AGENDA - DAY 1
Caspian & Central Asia Rail 2017 Day 1
RECONNECTING EURASIA
09:50
Audience to be seated
10:00
Official welcome address
Alirza Suleymanov, First Deputy Chairman, Azerbaijan Railways CJSC
10:30
Role of Azerbaijan Railways in development of regional intermodal transportation
11:00
Transit potential of Azerbaijan: the role of Azerbaijan as a hub to connect Eurasia
11:30
Overview of rail development in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan
Kanat Abdykerimov, Director - Railway Design & Construction, Kyrgyzstan Railway Authority
12:00
Containerisation of the Trans-Caucasus and Caspian trades
Vasily Shultsev, CCO, VIA Shipping
12:30
Connecting Western China with Western Europe over the New Silk Road
13:00
The South Caucasus-centred transport hub: the crossroads of the East-West and the North-South Corridors
Mahir Humbatov, Strategist/Analyst, Centre for Strategic Studies under President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
13:30
Speed networking
13:50
Networking lunch
Location: Exhibition area
REGIONAL COOPERATION
14:50
Keynote panel: Rail investment and cooperation for economic growth
- Facilitating open regional policy cooperation, exchange and dialogue
- Overview of the Luxembourg Protocol and why it underwrites the Belt and Road initiative
- Initiating intergovernmental planning and economic policy coordination
- Boosting trade facilitation, job creation, economic stability and poverty reduction
- How to integrate development strategies
Moderator: Howard Rosen, Chairman, Rail Working Group
Konstantinos Tzanakakis, Senior Railway Expert, Rail Consultant
FUNDING & FINANCING
15:30
The Luxembourg Protocol: revolutionary rolling stock financing for interregional efficiency
- Introducing a new global unique and permanent numbering and tracking system for rolling stock (URVIS)
- Overview of current status of Luxembourg Protocol and countries adopting the treaty
- Facilitating and engaging financing from the private sector
15:50
Interview: Funding and financing models for project success
- Assessing mechanisms: service or asset-related; public; public and private
- How to select an effective funding and financing model for your rail project
- Defining stakeholder accountability and responsibility
- Understanding investor and stakeholder interests to inform project management decisions
Interviewee: Mohammad Montazeri, Deputy Managing Director, Tehran Urban & Suburban Railway Company - TUSRC
Interviewee: Kamil Valiyev, Partner, MGB Law Offices
Interviewer: Howard Rosen, Chairman, Rail Working Group
16:20
TETRA and LTE innovative integrated communications for transportation
17:00
Close of day one
18:00
Networking reception
Location: Sharg Zali Ballroom Foyer
last published: 11/Dec/17 11:15 GMT
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