Annex 3: Committee visit to Lille, Paris
and Frankfurt, 4-6 July 2011
MONDAY 4 JULY
11.00 Travel by Eurostar from London to Lille,
France; on-board discussion with Reuben Arnold, Head of Commercial
Development, Eurostar
14.30 Meeting with Mr Michel Bonord, Director,
Euralille Development Corporation (SAEM Euralille) and Mr Thierry
Mabille de Poncheville, Managing Director, Greater Lille Development
Agency (ADU)
16.30 Meeting with Lille Economic Development
Agency (APIM)
18.00 Travel by TGV from Lille to Paris
19.30 Briefing by Sir Peter Westmacott, British
Ambassador to France, at the Ambassador's Residence; followed
by dinner meeting hosted by the Ambassador, with Ms. Barbara Dalibard,
Head of SNCF Voyages and Mr. Hervé Moritan, Député
UMP. Also Mr. Hugo Shorter, Minister-Counsellor, British Embassy
Paris
TUESDAY 5 JULY
08.30 Breakfast meeting at Réseau Ferré
de France (national rail infrastructure company), with Mr. Jean-Marc
Delion (Director for Development and Railway Investment) and Mr.
Pierre Denis Coux, (Project Director, High-Speed Line South Europe
Atlantic), RFF
10.30 Meeting with French Minister for Transport
Mr. Thierry Mariani, French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development,
Transport and Housing
13.00 Travel by ICE from Paris to Frankfurt,
Germany
18.00 Briefing by Mr Simon Gallagher, British
Embassy in Berlin
19.00 Dinner meeting with Dr. Rainer Stephan
British Honorary Consul
WEDNESDAY 6 JULY
08.00 Breakfast meeting with Dr. Freundt, Managing
Director, Regional Economic Policy Division, IHK Frankfurt and
Herr Endemann, Regionalverband FrankfurtRheinMain
10.00 Meeting at Deutsche Bahn offices with Dr.
Manuel Rehkopf, Executive Board, Marketing DB long-distance traffic
AG and Dr. Michael-Jürgen Beck, Head of Division time-table
& capacity management, DB Netz AG
13.00 Wash-up lunch meeting with Dr. Rainer Stephan
and Mr Simon Gallagher
14.15 Travel by ICE and Eurostar from Frankfurt
to London via Brussels
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