On 6 December Rail Baltica Industry Day 2022, a digital conference will take place. The event is organized to provide a broader overview of Rail Baltica progress in 2022, including ongoing and planned procurements, preparations for further construction stages, railway sub-system development, actions taken towards health & safety, and other topics relevant to those wishing to join the Rail Baltica suppliers’ team.
“Digital Rail Baltica Industry Day has already become a tradition as this digital event provides an opportunity for our senior experts and the management representatives of the Rail Baltica delivery organizations as well as our EU partners to share general project updates in numerous areas. We invite all our existing and potential future partners and stakeholders to join us virtually to learn about the Rail Baltica global project progress and closest priorities,” said Agnis Driksna, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Management Board at RB Rail AS.
Agenda:
10:00 – 10:15
Welcome address by the representatives of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure of Estonia, the Ministry of Transport in Latvia, and the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania
10:15 – 10:35
Perspectives of strengthening the TEN-T network and Rail Baltica in the context of the geopolitical situation by Catherine Trautmann, European Coordinator for the North-Sea Baltic TEN-T Corridor
10:35 – 11:00
Rail Baltica progress in 2022. Priorities for 2023: delivery strategy and key milestones by Agnis Driksna, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board at RB Rail AS
11:00 – 11:20
Strengthening ESG in Rail Baltica: challenges and opportunities by Anrī Leimanis, Chief ESG Officer and Vice-Chairperson of the Management Board at RB Rail AS
11:20 – 11:40
Actions taken towards Health & Safety culture in Rail Baltica global project by Atis Saulītis, Health & Safety manager at RB Rail AS
11:40 – 12:30
Progress report on Rail Baltica in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania by Raido Kivikangur, Chief Technical Officer at Rail Baltic Estonia, Kaspars Vingris, Chief Executive Officer at Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas and Einārs Jaunzems, Director of the Project Implementation Department at Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas and Dovydas Palaima, General Manager of “Rail Baltica Management” at LTG Infra.
12:30 – 13:00
Break
13:00 – 13:20
Preparations for large-scale construction: global project approach by Marc Philippe El Beze, CTO and Member of the Management Board at RB Rail AS
13:20 – 13:45
Sustainable Rail Baltica subsystem development – electrification, control-command, and signaling by Jean-Marc Bedmar, Head of Systems and Operations department at RB Rail AS
13:45 – 14:00
Overview of the Rail Baltica global project procurement by Kristjan Piirsalu, Head of Procurement at RB Rail AS
14:00 – 14:10
Latvian Procurement Law changes from 2023 by Aiga Benfelde, Procurement manager at RB Rail AS
14:10 – 14:30
Regular pitfalls and how to avoid them by Margo Jogi, Procurement manager at RB Rail AS, and Asta Žaltauskienė, Procurement manager at RB Rail AS
14:30 – 14:45
Closing of the event
The event is organized by Rail Baltica joint venture RB Rail AS and supported by Rail Baltica project national implementing bodies Rail Baltic Estonia OÜ, Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas, and LTG Infra.
During the event questions, and answers sessions will be organized, providing direct engagement opportunities with the project team. The working language is English (with simultaneous translation provided to all three Baltic languages).
The full program you can also find here. More information at the event’s official webpage forum.railbaltica.org/2022.