8:00 Registration of participants

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9:00 Opening of the Congress

• Adrian Furgalski, President of the Management Board, TOR Transport Consultants Group‍
• Dariusz Jonski, Member of the European Parliament‍
• Marita Szustak, President, Economic Chamber of Land Transport

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9:15 Opening speech

• Dariusz Klimczak, Minister of Infrastructure

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9:25 Opening speech - video message*

• Apostolos Tzitzikostas, European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, European Commission

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9:30 Opening speech

• Piotr Rachwalski, Member of the Board, Central Communication Port

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9:40 Keynote speech: Green goals in transport — challenges ahead of the railway

• Krzysztof Niemiec, Vice President of the Board, TrackTec & Vice Chairman, Railway Business Forum

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9:50 OPENNING DEBATE: A coherent European high-speed rail network — a pipe dream or a realistic vision?

• Does the European Commission have the tools to support the construction of a cross-border HSR network in the EU?
• The development perspective and the most important parts of the HSR in the EU
• Rail Baltica and connectivity in the CEE region
• HSR experiences in the West — lessons for Poland
• Vision “Poland in 100 minutes”. Traffic Forecasts
• Cargo and Defense. The Importance of Conventional Line Relief for Military Mobility and Freight
• Social and economic benefits of HSR development

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Panelists:

• Marco Kivila, Chairman of the Board, Rail Baltica
• Maciej Klis, Vice President of the Management Board, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego
• Kristine Malnaca, Deputy Secretary of State, Ministry of Transport of Latvia
• Paweł Przyżycki, Chairman of the Board, Hitachi Rail GTS Polska
• Joanna Skrzydlewska, Marshal of Łódź Voivodeship
• Marita Szustak, President, Economic Chamber of Land Transport
• Piotr Wyborski, President of the Management Board, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe
• Hanna Zdanowska, Mayor of the City of Łódź
• Vytis Žalimas, General Manager, LTG Infra (Lithuanian Railways)‍

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Moderator: Lukasz Malinowski, Managing Director & Editor-in-Chief, TOR Wydawnictwo

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11:30 STRATEGIC DEBATE — XII European Rolling Stock Forum: What rolling stock for HSR in Poland?

• Carriers' expectations of rolling stock in the context of “Poland in 100 minutes”
• Competences of Polish rolling stock manufacturers and subsuppliers in the production of solutions for HSR
• International cooperation and agreements in the field of rolling stock for Polish HSR
• Necessary investments in capacity development for HSR
• Modern solutions and technologies, noise level, aerodynamics, resistance to difficult weather conditions, rolling stock strength, acceleration and braking, passenger comfort
• Will HSR change the passenger market? Timetable, price availability, driving comfort

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Panelists:

• Artur Fryczkowski, Vice President of the Management Board & Director of Sales and Development in Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic States, ALSTOM Polska
• Adrian Furgalski, President of the Management Board, TOR Transport Consultants Group
• Piotr Malepszak, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Infrastructure
• Janusz Malinowski, President of the Management Board, PKP Intercity
• Jozef Michalik, Vice President of the Management Board, NEWAG
• Tomasz Prejs, Chairman of the Board, Siemens Mobility
• Piotr Rachwalski, Member of the Board, Central Port of Communications
• Arkadiusz Świerkot, Member of the Management Board, Stadler Polska
• Piotr Wronski, Vice President of the Management Board, MEDCOM
• Krzysztof Zdziarski, President of the Management Board, PESA Bydgoszcz

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Moderator: Michal Grobelny, Transport Project Manager, TOR Transport Consultants Group

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1:05 PM Speech: EU funds for KDP

• Herald Ruijters, Deputy Director-General for Investment, Innovation and Sustainable Transport, DG MOVE, European Commission

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13:25 Technical break/lunch

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2:00 DEBATE: Internal market and foreign markets in the strategy of rolling stock manufacturers

• Increasing the production capacity of plants in Poland

• Difficulties in expanding into foreign markets. Is there a need for state intervention?

• Manufacture of components for rolling stock: windows, brakes, drives, inverters, seats

• Modernization of wagons, push-pulles up to 200 km/h, double-decker EZTs and their delivery dates

• Is Poland a significant market for vehicles with alternative propulsion (hydrogen, gas)?

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Panelists:

• Paweł Chodun, Vice President of the Management Board, MEDCOM
• Grzegorz Kucia, President of the Management Board, H. Cegielski - Fabryka Pojazodowy Szynych
• Dragana Luksic, Executive Director, Željeznički prevoz Crne Gore (Montenegrin Railways)
• Janusz Malinowski, President of the Management Board, PKP Intercity
• Tomasz Palaszewski, Director of Key Customers, Hitachi Rail GTS Poland
• Szabolcs Pumb, Head of Railway System Integration and Management of MÁV Passenger Transport (Hungarian Railways)

Moderator: Roman Czubinski, Journalist, rynek-kolejowy.pl

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3:05 DEBATE: Poole rolling stock, cargo transport and the used vehicle market

• Development plans of rolling stock pools in the field of freight vehicles

• Rolling stock for intermodal transport. Is EU funding sufficient?

• Rolling stock for the transport of military equipment. Needs and Reality

• Possibilities of commercial financing for the purchase of combustion vehicles

• Where to buy used rolling stock? Is importing from abroad a good solution?

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Panelists:

• Sylwia Cieślak-Wilk, Deputy Director, Centre for EU Transport Projects
• Grzegorz Frejgandt, Locomotive Sales Manager, Siemens Mobility
• Piotr Ignasiak, CEO, OnTrain
• Wojciech Jurkiewicz, CEO, Union of Independent Railway Carriers

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Moderator: Janusz Kućmin, Sales Director, Stadler Poland

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4:00 DEBATE: Intercity transport. Will we be able to renew the fleet before market liberalisation?

• 4th railway package and challenges for the passenger transport market

• Purchasing plans of local government carriers, signed contracts, production capacity

• Financing the purchase of rolling stock — are new sources of support needed?

• Maintenance costs of rolling stock

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Panelists:‍

• Szymon Domanski, Director of Strategic Client Team, PKO Leasing
• Joanna Lech, Director, Centre for EU Transport Projects
• Maciej Maciejewski, Vice President of the Management Board, PESA Bydgoszcz
• Krzysztof Pietrzykowski, President of the Management Board, POLREGIO
• Adam Pustelnik, Vice-President of the City of Łódź
• Maciej Sobieraj, President of the Management Board, Łódź Agglomerational Railway
• Arkadiusz Świerkot, Member of the Management Board, Stadler Polska

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Moderator: Stefan Akira Jarecki, PhD, professor of the university, Warsaw University of Technology

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17:15 Closing of the Congress in Session I

2:00 PM DEBATE: Readiness of the executive market to build the KDP network in Poland

• First tenders and contracts with contractors - schedule

• Designer market for the “Y” line and subsequent sections of KDP

• Construction of the KDP network and modernization of existing lines

• Power infrastructure. Implementation of the 25 kV power supply system — substations, connections, traction network, energy consumption, etc.

• Construction of viaducts, tunnels and railway stations
• EU, public and private sources of funding

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Panelists:

• Rafal Banaszkiewicz, Director - Board Representative for Investment Preparation, PKP Polish Railway Lines
• Adrian Furgalski, President of the Management Board, TOR Business Advisory Team
• Michal Kazimierczak, Director of the Office of Design and Environment of the Railway Subprogram, Central Communications Port
• Arthur Kowalski, Director of the Department for European Union and International Cooperation, Public Procurement Office
• Tomasz Rochowiak, Member of the Board & Director of Project Execution and Bidding, Hitachi Rail GTS Polska
• Jan Sechter, Chairman of the Department of Transport, Czech Chamber of Commerce & b. ambassador of the Czech Republic to Poland
• Marita Szusztak, President, Economic Chamber of Land Transport
• Andrzej Wach, Board Advisor, PORR

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Moderator: Maciej Gladyga, Managing Director, Economic Chamber of Land Transport

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15:20 Featured: Hitachi Rail Solutions for High Speed Rail

• Maciej Dubinski, Director of Sales and Business Development, Hitachi Rail GTS Polska

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15:35 DEBATE: The potential of the Polish manufacturing industry and new infrastructural challenges

• Strength of building materials in KDP infrastructure

• Railway surface: underlays, rails, junctions

• SRK systems and equipment

• How to reduce the average cost of building 1 km of KDP tracks?

• Operational safety, cost-effectiveness and passenger comfort

• Capacity and transport routes for materials and goods under construction CPK

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Panelists:

• Michal Boczula, Deputy Director of the Office of Design and Environment of the Railway Subprogram, Central Communications Port
• Tomasz Dominiak, PR Manager, Komunikator
• Krzysztof Niemiec, Vice President of the Board, TrackTec & Vice Chairman, Railway Business Forum
• Jacek Paś, PhD, President, Association of Engineers and Communication Technicians of the Republic of Poland
• Paweł Pleśniar, Director - Board Representative for Planning Development and Maintenance of Railway Infrastructure, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe

Moderator: Damian Kaźmierczak, PhD, Member of the Board, Polish Union of Construction Employers

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17:00 End of the Congress in session II