AGENDA

28 June 2011
 
     17:30 Welcome drink
 
     18:00 Official welcome
                 Boyko Borissov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria (tbc)
                Johannes Ludewig, CER Executive Director
                Michael Clausecker, UNIFE Director-General
                Nikola Dourtchev, RASTIA Director-General
 
20:00 Dinner sponsored by the European Federation of Railway Trackworks Contractors
 
 
29 June 2011
 
9:00 Welcome and key note speech
         Michael Clausecker, UNIFE Director-General
         Jean-Marie Seyler, Director for Bulgaria, DG REGIO, European Commission
 
All panels will be moderated by Stefan Roseanu, AIF Secretary General, and Michael Clausecker.
Each panel will be followed by a round table discussion and Q&A.
 
9:15 Consolidating the infrastructure managers in Central and Eastern Europe
 
        Johannes Ludewig, CER Executive Director
        Rail infrastructure financing: the challenges ahead.
 
        Krasimir Kratchunov, NRIC Deputy Director General
        The Bulgarian Infrastructure Manager, NRIC: how to manage infrastructure under heavy budget
        constraints.
 
        Vladimir Luptak, CEO, Železnice Slovenskej Republiky
        Investment, financing and pricing in the Slovak case.
 
9:50-10:25 Discussion session
 
10:30 Planning rail infrastructure development in Central and Eastern Europe
 
           Ivaylo Moskovski, Minister of Transport, Bulgaria
          Planning rail infrastructure development in Bulgaria: outlook on the future.
 
          Andrzej Massel, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Infrastructure, Poland
          Does the Polish Rail Infrastructure Master Plan deliver?
 
          Renaldo Mandmets, Head of Unit for Bulgaria, DG REGIO, European Commission
          The role of EU financing - The need for a long term perspective in the development of the transport
          system: EU transport related operational programs (development strategies, planning, implementation
          capability and absorption capability).
 
          Luis de Santiago, Counselor of the Technical Cabinet – General Secretariat for Transport,
          Ministry of Transport, Spain
          Best practices in network development: Spanish rail development under the Strategic Plan for
          Infrastructure and Transport.
 
11:10-11:40 Discussion session
 
11:40 Coffee break
 
12:00 Managing the investment process in Central and Eastern Europe
 
          Tomislav Donchev, Minister charged of EU funds management, Bulgaria
          EU transport and regional policy in Bulgaria: challenges ahead.
 
          Lothar Zeller, Transport Sector Specialist, EIB/JASPERS office Vienna
          The need to develop the project pipeline.
 
         Manfred Lerch, Managing Director, Balfour Beatty Rail GmbH Germany
         Best practices in project implementation.
 
         Miquel Llevat, General Director, ComsaEmte, Spain
         The identification of success factors for the effective implementation of railway infrastructure projects.
 
12:45-13:15 Discussion session
 
13:15 Conclusion/Wrap-up
           Michael Clausecker, Director-General, UNIFE
 
13:30 Lunch and departure