Amadeus sponsors High Speed Rail in Washington, 22-23 October.

Bringing High Speed Rail to America

Following an announcement by Obama’s Administration High Speed Rail will be a very important focus point in the US in the coming decades.

The High Speed Rail 2009 Conference will cover all current innovations and developments within the High Speed Rail sector. The conference programme, lasting 2 days, puts emphasis on the following themes:

Bringing High Speed Rail to America
Why High Speed?
High Speed Rail around the world
Scaling up the industry in America
Planning and financing
Tracks to a sustainable America
Technology of HSR

One of the highlights of the programme will be hearing from the Obama Administration with Barack Obama himself receiving an invitation. In addition, conference attendees will also hear from Members of Congress, the Department of Transportation and their plans for funding, also industry leaders including the CEO of Deutsche Bahn International and the International Director of Renfe, Spain.

Amadeus Rail’s Head of Marketing, Philip Martin will be speaking at the conference opening the lunch on the first day. It will be an ideal opportunity to promote what Amadeus Rail has to offer to this rapidly expanding and exciting industry as it moves into a new era of modernisation in America.

The preliminary programme can be found at the following link: http://www.ushsr.com/conferenceprogram.html

Amadeus Representatives:
Philip Martin – Head of Marketing, Amadeus Rail
Alfredo Rodriguez – Head of Amadeus Rail Sales