Connecting Eurasia: Rail & Smart Port Forum

Virtual event highlighting port and rail infrastructure opportunities in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey and U.S. technologies and and international financing tools addressing them.

Virtual Event dates: No cost to attend.

Rail Forum: April 27, 2021, 9:00 a.m– 11:35 a.m ET Register here for Rail Forum

Port Forum: April 28, 2021, 9:00 a.m– 11:05 a.m ET Register here for Port Forum

Financing Rail & Port Investments Forum: April 29, 2021 8:30 11:00am ET Register here for Financing & Investments Forum

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Questions: Naz Demirdovan

U.S.Technology is needed in multiple areas for projects in these three countries. Join us for a virtual forum to hear about rail and port opportunities in Eurasia.

- Advanced fuel management systems to move one ton of freight using fuel that is four times more efficient than trucks

- Train control systems, including signaling systems, that safely stop a train at any given time, counteracting human error

- Modern 4 tier locomotives that are outfitted with hundreds of sensors that generate thousands of performance readings to maximize efficiency

- Smart sensors positioned along the track to identify worn components on passing trains in real-time and amass a wealth of data for advanced analytics

- Automated inspection equipment that monitor track integrity

- Machine learning systems that predict maintenance issues — such as track wear and tear — based on patterns and trends in data collected

- Machine visioning technologies that collect images of trains passing on tracks which are analyzed by algorithms that identify anomalies.

New Speakers for Eurasia Rail & Port Virtual Forum

Heather Byrnes, Minister Counselor & Regional Senior Commercial Officer, U.S. Commercial Service

David M. Satterfield, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, U.S. Embassy Ankara

Selim Dursun, Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure

Kelly C. Degnan, U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, U.S. Embassy Tbilisi

Natia Turnava, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia

Lee Litzenberger, U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, U.S. Embassy Baku

Dr. Rovshan Najaf, Deputy Minister of Economy, Republic of Azerbaijan Ministry of Economy

David S. De Falco, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Natig Jafarov, Director, ADY Container LLC

David Peradze, CEO, Georgian Railway JSC

Tufan Basarir, Secretary General, Railroad Transport Association (DTD)

Mike Rush, Senior Vice President for Operations and Safety,The Association of American Railroads (AAR)

David Milla, Director of Contract   Administration, Globalstar

Frederick Ronse, Founder, Chief Evangelist, Globalstar/Ovinto

Jim Trogdon, Principal Transportation Consultant, SAS

Alessandro Mascis, Vice President Electronics & Digital Sales, Wabtec