NavigátorVilág – Rail Freight Conference
18th April 2024 (Thursday) 8.00-17.00
Park Inn By Radisson (1138 Budapest, Szekszárdi u. 16-18.)
The participation fee is 185 EUR + VAT per person
(The conference will be held in English and Hungarian with simultaneous interpretation.)
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Planned programme
8.00–9.00 Registration
9.00–9.05 Welcome speech
9.05–9.25 Perspectives for rail freight transport
Speaker: Imre Kovács, CEO of Rail Cargo Hungaria
9.25–9.45 Challenges of rail freight transport from the perspective of the infrastructure manager
Speaker: Réka Németh, Director General for Traffic and Operation of MÁV
9.45–10.45 International rail freight transport round-table discussion
Moderator: Réka Németh, Director General for Traffic and Operation of MÁV
Participants:
Thilo Beuven, Managing Director of RTB Cargo owner R.A.T.H. Holding
Jan Elfenhorst, CEO of EP Cargo
Christoph Grasl, Member of the Board of Rail Cargo Austria
Ján Simčo, Managing Director of Retrack Slovakia
10.45–11.05 The Digital Automatic Coupler (DAC) from the railway company perspective
Speaker: Jens Engelmann, Co-Manager of the European DAC Delivery Programme (EDDP)
11.05–11.30 Coffee break
11.30–11.45 Drivemybox: a new milestone in the digitalisation of transport management
Speaker: György Ambruzs, Managing Director of I.C.E. Transport
11.45–12.00 Intermodality opportunities – introductory presentation
Speaker: János Tálosi, CEO of East-West Intermodal Logistics
12.00–13.00 Round table discussion on rail intermodality
Moderator: Gergely Andó, editor, NavigatorVilág Magazine
Participants:
Zoltán Fábián, Managing Director of Mahart Container Center
Attila Kovács, Director of Strategy and Coordination of Petrolsped, Managing Director of PSP Terminal
Gábor Horváth, Business Unit Director of WSZL
Hernád Ágnes, CEO of Rail Cargo Operator – Hungaria
János Tálosi, CEO of East-West Intermodal Logistics
Attila Zahalka, Commercial Director of METRANS
12.50–14.00 Lunch break
14.00–14.20 Current trends in locomotive leasing
Speaker: Patrice Bildstein, European Sales Director of Akiem
14.20–14.35 What’s new in rail freight transport digitalisation?
Speaker: Tibor Kardos, Managing Director of RailNaviGo
14.35–14.45 What kind of year have Hungarian railway companies had and what kind of year they have? – introductory presentation
Speaker: Bogoslav Skierniewski, CEO of PKP Cargo International HU
14.45–15.45 Round table on rail freight transport
Moderator: Melinda Grébner, Commercial Director of Petrolsped
Participants:
László Katona, CEO of MMV
Péter Schöberl, Managing Director of RTB CARGO HUNGARIA
Imre Sperenyi, Managing Director of Retrack Hungaria
Bogoslav Skierniewski, CEO of PKP Cargo International HU
Botond Varga, Managing Director of LTE Hungária
András Végh, Country Manager of EP CARGO
15.45–16.00 Coffee break
16.00–16.15 Responding to the changing needs in the railway operation
Speaker: Hajnalka Joó, Key Account Manager of iData
16.15–16.40 Expected legislative changes affecting the rail freight transport
Speaker: Gábor Rácz, Head of the Railway Regulatory Department of the Ministry of Construction and Transport
16.40–17.00 Rail capacity allocation in 2024
Speaker: Viktor Borza, Head of the Capacity Allocation Department of the VPE