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Official opening of the Eurailspeed 2005 World congress

Invited speakers: Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Transport, Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, President and CEO of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Chairman of the International Union of Railways (UIC), Mayor of Milan,…

Opening plenary session

Achievements and outlooks of the development of high-speed rail throughout the world

  Chul Lee

  Louis Gallois

  Vadim Morozov

  Yoshio Ishida

	Round Table 1 (Railways)   New high-speed rail service bring important advantages to Society. How to take these advantages into consideration for funding? The economic and financial stakeholders in high-speed projects, funding of new infrastructure, policies for sustainable mobility.   Chris Green   Jean Faussurier   Luis de Santiago Perez

	Round Table 2 (Industry)   High-speed rail manufacturers and contractors: providers or partners ?   Trends for future technical improvements of high speed rail systems - New trends in rail project management and partnerships (concession, public/private partnerships, etc.) - Participation of manufacturers and public works contractors in high speed rail projects - Cooperation between manufacturers and contractors: partners for the development of a coherent high performance rail transport system? - The point of view of supply industry: new market needs, industrial policy, etc.   Antonio Savini-Nicci

	Round Table 3 (Railways and industry)   The future of high-speed rail: Lessons from over 40 years of high speed rail operation throughout the world - New development trends. High-speed services are today the flagship product of railway companies; which evolutions have taken place to enhance quality and meet todays's customers' expectations? - What are the challenges of the new competitive framework: competition with other transport modes and between rail transport operators - Outlooks and limits for future developments - Main trends of research in the field of high speed rail transport.   Akira_hattori.pdf   Isao Okamoto.pdf   Nam-Hee hae   Yoshio Ishida

	Theme A: Market and marketing High-speed trains: the main drivers of the rail renaissance?   Parallel session A.1 - Which market for high speed rail travel? Forecasting the passenger transport demand - Role of high speed rail on the passenger market, evolution of market shares - Competition in the passenger transport market with other transport modes and between rail operators - Competition with airlines, national carriers and low cost - Towards low cost high speed rail services - Connection with international airports, a success story? Achievements and outlooks.   Alessandro Guiducci   Antonio Monfort   Jean Pierre Orsi   Jean-Marie Chevalier   Maria Harti-Bouri   Paolo Gagliardo   Valentino Fabbian   Parallel session A.2 - Managing the supply of high-speed rail services (marketing strategies) Marketing and pricing criteria for the development of new high speed rail products - Dedicated marketing for international services - Pricing and yield management, the growth of e-commerce and internet business - Merits and Prifis, UIC projects for a global information and distribution system - Relationship with travel agents and partner organisations (tour operators, etc.) - New business related to the operation of high speed trains: catering, station and on-board services, dedicated staff, information systems and communication with customers.   Chun-Hwan Kim   Frank Bernard   Jean Mireux   Karl-Heinz Garre   Magdalena Bodelon Alonso   Maurizio Bussolo   Parallel session A.3- Preparing the next generation of high speed services Commuter and regional high speed services (Shinkansen in Japan, Spain,..) - Product innovation - New train design for increased customer friendliness: new interiors, innovation in space management, etc. - New technologies for high quality services: access to information systems, TV, internet and GSM networks - New quality concepts: how many classes to offer (1, 2, 3)? Experiences with new low cost high speed rail services - The high speed rail stations: concept and business opportunities - The high speed rail station, central node for a multimodal mobility system.   Carlo de Vito   Eduardo Molina   Isao Yoshida   Jean-Paul Jacquot   Koji Karaike   Mohamed Mezghani   Oliver Sellnick   Pascal Lupo

	Theme B - Towards an interoperable high speed rail system   Parallel session B.1 - European Policy The Community transport and railway policy - Interoperability as a major contribution to the development of the trans-European high speed network - Planning of the TEN regarding high speed - Contributions of European Union, CER, EIM,.. The effects and outlooks connected with rail liberalisation - The European railway agency (ERA) and its role regarding interoperability and safety of the high speed rail system - The TSIs (Technical specifications for interoperability) on high speed - Social aspects of European interoperability: man/machine interface (MMI), European driving license, etc..   Antonio Fernandez Gil   Colin Hall   Drewin Nieuwenhuis   Jiri Havlicek   Marc Falchi   Parallel session B.2 - Technical Issues Implementation of unified train management and communications systems: towards global standards - State of the art by the implementation of ERTMS and its main components ETCS (standard train control system) and GSM-R (dedicated railway radio communications system) - Outlooks with telecommunications technologies: GPS, Galileo navigation system, etc. - Other parameters to become interoperable: regulations for safety and operations - Advantages of interoperability and standardisation at world level: economies of scale, development of a world market for high speed trains, infrastructure and equipments, point of view of manufacturers and contractors.   Christian Faure   Dan Otteborn   Ferdinando Camurri   Jens Hartmann   Jose Miguel Garcia Lopez   Michele Mario Elia   Olivier Pignal   Owen Griffith

