|
Pre-conference Workshop - Monday 23rd February 2009
|
| Developing a high speed rail business post 2010 |
|
9.55am | Workshop chairman
|
| |
|
10am | Registration and coffee
|
10.30am | Opening remarks: workshop objectives
|
10.40am | Session 1: the role of private operators in the development of high speed rail services
|
11.50am | Session 2: first to market – the Italian experience
- Market issues and challenges
- The liberalisation process
- Procuring high speed trains in Italy
|
12.30pm | Networking lunch
|
2pm | Session 3: the Intercity Express Programme, UK
- Defining the next generation train
- Effective incentivisation of suppliers to deliver output specifications
- Financing issues for rolling stock
- The procurement process
|
| |
|
2.30pm | Session 4: the role of network operators
- Working with private operators
- High speed development and management
- Synergies with network management
- Managing access and charging
|
3.30pm | Session 5: ride or fly?
- The changing market dynamics
- The air versus rail debate
- Competition and synergies
|
3.50pm | Questions and answers and closing remarks
|
| |
|
4.30pm | Close of workshop
|
|
Conference Day One - Tuesday 24th February 2009
|
8am | Networking breakfast and registration
|
9am | Chairperson’s opening remarks
|
| |
|
9.05am | Welcome address: the Deutsche Bahn perspective on the future of the European rail industry
|
| |
|
| THE IMPACT OF LIBERALISATION – PRIVATISATION, PARTNERSHIPS & INVESTMENT |
|
9.15am | Keynote address: privatisation, liberalisation, regulation, competition and growth
- Privatisation plans – injecting fresh capital and encouraging improvements in efficiency
- Potential disadvantages of privatisation – what are the issues that are making it so controversial?
- How can privatisation ultimately contribute to overall growth and competitiveness?
|
| | Mr. Ian Dobbs, Chief Executive of the Rail Division, Stagecoach Group
|
9.35am | Keynote address: competition, sustainability and understanding external costs
- Cooperation vs. competition – adjusting the dynamic so that rail can compete on a global level
- How are sustainable transport targets shifting the goalposts for European rail operators?
- Understanding and addressing the internalisation of external costs
|
| |
|
9.55am | Keynote address: positioning railways as the main mode of passenger and freight transport
- Overview of the necessary investments to make this vision a reality
- Progress of the Alta Velocità project and boosting cross-border transportation (TEN-T investment)
- Extending the FS business model (e.g. segregating freight and passenger transportation)
- Evolving to compete with in a liberalised market
|
| |
|
10.15am | Keynote address: harnessing strategic partnerships to increase rail’s market share
- The rise of low cost airlines and the threat to the global rail industry
- How can rail capitalise on its environmental advantage?
- Going above and beyond standard procedure with exceptional marketing and customer service efforts
|
| |
|
10.35am | Questions and answers with keynote speakers
|
10.45am | Speed Networking and morning coffee
|
| SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT POLICY |
|
11.30am | The importance of rail’s role within EC plans for sustainable transport across Europe
- Analysing positives and negatives across all modes – CO2 emissions, noise pollution etc.
- TRAENVIA and other EC research into potential solutions for a sustainable future
- The internalisation of external costs – ensuring that the polluter “pays for their crimes”
|
| |
|
11.50am | Intermodal competition vs. co-modal cooperation
- “Road vs. rail” or “road and rail” – how can interdependence and co-modality benefit rail?
- Environmental pollution, delays and associated costs of congested road networks
- Relative benefits of rail, short-sea shipping and inland waterway transport
- Rebalancing modal preferences by promoting these energy efficient means of transport
|
| | Mr. Ian Brown, Managing Director, London Rail, Transport for London
|
12.10pm | Case study: “Tread Lightly” – an environmental commitment progress report, benefits and challenges
- “Tread Lightly” progress report – going above and beyond rail’s “green” reputation
- A win-win situation – an environmentally friendly approach to long term sustainability
- Transferring these lessons to rail operators in a liberalised market
|
| |
|
12.30pm | Panel session: ensuring that rail remains at the heart of a pan-European sustainable transport policy
- What are the global trends that are driving the need for a shift to co-modality?
