Rail Transportation Program

The Midwest Rail Conference was held virtually August 11th and 12th, 2020.  With 18 sponsors and over 270 attendees, our first ever all virtual event was a great success!!!  Session recordings will be made available for viewing on the Rail Learning Website soon.  (You must be a registered user of the rail learning website to view. )

While COVID-19 has placed an obstacle for Midwest Rail Conference, it won't be stopping us. We are excited to announce the shift of Midwest Rail Conference 2020 into a virtual platform. The conference will take place August 11-12, 2020.  The conference will feature two days of presentations on all things rail, and will include keynote presentations by Mike McClellan, VP Strategic Planning for NS and Joe McHugh, VP State Supported Business Development for Amtrak.     

Don't miss our Wednesday morning plenary session, featuring Ian Jeffries from AAR, Patrick Fuchs from STB, and Chuck Baker from ASLRRA talking about Rail Industry Policy Issues!  This is bound to be one of the highlights of the conference!

• We are continuing to work on filling out our speaker list, but the following speakers are  confirmed, for the full program, click on AGENDA here or in the side bar!

  • Mark Maday- FRA

  • Paul Williams - NS

  • David Woodruff - CN

  • Scott Nason - Chart Industries

  • Rachel Maleh - OLI

  • Dan Ujczo - Dickinson-Wright

  • Hilary Konczal - METRA

  • Tyler Dick - UIUC

  • Francesco Bedini - FRA

  • Starr Kidda - FRA

  • Josh Hamilton - Lansing Station

  • Pasi Lautala - Michigan Tech

  • Chase Armstrong - RJ Corman

  • Daniel Sabin - Iowa Northern Railroad

  • Jim Mathews - RPA

  • Naryana Sundaram - APTA

  • Arun Rao - WisDOT

  • Scott Rogers - WCWRC

  • Peter Swan - Penn State Harrisburg

  • Brad Peot - Wisconsin Southern

  • Larry Chesler - Amtrak

  • Robert Guy - MIPRC

  • Tim Grose - WSP

  • Porie Saika-Eapen - Metro Trans Authority, NYC

  • Andrea Waldock Niethold - CN

• The program is coming together, with the following list of sessions in the current plan:

The Midwest Rail Conference will take place  August 11-12, 2020.   

We want to say thank you to all our amazing sponsors!  Please check out our sponsor brochure!