	Theme C- High-speed rail expands throughout the world   Parallel session C.1 - Europe: a continuing expansion Overview on already achieved network and projects, commercial results and forecasts - Achievements and projects in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Spain, United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Nordic countries and Eastern. Europe., East-West connections.   Andrzej Zurkowski   Cesar Lopez   Eusebio Corregel Barrio   Fabio Casiroli   François Lépine   Jean-paul Balensi   Mauro Moretti   Patrik Trannoy   Wolfgang Fengler   Parallel session C.2 - A success story: high speed rail in Japan Japan, the pioneer for high speed train operation - Experience from over 40 years operation - Existing networks, planning and projects under construction - Current developments and outlooks concerning rolling stock, infrastructure, signalling and safety systems, marketing and pricing, environmental protection.   Emmanuel Doumas   Kenji jimbo   Norimichi Kumagai   Tsutomu Morimura   Yoji Furumiya   Parallel session C.3 - High speed rail in USA, Korea, Taiwan   Albrecht p. Engel   Cesar Vergara   Gil-Hyun Kang   Mehdi Morshed   Nag-Kyoun Ahn   Yong-Sang Lee   Parallel session C.4 - Planning networks in Russia, India, China, Australia, Iran, South Africa, Brazil...   Gerson Toller Gomes   Jim Wecker   Khalid Alyahya   Riccardo Bonasso   Stefan Wehinger   Vipin Sharma   Zbigniew Szafranski

	Theme D: - High Speed Technology   Parallel session D.1 - Infrastructure Engeneering for High Speeds Concepts and constructions for high speed lines: bridges and viaducts - Tunnels for high speeds, safety and functionality - Ballasted and unballasted tracks - Approval procedures for new high speed lines - Infrastructure and track maintenance. track machines technology.   Alessandra Merigo   Antonio Fernandez_gil   Carlo Carganico   Heinz Ossberger   Philippe Ramondenc   Rolando Naggar   Parallel session D.2 - Interoperability: a European and a global challenge Upgrading conventional lines for commercial speeds of 200 km/h or more, a step towards implentation of genuine high speed rail operation.- Needs with regard to electrification for high speed operation - Solving the issues of migration to the unified traffic management and communications systems, ERTMS, ETCS, GSM-R, from the infrastructure point of view - Operating high speed lines: traffic control centres, regulations for traffic management, safety and security (protection of rail infrastructures, etc.).   Eric Rebeyrotte   Francisco Ortega Robles   Jay Jaiswal   Kenichi Fujita   Kotofusa Takagi   Takatoshi Yoshida   Wolfgang Feldwisch   Parallel session D.3 - Rolling stock technology - Preparing high speed trains of the future The latest generations of high speed trains, outlooks for the next future - Design of future generations of high speed trains: aerodynamics, material, power supply, safety and comfort - Standardisation of trains or train components, a tool for reducing purchasing, operation and maintenance costs - Which limits for wheel/rail high speed trains in commercial operation: 320? 350 km/h? - Towards a standard European high speed train? The experience with the HTE.(high speed train for Europe.   Ake Wennberg   Dietrich Moller   Emilio Maestrini   Fabrizio Barbieri   François Lacote   Imrich Korpanec   Joachim Mayer   Julen Barrutia   Toshihide Uchimura   Parallel session D.4 - Rolling stock technology : Optimising operation and maintenance Maintenance concepts for high speed trains, experience from over 40 years operation with high speed train, comparaisons with conventional passenger trains - The tilting train technology: a solution with future? Experiences with operation and maintenance of high speed trains - Experiences with cross border operation and maintenance: Eurostar, Thalys, etc. Operating with gauge changing technology (in Japan, Spain,..), experiences and outlooks - Partners and contracts for high speed train maintenance, role of operators and manufacturers, toward a global market for high speed train maintenance.   Enrico Mingozzi   Jose Antonio Jimenez Redondo   Peter Lankes   Satoshi Kikuno   Takashi Endo   Yoji Furumiya   Parallel session D.5 - Technology an essential but not an exhaustive key factor for the high speed success   Gerard Van der Werf   Hans Van Zwol   Joachim Janle   Lidia Mantica   Luciano Pistone   Vincent Passau

	Theme E - The future of high-speed rail: High speed train or maglev technology?   Parallel session E.1 Conventional high speed train versus Maglev - Maglev operation or planning in Germany, Japan, China, Korea - Maglev, from experimentation to commercial implementation, challenges and progress - Limits of the wheel/rail high speed technology, main trends of research and development programmes.   Gerard Wahl   Giampaolo Mancini   Katsuji Akita   Louis Marie Cleon   Motoaki Terai   Thomas Ruhl   Yong-Chul Chung

	Theme F - High-speed rail and the environment   Parallel session F.1 - High-speed rail, the environmentally friendly solution for mobility The contribution to economic and social development - High speed rail a clean transport solution, a contribution to reducing external environmental costs of transport (accidents, pollution, noise, climate change) - Technical research on energy efficiency, noise reduction, etc.- The environmental impact of the construction of high speed lines, restoring landscapes - Shifting passenger traffic from air and roads to high speed railways: a major contribution to reducing pollution and congestion and improving quality of life.   Anne Guerrero   Bong-Cheol Lee   Henry Marty-Gauquié   Jean-Marie Gerbeaux   Michael Schemmer   Pasquale Scarano-Luca Ricciardi   Roberto Rinaldi

Closing ceremony

Summary and perspectives for the next Eurailspeed world congress: Representative of Italian authorities, Chief Executive of UIC,..