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Conference October 22-23 - Conference - Speakers

Conference speakers include:

	Jean-Pierre Loubinoux, Director General of the International Union of Railways (UIC) in Paris. Formerly CEO of SNCF International, Mr. Loubinoux is considered one of the world's leading experts in developing new high speed rail systems, and has been involved in numerous high speed rail start-up projects in a number of countries.
	Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, Washington, DC. Congresswoman Johnson is a major supporter of high speed rail, and has been a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee since being sworn into office in January 1993.
	Rodney Slater, Esq., Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation; Partner - Patton Boggs, Washington, DC. Secretary Slater works with clients to help advance a 21st Century vision to promote a safer, more efficient, environmentally sound and sustainable worldwide transportation infrastructure.
	Governor Ed Rendell, Governor, State of Pennsylvania; Co-Chair, Building America's Future. Governor Rendell has been called the "hardest working man in infrastructure", and is a huge supporter of a national high speed rail system for America. Governor Rendell has been a tireless advocate of an infrastructure-driven recovery within the National Governors Association, and through his work within Building America's Future with his co-chars Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. They have been advocating for a national infrastructure bank to help fund needed infrastructure across America.
	Congressman Jim Costa, 20th District, California. Congressman Costa has been a long time supporter of rail transportation in America. During his distinguished 24-year career in the California state Legislature he was instrumental in the formation of the California High Speed Rail Authority. This state body has put forward the most advanced high speed rail project in America: a state-of-the-art, 220 mph state-wide electric rail system.
	Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Washington, DC. Congressman Blumenauer has been a major promoter of rail systems and livable communities for most of his career. As a member of Congress, he has been a leading force in expanding transportation options for America, and helping other Members and the Administration work towards sustainable transportation policy and funding, and developing solutions to climate change.
	Congressman Michael McMahon, New York. Congressman McMahon proudly represents Staten Island and Brooklyn in the U.S. House of Representatives and is a long-time proponent of expanding our nation's rail network. He began this work at th elocal level as a member of the New York City Council and continues today through his membership on the Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
	Jim Collins, Director and the Head of Rail for transport advisors, Steer Davies Gleave. Mr. Collins has extensive experience in operations, commercial strategy and major scheme development for the public and private rail sectors. Mr. Collins recently directed a major project investigating the business case for a new High Speed Line in the UK for Network Rail. Mr. Collins has been an advisor on railway operating concessions and new rolling stock procurement, and has worked for central and regional government, financial institutions, railway infrastructure bodies, rail regulators, rail suppliers and rail operating companies.
	Martin Bay, CEO DB International, Germany. Mr. Bay directs the company which develops, plans, constructs, and operates the rail system throughout Germany. Known for its high speed ICE trains, DB is a global leader in high speed rail.
	Aileen Cho, Senior Transportation Editor, Engineering News Record (ENR), New York. Ms. Cho writes extensively about high speed rail and transportation issues in the leading publication for the engineering and infrastructure construction fields.
	Anthony Perl, Ph.D., Director - Urban Studies Program, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. Professor Perl is considered one of the leading high speed rail experts in the world and has written 2 of the most important books on the topic including Transport Revolutions, and New Departures.
	Katherine Perez, Executive Director Urban Land Institute, Los Angeles, CA. Ms. Perez is a professional transportation planner and urban design specialist with a diverse background in real estate development, urban planning, government policy, advocacy, green building, and promoting transit oriented development. Southern California based Business Life magazine recognized her as an 'outstanding leader'.
	Governor Parris Glendening, President, Smart Growth Leadership Institute in Washington, DC. Mr. Glendening was the governor of Maryland from 1995 to 2003, during which time he positioned Maryland as a national leader in smart growth. As President of the Smart Growth Leadership Institute, Mr. Glendening works to help states advance smart growth and sustainability across America.
	Richard Harnish, Executive Director - Midwest High Speed Rail Association in Chicago. Mr. Harnish has been working to build support for high speed rail in the Midwest region for more than 15 years. The Association represents one of the leading regions expected to receive major funding from the Federal Government for high speed rail.
	Norman Anderson, President & CEO - CG/LA Infrastructure in Washington, DC. Mr. Anderson focuses on infrastructure project creation, finance, and performance, and develops infrastructure projects globally. He is also a visiting professor in the Politecnico de Madrid, and a regular contributor to AmericaEconomia.
	Stuart Sirota, AICP, CNU. Principal, TND Planning Group, Baltimore, MD. Mr. Sirota is an urban planner and transportation specialist. His work focuses on the integration of the different modes of transit with land planning to create sustainable, walkable urbanism.
