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CONFERENCE DAY ONE: Wednesday 12 March 2008
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08.00 | Registration and coffee and tea
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08.50 | Chairperson's opening remarks and introduction |
| | Mr. David Armstrong, President and Chief Operating Officer , Post Publishing Public Company Limited / Bangkok Post
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| STATE OF REGIONAL RAIL DEVELOPMENTS IN ASIA - SPECIAL INSIGHTS INTO THAILAND'S RAIL ADVANCEMENT |
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09.00 | Opening key governor address:
Achieving interoperability for effective network development - Thailand's vision for rail networks
- Understanding the present MRT operations in Bangkok
- Examining possibilities of interoperability for the existing & future MRT systems
- What is the preferred scheme for interoperability in Bangkok?
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09.30 | Thailand keynote address:
Transportation infrastructure development in Bangkok - Understanding the role of rail networks in facilitating these developments
- Growing demand of infrastructure to facilitate good living quality and support commercial, business, etc. in Bangkok Metropolis
- Various transportation mode and financing schemes for Bangkok city
- Case study of the Bangkok BRT Project as a feeder system and water transportation
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10.00 | Asian keynote address:
Role of railway development and regional opportunities in Asia and the Pacific
- Importance of regional railway development
- Innovative approaches to financing and investments for sustainable railway development
- Regional opportunities - insights into Asia's fastest growing transportation sector
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| | Mr Manmohan Parkash, Senior Transport Specialist, Transport Division, East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
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10.30 | Morning refreshments and networking
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11.00 | Korea keynote address:
Unveiling the state of the railway network plans in Korea
- How is Korea restructuring its railway networks in line with economic developments?
- Examining the current railway operations in Korea
- What is the nation's rail network plans for the improvement of conventional lines?
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| ACCELERATING ASIA'S GROWTH THROUGH INTELLIGENT AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS |
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11.30 | Examining mass transit evolution and trends |
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12.00 | Meeting the demands of 21st century transportation - the story of Singapore's transport infrastructure developments
- Reviewing Singapore's current land transport infrastructure
- What are the medium and long term plans for sustainable land transport systems
- Rolling out of various infrastructure projects in the near term in view of growth
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| | Mr Wee Meng Sim, Group Director, Rail, Land Transport Authority of Singapore
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12.30 | Case study:
Increasing business efficiencies by utilising innovative signalling and telecommunications systems
- Changes and trends in recent decades from signalling to the telecoms approach
- Individual to integrated systems, and benefits and efficiencies in an integrated and standard approach
- Is there a technical and safety limitation to innovation for future systems?
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| | Mr Joe Bastone, Director, Business Development Rail Control Solutions, Bombardier Transportation
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13.00 | Managing Metropolitan Growth: Making Bangkok a Role Model of Urbanity of the 21st Century - Bangkok 21
- Megacity growth is a worldwide phenomenon, most pronounced in Asia.
The concepts for managing the growth challenges have to be developed in Asia where they are needed the most;
- Siemens AG, one of the prime global companies, lives up to its global responsibility by conceptualizing solutions at the example of Bangkok how to develop the city into a role model of urbanity of the 21st century;
- The methodology is based on benchmarking metropolitan cities and the principle of learning from best practises to identify action needs and priority measures for achieving the objective.
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| | Mr Schmitt Benoit, Director Sales & Marketing Asia Turnkey Systems, Mobility, Industry Sector, Siemens AG
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13.30 | Networking luncheon and exhibition viewing
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| After lunch, the day will be split into two streams. |
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CONFERENCE DAY ONE: Stream A - Passenger Rail Focus
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| REVOLUTIONISING PASSENGER RAIL IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS |
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14.30 | Integrating public transportation networks in low density cities
- Car dependency is a major public policy issue
- Critical importance of integration of public transport in low density cities
- Major role of urban planning in the future of public transport
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| | Mr Reece Waldock, Chief Executive Officer, Public Transport Authority - Government of Western Australia
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15.00 | Speed networking
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15.30 | Afternoon refreshment and networking
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| ROADMAP TO ASIA'S METRO RAIL DEVELOPMENTS |
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16.00 | India special update 1:
Examining strategies and solutions to maximise metro passenger growth and revenue
- Feeder network development
- Densification of corridor through redevelopment and property development
- Revenue beyond fares - where, what and how?
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| | Mr. Shri M. Ramachandran, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, Chairman, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.
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16.30 | India special update 2:
Mumbai Metro - Exploring opportunities in metropolitan region and Mumbai
- MMRDA's master plan of metro system for Mumbai
- Public Private Partnership for Mumbai Metro
- Overall transportation plan for Mumbai Metropolitan Region identified through Comprehensive Transportation Study taken up through World Bank assistance
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| | Mr G R Madan, Director, MRTS, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority(MMRDA) Mrs K Vijaya Lakshmi, Senior Transportation Planner, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority(MMRDA)
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17.00 | Why turnkey solutions?