- Unifying the goals of the EC, government and all modes for a successful sustainable strategy
- Addressing the current imbalance in the utilisation (and evaluation of external costs) of different modes
|
| | Mr. Ian Dobbs, Chief Executive of the Rail Division, Stagecoach Group
|
1.15pm | Networking lunch sponsored by ExPretio Technologies
Welcome address by Jean-Philippe Côté, Chief Technology Officer, Expretio Technologies
|
| ADVANCING HIGH SPEED RAIL – FROM FINANCE TO CONSTRUCTION TO MARKETING |
|
2.30pm | Finance snapshot: financing high speed development
- Calculating the costs of high speed infrastructure and track development and construction
- Developing a suitably realistic and long term strategy for financing each project
- From the plan to the reality – RAVE’s structured and staggered PPP concessions
- Reasons why this is the way forward vs. alternative means of finance
|
| |
|
3pm | Technical snapshot: capitalising on the technical advancements to fuel the high speed boom
- From ETCS to GSM-r – the technical developments that are offering alternative operating methods
- Interoperable systems – increasing cross-border services and keeping operating costs down
- High speed's technical advantage in relation to reliability, safety and security
- Future technological advancements in improving high speed sustainability – what are they?
|
| |
|
3.30pm | Afternoon coffee
|
4pm | Infrastructure snapshot: developing the Dutch High Speed Line (HSL Zuid)
- From conception to completion – managing the construction of HSL Zuid
- Addressing and managing the environmental impact of construction
- Projected impact of HSL Zuid on high speed rail in Europe
|
| |
|
4.30pm | Infrastructure snapshot: technical strategies for development of high speed infrastructure in Europe
- The infrastructure managers view on financing high speed development
- Managing the project to deliver on time and on budget
- Managing technical challenges to ensure seamless integration of a pan-European high speed network
|
| |
|
5pm | Panel session: mapping out the potential for a future of cross-border high speed rail
- Developing a strategy to finance the large outlays required (potential of the PPP in high speed?)
- Facilitating Europe-wide infrastructure investment and establishing a regulated access regime
- Railteam – creating a seamless network through the creation of a “high speed brand”
- Learning lessons from aviation alliances for common service levels, cross-bookings etc.
|
| |
|
5.40pm | Chairperson’s closing remarks
|
5.45pm | Networking drinks reception
|
8pm | Annual EuroRail gala dinner
|
|
Conference Day Two - Wednesday 25th February 2009
|
8am | Networking breakfast and registration
|
8.50am | Chairperson’s opening remarks
|
| INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT & CAPACITY CHALLENGES |
|
9am | Keynote address: “Deutschland-Takt” – integrated timetabling to optimise infrastructure investment
- The perils of investing without a solid operational plan and timetable to be realized
- “Deutschland-Takt” – promoting an integrated timetable for all public transport in Germany
- Optimising rail infrastructure investment – an important by-product of the integrated timetable system
|
| |
|
9.30am | Keynote address: commercialising the railway station – maximising an undervalued rail asset
- Developing stations as the key to reducing congestion and improving rail transport
- “Rail estate” trends – exploring new areas of opportunity in a saturated market
- Capitalising on prime land and high footfall
|
| | Mr. Rolf Reh, Member of the Management Board, DB Station & Service
|
10am | Keynote Address: cyber security in an increasingly telecom centric railway
- Potential threats! What could these attacks look like? Can you defend against them?
- Telecommunications as a tool for protection of key railway assets
- How can the railway utilise existing infrastructure to enable a comprehensive approach to surveillance?
- Is there a legacy resource available that would lower the cost of network wide surveillance?
