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Transport and Logistics Infrastructure as a Key Pillar of the Emerging Architecture of Global Trade and Industrial Cooperation
April, 3
09:00–10:30
Global Connectivity and Transport Corridors
Congress Centre, 2nd floor, conference hall B3
Transport and logistics infrastructure is an essential part of the new architecture of international trade and industrial cooperation, especially as geopolitical changes force businesses to juggle their supply chains and find alternative routes for their goods. One such route is the International North–South Transport Corridor. Projects like the Russian industrial zone in Egypt and industrial park in Tajikistan seeking to establish transport, logistics, and industrial zones abroad through which supply chains can be rerouted have an important role to play. Joint infrastructure initiatives strengthen economic ties and bring a multiplier effect to participating economies, with investment in the transport and logistics sector generating up to 3 roubles of GDP growth for every rouble invested, creating jobs, and contributing to the development of small businesses in related sectors. And the development of transport and logistics infrastructure is especially important for Russia, which must modernize the Trans-Siberian Railway and Baikal-Amur Mainline to increase its exports to the Asia-Pacific as demand for Russian satellite monitoring solutions and digital logistics platforms grows worldwide. How is the geopolitical situation reshaping the architecture of international supply chains? Which transport corridors promise to heat up over the next 10 years? Which railway and port infrastructure projects should Russia prioritize?
Moderator:
Konstantin Kim
Director, Information and Analytical Center for Foreign Trade
Speakers:
Ekaterina Abramova
Deputy General Director, Directorate of International Transport Corridors
Alexander Kakhidze
General Director, FinInvest
Vladimir Moskvitin
Chief Executive Officer of the Unlimited Possibilities Block, VEB.RF
Igor Muraev
Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Arkhangelsk Region
Evgeniy Pokanevich
Deputy General Director for Strategy and Development, FESCO
Alexander Sitov
Chairman, Committee on Industrial Policy, Innovation and Trade of St. Petersburg
Roman Chekushov
State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Front row participants:
Dmitry Zverev
State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation
Olga Lashko
Head of the Industrial Infrastructure Project Office, Association of Industrial Parks of Russia
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