RailTrends 2011: November 1-2 in New York City

摘要

Speaking of the debt deal (and tenor surrounding same): Rail thought leaders will frame the doings in D.C., the global economy and rail's future in meaningful context at our seventh annual RailTrends8 summit, Nov. 1-2 at the W New York Hotel in Manhattan. This year's theme: "Growth Strategies for the Next Golden Age in Rail."Speakers include Kansas City Southern (KCS) Executive Chairman Mike Haverty (he's receiving Progressive Railroading's "Railroad Innovator Award"); BNSF Railway Co. Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer John Lanigan; CN EVP and Chief Operating Officer Keith Creel; KCS EVP of Sales and Marketing Patrick Ottensmeyer; Florida East Coast Railway LLC. President and CEO James Hertwig; and Genesee & Wyoming Inc. President and CEO Jack Hellmann. From D.C., Surface Transportation Board Chair Daniel Elliott and Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo will share their takes on issues their respective agencies are dealing with these days. And an array of Wall Street and rail observers, includ-