Agenda
8:00 – 8: 05 Welcome & Opening
Mr. Philippe Lorand, Asia-Pacific Coordinator, UIC
8:05 – 8: 15 Keynote speech
Mr. Sandeep Jain, Economic Affairs Officer, Transport division United Nations - ESCAP
8:15 – 8:45 1. Decarbonisation initiatives in Transport sector
- UIC initiatives for low carbon fuels implementation in railway
Mrs. Lucie Anderton CEnv, Head of Sustainability UIC - The concept of low-carbon development of JSC NC KTZ until 2060
Mr. Batyr Kotyrev, Chief Engineer – Director of the Department of Technical Policy, KTZ, Kazakhstan
8:45 – 09:45 2. Low carbon fuels implementation in APRA
- Alternative fuels and prospects for their use in train traction -
Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor B.B. Zhardemov - General Director of LLP
"Research Center for Complex Problems" - Decarbonisation in Transport using alternate/recycled materials,
Professor (Practice) and Director Ravi Ravitharan,, MIRT, Australia - CARS/ BJTU/ SWJTU ( TBC)
- KTMB, Malaysia : Challenges adapting decarbonization for railways within the ASEAN context,
Mr. Mohamed Suhaimi Yaacob, CCO, KTMB
9:45 – 9:50 Break
9:50 – 10:35 3. International experience (UIC members/Partners) Advanced Researches for Asia-Pacific
- A promising shunting diesel locomotive powered by batteries for the Asia-Pacific region,
B. Jumanov, Wabtec Corporation, Project Manager - UIC proposed research studies for 2024 in the field of saving energies and reducing carbon footprint,
Laurent Fréchède, Head of Energy, UIC - Modern solution for advanced rolling stock operation,
Torsten Thieme , Director, Thieme Bieg & Associates, Kazakhstan/Germany
10:35 – 10:40 Questions & Answers
Summary & Closing remarks