Shippers’ Forum on the Future of Railfreight in Europe
PROGRAMME
13.30 | 14.00 REGISTRATION
14.00 OPENING
Dick van den Broek Humphreij, ESC Chairman
Key note speaker: Keir Fitch, Cabinet Commissioner Kallas
RAIL FREIGHT IN EUROPE’S FUTURE TRANSPORT POLICY
14.10 | 14.30 FIRST SESSION
‘IMPLEMENTATION OF FIRST RAILWAY PACKAGE’
DOES LIBERALIZATION HELP IN MAKING RAIL MORE ATTRACTIVE?
14.30 | 14.45 Henk Schaafstal, Senior Supply Chain Engineer, SABIC
14.45 | 15.00 Maurizio Castelletti, head of unit E2: rail transport & interoperability, DG MOVE European Commission
15.00 | 15.15 Monica Heiming, ERFA
An overview of complaints from the private operators
Technical, legal and commercial barriers to competition
Anti-competitive practices
15.15 | 15.30 QUESTION & ANSWERS SESSION
15.30 | 15.45 COFFEE BREAK
15.45 | 17.00 SECOND SESSION
MAKING RAIL FREIGHT WORK COMMERCIALLY.
IS THERE SCOPE FOR NEW BUSINESS MODELS FOR RAIL FREIGHT?
Moderator: Andrew Traill – ESC Policy Director
Martin van Dop, European Rail Transport Manager, Electrolux
George di Lallo, Chairman Transport Working Group Eurofer
Günther Ferk, CEO X-Rail SA
Scope for revival of Single Wagonload Service in Europe
BEST PRACTICE: DOES RAIL FIT INTO A GREEN LOGISTICS SUPPLY CHAIN?
Patrick Installe, Managing Director, Efico –
Rail in a green coffee supply chain (invited)
Mats Berlin, Managing Director, Scand Fibre Logistics
A busniness model for and by shippers offering environmentally friendly transport solutions
PANEL DEBATE WITH ALL SPEAKERS
SUMMARY/CONCLUSIONS OF THE DAY
17.45 | 18.15 COCKTAIL RECEPTION
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Intermodal Europe 30 Nov-2 Dec, Amsterdam RAI also has a special focus on rail freight, with rail freight with sessions including:
Maximising intermodal business opportunities at each link in the value chain
Mats Nyblom, CEO, Hector Rail
Bringing competition to the European rail freight sector
Lord Tony Berkeley, President, European Rail Freight Association
Spotlight on Eastern Europe: CTL Logistics (Poland) – Transformation of private rail carrier into logistics operator
Michal Brylinski, Product Development and Marketing Director, CTL Logistics
Challenges in alpine intermodal traffic via Switzerland
Dr Dirk Stahl, CEO, BLS Cargo AG
The conference and exhibition are free to attend. http://www.intermodal-events.com and we are lucky to have support from most of the key European associations and publications.