African Railway Thursdays - 7th Webinar “Freight Resilience, Railway Logistics & the New Challenges for its Repositioning”

Agenda

The webinar will be held on 24 February 2022, from 11am to 1:30 pm CET (Paris time).

Language

English & French.

Presentations

Programme

Official Opening 11h-11h15
Mr Mohamed Rabie Khlie, Chairman UIC Africa, UIC Vice-Chairman
Mr François Davenne, UIC Director General

Panel 1: 11h15-11h45
Railway freight in the Centre of Global Logistics Challenges
Moderator: Mr Philip Van Den Bosch, UIC Senior Freight Advisor

Resilience of Rail Freight in case of Global Pandemic
Mr Philip Van Den Bosch, UIC Senior Freight Advisor

Modal Shift as key lever to realise COP21 Paris goals 2050
Ms Christine Vanoppen, UIC, Chairman of the Sustainability group

Panel 2: 11h45-12h45
Railway networks’ experiences
Moderator: Mr Saïd Chandid, UIC Africa Regional Office

Achieving Favourable Conditions for Rail Freight
Mr Alfred Pitnik, Head of Public and Cargo Affairs, ÖBB-Holding AG

Connecting to the hinterland as part of the Rail freight policy of the Port of Zeebruges
Mr Johan Abel, Chief Officer Logistics and Sales, Port Authority Zeebrugge

ONCF Railway network experience
Mr Oubrahim Mohammed, ONCF Freight Director

Supply Chain Resilience by the introduction of Multimodality – Cato Ridge Dry Port
Mr Warwick Lord, CEO, Cato Ridge Consortium

Ethio-Djibouti Railway experience
Mr Tilahun Sarka, EDR Director General

Break (20 min)

Panel 3: 13h05-13h45
Tools & Methodologies
Moderator: Mr Thierry Béra, UIC CFO & Africa Coordinator

Tools to develop freight transport and logistics in a sustainable way
Mr Lukasz Wyrowski, UNECE

Corridors as enable for international logistic development
Mr Philip Van den Bosch, UIC Senior Freight Advisor

Technological innovations at the service of logistics
Railway network from Asia, TBC

Conclusions 13h35-13h50