Northern Flyer Alliance Symposium – April 6, 2012
Theme: The Business Case for Passenger Rail
Blog post about the Symposium from Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood: click here
Symposium Agenda click here
NARP Symposium Handout click here
Symposium PowerPoint (Large 38.3 mb) click here
Symposium PowerPoint in movie format (Smaller 6.3 mb) click here
Speaker Profiles click here
Welcome by Councilman Scott Wagner click here
Pat & Kris Larkin click here
Chris Larson, President & CEO Larson Binkley, Inc. click here
Joe Szabo, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration click here
Derrick James, Amtrak click here
Dennis Slimmer, KDOT click here
Ross Capon, President & CEO, Natl Association of Railroad Passengers click here
Pete Meitzner, Councilman, Wichita, Kansas click here
Homer Nicholson, Mayor, Ponca City, Oklahoma click here
Rick Harnish, Executive Dir Midwest High Speed Rail Association click here
Stu Nicholson, Engage Public Affairs click here
Due to technical difficulties, the rest of the speakers were not recorded.
Location: Kansas City’s Union Station Board Room
To request an invitation to the conference send an email to the following: northernflyeralliance@gmail.com
The NFA is organizing a symposium to be held on April 6, 2012 at Kansas City’s Union Station . The purpose is to create a venue for public officials, business owners, community leaders, the medical community, Board of Regents, railroad interests and elected officials from several Midwest states to come together to discuss why passenger rail is so important to businesses, the medical community, and society, and why the expansion of passenger rail is a fiscally conservative approach to the nation’s transportation problems.
The Symposium will feature panelists from around the Midwest with expertise and business interest in passenger rail expansion. To date, we are planning on the following panel participants:
Federal Railroad Adminstration, Joe Szabo, Administrator
KS Rail Caucus Chair, MIPRC Commissioner and business owner, Rep. Jene Vickrey
National Assoc. Railroad Passengers, Ross Capon, President and CEO
Wichita City Council Member, Pete Meitzner
KDOT, Dennis Slimmer, Chief of Transportation Planning
Midwest High Speed Rail, Rick Harnish, Executive Director
Amtrak, Derrick James, Director of Government Affairs
KS Rail Caucus Member, and business owner, Sen. Dick Kelsey
Past MIPRC Commissioner, and business owner Sen. Daryl Beall, IA
Mayor, Ponca City, Oklahoma, Homer Nicholson
Larson Binkley (engineering firm), Chris Larson, Pres. & CEO
Flint Hills Tourism, Pat & Kris Larkin
Kansas University, Professor Wally Meyer, Director of Entrepreneurship Programs
Iowa State Legislature, Senator Daryl Beale
Engage Public Affairs, Stu Nicholson
Missouri Department of Transportation, Eric Curtit & Michele Teel
The audience will consist of public officials, business owners, community leaders, the medical community, Board of Regents, railroad interests and elected officials from the states of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Texas and Oklahoma.
Sponsored by:
Northern Flyer Alliance
Kansas Rail Caucus
With Support From:
Larson Binkley, Inc.
D&M Consulting Services
Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission, Kansas Delegation
The United Transportation Union
Roger, would you mind registering directly? You will receive a direct invitation tomorrow morning. I checked into how best to add you manually, and in order for us to keep everything straight, it would be better if you registered when you receive the invitation. ONce you get the invitation, please click the ‘Attend’ button, then enterregister to attend. What you received from NARP was not a direct invitation. If you know anyone that wants to register, have them send me their email address for an invitation. Since the food is free, we don’t want to open it up to the general public just yet. We may do so later, it just depends on the seating.
Thank you for your understanding! ~Deborah
Thank you, Rep. Gregory for your email. Please accept my apologies for not seeing this earlier. We would very much like to connect with you to speak in more detail about next steps. What is the best way to reach you?
Deborah Fischer Stout