Conference: High Speed Rail 2011 – Reasons and Benefits

Parliament of the Czech republic, Senate, Committee on National Economy, Agriculture and Transport, Sub-Committee on Transport,

Czech Railways,

Centre for Efficient Transport and

KONSTRUKCE Media

invite you to a conference „High Speed Rail 2011″, taking place on 19 May 2011. The goal of the conference is to convey the current information on high speed rail operation and construction in Europe and worldwide to the decision-makers on various levels of public service, and to present possible designs of future high-speed rail network in the Czech republic.

Key topics

The role of the high speed rail in the transport system of developed countries
Benefits of high speed rail for the society
The vision of Czech high speed network and geo-political reasons for its construction
Benefits of high speed rail for the Czech republic, cohesiveness of the regions and trans-boundary bonds

Participants

The following persons will participate at the event: Members of Parliament, representatives of the Ministry of Transport and other ministries, regional governments leaders, mayors and chairmen of associations and unions in the field of transport.

Contributors

The representatives of the International Union of Railways (UIC), world and European railways, Ministry of Transport, Czech railways, companies taking part in the preparation of high speed rail construction in the Czech republic, and Czech and world companies from the field of high speed railways will take active part in the conference.

Place

The conference takes place in the Assembly Hall of the Senate (Jednaci sal) and adjacent rooms.

Partner General

Partners

Media Partners

Program

08.30 – 09.00	Participant registration
09.00 – 09.30	Introductory words by Petr Pakosta, Chairman, Transport Subcommittee, Senate, Parliament of the Czech Republic Ivo Vykydal, Deputy Minister, Czech Ministry of Transport Petr Žaluda, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director General, Czech Railways Petr Šlegr, Director, Centre for Efficient Transport
09.20 – 10.20	Session I: The purpose of HS railway transport 09.20 – 09.35 High Speed Rail: Main principles and global overview (introductory lecture) Ignacio BARRON, Director of Passenger Department of the UIC 09.35 – 09.50 Development of High Speed in Poland Andrzej ZURKOVSKI, IK, Poland 09.50 – 10.05 Development of High Speed in the USA, Christina SUCHY, AMTRACK & Kelly Anne GALLAGHER, APTA, USA 10.05 – 10.20 Discussion 10.20 – 10.35 Coffee break
10.35 – 11.50	Session II – HS railway system in the Czech Republic 10.35 – 10.50 Why does the Czech Republic need a HS railway Petr ŠLEGR, Director, CEDOP 10.50 – 11.05 Core HS railway network in the Czech Republic Jindřich KUŠNÍR, Director, Railway Department, Ministry of Transport 11.05 – 11.20 Benefits of HS railway transport for passenger transport business Antonín BLAŽEK, Deputy Director General, Czech Railways 11.20 – 11.35 Benefits of HS railway system for regions of the Czech Republic Jiří KALČÍK, Designer of HS lines 11.35 – 11.50 Discussion 11.50 – 12.00 Coffe break
12.00 – 14.00	Part B – Potential of the Czech railway industry and research 12.00 – 12.10 Railway Research Institute (VUZ) Jaroslav Grim, Director General, VUZ 12.10 – 12.20 Experience in upgrading trunk railway lines in the Czech republic, Subterra Jiří Tesař, Commercial Deputy Director, Transport Construction, Subterra 12.20 – 12.40 Siemens Jiří Pohl, Mobility Division, Siemens 12.40 – 13.00 Discussion 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.05	Session III – European HS experiences 14.00 – 14.10 Italy, Andrea NARDINOCCHI, Italfer, Italy 14.10 – 14.20 Spain, Adolfo SÁNCHEZ, RENFE + Clara Zamorano, ADIF 14.20 – 14.30 France, Christophe KESELJEVIC, RFF + Michel LEBOEUF, SNCF 14.30 – 14.40 Germany, Otmar GREIN, DB AG 14.40 – 14.50 Romania, Adrian DRAGOMIRESCU, CFR 14.50 – 15.05 Discussion 15.05 – 15.15 Coffee break
15.15 – 16.10	Set 4: High speed rail in Africa, Asia and South America (14.45 – 16.00): 15.15 – 15.25 China (KANG Xiong CARS – CR) 15.25 – 15.35 Japan, YANASE Naoto, UIC-EJR – Development of High Speed in Asia 15.35 – 15.45 Taiwan, THSRC, Chen Chiang 15.45 – 15.55 Development of HS in the world. (Africa, Australia and South America) Ignacio BARRON, UIC 15.55 – 16.10 Discussion 16.10 – 16.15 Closing Ceremony

Official languages

Czech and English, simultaneous translation will be available throughout the duration of the conference.

Registration

Please register by confirming your invitation via e-mail peter.papp [AT] cedop [DOT] info.

Partnership and presentation

Please use these contacts for the possibility of presentation at the conference:

Petr Šlegr, mobile: +420 777 573 975, petr.slegr [AT] cedop [DOT] info
Tomáš Měřínský, mobile: +420 737 283 515, merinsky [AT] konstrukce-media [DOT] cz
Marek Janda, mobile: +420 737 283 516, janda [AT] konstrukce-media [DOT] cz

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