To help shape the agenda for this year’s edition of our Secure Rail conference, members of the Secure Rail Advisory Board discussed a range of issues and trends. Among the topics of conversation: the impact of autonomous technologies on railroads, collaboration between local and federal agencies in support of emergency response initiatives, and the increasingly blurred line between cyber and physical security.
As a result of these discussions, the programming for Secure Rail 2019 — which will be held May 1-2 at the Hyatt Regency Orlando — features a greater emphasis on the topics of risk, legal issues, future trends and regulatory updates. Session topics at our fifth annual conference include:
• “State of Security in the Rail Industry,” presented by Thomas Farmer, assistant vice president of security at the Association of American Railroads; Laird Pitz, vice president and chief risk officer at Canadian Pacific; and John Walsh, AVP of safety and security, Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Services Inc. Farmer, Pitz and Walsh also are members of the advisory board.
• “Passenger Screening at L.A. Metro,” presented by Alex Wiggins, chief of the System Security…
