Global Hyperloop Conference
July 8 - 9, 2019
Colorado School of Mines | Golden Colorado
2nd Annual HARP Conference on Hyperloop Industry and Related Technologies
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Dave Clute
President
Hyperloop Advanced
Research Partnership
HARP
Dr. Richard Geddes
Professor - Cornell University
Founding Director
Cornell Program in
Infrastructure Policy
CPIP
Terri Hogue
Professor & Dept. Head
Civil & Environmental
Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
Dr. Gereon Meyer
Deputy Head of Department Future Mobility and Europe
VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH
Keynote Speakers
Ariel Wolf
​Former Counselor to the USDOT Deputy Secretary, and Chair of the Mobility and Transportation Technology Group at Venable LLP
Dr. Ryan Janzen
Co-Founder & CTO
TransPod
Moderator & Panelists - Session 1 - Rights of Way
Brad Swartzwelter
Author / Moderator
Ariel Wolf
Former Counselor to the USDOT Deputy Secretary, Chair of the Mobility & Transportation Technology Group at Venable LLP
Dr. Ryan Janzen
Co-Founder & CTO
TransPod
Shoshana M. Lew
Executive Director
Colorado Department of Transportation
Prof. Michel Mooney
Civil & Environ.
Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
Dr. Gereon Meyer
Deputy Head of Department Future Mobility and Europe
VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH
Moderator & Panelists - Session 2 - Safety & Security
Dr. Steve Cohn
Moderator
Ronin Institute
Dr. Patrick Sherry
Research Professor & Executive Director
National Center for Intermodal (NCIT) Transportation
University of Denver
Ian Sutton
Sutton Technical
Books
Trish Kerin
Director
Institution of Chemical Engineers
Mike Weber
VP, Coalfire Labs, Coalfire
Moderator & Panelists - Session 3 - Environment
Ian Sutton
Moderator
Sutton Technical
Books
Dr. Stanley Young
Researcher
NREL
Dr. Mary A. Ottinger
Professor of Endocrinology and AAAS Fellow
Department of Biology and Biochemistry
University of Houston
Dr. Steve Cohn
Ronin Institute
Will Toor
Executive Director
Colorado Energy Office
Dr. Stan Benjamin
Senior Scientist
NOAA
Moderator & Panelists - Session 4 - Hyperloop Technical Challenges & Solutions
Dave Clute
Moderator
President
HARP
Amy Ford
Director of Mobility on Demand Alliance
Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITSA)
Dr. Ryan Janzen
Co-Founder & CTO
TransPod
Al Waller
Principal Process
Safety Engineer
FMC Corporation
Mars Geuze
Co-Founder &
Commercial Director
Hardt Hyperloop
Moderator & Panelists - Session 5 - Routes & Reactions
Dave Clute
Moderator
President
HARP
John Whitcomb
CEO
Hypernet Holding
Corp
David Pring-Mill
Writer / Filmmaker
Pring-Mill Media
Corp
David Hewett
Exec. Managing
Director
Olive Real State Group
Chuck Michael,
P.E.
U.S. Feasibility Studies
HTT
Moderator & Panelists - Session 6 - Steps Forward
Dr. Patrick Sherry
Research Professor & Executive Director
National Center for Intermodal (NCIT) Transportation
University of Denver
Brad Swartzwelter
Author / Moderator
Lindsay Sousa
Manager
Planning Group
AECOM
Ian Sutton
Sutton Technical
Books
Dr. Richard Geddes
Professor - Cornell University
Founding Director
Cornell Program in
Infrastructure Policy
CPIP
Alicia Jessip
Regional Inclusion and Diversity Manager TEKsystems