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Transport of Russia. Uniform Digital Platform Plenary Session Transport of Russia. Uniform Digital Platform Plenary Session Date: November 20 Time: 10:30 – 12:00 Venue: Coliseum x Logistics. What will be the key services at the market of freight and passenger traffic? x Unmanned aerial vehicles. How to make autonomous motion safe and widespread, and not only within the “last mile” context? x Environment. How does digitalization contribute to improvement of control over utilization of transport waste? x Human team. What are the specialties being taught nowadays in the Russian University of Transport, and how do the leading government companies contribute to the educational process? x Start-ups. What transport domains attract young and ambitious players and how should the market leaders build dialogue with them? Moderator: Victor Parakhin, Deputy CEO, ZashchitaInfoTrans, Member of Digital Transport and Logistics Association Speakers (onstage, in alphabetical order): Maxim Akimov, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Oleg Belozerov, CEO - Chairman of the Executive Board, JSC Russian Railways Evgeny Ditrich, Minister of Transport, Russian Federation Yevgeny Kovnir, CEO, ANCO Digital Economy Vladislav Onishchenko, Head, Analytical Center of the Government, Russian Federation Vitaly Savelyev, CEO, Aeroflot - Russian Airlines Alexey Semenov, Deputy Minister of Transport, Russian Federation Kirill Varlamov, Director, Internet Initiatives Development Fund Anton Zamkov, CEO, RT-Invest Transport Systems Tigran Khudaverdyan, Director General of Yandex.Taxi 2 Backbone Infrastructure. Comprehensive Plan and Sources of Financing Business Breakfast (by special invitations) Business breakfast partner Date: November 21 Time: 09:30 – 10:30 Venue: Conference Hall “Strategy” x Projects to be implemented within the framework of the Integrated Plan for Modernization and Expansion of Backbone Infrastructure. x Assessment and ranking of the projects included into the Integrated Plan for Modernization and Expansion of Backbone Infrastructure. x Approaches to assessment of social and economic effects from implementation of infrastructure projects with the participation of the state. x Development Fund, methods of selection and investing into infrastructure projects. x Adjustment of the legislation on concessions and PPP, differentiation of concession and procurement procedures, mitigation of risks for investors and stimulation of private bank activities. Moderator: Evgeny Ditrich, Minister of Transport, Russian Federation Speakers: Igor Shuvalov, Chairman of the Management Board, Vnesheconombank VEB as a development institution, investment expertise increase and update of the bank strategy in the transport sector Kirill Dmitriev, CEO, Russian Direct Investment Fund Efforts to attract foreign funds into the Russian infrastructure and transport-logistics projects Andrey Travnikov, Governor, Novosibirsk Region Concerning the prospects for development of regional air service on the basis of Novosibirsk (Tolmachevo) until 2023 Dmitry Artyukhov, Governor, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District Implementation of Northern Latitudinal Railway-2 project Oleg Belozerov, CEO - Chairman of the Executive Board, JSC Russian Railways High Speed Rail (HSR) as an element of the Integrated Plan for Modernization and Expansion of Backbone Infrastructure Vladislav Onishchenko, Head, Analytical Center for the Government, Russian Federation Analysis of evaluation of social and economic effects from implementation of infrastructure projects with governmental participation Rachik Petrosyan, Deputy Head, Federal Anti-Monopoly Service Concession grantor payment. Separation of concessions and public procurement Remarks: Oleg Pankratov, Head of Infrastructure Capital & Project Finance, VTB Capital 3 Safe and Quality Roads Road Traffic Russia Organizers: IPO ITMS and the Federal Road Agency Date: November 21 Time: 13:30 – 15:00 Venue: Coliseum x From key priorities to nationwide level: transformation and scaling of Safe and Quality Roads Project. x Priority Project: peculiarities, characteristics, results, experience and success. x National Project “Safe and Quality Roads”: tasks, objectives, perspectives. x Regions/agglomerations reports. x Advantages of project management. x Project tools: audit, monitoring, public control. x Goals and target indices by 2024. Welcome Addresses: Maxim Akimov, Deputy Chairman of the Government, Russian Federation Evgeny Ditrich, Minister of Transport, Russian Federation Igor Levitin, Aide to the President of the Russian Federation Moderator: Sergey Malozemov, TV journalist, author and “Marvels of Engineering” TV programs master, creator of “Scienctific