PROGRAMME
of the VIII International OSJD Conference on Freight Traffic
(30 - 31 May 2011, Odessa, Ukraine)
1. Place, date
- Odessa, Ukraine, 30-31 May 2011 (Conference hall in the “Bristol Hotel)
2. 30 May 2011
| Time | Topic | Referents |
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08:30-09:30
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Registration of Conference participants Organizers of the Conference: | Ukrainian Railways, PLASKE JSC |
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09:30-09:50
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Opening of the Conference: | |
| - Welcome remarks on behalf of the OSJD Committee | Kalman Somodi – Executive Secretary | |
| - Welcome remarks on behalf of Ukrainian Railways | Petr Naumenko – Deputy Director General | |
| - PLASKE JSC | Ivan Liptuga – Vice President | |
| Formal introduction of delegates | Chairperson of the Conference: Zubaida Aspayeva – Chairperson of the OSJD Commission on Freight |
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09:55-11:00
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I. Legal framework in international rail freight traffic. Customs procedures | |
| Status of SMGS improvement. Legal aspects of the use of common consignment note CIM/SMGS | Мikola Nosenko – Chairman of the OSJD Commission on Transport Law | |
| Practical use of the common consignment note CIM/SMGS | Erik Evtimov – Legal Adviser CIT, Project leader CIM/SMGS | |
| Transit without borders. Experience of implementation of the common consignment note CIM/SMGS | Olga Fisenko – Head of Division for Transport Conditions in International Traffic, Ukrainian Railways | |
| Transport documents in electronic form | Ivan Kokorzhytskiy – Deputy Executive Director, PLASKE JSC | |
| International cooperation in the field of unification of international railway law within the framework of UNECE | Azhar Jaimurzina – Economic Affairs Officer UNECE Transport Division | |
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11:00-11:15
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Coffee Break | |
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11:15-13:00
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Practical use of the common consignment note CIM/SMGS in Eurasian rail freight traffic | Liubov Rogachova – Deputy Head of Administration for Legal Supporting CFTO – branch of JSC “RZD” (Russian Railways) |
| Practical use of the common consignment note CIM/SMGS in the Black Sea rail-ferry traffic | Ivan Kokorzhitsky – Deputy Executive Director of PLASKE JSC | |
| Facilitation of rail border crossing procedures | Katja Bürkholz – Secretary of Rail Committee OTIF | |
| About progress of work on the draft Annex 9 to the Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (1982) | Kalman Somodi – Executive Secretary of the OSJD Committee | |
| Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus – Common customs union | Оgnian Andreyev – Director General “STM” LLC | |
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13:00-14:00
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Lunch Break | |
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14:00-15:30
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II. General situation in the freight transport market. Transport corridors | |
| Current problems in development of the Eurasian rail freight market | Kalman Somodi – Executive Secretary of the OSJD Committee | |
| The role of the Coordinating Council on Transsiberian Transportation in increasing the volumes of cargo transports on the Transsiberian Route | Gennady Bessonov – CCTT General Secretary | |
| A brief overview of UIC freight projects and about activities of UIC Working Groups | Оliver Sellnick – Director Freight UIC | |
| Information of Lithuanian Railways | Stasys Gudvalis – Deputy Director General, Director of Freight Directorate | |
| New technologies on the Estonian Railway | Toomas Uyboupin – Director for Sales and Marketing JSC “Estonian Railway” Cargo | |
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15:30-16:00
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III. Competitiveness of rail freight transport. Tariff policy and freight marketing. Container transportations in railway and multimodal traffic | |
| New tariff system for transit goods transportation by container trains on Russian railways | Аlexander Shmelyov – Head of laboratory, Russian Research Studies Institute of Rail Transport | |
| The role of Kazakhstan in development of freight transport in direction Europe-Asia | Rakhmetolla Kudaybergenov – Director of Freight Marketing Department, JSC “Kazakhstan Temir Zholy National Enterprise” (Kazakhstan railways) | |
| Multimodal transport on the Railway of Moldova | Nikolay Barbeskumpe – Head of the International Relations Department State Enterprise “Railway of Moldova” | |
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16:00-16:15
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Coffee Break | |
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16:15-17:00
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Intercontinental combined traffic (ICOMOD). Status and prospects of rail landbridge between Europe and Asia | Oliver Sellnick – Director Freight UIC |
| Freight forwarding and logistics | Miroslav Smulczinski – Director on Commerce and Operation JSC PKP “Metallurgic Broad Gauge Line” (Polish Railways) | |
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19:00-19:30
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Transfer to dinner | |
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19:30-22:00
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Welcome Dinner, Londonskaya Hotel) | |
3. 31 May 2011
| Time | Topic | Referents |
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09:00-10:45
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IV. Commercial and technological aspects in organization of freight transportations. Infrastructure, information technologies and administration | |
| Implementation of paperless technologies in national and international traffic | Vladimir Ivashchuk – Head of the Main Commercial Administration, Ukrainian Railways | |
| Specificity of wagon insurance | Sergey Sidorchuk – Chairman of INGO Ukraina | |
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10:45-11:00
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Coffee Break | |
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11:00-12:00
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“AXTONE – our solutions, your safety” | Sergey Lipinin – Head of Division on CIS “AXTONE” |
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12:00-13:00
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V. Discussion. Concluding remarks |
Delegates to the Conference. Kalman Somodi – Executive Secretary of the OSJD Committee, Zubaida Aspayeva – Chairperson of the OSJD Commission on Freight |
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13:00-14:00
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Lunch break | |
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19:00-19:30
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Transfer to dinner | |
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19:30-22:00
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Gala Dinner (Renaissance Banquet House) | |
Organizers:
With the support of:
