Day Two: Wednesday, April 21, 2010

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8.15am

Registration and morning coffee

9am

Chairman's opening remarks

Kevin Coates,

Executive Director, North American Maglev Transport Institute

9.10am

Case Study: Developing P3 procurement strategies for high speed rail in the U.S.

Defining the “Shape of the Deal”
Gating issues for P3 procurement
Mitigating risks and achieving best value

Mr Kent Rowey,

Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP

INFRASTRUCTURE

9.40am

Beyond the business case: going from plan to reality

Key questions that the project must incorporate to determine the go/no go of the project
How can an HSR operation can excel operationally and in the client’s mind?

Daniel Freire,

Head of High Speed Strategy, RENFE

10.10am

Panel session: Integrating high speed rail infrastructure into the city grid

Station design and location
Developing revenue through property ownership and usage
Opportunities for commercial and residential real estate development

Mr Robin Blair,

Director of Planning, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Mr Andy Kunz,

President & CEO, US High Speed Rail Association

10.50am

Morning break

11.10am

Panel session: Essential elements for designing sustainable high speed rail systems

Defining “sustainability” as it applies to transportation systems
Designing sustainable HSR infrastructure
How ROWs can impact system sustainability
Why focus on initial capital costs, rather than life-cycle costs, undermines sustainability
How well designed HSR systems can be self-sustaining revenue generators
Why subsidized systems undermine sustainability goals
Infrastructure construction and costs
Maintenance of infrastructure
Seismic considerations in the design of track and guideways
Seismic safety of guided vehicles

Kevin Coates,

Executive Director, North American Maglev Transport Institute

Dr. Karl Frank,

Professor, University of Texas

Mr Donald Missey,

Chief Economist and Senior Project Manager, PRS Economics

11.50am

Panel session: Working with track and right-of-way owners to optimize corridors for high speed rail

Real estate issues
Track refurbishment versus new build
Can shared track provide for true high-speed?
Using highway or public right-of-way for high speed rail build
Understanding liabilities of track and right-of-way owners and high speed operators

DJ Mitchell,

AVP Commuter Operations, BNSF Railway Company

Scott Witt,

State Rail and Marine Director; Freight Systems Division Co-Director, Washington State Department of Transportation Public Transportation and Rail Division

Mr Don Heron,

Director Passenger Rail, Canadian Pacific Railway

12.40pm

Networking lunch

1.50pm

Engineering challenges of deploying European or Asian-style high speed rail infrastructure in the United States or Canada

Global perspectives on existing networks for high speed rail
Looking at projects in China, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, France, and Russia
Lessons learned that can be applied in the US and Canada
The liberalization of the high speed rail market in Europe, and implications for the US market

Mr Adam K. Prokopowicz,

Professor, University of New Orleans

2.20pm

Case study: The liberalization of the high speed rail market

How NTV Brought competition to Italy's rail industry
Can this be applied to the proposed HSR plans in the US?

Mr Giuseppe Sciarrone,

Managing Director, NTV

2.50pm

Afternoon break

DESIGN AND INNOVATION

3.10pm

High speed rail innovation through deployment of MAGLEV projects

Planning and feasibility
Cost, viability, and ROI
What role MAGLEV can play in the national transportation system
Advantages and disadvantages to MAGLEV over traditional heavy rail
Current planned MAGLEV projects and future potential

Mr. Neil Cummings,

President, American Magline Group

Fred Gurney,

President & CEO, MAGLEV, Inc.

Mr. Torkel Patterson,

President, U.S. Japan MAGLEV

Mr. Joe Ferguson,

Chief Executive Officer, The Enterprise Center

3.50pm

The importance of research and development spending in the high speed rail industry

Staying on top of the latest and most innovative rolling stock, equipment and technology
PTC advancements
Derailment prevention
State-of-the-art emergency procedures

Dr. Ing. Ralf Effenberger,

Managing Director, Transrapid Testcenter, IABG (Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH)

4.30pm