RAILCONNECT 2020 “Leveraging Partnerships for Aatma Nirbhar Railways” 8 September 2020 | Virtual Platform
Programmme
1130 – 1230 hrs Ministerial Plenary Session
Mr Chandrajit Banerjee 1130 – 1135 hrs Welcome Address Director General Confederation of Indian Industry
Dr Nalin Shinghal Chairman – CII National Committee on Capital Goods & Engineering and Chairman & Managing Director, BHEL 1135 – 1145 hrs Industry Remarks Mr Dipankar Ghosh Co-Chair – CII National Committee on Railways and CEO – Rail Products Division, ESCORTS Limited Dr Junaid Ahmad 1145 – 1155 hrs Special Address India Country Director – South Asia World Bank
Mr V K Yadav 1155 – 1205 hrs Special Address Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Railway Board, Government of India
Mr Piyush Goyal 1205 – 1225 hrs Keynote Address Minister of Railways and Minister of Commerce & Industry Government of India
Mr Sachin Bhanushali 1225 – 1230 hrs Concluding Remarks Chairman – CII National Committee on Railways and Director & CEO, Gateway Rail Freight Limited SESSION – I: Building Strong Partnerships – Role of Private Sector
➢ Ease of doing Business ➢ Leveraging the strength of Private sector in railway modernization 1245 – 1345 hrs ➢ Addressing challenges related to PPP model in India ➢ PPP in Civil and Composite Projects ➢ Funding Structure (Bilateral, Multilateral & Seller Credit) ➢ Move from Capex to Opex ➢ International practices Mr Parvesh Minocha Group Managing Director-Transportation, Construction and 1245 – 1250 hrs Moderator Logistics Feedback Infra Pvt Ltd HE Mr Jan Sechter Deputy Minister for EU and International Relations, 1250 – 1300 hrs International Perspective Railways, Water Transport, Civil Aviation, ITS, Space and Research & Development Ministry of Transport, Czech Republic
Mr Shailesh Kumar Mishra Executive Director – Planning (Civil) Railway Board
Mr Sandeep Fuller Chief Operating Officer Titagarh Wagons Limited
Mr Abhay Mishra President & CEO – Transportation Business Reliance Infrastructure
Mr C P Sharma Managing Director 1300 – 1340 hrs Panel Discussion Daulat Ram Engineering Services Private Limited
Mr Atul Agarwal Senior Transport Specialist – Transport Global Practice World Bank
Mr Ravi Peri Director – South Asia Transport and Communications Division, Asian Development Bank
Mr Sameer Bhatnagar Partner, Transport & Logistics, Infrastructure, Government and Healthcare KPMG in India 1340 – 1345 hrs Closing Moderator SESSION – II: Railway Modernization: Role of Rolling Stock (In parallel)
➢ Modernizing the Indian Railway System through Smart Manufacturing ➢ Advance Manufacturing and Modernization of Factories 1400 – 1500 hrs ➢ Introduction of Robotics, Machine Learning and Computerized production Systems for precision and quality ➢ Creating a technology-oriented ➢ Creating a vibrant MSME supply base
Mr Dipankar Ghosh 1400 – 1405 hrs Moderator Co-Chair – CII National Committee on Railways and CEO – Rail Products Division, ESCORTS Limited Mr P C Sharma Member (Traction & Rolling Stock) 1405 – 1415 hrs Special Address Railway Board, Government of India
Mr Ravinder Gupta General Manager Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala
Mr Anoop Kumar Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer Modern Coach Factory
Mr S K Singh Executive Director – Research Research Design & Standards Organisation
Mr Tilak Raj Seth Chief Executive Officer – Mobility, Advanced Signaling & 1415 – 1445 hrs Panel Discussion Telecommunication Systems Siemens
Mr T V S Shenoy Chief New Materials Business Tata Steel Limited
Mr Jitendra Kumar Jain Chairman & Managing Director Royal Infraconstru
Mr Sudipta Mukherjee Senior Vice President Titagarh Wagons Limited 1445 – 1455 hrs Open Discussion and QnA Deliberate
1455 – 1500 hrs Closing Moderator
SESSION – III: Optimizing Railway Freight Services (In parallel)
➢ Dedicated Freight Corridor, faster completion ➢ Integration with Ports, Roads and inland waterways, further scoping 1400 – 1500 hrs ➢ Multi Modal Logistics Park – Efficiency and Management ➢ Technology trends in movement of goods ➢ Ease of doing business ➢ Emerging opportunities for industry
