Programme

Day I – 21 May

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

10:00 – 10:30 – EVENT OPENING

  • Mihai Barbu, President – Romanian Railway Reform Authority (RRA)
  • Florin Birta, Mayor – Oradea City Hall
  • Mircea Mălan, President – Bihor County Council
  • Marcel Daniel Dragoș, Prefect – Bihor County Prefecture
  • Constantin Andronache, General Manager – AFER
  • Adrian Revnic, General Manager – OTL

Moderator:

Prof.dr.eng. Gabriel Popa, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Transport – UPB

10:30 – 12:00 – PANEL 1

ENHANCING MOBILITY BY MAKING TRAINS THE PREFERRED MODE OF TRANSPORT

(digitalization and automation in railway operations: efficiency, safety, and sustainability; financial solutions for the modernization and acquisition of rolling stock; investments in rolling stock – sustainable business models for procurement and fleet maintenance; connectivity and integration; reducing operational costs; rolling stock maintenance; the impact of infrastructure on rolling stock performance)

Speakers:

  • Wei Deng, Supervising Marketing Manager Overseas Business Division – CRRC Qingdao Sifang
  • Marian Mihail Călin, General Manager – Astra Vagoane Călători
  • Mihai Frumosu, Senior Transport Expert – European Investment Bank
  • Krzysztof Zdziarski, President – PESA Bydgoszcz SA
  • Petru Bogdan, General Manager – ASFR
  • Laurențiu Zaharia, Head of Testing, Laboratories, Research Department – ONFR-AFER
  • Adrian Costea, Sales Manager – ALVIROM

12:00 – 12:30 – Coffee Break

Moderator:

Mihai Frumosu, Senior Transport Expert – European Investment Bank

12:30 – 14:30 – PANEL 2

STRATEGIES FOR ROLLING STOCK MODERNIZATION: BALANCING ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS WITH PASSENGER AND FREIGHT CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS

(urban rolling stock; mobility in major urban areas; compatibility with public railway infrastructure; modern technical solutions for traction vehicles; integration of ERTMS systems onboard; safety and reliability of rolling stock; the role of green technologies in rolling stock; the impact of new technologies on energy efficiency and vehicle performance; multimodal transport)

Speakers:

  • Liviu Neag, General Manager – CTP Cluj
  • Laurențiu Stanciu, General Manager – Urban Transport Reșița
  • Rene Hoepfner,  Head of Global Sales – Railway Technologies
    Bosch Engineering
  • Ștefan Toader, Chief Technical Engineer Rolling Stock – STB SA
  • András Ekés, General Manager – Mobilissimus
  • Adrian Revnic, General Manager – OTL

14:30 – 15:30 – Lunch

Day II – 22 May

TECHNICAL VISIT

The technical visit within the Railway Operators & Rolling Stock Conference will take place on the second day of the event, May 23, in Constanța Port.

The technical tour will be carried out on the main access roads of the port, starting from the headquarters of CN APM SA Constanța – Maritime Station, traveling approximately ten kilometers to the southern part of the port and then returning to the northern part. On this route you can see the operating facilities, storage facilities, port access development projects in progress. Among them, we mention the CFR project to modernize access to the railway and the completed project to expand the access road between gates 10bis and 10 to four lanes.