Revised Final Programme
September 9, 2004
WORLD BANK’S VISIT TO FINLAND
September 27-28, 2004
Location: VR Headquarters at the Central Railway Station building complex. Entrance at the Railway Square at Vilhonkatu. Street address: Vilhonkatu 13, Helsinki
Five minute walk from the hotel (Holiday Inn City Centre).
Program:
Monday, September 27, 2004
9.00-12.00 Introduction of activities of VR Group (speakers: Mr Kuitunen, Mr Simos)
Freight transport
Business process organization and management at VR
Freight market demand for rail/marketing/sales/VR customer needs and
satisfaction
Pricing of freight services at VR
Track access charges
How is competition from the trucks faced?
Intermodal transport
Short lines: what has been done with low volume rail lines?
Comments by World Bank (Martin Humphreys)
12.00-1.00p Lunch (hosted by Mr Simos)
1.00-3.00p Passenger transport (speakers: Mr Jaatinen, Mr Rosenholm)
Passenger transport markets
Public service contracts, subsidized tickets and their pricing
Track access charges
Comments by World Bank (Sunja Kim)
3.30-5.30p Track maintenance (speaker: Mr Niemimuukko)
Organization
IT technology in track maintenance; track maintenance scheduling, costs
and financing
Track maintenance service delivery
The balance sheet of the railway infrastructure, incl. depreciation of
track
Short lines: what has been done with low volume rail lines
Comments by World Bank (Martha Lawrence)
Evening free
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
9.00-12.00 Russia (speakers: Ms Minkkinen, Ms Väätäinen, Dr. Wolff)
Railway business processes in freight and freight markets in Russia
Pricing, payments, wagons, train operations
Railway reform in Russia
Key issues in Russian Railways as seen from VR
Presentation on Russian railways. Speaker Dr. Wolff
Comments by World Bank (Ben Eijbergen)
12.00-1.00p Lunch (hosted by Ms Minkkinen)
1.00-1.30p IT policy of VR Group (speaker: Ms Creutz)
IT technology in freight and passenger traffic
IT technology in train operations
1.30-2.00p Services of VR-Track Ltd (speaker: Mr Harjula)
2.00-4.30p Management of modern railways (speakers: Mr Kuitunen, Mr Simos, Mr Konishi)
The market
Investment decisions in a vertically separated railways
Non-core services and activities. Has everything been sold?
The structure of the balance sheet of VR
How does European Union regulation and transport policy effect on VR’s activities?
Key issues in Russian Railways as seen from VR
Workshop wrap-up. Mr Konishi, The World Bank
6.30-8.30 pm Dinner (hosted by Mr Kuitunen)
VR-Group Ltd
Mr Henri Kuitunen, President & CEO
Ms Sirpa Creutz, IT Director
Ms Päivi Minkkinen, Head of International Affairs
VR-Ltd
Mr Tapio Simos, Managing Director
Mr Antti Jaatinen, Director, Passenger Services
Mr Kari Pekka Rosenholm, Regional Director of South Finland
Ms Maria Väätäinen, Senior Manager of International Operations
VR-Track Ltd
Mr Harry Harjula, Head of Railway Consulting
Finnish Rail Administration
Mr Ossi Niemimuukko, Director General
World Bank ECA Transport Group Program on Wednesday Sept 29, 2004
Location: Opastinsilta 12A, Pasila, Helsinki. FinnRA Traffic Monitoring Center Conference Room.
(Take any train from the Central Railway Station to the first stop at Pasila. There is a train every few minutes, the trip takes about 5 minutes and all trains stop at Pasila. Take the escalator up from the platform, turn left and using the pedestrian bridge go to the building across the street. Walk to the door marked 12B where a person will meet you. Please arrive between 8:45 and 8:55)
Program:
09:05 Organization structure and Strategic Directions of FinnRA as a Client Organization.
Jani Saarinen, Director, FinnRA (15min)
09:20 FinnRA procurement strategy; maintenance contracting and DBFO
Markku Teppo, Director, FinnRA (15min)
Discussion 10-15 min
09:45 Private sector experience in the Finnish PPP projects
Timo Kohtamaki, Vice President LEMCON (15min)
10:00 Private sector view on area maintenance contracts
Ari Junttila, Sr. Vice President, Lemminkainen, (15 min)
Discussion (15 min)
10:30 WB Transport Group Retreat
Coffee served around the table
Lunch buffet at 12:30 hosted by FinnRA
Closing at 17:00
Participants and dates for hotel reservations on the next page
Participants:
Motoo Konishi Transport Sector Manager Sun-Thu
Ben Eijbergen Sr. Transport Specialist Sun-Wed
Martha Lawrence Sr. Transport Specialist Sun-Thu
Gerald Ollivier Transport Specialist Sun-Thu
Olivier Le Ber Sr. Transport Specialist Sun-Thu
Sunja Kim Sr. Financial Analyst Sat-Thu
Anca Dumitrescu Transport Specialist Sat-Wed
Cesar Quieroz Lead Highway Engineer Sun-Thu
Martin Humphreys Sr. Transport Economist Sat-Thu
Cordula Thum Transport Specialist Sun-Thu
Michel Audige Lead Transport Specialist Sun-Wed
Luisa Velardi Consultant Sun-Wed (VR only)
Henry Kerali Sr. Transport Specialist
Paul Guitink Sr. Transport Specialist Sun-Wed (VR only)
Periklis Saragiotis Transport Specialist Sun-Thu
Radoslaw Czapski Project Officer Sun-Wed
Satoshi Ishihara Social Development Scientist Sun-Wed
Christoph Wolff McKinsey Consultancy (VR only)
Antti Talvitie Consultant