Programme

• Improving interaction between customs and border control agencies
• Harnessing the CIM/SMGS waybills
• Electronic data-sharing: sender – transport company – customs agency
• Boosting crossover capacity with the help of remote goods release technology
• Measures to alleviate freight transit

Moderator:
Gennady Bessonov, General Secretary, International Association ‘Coordinating Council on Trans-Siberian Transportation’

Speakers:
Juris Azers, Head, Transit and Export Control Division, National Customs Board of Latvia
Nadezhda Davydenko, Deputy Head, Information and Corporate Governance Department, Russian Railways
Sergey Kolomeyets, Head, Kaliningrad Railways, affiliate of Russian Railways
Yelena Kunaeva, General Director, Centre of Transport Service, Russian Railways
Vladimir Prokofiev, General Director, BaltTransService
Anatoly Filippov, Director, Centre for Customs Activities, Russian Railways
Sergey Shokhin, Deputy Head, Federal Customs Service
Sergey Shvedov, Chairman, Association of Electronic Documentation Operators in Railway Transport
Eriks Smuksts, Vice President, Latvian Railway
Dagnis Sudrabs, Head of the Customs Clearance Methodology Division, National Customs Board of Latvia

• Measures to reduce downtime and increase the speed of freight handling
• Minimising damage to rolling stock through modern loading and unloading technologies
• Streamlining relations between the consignee, owner and user of approach tracks: guarantees for uniform loading and timely unloading
• Ensuring the uniformity of rolling stock traffic in order to avoid overstocking or underutilisation at seaports
• Possible relocation of the Port of Riga: changes forecast in dynamics and freight traffic volumes

Moderator:
Andrus Kuusmann, Chairman of the Management Board, Association of Logistics and Transit of Estonia

Speakers:
Igor Asaturov, General Director, Freight One
Kestutis Bagdonavicius, Chairman of the Board, ERGO
Sergey Balybin, Board Member, AS Vopak E.O.S.
Guntis Machs, Chairman of the Management Board, LDZ Cargo
Vitaly Evdokimenko, General Director, Freight Two Company
Pavel Ivanov, Director, Central Directorate of Traffic Control, Russian Railways
Vladimir Makarov, Director, Department of Strategic Planning and Projects Management, Freeport of Riga
Konstantin Zasov, General Director, Rusagrotrans

• Dynamics in demand on key routes and projected growth in passenger traffic
• Prospects for developing a cross-border network of rapid and high-speed traffic
• Boosting the appeal of passenger transport through the development of tourist routes
• Alleviating border crossing conditions as incentive for increasing loyalty and attracting new clients
• Rail Baltica: how to ensure the railway’s competitiveness?

Moderator:
Oleg Diachenko, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, RZD-Partner magazine

Speakers:
Raimondas Burkovskis, Deputy General Director – Director, Passenger Transport Directorate, Lithuanian Railways
Janis Eiduks, Deputy Director, Land Transport Department; Head, Railway Unit, Latvian Ministry of Transport
Arnis Kakulis, Director, AECOM Ltd
Andrei Kaliberdin, Deputy General Director, Federal Passenger Company
James Pond, Policy Coordinator, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
Aivar Strakshas, Vice President, Latvian Railway
Dmitry Pegov, General Director, High-Speed Transport Directorate, Russian Railways
Maxim Shneider, Head, Centre for the Corporate Governance of the Suburban Network, Russian Railways
Akbulat Zhagiparov, President, Passenger Transportation

• Development of a transport and logistics network amidst irreversible growth in containerisation
• Integrated logistics: opportunities to consolidate congruous business processes
• Optimal forms of outsourcing. How realistic is the transition to a single provider?
• Liner service as an instrument for optimising logistics and minimising costs
• Flexible tariff formulas to help alleviate freight traffic and attract new clients

Moderator:
Boris Lapidus, General Director, Russian Railway Transport Research Institute; Chairman, International Railway Research Council under the International Union of Railways

Speakers:
Stasys Gudvalis, Deputy Director General – Director of Freight Transportation Directorate, Lithuanian Railways
Mikhail Ivanov, Director for Development, Eurosib – Transport Systems
Aare Kaarma, Director, Logistics Operator in Europe
Maris Kancans, Board Member, LDZ Cargo Logistika
Andris Maldups, Head of Transit Policy Department, Latvian Ministry of Transport