Mr Sachin Bhanushali 1400 – 1405 hrs Moderator Chairman – CII National Committee on Railways and Director & CEO, Gateway Rail Freight Ltd Dr Surendra Kumar Ahirwar Joint Secretary (Logistics & Trade) Ministry of Commerce & Industry Government of India
Mr Nanduri Srinivas Director – Operations & Business Development 1405 – 1450 hrs Panel Discussion Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL)
Ms Saroj Ayush Senior Transport Specialist World Bank Group
Mr Sanjeev Garg Managing Director Pipavav Railway Corporation Limited
Mr Saurabh Sood President & Managing Director GATX India Private Limited
Mr Manish Puri President Association of Container Train Operators
1450 – 1455 hrs Open Discussion (QnA)
1455 – 1500 hrs Closing Moderator
SESSION – IV: Green Railways: Leveraging Renewable Energy & transforming Railways to Carbon Net Zero
➢ Leveraging renewable sources of energy ➢ Railway’s land optimization with Renewable parks and Giga factories 1515 – 1615 hrs ➢ Energy Efficiency in Indian Railways ➢ Achieve net-zero carbon emission. ➢ Enhancing electrification of the railways, ➢ Improving energy efficiency of locomotives, trains, and fixed installations ➢ Acquiring green certification for stations/installations
Ms Soma Banerjee 1515 – 1520 hrs Moderator Executive Director – Economy and Energy & Infra Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Mr Manish Gupta Executive Director – Electrical Engineer Railway Board, Government of India
Mr Sudhir Kumar Saxena Chief Administrative Officer Indian Railway Organization for Alternative Fuels
Mr Abhay Bakre Director General Bureau of Energy Efficiency
Mr Rajesh Kumar Jain Additional General Manager (Solar) Solar Energy Corporation of India 1530 – 1600 hrs Panel Discussion Mr Parag Sharma Founder and Chief Executive Officer O2 Power
Mr Hitesh Doshi Chairman Waaree
Mr Sunil Yesudas Director – Transit Engineering Wabtec India
1600 – 1610 hrs Open Discussion (QnA)
1610 – 1615 hrs Closing Moderator
SESSION – V: Advanced Signaling and Telecommunication System (In parallel)
➢ Latest Technology and Trends in Signaling and Telecommunication ➢ Implementation of technologies 1630 – 1730 hrs ➢ Communication Technologies to enhance safety and line operations - Automatic Train Protection / mobile train radio communication system / Centralized Traffic Control System ➢ Advance Electronics and Smart Operation ➢ Research & Development ➢ International Best Practices Mr Parth Trivedi Member – CII National Committee on Space and CEO & Co- 1630 – 1635 hrs Moderator Founder Skylo Techlogies Mr Pradeep Kumar 1635 – 1645 hrs Special Address Member (Infrastructure) Railway Board, Government of India Mr Vladimir A Finov Head of representative office in India RZD International LLC (Russian Railways)
Mr K Satyanarayana Raju Chief Executive Officer Kernex Microsystems (India) Limited 1645 – 1715 hrs Panel Discussion Mr Miki Shifman Chief Technical Officer Cylus (Israel)
Mr Manish Agarwal Head – Rail Infrastructure Siemens
1715 – 1725 hrs Open Discussion and QnA
1725 – 1730 hrs Closing Moderator
Session on Indian Railway Station Modernization with Mr S K Lohia, MD & CEO IRSDC (In parallel)
1630 – 1730 hrs Moderated by Mr Arvind Subramanian Co-Chair – CII National Committee on Smart Cities & Urban Development and Managing Director & CEO, Mahindra Lifespace Developer
Mr S K Lohia 1630 – 1650 hrs Keynote Address Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer Indian Railway Station Development Corporation Ms Marie Vopalenska 1650 – 1705 hrs International Perspective General Director Association of the Czech Railway Industry
Mr Abhilesh Babel Chief Executive Officer Feedback Infra 1705 – 1715 hrs Industry Remarks Mr Preetham Mehra Executive Director & Head of Government Practice CBRE India 1715 – 1725 hrs Panel Discussion and QnA
1725 – 1730 hrs Closing Moderator
* Invited
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