- Optimised cost and delivery time with a guaranteed performance for your transport system
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17.30 | Close of Day One conference, followed by Networking Cocktail Reception
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CONFERENCE DAY ONE: Stream B - Freight Rail Focus
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14.30 | Chairperson's opening remarks and introduction |
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| MEETING INTERMODAL DEMAND OF ASIA'S FREIGHT RAIL |
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14.35 | Creating a competitive Asian intermodal freight market - analysis of development of Trans-Asian Railway Network
- Meeting the growth in Asian import and export demands
- Establishing a supportive regulation and administration environment
- Achieving effective coorperation for the Trans-Asian railway network
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| | Mr Pierre Chartier, Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for the Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
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15.05 | Speed networking
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15.35 | Afternoon refreshment and networking
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| ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS AND EFFICIENCIES OF FREIGHT RAIL |
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16.00 | Restructuring of the Railway Systems in Indonesia - Opening Opportunities for the Private Railway Operators
- The Indonesian (new) Railway Act No 23/2007 opening opportunities i.e. for private railway businesses
- The Natural Characteristics of the railway systems, define strengths, weaknesses and basic requirements needed for a normal railway undertakings
- By combining fact No 1 and rule No 2, the author analyse business opportunities in railway development in Indonesia
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16.30 | Case study:
Modernisation of the locomotive fleet - Unlocking the secret to sustaining competitiveness
- Impact of a modernised locomotive fleet to the 21st century freight rail operator
- Discovering the benefits to modernising an existing locomotive through technology
- The fuel cost savings associated with fleet modernisation
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17.00 | Pakistan special update:
Exploring privatisation of train operations in Pakistan
- Advantage of privatisation of train operations
- Assessing the current situation of privatisation of train operations in Pakistan
- Strategies for privatisation - how can rail operators implement it?
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17.30 | Operator insight:
The human factor - Improving overall management and operation efficiencies by increasing mental health and safety
- Importance of human factors for railway management and operations
- How to increase mental health of railway employees
- Role of safety in railway operations
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18.00 | Close of Day One conference, followed by Networking Cocktail Reception
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CONFERENCE DAY TWO: Thursday 13 March 2008
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08.50 | Chairperson's introduction |
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| INNOVATIONS IN RAIL FINANCING AND INVESTMENTS |
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09.00 | India insight:
Discovering appealing rail investment opportunities -
investment opportunities in the Indian rail sector
- Overview of Indian railways' massive expansion plan in infrastructure and an encouraging investment environment
- Updates on the two freight corridors project and high speed development plans in India
- Examining private sector participation and other plans of Indian Railways
Senior Officer
Indian Railways / Ministry of Railway, India |
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09.25 | Philippines insight:
Financing options of a demand driven mass transit system:
Philippines perspective on foreign exchange, fiscal management and governance issues
- Rail and non-rail revenue financing options of a demand driven mass transit system
- Technical and demand justification between refurbished trains and new trains
- Minimizing foreign exchange risk in a period of fiscal constraint and governance issues in Public Private Partnership in demand driven projects
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| | Mr. ROMMEL C. GAVIETA, Vice President for Project Management and Investment Department, Metro Rail Transit Corporation
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09.50 | Private participation in Bankgkok MRT projects - Analysis of MRTA Situation
- Assessing the Act on Private Participation in State Undertaking B.E. 2535 (1992)
- PPP study (assumptions, PPP alternatives, impacts on stakeholders)
- Preferred PPP scheme for MRTA projects
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10.15 | Mitigating Risk in Urban Rail PPP Projects
- Understanding nature and allocation of risk
- Risk mititgation options
- Risk and the 'big picture' - get the trains moving
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10.45 | Morning refreshment and networking
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| COMPETITIVE SOLUTIONS TO INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND RAILWAY MANAGEMENT |
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11.15 | Innovations and technology development in the train industry
- Current technologies with their advantages and disadvantages
- Effective solutions for a good transportation system
- Addressing global concerns: Climate is right for trains
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| | Mr Guido Vogel, Senior Director Products & Technical Sales Asia, Bombardier Transportation
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11.45 | Developing driverless and fully automatic metro system
- Advantages of implementing driverless and fully automatic metro system
- Special update: Performance of the North East Line and the progress of the Circle Line
- Touch on the number of system players that are able to support the rolling out of a driverless and fully automatic metro system
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| | Mr Wee Meng Sim, Group Director, Rail, Land Transport Authority of Singapore
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12.10 | Innovating and deploying info-communication solutions for rapid growing needs of metro-rail in China
- Fulfilling the information and communication needs of metro rail industry
- As examples: deployment of full turnkey communication systems, passenger information display systems and signaling systems for multiple lines at the same time
- Support to the rail industry in the Asia Pacific region