Investigations” popular-science films program cycle, host of TV show on start-ups “Idea in a Million” Speakers: Andrey Bocharov, Governor of the Volgograd Region Mikhail Chernikov, Head of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Russian Federation Andrey Kostyuk, Head, Federal Road Agency Valery Radayev, Governor of the Samara Region Andrey Travnikov, Governor, Novosibirsk Region 4 Panelists: Igor Astakhov, Deputy Head, Federal Road Agency Vyacheslav Lysakov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation for state building and legislation Yevgeny Moskvichev, Chairman, Committee for Transport and Construction, Russian State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Alexey Varyatchenko, Director General of FAI of ROSDORNII Representatives of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS), Glavgosexpertiza of Russia, regions – project participants 5 Road Safety: Relevant Focus Road Traffic Russia Organizers: IPO ITMS and the Federal Road Agency Date: November 21 Time: 15:15 – 16:30 Venue: Coliseum x Audit of road traffic safety. x Radical measures aimed at enhancement of road traffic safety. x Interdepartmental interaction to enhance road safety (Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Emergency Situations, etc.). x Public opinion: civic society as a tool for safety improvement. Moderator: Sergey Malozemov, TV journalist, author and “Marvels of Engineering” TV programs master, creator of “Scienctific Investigations” popular-science films program cycle, host of TV show on start-ups “Idea in a Million” Speakers: Igor Astakhov, Deputy Head, Federal Road Agency Igor Kostyuchenko, Director of Department of State Policy in the field of Road Industry, Ministry of Transport, Russian Federation Yevgeny Litvin, Member of Presidium of IPO “Coordination Council for organization of road traffic” Oleg Ponaryin, Director of the Supervision Department, State Traffic Safety Administration of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Starygin, Director General of RADOR Association (Russian Association of Regional Road Authorities) Sergey Ten, Member of Committee for Transport and Construction of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Representatives of public organizations, drivers’ and pedestrians’ associations 6 Increase of Road Network Capacity Road Traffic Russia Organizers: IPO ITMS and the Federal Road Agency Date: November 21 Time: 16:30 – 18:00 Venue: Coliseum x Techniques, instruments and technology of traffic congestion decrease. x Effective methods of road traffic organization. x Transport planning. x Implementation and development of modern technology on the roads. Moderator: Sergey Malozemov, TV journalist, author and “Marvels of Engineering” TV programs master, creator of “Scienctific Investigations” popular-science films program cycle, host of TV show on start-ups “Idea in a Million” Speakers: Mikhail Blinkin, Chairman of the Public Council of the Ministry of Transport of Russia Director of Institute of Transport Economics and Transport Policy of Higher School of Economics National Research Institute Sergey Sobolev, Member of STC of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation Igor Titov, Director, Sevastopol Department of Transport and Road Infrastructure Development Representatives of Department of State Policy in the field of Road Industry, Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, Department of State Policy in the field of Automobile and Urban Transport, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, traffic and transport departments of constituent entities of the Russian Federation 7 Digital Transport and Logistics Industry Conference Organizer: RT-Invest Transport Systems Date: November 21 Time: 13:30 – 15:30 Venue: Conference Hall “Digital” x What is required to be done by the state and business sector for quick establishment of the unified digital platform for transport complex based on national solutions and software? x What technologies may enable to designate Russia as the main transit area between Asia and Europe, and create a barrier-free green corridor for freights? x How to create a unified trust environment based on big data accumulated by industrial IT- platforms and implement full-featured e-document flow? Moderator: Viktoria Shcherbakova-Slyusarenko, Leading Expert, Digital Transport and Logistics Association Welcoming Address: Evgeny Ditrich, Minister of Transport, Russian Federation Speakers: Pavel Anisimov, Development Director, Digital Economy Yevgeny Charkin, CIO, Russian Railways Igor Kashirin, CEO, Glosav Sergey Kelbakh, Charmain of the Management Board, SC Russian Highways Vladimir Mesropyan, Deputy Administrator of Project Office for implementation
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