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Results of the VII International Rail Business Forum “1520 Strategic Partnership”

More than 1,400 delegates from 30 countries took part in the forum.

Geographic distribution of participants

Participants in the forum:

• heads of national railway corporations
• senior executives of private operator companies
• senior officials from state authorities
• experts from EU and CIS countries
• representatives of public organisations
• senior executives of financial institutions
• representatives of scientific transport organisations
• owners of railway infrastructure
• freight owners
• manufacturers of railway equipment
• representatives of related industries

• 353 participants companies
• 25 partner companies

Audience profile of participants

This year the main theme of the forum was strengthening international integration. His one of the most important results was developing new standards of work for the railway industry within the borders of the Common Economic Space and the CIS countries.

24 business events were held at the forum:

• plenary sessions
• discussions
• tracks
• expert dialogues
• press conferences
• a review of Russian Railways’ Olympics projects
• a presentation of new Lastochka train
• a presentation of the new Eurasian transport corridor project

The work of the VII International Rail Business Forum “1520 Strategic Partnership” was reported by 256 representatives of 142 media organisations. More than 550 items were published.

By type of media

Categories of media

17signings worth a total of more than 120 billion roubles took place during the forum. 

These included the signing of major contracts, such as:

• A memorandum on organising overhaul work on Sapsan electric trains and developing modern infrastructure for rolling stock maintenance and repairs
  Signatories:
  Valentin Gapanovich, Senior Vice-President, Russian Railways
  Hans-Jörg Grundmann, Chief Executive Officer, Rail Systems Division, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
  
  

• A memorandum on developing the transport and logistics system of the Common Economic Space
  Signatories:
  Vladimir Yakunin, President, Russian Railways
  Askar Mamin, President, Kazakhstan Railways
  Anatoly Sivak, Head, Belarusian Railways
  
  

• An agreement on creating a Centre for International Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  Signatories:
  Vladimir Yakunin, President, Russian Railways
  Rüdiger Grube, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Bahn AG
  
  

• A memorandum on strategic partnership
  Signatories:
  Vladimir Yakunin, President, Russian Railways
  Alexander Abramov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Evraz Group