Policy Segment

Intermodality: The key to sustainable transport and mobility 20 February 2018, 11.00 - 18.00, Salle XII, Palais des Nations, Geneva


Speakers
Opening of ITC and launch of the road safety policy-making tool SafeFITS 11.00–11.30
	Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary, UNECE
	Yuwei Li, Director, Sustainable Transport Division, UNECE
	Umberto De Pretto, Secretary General, International Road Transport Union - IRU
	Jean Todt, United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Road Safety

High Level Policy segment
	Moderator: Young Tae Kim, Secretary-General, International Transport Forum Presentation
Session I:Intermodality leads to sustainability 11.30–13.00
	Keynote Speaker: Peter Gašperšič, Minister of Infrastructure of Slovenia
	Keynote Speaker: Maria Magdalena Grigore, Vice-Minister of Transport of Romania Speech
	Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, EU Commission
	Jean Todt, United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Road Safety Speech
	Jean-Pierre Loubinoux , Director General, UIC Speech Presentation
	Nancy Vandycke , Coordinator, Sustainable Mobility for All (SuM4All), World Bank Presentation

	Scheduled Interventions and Discussions: Ambassador Elisabeth Laurin, Permanent Representative of France Ambassador Ulrich Seidenberger, Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany Sergey Andreev, Deputy Director, International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation (PDF) Ermelinda Meksi, Deputy Co-ordinator, OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities Tadeusz Szozda, Chairman of OSJD Committee François Davenne, Secretary General, OTIF
Break 13.00–15.00
*Turkmen side event on Intermodal Connectivity and the Role of Historical Transport Routes: the Great Silk Road** Light lunch and refreshments will be provided 13.15–14.45
Session II:Intermodal freight transport and connectivity 15.00–16.10
	Keynote Speaker: Abdalla Mohamed Obaid Balhaif Alnuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure Development of the United Arab Emirates Presentation
	Keynote Speaker: Jumageldi Garayev, Deputy Minister of Motor Transport of Turkmenistan Speech
	Sandagdorj Erdenebileg, Chief, United Nations Office for the LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS Presentation
	Umberto De Pretto, Secretary General, International Road Transport Union - IRU Presentation
	Ralf-Charley Schultze , Chairman, International Union for Road/Rail Combined Transport-UIRR Presentation

	Scheduled Interventions and Discussion: Andriy Galushchak, State Secretary, Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine Mamadou Ibrahima LO, Director of Cabinet, Ministry of Infrastructure, Land Transport and Opening up of the Republic of Senegal Eric Bouwmeester, Deputy Head International Affairs, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, The Netherlands (PDF, speech) Michael Christides, Secretary General, Organization of the Black Sea Cooperation Erik Evtimov, Deputy Secretary General, International Rail Transport Committee (CIT) Òscar Oliver, CETMO
*Break* 16.10–16.40
Session III:Intermodal passenger mobility 16.40-17.50
	Keynote Speaker: Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, Minister of Transport of Thailand Speech
	Keynote speaker: Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, Minister of Transport of Ghana
	Gery Balmer, Vice-director and Head of Policy Division in the Federal Office of Transport of Switzerland Presentation
	Dionisio González, Director, International Association of Public Transport (UITP)
	Karen Vancluysen, Secretary General, POLIS Presentation
	Henry Gourdji, Head, Strategic Planning, Coordination and Partnerships Office, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Presentation

	Scheduled Interventions and Discussion: Ali Hammoud, Minister of Transport of Syria Viktor Zhukov, Deputy Chairman of OSJD Committee Bronwen Thornton, Development Director, WALK21
Moderator’s conclusions 17.50–18.00

*on the occasion of the UN General Assembly Resolution "Strengthening the links between all modes of transport to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals" adopted on 20 December 2017

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