Moderator: Georgs Lansmanis – Advisor to the Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Latvia

• Meeting the targets of the Lisbon Strategy; the track towards sustainable economic growth
Paul Guitink – Community of European Railway and Infrastructure companies, Senior Railways Policy Adviser for Central and Eastern Europe, Belgium

• Baltic Transit Freight Potential of North-West China and European Vector
Yuri Scherbanin – Eurasian Transport Union, Vice-President, Russia

• Developing freight transit routes in enlarged EU.  North-South rail link through Baltic states to Central Europe
Riivo Sinijärv – Company “Navirail OÜ”, Member of the Board, Estonia

• European Neighbourhood Policy: New Projects in Freight Transport Logistics
Igor Kabashkin – Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Dr.hab.sc.ing., President and Professor, Latvia

11.30 – 12.00    COFFEE BREAK

12.00 – 13.30  Plenary Session II (Daugava hall, 1st floor)

Moderator: Yuri Scherbanin – Eurasian Transport Union, Vice-President, Russia

• The Efficiency of Intermodal Transport Corridors and Perspectives of their Development
Alexander Renz – European Intermodal Association, Member of the Board, Belgium

• Global Cargo Containerisation and Transcontinental Multimodal Corridors. What should Latvia do?
Georgs Lansmanis – Advisor to the Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Latvia

• Growth Perspectives of Container Shipment Volumes
Andis Ramza – “LDz Cargo” Ltd., Department of Economy, Marketing and Service Sales Division, Head of Marketing Unit, Latvia

• Container transhipment in Latvia. The outlet for the growing container traffic within the Baltics.
Vitālijs Vinogradovs – “Lighthouse-LC Baltics” Ltd, Chairman of the Board, Latvia
Henning Graf Finck von Finckenstein – “Lighthouse-LC Baltics” Ltd, Member of the Board, Latvia

•  Providing Security to Global and Regional Container Shipment
Alevtina Kirillova – Forwarding Agency „Sungate”, Director, Russia

13.30 – 14.30   LUNCH

14.30 – 16.00   Plenary Session III (Daugava hall, 1st floor)

Moderator: Mārtiņš Tols – Manager of Tax and Legal Department, Deloitte Latvia

• Activity of the Federal Customs Service of Russia in the Sphere of Harmonisation and Simplification of Customs Procedures in Case of Crossing the Borders of the Countries of the Baltic Region
Vladimir Ivin – Federal Customs Service of Russia, Head of Analysis Department, Russia

• Authorised Economic Operators. 6 Months after Enactment of the Regulations
Mārtiņš Tols – “Deloitte Latvia” Manager of Tax and Legal Department, Latvia  

• Through Unity of Goals to Unification of Information Exchange and Customs Procedures
Sergei Fedorov – State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus, Department for Customs Control and Analysis of Technology Efficiency, Head of the Department, Belarus

• Technology for Electronic Supply of Information to Customs Services via the Internet
Vladimir Tkachev – Company „Customs Logistics Center”, Director, Russia

• Introduction of Information Technologies in the Sphere of Transport and Logistics
Mark Goldberg – Company „Information Business Systems”, Department of Transport and Logistics, Director, Russia

16.00 – 16.15    COFFEE BREAK

16.15 – 17.30   Plenary Session IV (Daugava hall, 1st floor)

Moderator: Mihail Buzyuk – Company „Information Business Systems”, Department of Transport and Logistics, Centre of Competence, Director, Russia

• Potential of Baltic and Latvian Railway Transit
Māris Riekstiņš - Latvian Railways (VAS Latvijas Dzelzceļš), Acting Director of Infrastructure Management Department, Latvia

• Logistics Chain, Risk Identification and Possibilities of their Minimisation 
Valentīns Šmuksts – Company “Aon Latvia”, Transport and Marine Risks Department, Director, Latvia 

• Correlation of Demand and Supply of Russian Oil on the Main Markets: Perspectives of Oil Transit in the Baltic Region
Marija Belova – Institute of Power Industry and Finances, Department of Power Industry, Senior Expert, Russia

• Supply of Russian Gas to Baltic Countries: Reality and Perspectives
Olga Minina – Advisory Company „RPI”, Analyst, Russia

• Port of Sillamäe – Economic Advanced Post of the 1520 Space between EU and Russia
Andrey Birov – Port of Sillamäe, Marketing Director, Estonia

* There may be changes or amendments in the program

17.30 – 20.00 Cocktail reception