TransBaltica 2018

XXI International conference "TransBaltica 2018", RIga-Liepaja, Latvia

Riga Municipality, Meeting Room, Riga, Latvia
May 31, 2018

PROGRAM
 

09.00 - 10.00 Registration (Riga Municipality, Meeting Room) Morning Coffe

10.00 - 10.15

Opening Conference:

 

Transport sector in Latvia and its development prospects
Uldis Augulis - Minister of Transport of the Republic of Latvia

 

10.00 –12.00

 

I Plenary session

MODERATOR: Janis Zelmenis - BDO Latvia partner

 

   

Transportation and Logistics in the Baltics: new challenges and opportunities
Jekaterina Rojaka – PhD,Member of the Association of Chief Economists at the PhD European Banking Federation (Lithuania)

EU Development of  Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T) corridors and arising challenges related to them: digitalisation, alternative fuels availability, military mobility etc."
Paolo Guglielminetti - Partner, Advisory Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers (Italy)

Transit of European and Eastern goods: the Northern Sea route - prospects, volumes, countries and companies
Juri Shcerbanin  prof. - Doctor of economic sciences, head of oil and gas trading and logistics department of the Gubkin Russian State University, head of the Oil and Gas Laboratory of the Institute of the Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Transport (Russia)



Russian gas in Europe: economy and politics
Maria Belova –Director of Research, VYGON Consulting (Russia)

 

 

12.00 –12.30  COFFEE BREAK

12.30 –14.00

 

II Plenary session

MODERATOR: Igors Graurs - RISEBA attīstības prorektors

 

 

Port, transport and manufacturing – future possibilities
Uldis Hmieļevskis - Deputy CEO of Liepaja Special Economic Zone (Latvia)

Customs code of the Eurasian economical union - new opportunities for bussines
Kuryakov Sergey - Representative of the Customs Service of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Latvia
Competitiveness of transit services, how it is affected by the service charges?
Justīna Hudenko - dr.oec.,LatRailNet Chairman of the Board, Managing Director

Eurasian Economic Union and customs transit
Anna Rabushko - Head of the general department of the organization of customs control of the State Customs Committee(Belarus)

 

How will the new demands in the banking sector affect the transit business sector?
Artūrs Surmovičs - BDO Law Senior Lawyer(Latvja)

 

14.00– 15.00 Lunch

15.00 –17.00

 

III Plenary session

MODERATOR: Igors Graurs - RISEBA attīstības prorektors

 

 

Importance of transport and logistics digitization by choosing transport corridors for supply chains
Vladimirs Padalica - Starptautiskās asociācijas „Transsibīrijas pārvadājumu koordinācijas padome” (TPKP,  Šveice) informācijas tehnoloģiju darba grupas vadītāja vietnieks

OPEC  and other factors that affect the global oil market
Maria Belova –Director of Research, VYGON Consulting (Russia)

Riga airport – building entry point for Asia air-cargo
Artūrs Kokars - Board Member of Latvian Aviation Association (Latvia)

Development of the industrial park "Big Stone" and its role in the Silk Road
Sergejs Vaitehovskis - SZAO "Industrial park development company", deputy director general (Belarus)


Challenges related to the development of railway infrastructure in Latvia.
Indicative railway infrastructure development plan 2018-2022. Change of railway infrastructure access charges calculation system from 2019

Patriks  Markēvičs -Director of the Railway Department of the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia

Rail Baltic - evaluation problems. Real estate or business?
Oskars Cimermanis - BDO Corporate Finance Director (Latvia)

 

 

 

17.15 – 19.00

 

 

 

 

 Cocktail, Riga Fashion Museum (Grēcinieku 24–1, Rīga)

http://www.fashionmuseumriga.lv/


June 1, 2018
8.00 -19.00   Visit to the Liepajas SEZ

PROGRAM
Venue: PROMENADE HOTEL, Vecā Ostmala 40, Liepāja

8.00 Departure from Riga
11.30-12.00 Arrival, registration, coffee
12.00-12.30 Presentations of Liepaja SEZ Administration and presentations of Liepaja Port entrepreneurs
12.30-13.30 Lunch (free discussions)
13.45-15.30 Visits to the Port, Liepaja Industrial Park and Liepaja Airport
15.30-16.00 End of the session at the Liepaja airport (coffee, snacks, discussions)
16.15- Departure to Riga


*There may be changes or amendments in the program
Conference materials will be available in electronic format in the ARCHIVE of our home page

Support

Satiksmes Minitrija

Rīgas dome

CCTT

Latvijas tranzīta biznesa asociācija

BDO

Riga Free Port

PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Latvijas dzelzsceļš

Ventspils Free Port

Liepajas speciala ekonomiska zona

Rodl & Partner

EURO-ASIAN TRANSPORT UNION

Latvijas ostu asociacija

Transporta un sakaru instituts

Radisson Blu Daugava

FastSoft

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BalticTimes

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