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14.11.2019

More than 300 speakers confirmed their participation in the Forum “Transport of Russia”

More than 4,000 transport authorities, including members of the Russian Federation Government, heads of federal and foreign ministries, heads of regions and regional transport agencies, senior executives of the largest Russian and foreign companies, representatives of public organizations and banking sector traditionally participate in the Forum “Transport of Russia.” In 2019, the Forum is expected to be attended by more than 300 speakers who are industry professionals.

Heads of federal ministries and members of the Russian Federation Government, including Maxim Akimov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation, Olga Golodets, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation, Yevgeny Dietrich, Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, Igor Levitin, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation will present their reports at the Forum “Transport of Russia.”

The Ministers of Transport of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Member States and heads of international organizations, including Kitack Lim, Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Tigran Sargsyan, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission and others will participate in the main plenary discussion “Transport is the Basis of Eurasian Integration”.

Heads of Several Russian regions have confirmed their participation in the Forum as speakers. For example, they include Dmitry Azarov, Governor of the Samara Region, Alexander Brechalov, Head of the Udmurt Republic, Andrey Travnikov, Governor of the Novosibirsk Region and Radiy Khabirov, Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

Regional heads will make reports in a number of formats, in particular, “Transport Infrastructure Development in Russian Regions” breakfast meeting with the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation. Participants of the breakfast meeting will discuss the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan for Modernization and Expansion of Trunk Infrastructure (CPTI) and will also answer the following questions: How to spread risks efficiently among the government and the business community in the implementation of transport infrastructure projects? How to increase the inflow of investments in regional projects? What tools will support reequipping and improving the quality of transport and logistics infrastructure?

Senior executives of the leading Russian companies will also speak at the Forum “Transport of Russia.” The following speakers confirmed their participation: Oleg Belozerov, Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Board of OJSC Russian Railways, Vitaly Saveliev, Chief Executive Officer of PJSC Aeroflot, Natalya Kaspersky, President of InfoWatch Group of Companies and co-founder of Kaspersky Lab Company, Sergey Khramagin, Chief Executive Officer of PJSC State Transport Leasing Company (STLC) and others.

The Forum Program and the full list of speakers are available at the link: https://transweek.ru/2019/en/Forum/programme/

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