- Analysis of systems – ticketing, banking IT, GSM-r, optical networks and enterprise telephony
|
| |
|
10.30am | Keynote panel session: the capacity challenge – can aging networks cope with increased demands?
- Can rail infrastructure develop fast enough to keep pace with rapidly growing demand?
- The role of advanced telecommunications, signalling, operations and maintenance in easing the burden
- Policy, strategy and projects – defining a clear way of proceeding quickly, efficiently and effectively
|
| |
|
11.15am | Morning coffee
|
| FINANCE & INVESTMENT |
Session moderator: Julian Smith, Partner & Global Rail Leader, PwC
|
12pm | PPP case study: can the PPP finally become the financial vehicle of choice for European rail?
- Achieving a sufficiently long-term approach from politicians to increase the appeal to the private investor
- The common sense of a policy that corresponds to the lifecycle of investments in rail technology
- PPP as the method of making the (cross-border) high speed dream a reality
|
| |
|
12.30pm | EU funding case study: rail infrastructure modernization in New Member States
- Current EU funding for rail infrastructure modernisation in Poland
- Rules and procedures for using EU funds – are they conducive for developing a modern rail system
- How EU and the New Member States can increase the effectiveness of rail modernisation projects?
|
| |
|
1pm | CFO panel session: financing development and laying the foundations to attract private investment
- Financing, planning and delivering major rail infrastructure projects
- The responsibility of the state in financing infrastructure management and development
- Potential business models for achieving funding for high speed development
|
| |
|
1.45pm | Networking lunch
|
| PASSENGER SERVICES – MARKETING, CUSTOMER SERVICE & PROFITABILITY |
|
2.45pm | The “Third Railway Package” – outlook for a liberalised international passenger market
- Is the “Third Railway Package” finally ready to roll and what are the steps for implementation?
- Are the conditions in place in order for passenger liberalisation to be a success?
- Passing the benefits on to the customer – an opportunity to excel with a customer focused approach
- How will this help with cross-border travel and also in terms of competing with the aviation industry?
|
| |
|
3.15pm | Creating customer satisfaction through the differentiation of services
- The need to incorporate excellent customer service into commercial strategy in a liberalised market
- Creating alliances to market and present a unified face of rail in a competitive environment
- Improving customer service and customer information systems for increased profitability
- Beyond rail itself – marketing the destination itself in a trans-European rail network
|
| |
|
3.45pm | Afternoon coffee
|
4.15pm | Case study: operating and competing in a liberalised passenger market
- National Express and the East Coast franchise – the winning bid
- Targets – boosting capacity, cutting delays and lowering fuel consumption
- Meeting the costs of winning the bid whilst ensuring profitability
- Investing in the future of rail – the Intercity Express project
|
| |
|
4.45pm | Panel session: creating an efficient passenger service – increasing cost recovery and profitability
- How can rail effectively seize the advantage in a time of rapidly rising fuel prices?
- Managing the change in the collective mind of society regarding private vs. public transportation
- Successful marketing and environmental benefits vs. the reality of attracting passengers on to trains
- Can the “Third Railway Package” make a self-sufficient, competitive passenger network a reality?
|
| | Mr. Ian Brown, Managing Director, London Rail, Transport for London
|
5.30pm | Chairperson’s closing remarks
|
|
Rail Freight Day - Thursday 26th February 2009
|
8am | Networking breakfast and registration
|
9am | Chairperson’s opening remarks
|
| SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MODELS FOR FREIGHT IN A LIBERALISED MARKET |
|
9.05am | Keynote address: consolidation as a means to expand and offer pan-European freight services
- Maintaining a strong position in an increasingly competitive market
- Competing with new entrants and old friends
- Consolidation and cooperation throughout Europe
- Maximising customer retention through the unified delivery of logistics services
|
| |
|
9.25am | Keynote address: how will oil prices and the current economic climate affect the rail freight industry?
- How will the current economic climate affect the growth of the rail freight industry?
