 2 – Railway Interoperability and Standardization
MODERATOR
Josef Doppelbauer, European Union Agency for Railways
14:30 - 14:45
Importance of Interoperability and Standardization for EU Rail Competitiveness
Keir Fitch, European Commission / DG MOVE
14:45 - 15:00
TSI Revision Cycle 2022
Pio Guido, European Union Agency for Railways
15:00 - 15:15
New Generation of ERTMS - Vison or Reality?
Matthias Ruete, European Commission / DG MOVE
15:15 - 15:30
Digital Automated Coupler (DAC) – Challenge for Rail Freight
Peter Reinshagen, ERMEWA
15:30 - 15:45
How TSIs, DAC and ERTMS Can Change the Freigth RU Business?
Tomáš Tóth, ČD CARGO
15:45 - 16:00
Reserved
16:00 - 17:00
EXPERT AND OPEN DISCUSSION
Answers to the moderator’s questions
Answers to the moderator's questions
Vladimír Kampík, AŽD Praha
Alberto Mazzola (tbc), CER
Gerald Petschner, INNOFREIGHT Solutions
Reserved
20:00 - 24:00
Gala Dinner
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Sponsor: Czech Railways
Day Two – October 6, 2022
08:00 – 09:00 Europe’s Rail JU "Welcome Coffee" ________________________________________________ SESSION 3 – EU´s Research and Innovations in Globalized World
MODERATOR
Carlo Borghini, Europe’s Rail JU
9:00 - 9:15
Helena Langšádlová (tbc), Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Czech Republic
9:15 - 9:30
Cluster 5 in Horizon Europe and Europe's Rail JU
Rosalinde Van Der Vlies, European Commission / DG Research
9:30 - 9:45
Reserved
9:45 - 10:00
New role of SRG and Member States in the Europe's Rail JU
Miroslav Haltuf, Europe’s Rail JU SRG
10:00 - 10:15
Czech Railways experience as founding member of Europe's Rail JU
Kryštof Hajn (tbc), Czech Railways
10:15 - 10:30
AŽD experience as founding member of Europe’s Rail JU
Michal Pavel, AŽD Praha
10:30 - 11:15
EXPERT AND OPEN DISCUSSION
Answers to the moderator’s questions
Answers to the moderator's questions
Petr Buchníček, OLTIS Group
Riccardo Santoro (tbc), Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
Sarah Bittner – Krautsack, Austrian Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Innovation and Technology
Reserved
11:15 - 11:45
Coffee-break
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Sponsor: PST CLC
Day Two – October 6, 2022
SESSION 4 – High Speed Rail System as Mobility Driver
MODERATOR
Jiří Svoboda, Správa železnic
11:30 - 11:45
Role of the Ministry of Transport in Building Czech High Speed Rail Network
Name (tbc), Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic
11:45 - 12:00
Plans for Building Czech High Speed Rail Network up to 2030
Martin Švehlík (tbc), Správa železnic
12:00 - 12:15
International Cooperation in Development of High Speed Rail System
Jean-Christophe Rouja (tbc), SNCF International
12:15 - 12:30
High Speed Rail in Austria – Needs and Experience
Johann Pluy, ÖBB Infrastruktur
12:30 - 12:45
Reserved
12:45 - 13:00
HSR - Business Model in Japan
Reserved
13:00 - 13:45
EXPERT AND OPEN DISCUSSION
Answers to the moderator’s questions
13:45 - 15:00
Lunch
Day Two – October 6, 2022
SESSION 5 – TEN-T - Transcontinental Resilient Network
MODERATOR
Herald Ruijters (tbc), European Commission / DG MOVE
15:00 - 15:15
Via Vindobona – Intergal Part of the TEN-T Network
Radek Čech, Správa železnic
15:15 - 15:30
Changes in legal framework for crossborder transport at TEN-T
Erik Evtimov, CIT
15:30 - 15:45
Boris Leštinský, Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic
15:45 - 16:00
TEN-T and Ukraine – Potential New Connections
Peter Hrapko, Ministry of Transport and Construction of the Slovak Republic
16:00 - 16:15
Impact of the Ukrainian Crisis to the Rail Business on Existing Connections
Alojz Filipek, BUDAMAR
16:15 - 17:00
EXPERT AND OPEN DISCUSSION
Answers to the moderator’s questions
Olaf Krüger (tbc), IBS
Bogdan Ciobanu, UNICOM Tranzit
Reserved
19:00 - 23:00
Czech Dinner