Timetable:

Opening Remarks

Masafumi Shukuri, Chairman, JITTI USA & JTTRI

Paul Skoutelas, President and CEO, American Public Transportation Association ( APTA)

Greetings by Guest of Honor (Video Message)

Shigeo Yamada, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States of America

Keynote Speeches

Jennifer Mitchell, Deputy Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration

Masako Okano, Deputy Director-General of the Railway Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan (MLIT) 

Panel Discussion #1

Panelists

Masaru Yosano, Corporate Officer, Chief General Manager Consulting and Coordination Office – Overseas High Speed Railway Project, Technology Planning Department, General Technology Division, JR Central

Satoko Okumura, Executive Director, East Japan Railway Company, Los Angeles Office 

Andy Byford, Senior Vice President, High Speed Rail Programs, Amtrak

Chad Edison, Chief Deputy Secretary, Rail and Transit, California State Transportation Agency

Moderator

Chris Brady, Chair, APTA Committee on High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail; Principal Commonwealth Research Associates, LLC

Panel Discussion #2

Panelists

Masayoshi Uemura, Senior Managing Director (Urban Transportation Business), Hankyu Corporation

Noriyoshi Yamagami, Managing Executive Officer, Responsible for International Business Department, Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. 

Catherine Rinaldi, President, MTA Metro-North Railroad 

Holly Arnold, Administrator, Maryland Transit Administration

Moderator

Jennifer DeBruhl, Director, Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation

Reception to Follow