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Programme
11:00 - Welcoming and opening remarks
Mr. Basil Pietersen, FIATA President
Mr. François Davenne, UIC Director General
11:20 – 11:55 – Session 1: Multimodality as a solution for contemporary Supply Chain Challenges
Speakers will engage in panel discussion on multimodality as a solution to sustainable international, regional and national supply chains, notably through rail transport. They will provide their inputs on useful tools to support multimodality, such as the Negotiable FIATA Multimodal Transport Bill of Lading and the promotion of railway operators in their multimodal activities.
Ms Maria Koidu, DG MOVE, European Commission
Mr. Ivan Petrov, FIATA Senior Vice President
Mr. Eric Lambert, UIC Chairman of the Combined Transport Special Group
BREAK
12:05 – 12:45 – Session 2: Focus on the key enablers; digitalization, the agile transformation of the logistics industry
Speakers will provide their views of digitalization as a key enabler for multimodality, notably by providing their perspective from their respective point of view, such as from an international organization, from a rail operator, from a freight forwarder and from a shipper.
Mr. Mario Apostolov, UNECE Regional Adviser
Mr. Freek De Witte, DHL Public Affairs Manager
Mr. Frank Andreesen, Covestro Vice President Safety and Advocacy
COMFORT BREAK
13:00 – 13:50 – Session 3: Focus on the key enablers; the corridor concept as multimodality’s facilitator in the rail freight sector
Speakers will engage in panel discussion on the development of freight corridors, drawing from the Eurasian corridors to harness the lesson learnt. They will develop on opportunities to improve interconnection challenges in freight corridors and will discuss other international corridors as example of successful multimodal development.
Ms. Sandra Gehenot, UIC Freight Director
Mr. Alexander Mironow, TransContainer Europe Managing Director
Dr. Gerhard Troche, EU Rail Freight Corridor ‘Amber’ Managing Director
Mr. Shankar Shinde, Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Associations in India, Chairman Elect
Mr. Warwick Lord, Cato Ridge Dry Port CEO
13:50 – 14:00 - Closing remarks
Mr. Ivan Petrov, FIATA Senior Vice President
Ms. Sandra Gehenot, UIC Freight Director
Moderators
Mr. Ole A. Hagen, FIATA Moderator
Mr. Philip Van den bosch, UIC Moderator