8th Annual Conference on RAILWAYS IN INDIA New Focus Areas and Initiatives: Challenges and Opportunities October 16-117, 2014, Le Meridien, New Delhi Hosted by: Supported by: www.globalmasstransit.net Co-sponsor*: *Lead and Co-sponsorship slots are still available RAILWAYS IN INDIA Mission z The new government has placed a strong emphasis on the development of railway infrastructure in India. It has announced a number of initiatives in this regard, including the promise of high-speed rail. z At the same time, it has acknowledged that Indian Railways (IR) will need to mobilise more funds from external resources than it has done so far. It has approved 100 per cent foreign direct investment in some segments. It has also promised an investor-friendly public-private partnership model for projects in locomotive manufacturing, port connectivity, station development and freight terminals. It will also try to engage other stakeholders like state governments and Coal India Limited in some of its projects. z IR has indicated that it will focus more on completing key existing projects rather than on announcing more new projects or trying to complete many more smaller projects. Completion of Dedicated Freight Corridors on a timely basis has been accorded the highest priority. z Consumer convenience and comfort has been marked as a major thrust area. The initiatives in this regard range from catering to sanitation requirements to providing internet services. Other new key priorities include green technologies, rail tourism and agri-networks. Safety remains a focus area. z Achieving these objectives will not be easy. It will require new approaches and practices in some cases and even organisation-wide structural reforms, though it can be argued that IR has done reasonably well under its current structure. Modernisation of rolling stock, tracks, bridges, stations and terminals is critical. These are challenges that can also be seen as opportunities. z The mission of this conference is to highlight the focus areas of the new government, with a discussion of key requirements, strategies and opportunities. The conference will also showcase noteworthy initiatives and projects, best practices, and the most promising technologies and solutions. Target Audience - Indian Railways - Private operators - Logistics firms and ICDs - Financial institutions - Technology providers - Legal firms - IR-rrelated organisations - Potential developers/investors - Port operators - Consultants - Service organisations - Development institutions - Government agencies - Major consumers - Road organisations - Equipment manufacturers - Contractors - Industry analysts, etc. Previous participants The participating organisations in our previous conferences include: Adani Logistics, Afcons, Alcoa, Alstom, Amara Raja, Ansaldo STS, Areva, Arshiya Intl, Assignia Infra, Australian Trade Commission, Axis Bank, Beekay Engg, BESCO, BEL, Bharat Wagon, Bharuj Dahej Railway, BHEL, Bhilai Engg, Bombardier, Central Electronics, Chennai Port Trust, Chittaranjan Locomotive, CIDCO, CONCOR, Contitech, CIL, CRISIL, Crompton Greaves, CTI Engineering, Dalmia, DFCCIL, Dhamra Port, DLW, DP World, DSP Merrill Lynch, E&Y, EGIS, EMD Locomotives, ESAB, Escorts, Essar Steel, ETA Engg, ETA Freight Star, ETF, FAG Bearings, Faiveley Transport, Fedders Lloyd, Feedback Ventures, Fomento Mining, Gati, Gateway Rail, GE Transportation, GE Infrastructure Transportation, GIDB, Grasim, Halcrow, Haldia Dock, Harting India, HCC, Henkel adhesives, Hind Terminals, Honeywell, India Infrastructure & Logistics, ICICI, ICICI Securities, IDBI, IDFC, IL&FS, IMFA, Indicon Logistics, Indra Sistemas, Integra Hindustan, Inlogistics, Integral Coach Factory, IRCON, IRCTC, JBIC, JK Cement, JSW, JSPL, Kalpataru Power, KCT & Bros, KEC, KPMC, Kutch Railway, Lafarge India, L&T, Leighton Contractors, KfW, Konkan Railways, Knorr Bremse, Lloyd Electric, L&T, Louis Berger, Macquarie Capital, M&I Materials, Mitsubishi, Maersk, Marubeni, Mumbai Port Trust, Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation, National Instruments, Nippon Koei, NTPC, Patil Rail Infrastructure, Petronet LNG, PwC, Progressive Constructions, Rail Coach Factory, RailTel, Railway Board (CR, ECR, ECoR, ER, NCR, NER, NWR, NFR, NR, SCR, SECR, SER, SWR, SR, WCR, WR, MR), Raychem RPG, RDSO, Ruchi Soya, Sai Consulting Engg, Sical, Reliance Industries, Rio Tinto, RITES, RVNL, SAIL, SAN Engineering, Saira Asia, SBI Capital, Seahorse Buss, SEMI, SEW Constructions, Servomax, Shapoorji Pallonji, Siemens, Sojitz, Spain Business Overseas, Soma Enterprises, SREI, Sterling & Wilson, SYSTRA MVA, Tadiran Telecom, Tata Blue Scope, Tata Motors, Tata Realty, TCE, TICIL, TMA, TRF, Tata Projects, Texmaco, Texon, Thales India, Thiess Leighton, TMIL, UGL, UMSL, URC Construction, Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Vinci Concessions, VNR, Vossloh Cogifer, Vizag Steel, Wabtech Corporation, Walter Tools, Zephir SpA, etc. To register: Call +91-111-441688861, 9911811123, email: [email protected], or visit us at www.indiainfrastructure.com October 16-117, 2014, Le Meridien, New Delhi AGENDA/STRUCTURE KEY TRENDS AND OUTLOOK MODERNISATION OF STATIONS What are the key trends and recent developments in the railways sector? What is the current status of the modernisation/re-development of stations? What are the main challenges and opportunities? What are the key issues and challenges? What is the future outlook? What are the key initiatives? KEYNOTE SESSION: INDIAN RAILWAYS’ PERSPECTIVE FOCUS ON SAFETY What is IR’s perspective and vision on the development of the railways? What are the key safety-related focus areas? What are the key new initiatives and future plans of IR? What are the new initiatives and plans (ACD, removal of level crossings, wayside What are the main issues and challenges? What is the role private investment can play in the railways? Note: The Chairman, Railway Board has agreed to deliver the keynote address in a special extended session. FOCUS ON HIGH-S SPEED RAIL What are the reasons India should consider high-speed rail (HSR)? What is the economics of an HSR project? What are the technology options? What has been the global experience? FOCUS ON PPP: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES What are the key opportunities for PPPs in the railways? What has been the PPP experience so far? What are the key issues? What can be done to encourage PPPs in the railways? DFC: STATUS AND OPPORTUNITIES What is the current status of DFC? What are the key milestones and targets? What are the key issues and challenges? What are the opportunities for private players? INCREASING STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION How can the railways invite the participation of other key stakeholders? What are the features and status of IR-Coal India collaboration? What are the features and status of IR-state collaboration? FOCUS ON CUSTOMER CONVENIENCE AND COMFORT What is being done to improve customer convenience and comfort in IR (catering, hygiene, e-ticketing, etc.)? What are the key issues and challenges? What are the key initiatives? detectors, etc.)? What are the key issues and challenges? PROJECT SHOWCASE: CONNECTIVITY TO JAMMU & KASHMIR AND NORTHEAST What are IR’s plans for connectivity to Jammu & Kashmir and the north-eastern region? What are the key projects? What are the key issues and challenges? RAIL-PPORT CONNECTIVITY: EXPERIENCE & OPPORTUNITIES What is the status of rail-port connectivity projects? What are the key issues and challenges? What are the key opportunities? TRACKS AND BRIDGES What are the new requirements for upgrading tracks and bridges? What are the key initiatives and plans in this area? What are the key issues and challenges? USE OF GREEN TECHNOLOGY What are the proposed emission norms for IR? What are the benefits of bio-toilets in IR? What are IR’s plans and initiatives with respect to installing solar panels? What is the role of demand-side management in improving energy efficiency? NEED FOR STRUCTURAL REFORMS What are the key issues with respect to the current organisation structure of IR? What are the possible strategies that IR should consider? What is the role of the Rail Tariff Authority? What is the first set of issues it will address? FOCUS ON ROLLING STOCK What are the current/future requirements in rolling stock (wagons, locos, coaches)? What are the initiatives taken by RDSO and rolling stock manufacturers? What are IR’s plans and initiatives? The conference will feature, as appropriate, presentations from all the major stakeholders. Previous Speakers Arunendra Kumar, Chairman, Railway Board R.K. Gupta, Then Managing Director, DFCCIL B.N. Puri, Member Secretary, National Transport Development Policy Committee V. Ramachandran, Director General, Research Design & Standards Organisation Suhas Kumar, Adviser, Freight Marketing, Railway Board O.P. Tantia, Managing Director, Besco Cherian Thomas, Chief Executive Officer, IDFC Foundation Ashok Gupta, ED, Land and Amenities, Railway Board Sanjay Chadha, ED, Mechanical Engineering Workshop, Railway Board Professor G. Raghuram, IIM Ahmedabad Mukul Jain, Director, Operations, Rail Vikas Nigam Limited To register: Call +91-111-441688861, 9911811123, email: [email protected], or visit us at www.indiainfrastructure.com 8th Annual Conference on RAILWAYS IN INDIA New Focus Areas and Initiatives: Challenges and Opportunities October 16-17, 2014, Le Meridien, New Delhi Registration Form I would like to register for the conference. I am enclosing Rs_______________________________vide cheque/demand draft no.___________________ drawn on __________________________dated ______________ in favour of India Infrastructure Publishing Pvt. Ltd. payable at New Delhi. Please send wire transfer payments to: Beneficiary India Infrastructure Publishing Private Limited Bank Account No. 094179587002 Bank Name The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. 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