Courses & Events
What the U.S. Should Learn from Asia’s High-Speed Rail?
Thursday, Dec 6, 2012
04:15 pm - 05:30 pm
Mr. Louis S. Thompson, Principal, Thompson Galenson & Associates
Mr. Louis S. Thompson, Principal of Thompson Galenson and Associates, former Railway Advisor to the World Bank, and member of the Peer Review Panel for the California High Speed Rail Authority, gives an overview of high-speed rail projects in major Asia economies and discusses the functions and economics of rail transport for cargo as well as people in the U.S. and other countries.
Session will address patterns of increasing growth of railway traffic in major markets, the roles of the public and private sectors in infrastructure investment and operations, the impact of railway technologies on science and engineering competitiveness, and developments toward energy savings and reduced environmental impact.
Previously, Mr. Thompson held senior positions at The World Bank and the US Department of Transportation and has served as a project engineer and consultant to the transportation industry. Mr. Thompson holds an ScB in Chemical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from Harvard University.
Immediately following the session, we’ll have a short-networking reception from 5:30 – 6:15PM. This is the final session in our autumn seminar series of nine weekly public lectures / seminars on “Green Technologies in Transportation: Recent Developments from Asia.” Videos of previous sessions can be seen at the SCPD “Free Seminars” website under “Topics in International Technology Management.”
Presented by the US-Asia Technology Management Center in Stanford’s School of Engineering, with additional series support from SunBridge Partners and The Miner Foundation.
Stanford University * Gates Building, Room B1 Hewlett Packard Auditorium
Thursday, December 6, 2012
4:15PM ~ 5:30PM
