United Nations
Webinar: Covid-19 Latin American rail networks impacts and adaptations
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Teaser
Organize by the UIC Latin America Region together with the UIC Covid-19 Task Force Group and ALAF (Latin America Railway Association) with the participation of ECLAC
The webinar will be an opportunity to share experience between European, Asian and American railway representatives.
The welcome and introductory messages will be delivered by François Davenne, UIC Director General, Guilherme Quintella, Chairman of the UIC Latin American Region and José Villafañe, General Secretary of ALAF. Concluding the session, Marc Guigon, Coordinator of the UIC Covid-19 Task Force and the Latin America Region for the UIC will present the work of the group.
The two conferences will consist of two panels: Asian/European and American, each followed by a Q&A session, moderated by Marc Guigon and Vanessa Pérez Miranda.
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Panel 1 focusing on the Asian and European experience
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Panel 2 providing an overview of the reality in different countries in the Latin American Region.
22 June 2020
WELCOME REMARKS
François DAVENNE, Director General, UIC
Guilherme QUINTELLA, Chairman Latin America Region, UIC
José VILLAFAÑE, General Secretary, ALAF
Marc GUIGON, Head of the Covid-19 Taskforce and Coordinator of Latin America Region, UIC
PANEL 1: Specificities of European and Asian Networks: What challenges for what decisions? Measures taken by some Rail Networks
Yasunari NAKAJIMA, Director & Masayoshi TOYOHARA, Deputy manager, Paris Office, JR-East, Japan
Theodoros, TOLIAS, Passenger Director, Trainose, Greece
PANEL 2: Focus on the case of Latin American Networks: Facing “Covid 19”: Management system development
The role of rail transport to improve connectivity in Latin America in a post-COVID scenario
Gabriel PÉREZ-SALAS, Economic Affairs Officer, Infrastructure Services Unit, ECLAC, United Nations
Jean PEJÓ, General Secretary ALAF, Brasil
Joubert FLORES, President, ANP Trilhos, Brasil
Eduardo PELLEGRINA FILHO, Vice-president, Rumo Logística, Brasil
Agustín SPECIAL, Deputy Secretary of Transport, Argentina
Ricardo LISSALDE, President, ADIFSE, Argentina
Marcos CHICOTE, General Manager, BRT (Operación privada Subte y FC Metropolitano), Argentina
Miguel Ángel ZAMAYOA, General Manager, Guatemala
Lauro RAMIREZ LÓPEZ, President, FEPASA, Paraguay
QUESTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
Practical information
The language use during the web conference will be Spanish with translation from English to Spanish when necessary. Chilean time (UTC-4 hours)
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