Global Hyperloop Conference
July 8 - 9, 2019
Colorado School of Mines | Golden Colorado
2nd Annual HARP Conference on Hyperloop Industry and Related Technologies
PRESENTATIONS
Day 1 - Monday, 8 July 2019
08:45 – 09:30 Opening remarks and Setting the Stage
HARP Welcome and Hyperloop Overview
Welcome from CPIP/Conference Sponsors
European Perspective on Emerging Transportation Systems
Dave Clute - President, Hyperloop Advanced Research Partnership
HARP Evolutionary Timeline Banner
Dr. Richard Geddes - Founding Director Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy
Terry Hogue - Head Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering Colorado School of Mines
Dr. Gereon Meyer - Dept. Future Mobility and Europe VDI/VDE Innovation
09:30 – 10:00 Keynote: Grand Perspective #1
Ariel Wolf - Former Counselor to the USDOT Deputy Secretary,
10:00 – 10:15 Keynote: Grand Perspective #2
Dr. Ryan Janzen - Co-Founder/CTO - TransPod
10:30 – 12:15 Session 1: Foundation: Rights-of-Way, Land Use, Policy,
and Politics
Panelists/Speakers:
Brad Swartzwelter - Author (Panel Moderator)
Ariel Wolf - Former Counselor to the USDOT
Prof. Michael Mooney - Civil & Environmental
Dr. Gereon Meyer - Deputy Head of Department Future
Shoshana Lew - Executive Director, Colorado - Department of Transportation Dr. Ryan Janzen - Co-Founder/CTO Transpod
13:45 – 15:15 Session 2: Safety and Security – It Cuts Both Ways
Panelists/Speakers:
Dr. Steve Cohn - Ronin Institute (Panel Moderator)
Dr. Patrick Sherry - Executive Director National Center - NCIT / University of Denver
Ian Sutton - Principal, Sutton Technical Books
Trish Kerin - Director, Institution of Chemical Engineers
Mike Weber - Vice President Coalfire Labs
15:30 – 17:15 Session 3: Hyperloop and the Human Environment
Panelists/Speakers:
Ian Sutton - Sutton Technical Books (Panel Moderator)
Dr. Stanley Young - Researcher NREL
Will Toor - Executive Director, Colorado Energy Office
Dr. Steve Cohn - Ronin Institute
Dr. Stan Benjamin - Senior Scientist, NOAA
Dr. Mary Ann Ottinger - Prof. of Endocrinology and AAAS - University of Houston
18:00 – 20:00 Banquet: Dinner and Discussion
Discussion Topic: “Propose your definition of the word Hyperloop”
Day 2 - Tuesday, 9 July 2019
09:00 – 10:30 Session 4: The Physics of Hyperloop: Technical Challenges & Solutions
Panelists/Speakers:
Dave Clute - President HARP (Panel Moderator)
Amy Ford - Director of Mobility on Demand Alliance - ITSA
Dr. Ryan Janzen - Co-Founder/CTO Transpod
Al Waller - Principal Process Safety Engineer - FMC Corporation
Mars Geuze - Co-Founder & Commercial Director - Hardt Hyperloop
10:45 – 12:15 Session 5: Active Progress: Hyperloop Routes, Feasibility
Studies, and Reaction
Panelists/Speakers:
Dave Clute - President HARP (Panel Moderator)
John Whitcomb - CEO Hypernet Holding Corporation (HHC)
David Pring-Mill - Writer/Filmmaker Pring-Mill Media Corp.
David Hewett - Executive Managing Director Olive Real Estate Group (OREGI)
Chuck Michael - P.E. U.S. Feasibility Studies (HTT)
13:45 – 15:25 Session 6: Steps Forward: Making Hyperloop a Reality
Panelists/Speakers:
Brad Swartzwelter - Author (Panel Moderator)
Dr. Patrick Sherry - Executive Director NCIT / University of Denver
Ian Sutton - Principal, Sutton Technical Books
Dr. Richard Geddes - Founding Director Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy (CPIP)
Lindsay Sousa - Manager Planing Group AECOM
Alicia Jessip - Regional inclusion and Diversity Manager - TEK Systems
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