- How can rail freight capitalise on the high (and rising) costs associated with road transportation?
- Which business models are best positioned to withstand the economic downturn?
- Countering the negative by increasing rail freight’s penetration across a wider range of industries
|
| |
|
9.45am | Keynote address: leveraging technology to increase profitability in rail
- What are the technology requirements and choices for the modern freight railway?
- The role of IT in rail – an overlooked opportunity to streamline and increase cost recovery?
- Harnessing the power of technology – implementing a system to enhance your competitive edge
- Upgrading systems for a unified co-modal market (to rail’s advantage)
|
| |
|
10.05am | Keynote address: the Far East Land Bridge project – linking Europe with Asia by rail
- Positioning rail as the mode of choice for long distance freight to and from Asia
- Managing the process –times, distances, costs, varying track gauges etc.
- Can rail break the stranglehold of the shipping industry?
- What does the future hold?
|
| |
|
10.35am | Morning coffee
|
| CONDITIONS FOR FAIR COMPETITION & INCREASED SERVICE QUALITY |
|
11.05am | Laying the foundations for rail to improve service quality through fair competition
- How has liberalisation and an increased competitive environment altered the dynamic (if at all)?
- Globalisation and a growing demand for specific logistics services – how can rail capitalise?
- The supply and demand balance, market openings and competition – new entrants vs. incumbents
- How will rail freight suffer (vs. other modes) if a sound competitive environment is not established soon?
|
| |
|
11.35am | Panel session: creating a freight market that actually allows for real open and fair competition
- As time continues to pass are we any closer to creating a level playing field?
- What factors need to be put in place to allow for completely independent regulation?
- Infrastructure access – who has the rights to what, who should have access and who’s regulating it all?
- Top strategies and best practice for operating in an open access market
|
| |
|
12.20pm | Networking lunch
|
1.20pm | Delivering on the potential of freight oriented networks
- Recent developments – are we finally moving closer to dedicated freight networks?
- The role of the infrastructure manager in delivering on the above
- Working towards a network that offers priority to freight
- How will this contribute to a more competitive, liberalised market?
|
| |
|
1.50pm | Panel session: upgrading infrastructure to increase rail’s market share
- How can governments develop an agreed strategy on unified investment in global rail infrastructure?
- Rail’s current role (in an intermodal market) and upgrading infrastructure to improve this role?
- Optimising infrastructure capacity – advancing traffic control systems, ERMTS, GPS, GALILEO etc.
- Analysing the potential for high speed freight lines
|
| |
|
2.30pm | Afternoon coffee
|
| ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE CO-MODALITY |
|
3pm | A case study on managing different transport modes in one group
|
| |
|
3.30pm | “Road vs. rail” or “road and rail” – exploring how interdependence and co-modality can benefit rail
- Rebalancing modal preferences by promoting rail as the energy efficient means of transport
- How can areas of competition within rail be utilised to strengthen the market as a whole?
- Developing sustainable, innovative, integrated, intermodal and interoperable transport networks
- Developing technologies for door to door intermodal transport that will appeal to end-users
|
| |
|
4pm | The largest rail container handling centre in Europe – a model for intermodal progress?
- History and strategic importance of the Hafen Hamburg – what makes for a good intermodal hub?
- Linking land and sea – aligning and investing in port and rail infrastructure development simultaneously
- Maximising the abovementioned development to promote container terminal development
- Systems (technical, operational etc.) that need to be in place to ensure smooth operations
|
| |
|
4.30pm | Panel session: practical and technical challenges in meeting customer’s co-modal requirements
- The current relationship between modes – facilitating the shift from a buyers to a sellers market
- What do customers want from road, rail and shipping and what benefits would co-modality offer?
- Market opportunities and service quality – the implications of the greater choice offered by co-modality
- Increasing technical standardisation to make intermodal transport more cost effective and efficient
|
| |
|
5.10pm | Chairman’s closing remarks
|
