Mr Donald Missey, speaking at High Speed Rail World USA 2010

Mr Donald Missey,
Chief Economist and Senior Project Manager
PRS Economics

Mr. Missey has nearly two decades of experience in project management, cost estimating and financial modeling in transportation and energy projects. He has built a number of detailed cost models for underground transit systems beginning with the Boston CA/T, and has written extensively regarding ‘lessons learned’ and the causes of project failure in the transit investment and energy generation sectors. An undergraduate of Indiana University in economics with a concentration in transit at the Kelly School of Business, Mr. Missey's academic focus at the graduate level has been analysis of the causes of investment failures in transit and energy projects and lessons learned. His approach of applying nomenclature familiar to engineers regarding project failure to new areas of investment management has been applied to the Segway personal vehicle, ethanol plant development, DIA baggage claim, Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant, Boston CA/T, the Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS) bond default, and a number of other current and controversial project failures, some still in the making. Mr Missey’s most recent projects have been in development of sustainable, intermodal transit and transport ‘revenue neutral’ models based on total net replacement of existing transit systems, with increased costs of underground construction justified by enhanced system utility and sustainability.
Appearing:
Day One: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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.
Day Two: Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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
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High Speed Rail World USA 2010

High Speed Rail World USA 2010

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


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