Day 1 – February 25, 2010

10:00 – 11:00 Welcome Coffee

11:00 – 11:30 Conference Opening

Speakers:

• Ştefan Roşeanu, Secretary General – Romanian Railway Industry Association (AIF)
                            Senior Partner – Club Feroviar
• Dan Cernişov, President – Romanian Railway Industry Association (AIF)
                        Deputy General Manager - ISAF

11:30 – 13:00 Developing the Euro-Asian railway transport network

Moderator:

• Michael Robson, Secretary General – European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM)

Speakers:           

• Dinu Drăgan, General Manager – Romanian Railway Authority (AFER)
• Gabriel Stanciu, General Manager - Alstom Transport Romania
• Johannes Ludewig, Executive Director – Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER)
• Teodor Gradinariu, Senior Technical Advisor, Department of Infrastructure - The International Union of Railways (UIC)
• Emil Sabo, General Manager – CFR SA
• Marin Baicu, General Manager – Consis Proiect
• Gheorghe Popa, Secretary of State – Romanian Ministry of Transports and Infrastructure

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:00 Ensuring railway transport network interoperability

Moderator:      

• Dan Cernişov, President – Romanian Railway Industry Association (AIF)
                        Deputy General Manager - ISAF
  

Speakers:            

• Dragoş Floroiu, Head of Romanian Railway Investigating Body - Romanian Railway Authority (AFER)
• Daniele Matteini, Manager – ECM SPA
• Claudiu Dumitrescu, Head of the Directorate for Infrastructure and Railway Transport – Romanian
                                  Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure
• Gabriel Colceag, General Manager - Thales Rail Signalling Solutions

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 – 18:00 Solutions for increasing railway infrastructure efficiency

Moderator:      

• Corneliu Luscalov, Head of Infrastructure Division – Romanian Railway Industry Association (AIF)                            

Speakers:            

• Victoraş Bucureanu, Assistant Chief Executive - Romanian Railways CFR S.A.
• George Corbescu, Project Manager – Geobrugg  AG
• Mircea Marian, Country Manager - Bombardier Transportation România
• Michael Robson, Secretary General – European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM)
• Constantin Barbinţa, PhD Candidate – The "Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi

20:00 Festive dinner

Day 2 – February 26, 2010

09:30 – 10:00 Welcome Coffee

10:00 – 11:30 Modernising and extending the electrification network.
                       The response of the railways to reducing polluting emissions

Moderator:      

• Dan Cernişov, President – Romanian Railway Industry Association (AIF)

Speakers:            

• Ioan Buciuman, Executive Manager – Romanian Railway Authority (AFER)
• Gabriel Băduţ, General Manager – Electrificare CFR S.A.
• Mihai Frăsinoi, General Manager – CFR Marfă
• Sorin Chinde, General Manager – Grup Feroviar Român (GFR)
• Liviu Pescăraşu, Director General – CFR Călători
• Octavian Udrişte,  Consultant – Alpine Energie Romania

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break

12:00 – 13:30 Elaborating and adopting a common action plan for the players in the railway
                       industry in order to increase railway capacity and interoperability

Moderator:      

• Ştefan Roşeanu, Secretary General – Romanian Railway Industry Association (AIF)
                            Senior Partner – Club Feroviar