Opening Address


  • Henry Chan
    Principal Government Engineer
    Railway Development Office
    Highways Department
    Hong Kong

Confirmed Speakers include:


  • Ms Qian Guifeng
    Professor/Senior Engineer, Deputy Director – US Railway Project Working Group Chief
    Shanghai –Hangzhou High Speed Rail Project
    Ministry of Rail, China
  • T C Chew
    Projects Director
    MTR Corporation
  • Alvin Luk
    Project Manager, XRL E&M
    MTR Corporation
  • Hon. Rod Diridon
    Sr., Chair Emeritus, California High Speed Rail Authority Board Immediate Past Chair, APTA High Speed and Intercity Rail Committee and National High Speed Rail Corridors’ Coalition;
    Executive Director
    Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI)
  • Alex Chang
    COO
    Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation
  • Juan Matias Archilla Pintidura
    Director, International – Projects
    RENFE, Spain
  • Dr Krit Anurakamonkul
    Director, Special Project & Construction
    State Railway of Thailand


Strategic challenges in infrastructure development for sustainable high speed rail systems

By 2014 China expects to have the worlds largest high speed rail network, spanning 19,000 km of track and will connect 200 million people. But China is not the only country planning to connect significant numbers of people with high speed trains, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia plan to develop the rail networks that will connect a total of 67 million people. India, not to be outdone by China massive rail development, plans to develop a 2000 km network that will cost US$44.5 billion by 2020

Alex Chang, COO, Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation, thinks that the requirement market of the high-speed rail transit has become higher and higher.

“Maybe such a requirement may encourage more technical development, more resources put on the speed rail transit research and development. For example, now mainland China is based on the Japanese and German technology, now they have their own transit technology. So I think maybe some countries may follow Chinese practice trying to develop their own high-speed rail technologies. Until now, the major manufacturer of high-speed rail is only Japan, France, Germany and Spain and maybe later on some will follow and will get into marketing high-speed rail technologies,” he said. Download the full interview on our Knowledge Universe

Alex Chang will be speaking at HSR Asia 2011, which will examine high speed rail infrastructure development, challenges financing options, and advances in technological innovation in High Speed Rail across Asia and the globe. This unique event will bring together an international panel of government, operator and industry specialists to share their experiences in and insights on the development of high speed rail.

HSR Asia 2011 is the event for the rail industry’s leading players who are currently tackling the technical and operational challenges of designing, delivering, operating and maintaining an efficient high speed rail network – an event for those interested not only in the latest developments in the high speed rail industry but also in the policies and regulations that ensure the creation and operation of world class high speed rail systems.

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