19 October Monday |
09.00-14.00 | Registration |
10.00-12.00 | Experts' Meeting Chair: Mr. Arenijus JACKUS, Director of Transport Policy Department of he Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania ALFA Conference Room |
10.00-12.00 | Vilnius sightseeing tour 2 buses depart from Reval Hotel Lietuva Conference Centre parking place |
12.30-14.00 | Lunch hosted by Mr. Andrius KUBILIUS, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania Heads of delegations Reval Hotel Lietuva, Sky Bar Delegations Reval Hotel Lietuva, Riverside restaurant |
14.00-15.00 | Opening of the 1st ASEM Transport Ministers' Meeting ALFA Conference Room (1+2) BETA Conference Room (other delegates) Welcome speeches by: H. E. Dalia GRYBAUSKAITĖ, President of the Republic of Lithuania Mr. Eligijus MASIULIS, Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania Mr. LI Shenglin, Minister of Transportation of People's Republic of China |
| Family picture President and Heads of delegations Lobby of the Conference Centre |
15.00-16.10 | Plenary Session I. Vision of the future Euro-Asian transport system Can we improve the way we move goods and people? How to build efficient Euro-Asian transport system? |
| Presentations (10 minutes each) by Ministers from cosponsor countries and European Commission Chair: Minister Eligijus MASIULIS; Minister LI Shenglin Mr. Antonio Tajani, Vice-President, Commissioner for Transport, EC; Ms. Åsa Torstensson, Minister for Communications of the Kingdom of Sweden; Mr. Ho Nghia Dung, Minister of Transport to Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
| | Interventions by Ministers (5 minutes each) First call, First served Mr. Altero Matteoli, Minister of for Infrastructure and Transport of Italy (key intervention) |
16.10-16.30 | Coffee break Lobby of the Conference Centre |
16.30-18.00 | Plenary Session II. Key priority policies on ASEM transport agenda: common fields for action What are the key policies in creating a competitive and sustainable transport and logistics system? |
| | Presentations (10 minutes each) by Ministers from cosponsor countries Chair: Minister Eligijus MASIULIS; Minister LI Shenglin Mr. Wolfgang TieFensee, Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany; Mr. Cezary Grabarczyk, Minister of Infrastructure of the Republic of Poland; Mrs. Hwee Hua Lim, Minister, Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance and Transport of Singapore Mr. Jack SHORT, ITF Secretary General |
| Interventions by Ministers (5 minutes each) First call, First served |
18.00-18.30 | Concluding remarks by co-Chairs |
18.30-19.00 | Transportation to Dinner venue Buses depart from Reval Hotel Lietuva Conference Centre parking place |
19.00-22.00 | Gala dinner hosted by Mr. Eligijus Masiulis, Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania Welcome aperitif and Intermodal Award 2009 (by European Intermodal Association) Gala dinner for Heads of delegations Reception for delegations Venue: National Art Gallery (Konstitucijos Ave. 22, Vilnius) Dress code: Dark Suit |
22.00 | Transportation to the hotels |
20 October Tuesday |
| | ALFA Conference Room (1+2) BETA Conference Room (other delegates) |
8.30-10.00 | Session I on maritime and intermodal transport: Transcontinental traffic: challenges and demand for effective intermodal policies Chair: Minister Eligijus MASIULIS; Minister LI Shenglin |
8.30-9.00 | Two presentations by Ministers 10 minutes each Mr. Kaspars GERHARDS, Minister of Transport of the Republic of Latvia Mr. Wolfgang Tiefensee, Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany |
9.00-10.00 | Interventions by Ministers 5 minutes each |
10.00-10.20 | Coffee break Lobby of the Conference Centre |
| 10.20-12.00 | Session II on civil aviation: Facilitation of transport services - towards closer economic cooperation in civil aviation Chair: Singapore Minister Mrs. Hwee Hua LIM; Minister Eligijus MASIULIS |
10.20-11.00 | Two presentations by ministers 10 minutes each Mr. Sommad PHOLSENA, Minister of Public Works and Transport of Lao PDR; Mr. Rimvydas VAŠTAKAS, Vice-Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania |
| 11.00-12.00 | Interventions by Ministers 5 minutes each |
| 12.00-12.20 | Coffee break Lobby of the Conference Centre |
12.20-13.30 | Key messages from the Asia-Europe Transport Development Forum Concluding remarks of the 1st ASEM Transport Ministers' Meeting by Chairs/Co-Chairs Adoption of Vilnius Declaration and announcement of the next ASEM TMM host |
13.30 | Official close of the ASEM TMM |
13.30-14.00 | Press Conference LAMBDA Conference Room |
14.00 | Lunch Reval Hotel Lietuva, Riverside restaurant |
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