Publication

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Press Releases/Newspaper Articles

DVZ article (8 April 2003) on the ERC lunch speech by Mr Hartmut Gasser;
"Integrated European Transport Area - still only a vision for new entrants?"

DVZ article (18 September 2003) on the ERC lunch speech by Mr Rudiger vorm Walde;
"The Arstrian Federal Railways' (OBB) strategy regarding liberalisation and EU enlargement."

DVZ article (24 June 2004) on the ERC lunch speech by Nicola Mandarino;
"RNE - the European vision."

DVZ article (17 July 2004) on the ERC lunch speech by Mr. Roger Roels;
"The planning and importance of the hinterland connections of ports, and especially of rail."

DVZ article (16 September 2004) on the ERC lunch speech by Dr. Juergen Schneider;
"Internationalisation in Rail Traffic."

DVZ article (21 October 2004) on the ERC lunch speech by Mr. Joachim Fried;
"The Deutsche Bahn AG in Europe."

Documentation

This gives you on-line the texts of key note speakers together with relevant legal/regulatory background materials at:

• Keynote speaker lunches:
  
  Addressing the issue of mass transit and railway security.
  Presentation.
  by Mr. Udi Bechor
  Port of Antwerp brings new rail solutions to container transport.
  Welcome Speech. and Presentation.
  by Mr Eric Janssens
  Can DHL's HUB in Leipzig/Halle serve as a European model for air freight connecting with high speed rail freight?
  Welcome Speech. and Support Documentation.
  by Mr. Michael Reinboth
  PPPs: A help or hindrance to the development of the European rail sector?
  Welcome Speech.
  by Klaus Milz.
  PPPs: A help or hindrance to the development of the European rail sector?
  By Mark Elsey, Head of Energy, Transport and Infrastructure, Ashurst.
  

  The lunch meeting with the European Commission and the European Investment Bank on use of EU funds for development of rail transport in the new EU Member States hosted by ERC and CER was a complete success, and there were over 100 participants. The speeches were very well received and the seminar closed with a very interesting discussion directed by Luc Aliadiere.

  Welcome Speech.
  by Klaus Milz.
  Statement from European Parliament on development of European Railways.
  by Prof. Boguslaw Liberadzki, MEP, Committee on Transport and Tourism.
  Developing and Financing of trans-European transport rail networks.
  by Heinz Hilbrecht Director TEN & Galileo DG TREN
  Cohesion policy and he rail sector.
  by Eddy Hartog, European Commision.
  Growing economics and sustainable transport systems.
  by Ad Toet, Advisor Central and Eastern Europe Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER).
  Developing the Railway systems in the enlarged European Union.
  by Tilman Seibert, European Investment Bank.
  Closing Discussion.
  by Luc Aliadiere.
  
  European Bulls, its marketing conception... - Opening Speech.
  European Bulls, its marketing conception...
  by Mr. Robert Spierings, General Manager, European Bulls Rail Freight Alliance.
  Locomotive Interoperability in Europe - Opening Speech.
  Locomotive Interoperability in Europe.
  by Edmund Schlummer, Bombardier Transportation.
  
  How On-rail Competition Develops in Germany and Europe.
  by Mr. Joachim Fried
  
  The Deutsche Bahn AG in Europe.
  by Mr Joachim Fried
  
  Internationalisation in Rail Traffic.
  by Dr. Juergen Schneider
  
  Internationalisation in Rail Traffic. A study on which the presentation was based.
  by Dr. Juergen Schneider and Dr. Danilo Zatta
  
  The planning and importance of the hinterland connections of ports, and especially of rail.
  by Mr Roger Roels
  
  RNE - the European vision.
  by Mr Nicola Mandarino
  
  State aid in the rail sector.
  by Mr John Swift QC
  
  Switching Short Sea road transport from road to rail - a view of a leading Short Sea operator
  by Mr Bart Verbeke
  
  Status of competition in the European railway market - the German example
  by Dr. Alexander Hedderich
  
  The Austrian Federal Railways' (ÖBB) strategy regarding liberalisation and EU enlargement
  by Mr Rüdiger vorm Walde
  
  Privatisation and regulation, the UK experience
  by Mr Tom Winsor
  
  Development of a special purpose company for high speed rail operation within the framework of the European transport policy
  by Mr Wienoldus Döbken, Managing Director of High Speed Alliance ("HSA") (A copy of this presentation will be made available to ERC Members upon request by email: information@eurorailcircle.org.)
  
  Privatised Success: Rail Freight in the UK
  by Mr Robert Goundry
  
  A new approach to rolling stock financing in European Railways
  by Mr John Vale
  
  Eurostar - A New Direction
  by Mr Paul Charles