The second edition of the RailFreight Summit took place on 15 and 16 May 2019 in Gdansk, Poland. High-level expert speakers shared their knowledge and experience on the position of Poland and surrounding countries at crossroads between Europe and Asia, including the New Silk Road connections and other routes in development. The following topics were discussed during the conference:
- New Silk Road connections, routes and the position of Poland
- new routes to the Adriatic coast
- the connection to Ukraine
- the shift to central and eastern Europe
- EU policy in eastern Europe
- the broad gauge network
- logistics hotspots in Poland
Gdansk, a fast growing logistics hotspot
Gdansk is a fast growing hub connecting all modalities and many global logistics chains. The city is growing as the most important logistics hotspot of the country. A perfect location for the RailFreight Summit 2019!
Programme
The conference took place on the 15 and 16th of May in Gdansk. The programme was in English, but there was a translation service into Polish. The programme is divided into the following three sessions:
High-level speakers spook about the last trends and developments in these three topics. Confirmed speakers were amongst others: