UIC African Railway Thursdays:
Bimonthly webinars dedicated to activities and projects of the UIC and UIC Africa.
The topic of the 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
Webinar 24-02-2022 (part 1)
28 February 2022
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Webinar 24-02-2022 (part 2)
28 February 2022
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Programme
Official Opening 11h-11h15
Mr Mohamed Rabie Khlie, Chairman UIC Africa, UIC Vice-Chairman
Mr François Davenne, UIC Director General
Mohamed Rabie Khlie
François Davenne
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
Christine Vanoppen
Philip Van den Bosch
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
Saïd Chandid
Alfred Pitnik
Johan Abel
Oubrahim Mohammed
Warwick Lord
Tilahun Sarka
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
Thierry Béra
Lukasz Wyrowski
Conclusions 13h35-13h50
conclusions_2402_en-2.pdf
24 February 2022
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conclusions_2402_fr.pdf
24 February 2022
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