Global Hyperloop Conference
July 8 - 9, 2019
Colorado School of Mines | Golden Colorado
2nd Annual HARP Conference on Hyperloop Industry and Related Technologies
PROGRAM
Sunday, July 7, 2019
15:00 – 18:00 Conference Registration and Hotel Check-in
Colorado School of Mines - Ben Parker Student Center
2nd Floor - Ballroom A
1200 16th Street, Golden, CO 80401
Phone: (303) 384-2190
18:30 – Informal gathering at Trailhead Tap House (self-pay)
https://www.trailheadtaphouse.com
811 12th Street, Golden, CO 80401
Monday, July 8, 2019
08:00 – 08:45 Registration and Check-In (Coffee, Tea)
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
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,
and Chair of the Mobility and Transportation Technology Group
at Venable LL
10:00 – 10:15 Keynote: Grand Perspective #2
Dr. Ryan Janzen - Co-Founder/CTO - TransPod
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:15 Session 1: Foundation: Rights-of-Way, Land Use, Policy,
and Politics
Panelist presentations
- Tunnel Industry perspective
- Hyperloop industry perspective
- Government perspective
Audience discussion and Q and A
Panelists/Speakers:
- Brad Swartzwelter - Author (Panel Moderator)
- Ariel Wolf - Former Counselor to the USDOT
Deputy Secretary and Chair of the Mobility Transportation Technology Group at Venable
- Prof. Michael Mooney - Civil & Environmental
Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
- Dr. Gereon Meyer - Deputy Head of Department Future
Mobility and Europe VDI/VDE Innovation Technik
GmbH
- Shoshana Lew - Executive Director, Colorado
Department of Transportation
- Dr. Ryan Janzen - Co-Founder/CTO Transpod
12:15 – 13:45 Lunch (on your own, many nearby options)
13:45 – 15:15 Session 2: Safety and Security – It cuts both ways
Panelist presentations
- How Hyperloop affects Security and
Resilience
- Applying Safety Standards and
Practices to Hyperloop
- Hyperloop Risks and Mitigation
Audience discussion and Q and A
Panelists/Speakers:
- Dr. Steve Cohn - Ronin Institute (Panel Moderator)
- Dr. Patrick Sherry - Executive Director National Center
for Intermodal Transportation, University of Denver
- Ian Sutton - Principal, Sutton Technical Books
- Trish Kerin - Director, Institution of Chemical Engineers
- Mike Weber - Vice President Coalfire Labs
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:15 Session 3: Hyperloop and the Human Environment
Panelist presentations
- The Carbon footprint of Transportation:
How Hyperloop helps
- Climate and Weather Impacts of
transportation emissions
- Local Impacts of transportation and of
hyperloop
Audience discussion and Q and A
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 Fellow Dept. of Biology and Biochemistry
University of Houston
17:15 – 18:00 Break (stretch your legs around campus)
18:00 – 20:00 Banquet: Dinner and Discussion
Light dinner buffet
Discussion Topic: “Propose your definition of the
word Hyperloop”
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
08:30 – 09:00 Coffee and get settled
09:00 – 10:30 Session 4: The Physics of Hyperloop: Technical Challenges and
Solutions
Panelist presentations
- Hyperloop Technologies overview
- Technical Challenges and Solutions
Audience discussion and Q and A
Panelists/Speakers:
- Dave Clute - President HARP (Panel Moderator)
- Amy Ford - Director of Mobility on Demand Alliance
Intelligent Transportation Society of America
- Dr. Ryan Janzen - Co-Founder/CTO Transpod
- Al Waller - Principal Process Safety Engineer
FMC Corporation
- Mars Geuze - Co-Founder & Commercial Director
Hardt Hyperloop
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15 Session 5: Active Progress: Hyperloop Routes, Feasibility
Studies, and Reaction
A series of presentations covering projects in
planning and feasibility studies
Public Perception and Media Impact on
Progress
Audience discussion and Q and A
Panelists/Speakers:
- Dave Clute - President HARP (Panel Moderator)
- John Whitcomb - CEO Hypernet Holding Corp.
- David Pring-Mill - Writer/Filmmaker Pring-Mill media
Corp.
- David Hewett - Executive Managing Director Olive
Real State Group
- Chuck Michael - P.E. U.S. Feasibility Studies HTT
12:15 – 13:45 Lunch (on your own, many nearby options)
13:45 – 15:25 Session 6: Steps Forward: Making Hyperloop a Reality
Panelist presentations
- Economics and Partnerships, Funding
and Financing
- What can HARP do for hyperloop
industry?
- Political Factors and Advocacy
- The Academic Community and
Hyperloop: Working Together
- From Concept to Project
Audience discussion and Q and A
Panelists/Speakers:
- Brad Swartzwelter - Author (Panel Moderator)
- Dr. Patrick Sherry - Executive Director National Center
for Intermodal Transportation, University of Denver
- Ian Sutton - Principal, Sutton Technical Books
- Dr. Richard Geddes - Founding Director Cornell
Program in Infrastructure Policy
- Lindsay Sousa - Manager Planing Group AECOM
- Alicia Jessip - Regional inclusion and Diversity Manager
TEKsystems
15:25 – 16:15 A HARP Invitation and Final Thoughts
Steve Cohn
16:15 Conference Ends
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