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| | Dr Weiguo Wang, Vice President, Network Integration and Enterprise and Government Services, Alcatel Shanghai Bell, China
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12.40 | China insight:
Development and opportunities in Guangzhou Metro
- Operation actuality of Guangzhou Metro
- Future construction planning of Guangzhou Metro
- Project opportunities to look out for
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| | Mr Lei Bao, Vice General Manager, Enterprise Management Division, Guangzhou Metro Corporation
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13.05 | Challenges and opportunities - Hanoi's elevated railway project
- Operation acutuality of Guangzhou Metro
- Comparing and contrasting the challenges and opportunities - Lessons to be learnt
- Project cost and financial options
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13.30 | Networking luncheon and exhibition viewing
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| After lunch, the day will be split into two streams. |
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CONFERENCE DAY TWO: Stream A - Passenger Rail Focus
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14.30 | Case study:
Exploring effective solutions for integrating diverse networks - The integration of KCRC network with the 3"S" model
- Scope of the systems integrated project - Kowloon Southern Link (KSL)
- Challenges faced in integrating diverse network
- Identifying innovative and effective solutions
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| | Mr. Chi Fai Shek, Systems Integration Manager, Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation
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| DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE PASSENGER RAIL IN ASIA |
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15.00 | Planning and developing highly convenient intermodal metro systems
- Introduction to Unified metropolitan transport authority (UMTA)
- Exploring land use and transport integration issues
- Intermodal integration at physical, fare, information and operations level
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| | Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Lohia, Director – Urban Transport, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.
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15.30 | Case study:
Challenges in the construction of rail infrastructure in a land scarce and urban Singapore
- Optimising and enhancing design to minimise land intake
- Deep excavation near congested site and sensitive buildings
- Innovation in design and construction, and evolution in site and monitoring record storage and retrieval
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| | Mr. Kee Nam Ng, Director, Civil (Circle Line Stage 5), Land Transport Authority of Singapore
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16.00 | Afternoon refreshment and exhibition viewing
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16.30 | U-Turn
 Delegates have pre-selected the topic and presenters to form this panel discussion
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17.00 | Intellectual Property(IP) and railway project development
- The Bangkok mass transit experiences
- What can contractors and suppliers expect? What are the operator perspectives?
- IP, future projects and recommendations
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| | Dr. Chaisak Srisethanil, Project and Engineering Department Manager, Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited
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| RAIL STATION DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA |
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17.30 | Panel Discussion: Developing profitable modern rail stations - What should operators and authorities look out for?
- Key to improving coordination and integration between policies for urban development and railway interest
- About investments into design and integration with railway stations
- Exploring new models for sustainable growth in real estate and railway patronage
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| | Moderator: Mr. Daniel C. Lam, Director of Property, Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation Shri B.P. Tayal, Chief Operations Manager, Konkan Railway Corporation Limited
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18.00 | Closing remarks & Close of Day Two conference
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19.00 | Networking industry dinner
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CONFERENCE DAY TWO: Stream B - Freight Rail Focus
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| FREIGHT RAIL AND LOGISTICS - ENHANCING EFFICIENCIES |
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14.30 | SRT network development for intermodal logistics
- Exploring opportunities for intermodal transport in Thailand
- Implementing effective rail infrastructure and logistics facilities development
- Encouraging international intermodal freight transport in the region
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| NEW MARKET OPPORTUNITIES - FUTURE DEMAND FOR FREIGHT RAIL IN ASIA |
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15.00 | Railway development in the Philippines - Overview of the challenges and opportunities
- Update of railway system in the Philippines, Metro Manila and other railways in the country
- Salient features of the National Railway Act, and expansion and financing strategy
- Benefits and hitches of the railway system in the Philippines
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15.30 | Development plan for Pakistan railways - Exploring challenges and opportunities
- Procurement, manufacturing and rehabilitation of locomotices, passenger carriages and freight cards
- Infrastructure improvement of track rehabilitation, dualisation of track, modernisation of signalling system and rehabilitation of bridges
- System improvement, upgrading and modernisation of design facilities
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16.00 | Afternoon refreshment and exhibition viewing
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16.30 | U-Turn
Delegates have pre-selected the topic and presenters to form this panel discussion
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17.00 | Freight development of Vietnam railways
- Overview of Vietnam railways on freight development
- Demand on freight development in the future
- Development programs and conclusion
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17.30 | Closing remarks & Close of Day Two conference
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19.00 | Networking industry dinner
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Prapat Chongsanguan