	John Krieger, Esq. Federal Transportation Counsel, U.S.PIRG in Washington, DC. Mr. Krieger is a lobbyist on Capitol Hill for transportation issues, focusing a major part of his effort on high speed rail. He has served as an expert witness before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and has organized and spoken at numerous press conferences and legislative briefings with members of Congress, including the Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
	Maria Angeles Bueno, Head of Technology Department in INECO TIFSA (based in Spain) has contributed to the definition and validation of the European standardized and automatic train protection system. INECO TIFSA Group is deeply involved in the new development of the High Speed Rail netword in Spain, which has become a reference in Europe.
	Apolinar Rodriguez, International Director, Renfe, Spain. Renfe operates the entire national railway system in Spain, and is currently undertaking one of the largest high speed rail expansion projects on earth with the goal to have a high speed station within a short distance of every citizen of Spain.
	Jan Moorlag, International Manager and Project Director, ARCADIS, The Netherlands. Mr. Moorlag and his “Foreign Experts” team are responsible for the construction supervision of the WuGuang passenger HSR project in China, part of the longest and fastest rail tracé in the world. 1000 km built in record time and operating at record speed. Arcadis has been involved in the design and construction of many high speed rail systems around the world, providing track design, civil engineering, electrical engineering, signal and communications engineering, and construction management/supervision.
	David Larsson, ABB, US office. Dr. David Larsson received a MSc in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics degree from the Technical University of Linköping in 1993 and a PhD from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in 1998. He started with ABB in the beginning of 1999. Since the beginning of 2008 he is working out of Raleigh, North Carolina as Manager for System Design for FACTS-applications in North America. David's special interest includes FACTS-technology, System stability improvement by FACTS devises, Underground transmission systems, grid integration of wind farms, and HVDC technology.
	Mayor John Robert Smith, President & CEO Reconnecting America. Mr. Smith is the former Mayor of Meridian, Mississippi, and a long time activist on behalf of passenger rail. He is a member of Amtrak's board, a member of the transportation committees of the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
	Antonio Perez, President & CEO, Talgo Inc., USA Mr. Perez directs one of the leading train manufacturing companies in the world. Talgo high speed trains operate on the new high speed lines between Madrid and Barcelona, as well as Madrid to Valladolid.Talgo has 50% of the market share in Spain and 26% of the HSR in the USA.
	William Schroeer, State Policy Director, Smart Growth America, Washington, DC. Mr. Schroeer has over 20 years experience designing and directing transportation and land use policy evaluations for government, nonprofit, and private clients. During the 1990s, Mr. Schroeer was an Economist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency where he led the agency's Transportation Group.
	Hubert Rhomberg, Managing Director, Rhomberg Bahntechnik Group. Hubert Rhomberg represents the fourth generation of company leadership. Consequently Rhomberg Bahntechnik is a specialist and main/pricipal contractor encapsulating all areas of railway construction projects.
	Huw Thomas, Partner, Foster + Partners Architects, London. Foster + Partners is known for exciting transportation architecture, and has done projects in more than 50 countries including St. Pancras high speed station, London; Florence High Speed Rail Station, Italy; Millennium Pedestrian Bridge crossing River Thames, London; Millau Viaduct bridge, France; and Bilbao Metro, Spain.
	JD Stokes, Professional Engineer and Vice President of SE3
	Michael Bedke, Esq., Partner, DLA Piper, Florida. Mr. Bedke is the co-founder of ConnectUs, the Florida High Speed Rail organization. Mr. Bedke leads the real estate practice group of DLA Piper's Florida office. He has been named one of the country's leading real estate lawyers, has been cited in The Best Lawyers in America and Marquis Who's Who, and listed as a Florida Super Lawyer and one of the Florida Legal Elite.
	Wesley Randall, Faculty Member, Auburn University. Dr. Randall (Ph.D. University of North Texas 2007) is currently a faculty member in the deparment of aviation and supply chain management, in the college of business, at Auburn University. Dr Randall focuses his research on modeling the profit potentail of multi-year outcome based sustainment strategies for the aerospace, transportation, and energy sector. Related research interests include reliability-innovation investment modeling, supply chian financial management, knowledge management, sourcing, retail supply chain management, and the measurement of value offered by the supplier network.
	Gregory Donat, Director, Head of North American Infrastructure, Lazard Freres & Co. LLC, New York. Mr. Donat advises strategic, financial, and government clients on the full range of energy, transportation and other infrastructure-related topics. His experience includes advising on cross border, structured tax, restructuring and commodity-linked transactions. Lazard is one of the world's preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms, operating in 41 cities across 24 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Central and South America.
	Gregory Kats, Senior Director, Director of climate change policy, Good Energies, Washington, DC. Good Energies is a several billion dollar global clean energy investment firm helping to scale up wind and solar power. Mr. Kats has previously served as the director of financing for energy efficiency and renewable energy at the U.S. Department of Energy.