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The strategic forum, Transport Systems of Russia: Investing in Mobility and Integration*, will take place in Moscow on July 2 and 3, 2015, supported by the VEGAS LEX law firm.

Albert Eganyan, Chairman of the Partners’ Council of VEGAS LEX and Chairman of the Board of Directors of InfraONE, will moderate a plenary session on Integrated Transport Systems: Consolidation of Federal and Regional Resources. The participants will discuss the specifics of financing urban transport projects and the possibilities for using the PPP format; the current market situation and how the passenger and vehicle traffic influences the transport infrastructure development; global trends in passenger transit development in extended urban areas; building transport interchange hubs and toll overheads as part of PPP projects; innovative types of transport such as light rail systems, which greatly improve the accessibility of various areas in a megalopolis, and other issues.

The following officials have been invited to take part in the plenary session: First Deputy Transport Minister Oleg Belozyorov, Head of the Federal Road Agency Roman Starovoit, Deputy Economic Development Minister Stanislav Voskresensky, Deputy Governor of the Moscow Region Denis Butsayev, Chairman of the Board of the Public-Private Partnership Development Center and Chairman of the PPP Committee at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Pavel Seleznyov, Director General of the Moscow Transport Hub Directorate Viktor Yeryomin, Director General of Civil Airports (Airfields) Administration Mikhail Zherebtsov, and others.

The forum participants will further focus on the following issues: how legislative changes affect the ongoing PPP projects in the transport sector; security systems for urban transport infrastructure facilities; access control systems for toll roads and car parks; a tolling system for vehicles heavier than 12 metric tons and others.

The forum program also includes educational events that focus on the specifics of implementing concession projects in transport infrastructure.

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* The purpose of the forum is to work out ways to consolidate federal and regional resources to build a single integrated transport system of Russia, improving the mobility of the population and creating a modern, accessible transport infrastructure for extended urban areas. The PPP Week is organized by the PPP Development Center, with the support of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the assistance of the Russian Ministry of Transport and the Moscow Department for Transport.

Source: the Transport Systems of Russia forum website.

** Source: the Transport Systems of Russia forum website.

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