Day I – 26 March
9:30 – 10:00 – PARTICIPANT REGISTRATION – Welcome Coffee
10:00 – 10:30 – EVENT OPENING
- Mihai Barbu, General Manager – Telecomunicații CFR
- Florin Birta, Mayor – Oradea City Hall
- Horea Florian Abrudan, Vicepresident – Bihor County Council
- Marcel Daniel Dragoș, Prefect – Bihor County Prefect’s Institution
- Daniel Apostolache, General Manager – Carpatica Feroviară
- Mircea Arnăutu, ONFR Director – AFER
- Valentin Dorobanțu, Technical Deputy General Manager – CFR SA
- Adrian Revnic, General Manager – OTL
Moderator:
Mihai Barbu, General Manager – Telecomunicații CFR
10:30 – 12:00 – PANEL 1
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
(ongoing projects to modernize the infrastructure for the movement of trains with up to 160 km/h: the status of the projects, the causes of delays (expropriations, relocation of utilities, archaeological excavations, etc.), what can be done to speed up the procedures; future projects, in the pipeline: what we need to learn from the mistakes of previous projects; Quick Wins projects, self-directed repair projects, the purchase of high-performance equipment for the repair and modernization of the infrastructure)
Speakers:
- Marian Mihail Călin, General Manager – Astra Vagoane Călători
- Andrzej Cholewa, Member of the Board – Track Tec
- Petru Bogdan, General Manager – ASFR
- Eugen Vîjiac, Designer Grooved Rail – voestalpine Railway Systems
- Anna Barukhovych, Product Manager – voestalpine Rail Technology
- Adrian Costea, Sales Manager – Alvirom
- Valentin Dorobanțu, Technical Deputy General Manager – CFR SA
12:00 – 12:30 – COFFEE BREAK
Moderator:
Gabriel Stanciu, General Manager – Alstom Romania, Bulgaria & Republica Moldova
12:30 – 14:00 – PANEL 2
LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE
(metropolitan train and tram train lines: in which cities the efforts to create metropolitan train networks have been launched and at what stage they are, what European and other funding is available, what obstacles are encountered in the implementation of these projects ; platforms and CF stations modernized/established by local public authorities or companies; cities that have eliminated tram transport – consequences (see Constanța, traffic jams), cities who reintroduced tram transport, how to reduce vibrations and jitters, etc.)
Speakers:
- Daniel Doman, Infrastructure Manager – STB SA
- Liviu Neag, General Manager – CTP Cluj
- Mihaela Negoiță, Vicepresident Grooved Rail – voestalpine Railway Systems
- Laurențiu Stanciu, General Manager – Reșița Transport Urban
- Dragoș Hrițuleac, Mobility Expert – Mobilissimus
- Adrian Revnic, General Manager – OTL
14:30 – 15:00 – CONCLUSIONS
Day II – 27 March
TECHNICAL VISIT
Brasov Railway Station
The AGRISORG company will make a presentation of small mechanization equipment for railway maintenance and equipment for making electrical connections
- Visit to the modernization site of the Brașov – Sighisoara (Racoș) railway section
