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The 16th Annual Rail Freight Group Conference
Rail Freight 2008
3rd and 4th June 2008, Lord’s, Marylebone Cricket Club, London
Day 1 – Expanding the market for rail freight
08:45 Registration and coffee
09:30 Chairman’s opening remarks
Morning Chair: Lord Berkeley Chairman The Rail Freight Group
Section 1 – The importance of rail freight
09:40 Ministerial address
The importance of rail freight and how the Government is helping the rail freight industry to grow
Tom Harris MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Transport (DfT)
10:00 Questions and discussion
10:10 Panel discussion
The impact of rising oil prices on the future of transport and the implications for rail freight
Norman Baker MP Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes
Mike Garratt Managing Director MDS Transmodal
11:00 Morning coffee
Section 2 – Increasing the use of rail freight across the industries
11:25 Enhancing the network for freight: developing and funding the Strategic Freight Network
Chief Executive Network Rail
11:45 Transporting coal by rail: what do coal producers need from rail freight operators?
David Brewer Director General Confederation of UK Coal Producers
12:05 Transporting aggregates – the future for the construction sector by rail freight
Simon Blake National Rail Manager Aggregate Industries
12:25 Transporting food by rail freight:
Increasing the use of rail freight
Chris Hall Network Transport Manager Asda
12:45 Questions and discussion – Speakers to be joined by:
James Hookham Managing Director – Policy & Communications FTA
David Kerr Commercial Director EWS
13:20 Lunch
Afternoon Chair: Alan Bennett Director General Rail Freight Group
Section 3 – Developing the rail freight market in the UK
14:30 Afternoon keynote address 1
The future for rail freight: how low can freight infrastructure charges go?
Dr Al Reinschmidt Vice-President Commercial Programs Transportation Technology Center (TTCI), USA
14:50 Corporate governance – a new structure for Network Rail?
Peter Hunt Chief Executive Mutuo
15:10 Holding Network Rail to account to aid the developing rail freight market in Britain
Bill Emery Chief Executive Office of Rail Regulation (ORR)
15:30 Questions and discussion
15:50 Afternoon tea
Section 4 – Achieving a 24/7 railway
16:10 Maintaining the railway in a way which allows for continuous services
Frank Zschoche Director BSL Management Consultants
16:30 Panel discussion
Achieving 24/7 rail services in the UK: can this be done?
Professor Andrew McNaughton Chief Engineer Network Rail
Lindsay Durham Head of Rail Strategy Freightliner
Chris Geldard Head of Rail Development ABP
Frank Zschoche Director BSL Management Consultants
17:05 Closing keynote address
How can the competitiveness of freight be safeguarded?
Theresa Villiers MP Conservative MP for Chipping Barnet and Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
17:20 Questions and discussion
17:25 Chairman’s closing remarks
17:30 Close of day 1
Day 2 – Issues affecting rail freight in the UK and Europe
08:30 Registration and coffee
09:10 Chairman’s introduction to Day 2
Lord Berkeley Chairman The Rail Freight Group
Section 5 – Opening up markets across Europe
09:15 Delivering the freight orientated railway
Patrick Rousseaux European Commission DG TREN
09:35 The importance of inland ports in the logistics chain
Erich Staake President Duisburger Hafen AG
09:55 Opening up international markets – what more can be done?
Bart Verbeke Director, Intermodal Division P&O Ferrymasters
10:15 Questions and discussion
10:35 Morning coffee
11:25 Developing the market: the view from Deutsche Bahn
Hartmut Mehdorn Chairman, Management Board and CEO Deutsche Bahn
11:45 Developing the market: the view from VTG
Dr Heiko Fischer CEO VTG
12:05 Panel discussion
Is the European rail freight market open to fair competition?
Erich Staake President Duisburger Hafen AG
Bart Verbeke Director, Intermodal Division P&O Ferrymasters
Brian Blackwell Business Planning Director HS1 CTRL
Antoine Hurel Chairman and Managing Director Veolia Cargo
Hartmut Mehdorn Chairman, Management Board and CEO Deutsche Bahn
Dr Heiko Fischer CEO VTG
12:55 Lunch
Section 6 – Planning and funding of rail freight schemes
13:55 Growing international rail freight through the Channel Tunnel: the structure of the access charges for freight
Brian Blackwell Business Planning Director HS1 CTRL
14:15 The impact of Crossrail on rail freight
Angus Walker Partner Bircham Dyson Bell
14:35 Funding infrastructure enhancements and expanding the European rail freight market
David Humphrey Babcock Brown
14:55 Questions and discussion
15:10 Afternoon tea
15:40 Update on the Planning Bill and its impact on rail projects
Robbie Owen Partner and Head of Major Projects Bircham Dyson Bell
16:00 Developing rail freight terminals and interchanges
Simon Jenkins Vice President Development ProLogis developments
16:20 Closing panel discussion
The impact of changes to the planning system on the funding and delivery of rail freight schemes
David Humphrey Babcock Brown
Robbie Owen Partner and Head of Major Projects Bircham Dyson Bell
Simon Jenkins Vice President Development ProLogis developments
16:55 Chairman’s closing remarks
17:00 Close of conference
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