Day I – 18 March

9:30 – 10:00 – PARTICIPANT REGISTRATION – Welcome Coffee

10:00 – 10:30 – EVENT OPENING

Mihai Frumosu, Senior Transport Expert – Banca Europeană de Investiții
Iulian Sîrbu, Primar – Primăria Municipiului Sighișoara
Ionuț Săvoiu, Secretar de Stat – Ministerul Transporturilor și Infrastructurii
Claudiu Mureșan, Președinte – ARF
Mircea Arnăutu, Director ONFR – AFER
Daniel Apostolache, Director General – Carpatica Feroviar

10:30 – 12:00 – PANEL 1

Panel sponsored by DRUM ASFALT

RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE IN ROMANIA: ASSESSMENT, LESSONS LEARNED AND STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS

(European policies and TEN-T: opportunities and obligations; prioritizing investments in railway infrastructure; status of national railway corridor modernization projects: modernization of existing lines vs. construction of new lines; optimization of railway capacity and traffic; railway traffic safety; digitization of railway infrastructure; noise and vibration reduction; public-private partnership models in the railway sector; the role of design in reducing implementation delays; ERTMS/ETCS in Romania: progress, bottlenecks, and solutions; financing models and investment prospects)

Moderator: Mihai Frumosu, Senior Transport Expert – Banca Europeană de Investiții

Speakers:

Claudiu Mureșan, Președinte – ARF
Esther Yolanda Gonzalez Diez, Administrator – CONSIS PROIECT
Peter Moser, International Sales Manager – LINSINGER Maschinenbau Gesellschaft
Adrian Movileanu, Consilier Tehnic și Secretar Științific – TEHMIN Brașov
Ionuț Zăinescu, Inginer Proiectant Vignol – voestalpine Railway Systems Romania
Valentin Dorobanțu, Director General Adjunct – CFR SA
Dr.ing. Ioan Buciuman, Consultant – Club Feroviar
Giorgian Radu, Director Vânzări – SALESIANER MIETTEX

12:00 – 12:30 – COFFEE BREAK

12:30 – 14:00 – PANEL 2

THE ROLE OF RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE IN SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY AND EMISSION REDUCTION

(integration of rail transport with other modes of transport; European funding; metropolitan and tram-train lines, tram lines: cities that have eliminated tram transport, cities that have reintroduced tram transport; modernization of tram lines; intermodal connections: the station as a transport hub – rail, road, urban; investment in modern and accessible stations; modern rail logistics: how rail transport can become more efficient for freight deliveries)

Moderator: Prof.dr.ing. Gabriel Popa, Prodecan al Facultății de Transporturi – UPB

Speakers:

Doru Cătălin Toader, Director Direcția Licențiere Feroviară, Autorizare de Siguranță și Evaluare Independentă – ASFR
Laurențiu Dumitru, Director General – AGIFER
Laurențiu Stanciu, Director General – Transport Urban Reșița
Adrian Costea, Sales Manager – Alvirom
Adrian Revnic, Director General – Oradea Transport Local
Daniel Doman, Șef Departament Întreținere Reparații – STB SA

14:30 – 15:00 – CONCLUSIONS

Day II – 19 March

TECHNICAL VISIT

The technical visits within the Club Feroviar Conference on Infrastructure will take place on Thursday, March 19, at the Sighișoara Railway Station, the Mureni Tunnel and Homorod (Tunnel Portal – Lot 2/ Subsection 2 Apața–Cața).

At the Sighișoara Railway Station and the Mureni Tunnel, participants will see the current status of the works carried out by Arcada Company, as well as the related technical details.
At the Homorod portal in Subsection 2 Apața–Cața, the AKTOR company will present the working area of the Homorod twin railway tunnels (one for each railway line), approximately 5.1 km each. Here, the Alexandra and Konstantina TBMs are already drilling deep into the mountain. Participants will also be able to see the specific site organization: the tunnel access area (portal), the TBM technical platforms, the logistics of removing excavated material and supplying prefabricated elements, as well as associated safety and monitoring measures/equipment.