Day One: Tuesday, April 20, 2010

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Day One: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
8am

Registration and morning coffee

8.50am

Chairman's opening remarks

Kevin Coates,
Executive Director, North American Maglev Transport Institute
 

THE BUSINESS CASE FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL

9am

Expert panel: Developing high speed rail: building the business case

  • Building the business case for high speed rail investment
  • The definition of high speed rail as it applies to the United States and Canada
  • Evaluating the success of existing international business models for high speed rail
  • Criteria for judging feasibility studies and forecasting
  • Interstate cooperation and national competition
  • Competition from airlines
  • The costs of going faster - construction, equipment and maintenance implications for high speed and higher speed rail
DJ Mitchell,
AVP Commuter Operations, BNSF Railway Company
Erik Steavens,
Director, Georgia Department of Transportation
Mr Harry Dale,
Chairman, Rocky Mountain Rail Authority
Dr. John Harding,
Chief Maglev Scientist, NAMTI
9.45am

Keynote address: Central Japan Railway (JRC) - A total system approach to high-speed rail in the U.S.

  • Route development, competition and strategy
  • The costs of going faster - construction, equipment and maintenance implications for high speed and higher speed rail
  • Meeting and exceeding passenger expectations to ensure a profitable rail line
Mr. Richard Lawless,
Chief Executive Officer, U.S.-Japan High Speed Rail
10.15am

Speed networking

This is the revolutionary, exciting, quick and non-pressurized way to meet fellow conference delegates and industry peers in one forty minute session. These brief meetings are the starting point for conversation and networking throughout the conference.
10.50am

Morning break

 

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT

11.15am

Managing risk and successful project planning and implementation

  • Determining which transportation objectives you are trying to solve
  • Assembling the right team
  • Setting realistic, achievable objectives
  • Performance measurement and criteria for judging success
  • Forecasting, benchmarking and project direction
  • Investing in new technology and infrastructure
  • Ensuring sustainable investment
  • Effective risk management
 
 
Mr Laurence Blow,
President, MaglevTransport Inc.
12pm

Panel session: Commercial implications for high speed rail

  • Environmental impact of high speed rail corridors
  • Economic development opportunities through stations, surrounding real estate, etc.
  • How to ensure routes retain profitability after initial interest wears off
  • Achieving an ROI-cost structure, timeframe and feasiblity
Don Damron,
Rail Planner, Ohio Rail Development Commission
Ms. Kathryn Kusske Floyd,
Partner, Dorsey and Whitney LLP
12.45pm

Networking lunch

 

PROJECT SYMPOSIUM I

2.15pm

Connecting California's rail network into the proposed high speed and higher speed projects

  • How the DOT and California High Speed Rail Authority are working together to integrate California's rail lines
  • Expansion plans and expected timeline
  • Putting ARRA funds to work
Curt Pringle,
Chairman and Mayor of Anaheim, California High Speed Rail Authority
 

INCENTIVES AND REGULATION

2.50pm

Panel session: The states' role in high speed rail corridor development

  • Ensuring sustainable political commitment for high speed rail corridors
  • The process used to develop and sustain proposals
  • The challenges faced and approaches for overcoming them
  • How states plan to develop public and financial sustainability
Mr Michael Izbicki,
Director, New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority
Mr John Webber,
Director of Communications, Illinois Department of Transportation
3.30pm

Afternoon break

3.50pm

Regulation, policy and planning for high speed rail

  • Increases in global congestion and the push for high speed rail solutions
  • Forming and using industry alliances
  • Restrictions – liability, environment, noise, pollution, urban planning
  • Open access, interoperability and common standards
  • Investment balance between government and private sector
Mr Tim Gillespie,
Consultant (former Vice President, Government and Public Affairs, Amtrak), BGL Associates
Mr Joseph P. Schwieterman,
Director, Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development and Professor, Masters of Public Service program, DePaul University
 

FINANCE AND INVESTMENT

4.30pm

Panel session: Financing high speed rail projects

  • Forecasting costs
  • Funding - investors, finance consortia, government, PPP
  • Structuring dividends across all parties with investment stakes
  • Building on existing infrastructure
  • Securing investment
  • Ensuring sustainable funding sources
     
Mr Donald Missey,
Chief Economist and Senior Project Manager, PRS Economics
Adam Nicolopoulos,
Managing Director and Founder, ADN Capital Ventures, Inc.
5.10pm

Cocktail networking reception

6.15pm

End of conference day one

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High Speed Rail World USA 2010

When: 20 Apr - 21 Apr
Where: Hamilton Crowne Plaza, Washington D.C.
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Pre-conference workshop:
April 19th,  9am-4:00pm
 
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Day 1
April 20th, 9am-5:30pm
Day 2
April 21st, 9am-5:30pm
 
 


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