08.00 – 09.00 – Registration of participants 09.00 – 11.30 – PANEL 1 – The future of railway infrastructure – visions and trends (emerging technologies; financing of railway infrastructure projects – current and future sources; ongoing projects for railway modernization; modern methods of stopping noise pollution; projects needed in the future: what does the railway infrastructure of the future look like?) Moderator: Dr.ing. Ioan Buciuman , Consultant – Club Feroviar Nicolas Furio , Head of Innovation Pillar – Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking Laura Babici , Infrastructure and Installations Certification Service Expert – ONFR-AFER Laurențiu Dumitru , General Manager – AGIFER Daniel Jarnea , Marketing Manager – CN Administrația Porturilor Maritime Constanța Andrei Gîrbacea , Advanced Building Solutions and Sustainability Lead | Romania – ArcelorMittal Ioan Pop , Director of Facilities Department – CFR SA 11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break 12.00 – 14.30 – PANEL 2 – Railway infrastructure and integrated urban mobility (the role of railway infrastructure in metropolitan mobility; modernization of tram lines in cities; reintroduction of tram infrastructure; intermodal connections: the railway station as a transport hub – rail, road, urban; investments in modern and accessible railway stations; modern railway logistics: how can rail transport become more efficient for freight deliveries) Moderator: Mihai Frumosu, Senior Transport Expert – European Investment Bank Dr.ing. Ioan Buciuman , Consultant – Club Feroviar Dorian Alexandrescu , COO – voestalpine Railway Systems Romania Laurențiu Stanciu , General Manager – Transport Urban Reșița Marius Andrei , Head of Design and Building Permits – STB SA Irina Ariton , Head of Public Partnerships and Passenger Rights and Obligations Regulation Management Service – CFR SA 14.30 – 15.30 Lunch

08.00 – 09.00 – Registration of participants 09.00 – 11.30 – PANEL 1 – Modernization of rolling stock (adoption of technologies such as ERTMS/ETCS to improve the interoperability and safety of the railway network; acquisition of new equipment: investments in modern electric trains and hydrogen trains to reduce carbon emissions and support the transition to sustainable mobility; development and maintenance of railway networks, including cross-border connections; interoperability, digitalisation and non-polluting technologies) Moderator: Prof.PhD.eng. Gabriel Popa, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Transport – National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest Mihai Barbu , President – Romanian Railway Reform Authority Daniel Apostolache , General Manager – Carpatica Feroviar România Adrian Pușcașu , General Manager – Knorr-Bremse Paul Pandrea , Technical Sales Manager – Rail Systems Bosch Engineering Adrian Revnic , General Manager – Oradea Transport Local 11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break 12.00 – 14.30 – PANEL 2 – Implementation of digital systems, new technologies and methods for modernizing rolling stock (interoperability; automation of railway systems: implementation of automatic train control and intelligent signaling technologies; projects related to sustainability, performance, safety, efficiency and compatibility; digitalization and technological transformation in the railway field; Internet of Things; Big Data and predictive analytics) Moderator: Gabriel Sburlan, Consultant – Club Feroviar Laurențiu Zaharia , Head of Testing, Laboratories, Research Department – AFER Olesea Lachi , Vice President Sales – SKODA Group Adrian Costea , Sales Manager – Alvirom Mihai Marcu , Administrator – Tehmin Brașov Nicolae Dragu , Business Development Director – Alstom Transport Ștefan Toader , Technical Chief Engineer – STB SA 14.30 – 15.30 Lunch

DAY 1

8:00 - 09:00

REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS

9:00 - 10:00

OPENING OF THE EVENT

Ciprian-Constantin Șerban, Minister – Romanian Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure
Mihai Barbu, President – Romanian Railway Reform Authority
Ionuț Săvoiu, State Secretary – Romanian Ministry of Transport & Infrastructure
Mariana Ioniță, Secretary General – Ministerul Transporturilor și Infrastructurii
Valentin Dorobanțu, Technical Deputy General Manager – CFR SA
Daniel Apostolache, General Manager – Carpatica Feroviar România
Mircea Arnăutu, ONFR Director – AFER

10:15 - 11:00

OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION AND TOUR OF THE RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION

11:00 - 12:30

Moderator:

Mihai Frumosu,

Senior Transport Expert – European Investment Bank

PANEL 1 - Public policies, legislation, European and international regulations, contractual relationships and financial relations in the railway market

(impact of European regulations on rail transport, ways to increase market share in the transport sector; access and charging for the use of rail infrastructure, levers for a competitive intramodal market; multimodal transport policies; competition from road transport and its complementarity in intermodal transport; role of the state in supporting public transport and rail infrastructure; application of European standards and public policies to support rail transport)

Ákos Érsek, Chief Policy Advisor – UIRR
Mihai Barbu, President – Romanian Railway Reform Authority
Sebastian Popescu, Partner, Grants and Incentives Advisory Leader – Ernst & Young
Marian Mihail Călin, General Manager – Astra Vagoane Călători
Radu Urziceanu, Director Strategy Regulations and External Representation Department – CFR SA

13:00 - 14:30

Moderator:

Mihai Barbu,

President – Romanian Railway Reform Authority

PANEL 2 - The vision for the future of rail transport - sustainable business models in the railway sector

(the role of the private sector in the development and operation of railway infrastructure; the evolution of the railway business; managing economic fluctuations and market requirements, successful models in public-private partnerships – PPP in railway infrastructure; solutions for attracting private investment in infrastructure projects; safety, reliability, punctuality, comfort; the role of using Artificial Intelligence in optimizing and maintaining the railway network)

Jacek Paś, Member of the Management Board – Track Tec Koltram
Mihai Frumosu, Senior Transport Expert – European Investment Bank
Rodica Ivan, Deputy Director Strategy Regulations and External Representation Department – CFR SA
Petru Bogdan, General Manager – ASFR
Gabriel Stanciu, Head of Rolling Stock and Customer Services – Siemens Mobility Romania

14:30 - 15:30

Lunch

16:00

Departure for technical visit

19:00

Networking dinner

DAY 2

INFRASTRUCTURE

08.00 – 09.00 – Registration of participants

09.00 – 11.30 – PANEL 1 – The future of railway infrastructure – visions and trends

(emerging technologies; financing of railway infrastructure projects – current and future sources; ongoing projects for railway modernization; modern methods of stopping noise pollution; projects needed in the future: what does the railway infrastructure of the future look like?)

Moderator: Dr.ing. Ioan Buciuman, Consultant – Club Feroviar

Nicolas Furio, Head of Innovation Pillar – Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking
Laura Babici, Infrastructure and Installations Certification Service Expert – ONFR-AFER
Laurențiu Dumitru, General Manager – AGIFER
Daniel Jarnea, Marketing Manager – CN Administrația Porturilor Maritime Constanța
Andrei Gîrbacea, Advanced Building Solutions and Sustainability Lead | Romania – ArcelorMittal
Ioan Pop, Director of Facilities Department – CFR SA

11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break

12.00 – 14.30 – PANEL 2 – Railway infrastructure and integrated urban mobility

(the role of railway infrastructure in metropolitan mobility; modernization of tram lines in cities; reintroduction of tram infrastructure; intermodal connections: the railway station as a transport hub – rail, road, urban; investments in modern and accessible railway stations; modern railway logistics: how can rail transport become more efficient for freight deliveries)

Moderator: Mihai Frumosu, Senior Transport Expert – European Investment Bank

Dr.ing. Ioan Buciuman, Consultant – Club Feroviar
Dorian Alexandrescu, COO – voestalpine Railway Systems Romania
Laurențiu Stanciu, General Manager – Transport Urban Reșița
Marius Andrei, Head of Design and Building Permits – STB SA
Irina Ariton, Head of Public Partnerships and Passenger Rights and Obligations Regulation Management Service – CFR SA

14.30 – 15.30 Lunch

ROLLING STOCK

08.00 – 09.00 – Registration of participants

09.00 – 11.30 – PANEL 1 – Modernization of rolling stock

(adoption of technologies such as ERTMS/ETCS to improve the interoperability and safety of the railway network; acquisition of new equipment: investments in modern electric trains and hydrogen trains to reduce carbon emissions and support the transition to sustainable mobility; development and maintenance of railway networks, including cross-border connections; interoperability, digitalisation and non-polluting technologies)

Moderator: Prof.PhD.eng. Gabriel Popa, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Transport – National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest

Mihai Barbu, President – Romanian Railway Reform Authority
Daniel Apostolache, General Manager – Carpatica Feroviar România
Adrian Pușcașu, General Manager – Knorr-Bremse
Paul Pandrea, Technical Sales Manager – Rail Systems Bosch Engineering
Adrian Revnic, General Manager – Oradea Transport Local

11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break

12.00 – 14.30 – PANEL 2 – Implementation of digital systems, new technologies and methods for modernizing rolling stock

(interoperability; automation of railway systems: implementation of automatic train control and intelligent signaling technologies; projects related to sustainability, performance, safety, efficiency and compatibility; digitalization and technological transformation in the railway field; Internet of Things; Big Data and predictive analytics)

Moderator: Gabriel Sburlan, Consultant – Club Feroviar

Laurențiu Zaharia, Head of Testing, Laboratories, Research Department – AFER
Olesea Lachi, Vice President Sales – SKODA Group
Adrian Costea, Sales Manager – Alvirom
Mihai Marcu, Administrator – Tehmin Brașov
Nicolae Dragu, Business Development Director – Alstom Transport
Ștefan Toader, Technical Chief Engineer – STB SA