Programme

Rail Baltica Industry Day 2022 is held online and focuses on Rail Baltica progress in 2022, key priorities and procurement programs as well as the main milestones and global project outlook for 2023.

10:00 – 10:05 

Opening remarks

Moderator: Ģirts Bramans, Head of Strategic Stakeholders and Communication Department at RB Rail AS

 

10:05 – 10:15

Welcome address

Riina Sikkut, Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure of Estonia

Tālis Linkaits, Minister of Transport of the Republic of Latvia

Marius Skuodis, Minister of 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 geopolitical situation

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

Agnis Driksna, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board at RB Rail AS

 

11:00 – 11:20

Navigating ESG in Rail Baltica: challenges and opportunities

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

Atis Saulītis, Health & Safety manager at RB Rail AS

 

11:40 – 12:30

Progress report on Rail Baltica in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Raido Kivikangur, Chief Technical Officer at Rail Baltic Estonia

Kaspars Vingris, Chief Executive Officer at Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas

Einārs Jaunzems, Director of the Project Implementation Department at Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas

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

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

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

Kristjan Piirsalu, Head of Procurement at RB Rail AS

 

14:00 – 14:10

Latvian Procurement Law changes from 2023

Aiga Benfelde, Procurement manager at RB Rail AS

 

14:10 – 14:30

Regular pitfalls and how to avoid them

Margo Jogi, Procurement manager at RB Rail AS

Asta Žaltauskienė, Procurement manager at RB Rail AS

 

14:30 – 14:45

Questions and Answers on the Procurement Section

 

14:45 – 15:00

Closing remarks