Introduction
To continue and expand upon the dialogues at the 14th Regional EST Forum in Asia of the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) on the 18-20th October 2021, UNCRD and UIC are holding a joint conference that will focus on Railways.
As a continuation of our collaboration and meetings with international partners in the region, you are invited to join and learn more about the work of the International Union of Railways (UIC) in the field of Sustainability framed by UIC Vision for Rail 2030 and the Aichi 2030 Declaration on Environmentally Sustainable Transport - Making Transport in Asia Sustainable (2021-2030) issued by UNCRD on 20 October 2021.
It will be an opportunity to hear about best practices in sustainability from the Asia-Pacific region, as well as discuss the common challenges the Railways of the Asia-Pacific Region are facing in decarbonising. There will be a discussion to identify the opportunities for rail to help accelerate a green and just recovery from the pandemic. This online conference will be helpful for both policy makers and railway operators alike and an opportunity to collaborate closer as a railway community.
Agenda
When?
Thursday 14 April 2022 at 8:00-11:00 am Paris Time.
Where?
On Zoom – Please register below.
Programme
Master of Ceremony: Mr. Milko PAPAZOFF, UIC ASEAN Representative
Welcome (8:00-8:15)
Mr. François DAVENNE, Director General, UIC
Mr. CHOUDHURY Rudra Charan Mohanty, Environment Programme Coordinator, Secretariat of the Regional EST Forum in Asia, United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)
1.0. UIC Introduction (8:15-8:55)
Introduction of previous events
Mr. Vincent VU, Director Institutional Relations, Coordinator UIC Asia-Pacific Region, UIC
2030 Vision
Ms. Lucie ANDERTON, Head of Sustainability, UIC
Poll: what are the most important achievements for the next decade? Among the 9 key enablers from Vision 2030: what do governments and railways need to do in order to deliver these features, for railways to accelerate the achievements in the next decade?
Keynote Speech: Sustainable, low carbon transport in Asia - the role of railways
Mr. Cornie HUIZENGA, TA Consultant Asian Development Bank, Team leader Asian Transport Outlook
2.0. Asia-Pacific Vision 2030 (8:55-9:45)
Strategy for Sustainable Railway proposed by JR East
Mr. MATSUMOTO Keita, Assistant Manager, International Affairs HQ, JR East, Japan
Journeying Towards a Sustainable Public Transport Network
Mr. LEE Ling Wee, Deputy Group CEO of SMRT and President, Strides International Business & Strides Rail, Singapore
DOTr Railways Sector Overview
Mr. T. J. BATAN, Undersecretary for Railways, DOTr, Philippines
Policies to Enhance the Role of Railways in integrated Transportation
Ms. LI Na, Senior Researcher, CARS, China
Discussion/Q&A
Break (15mns)
3.0. UIC Railway Climate Declaration signing Sydney Trains and KNR (10:00-10:10)
Moderator: Ms. Lucie ANDERTON, Head of Sustainability, UIC
Panelists:
Mr. Rod BARBER, Director Environment & Sustainability (Rail Operations), Sydney Trains, Australia
Mr. LEE Jaewoo, Executive Director, International Business Department, KNR, Korea
4.0. Round Table – Resilience and Connectivity (10:10-10:55)
By 2030, increase resilience and adaptive capacity of transport system to climate-related hazards and pandemics such as COVID-19.
By 2030, facilitate inclusive multi-modal national (including rural-urban) and regional (cross-border) connectivity through the provision of sustainable multi-modal freight and passenger transport infrastructure and services
Moderator: Ms. Lucie ANDERTON, Head of Sustainability, UIC
Panelists:
Mr. Shahriman SHAFEIN, Ministry of Transport, Malaysia
Mr. Sandeep JAIN, Economic Affairs Officer, UNESCAP
Mr. Ganesh Raj JOSHI, Researcher, UNCRD
Mr. Cornie HUIZENGA, TA Consultant Asian Development Bank, Team leader Asian Transport Outlook
Summary and Closing remarks (10:55-11:00)
Mr. CHOUDHURY Rudra Charan Mohanty, Environment Programme Coordinator, Secretariat of the Regional EST Forum in Asia, United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)
Mr. Vincent VU, Director Institutional Relations, Coordinator UIC Asia-Pacific Region, UIC
Registration
As soon as you are registered and after validation of your registration, you will automatically receive the link to access the ZOOM platform.
One day before the event, you will also receive a reminder with the ZOOM link.
Contact
Ms. Beatrice SEGERAL, UIC Senior Advisor, Institutional Relations and Asia-Pacific, segeral at uic.org