Progressive Railroading and Tony Hatch hosted the annual RailTrends Conference on November 1-2 at the W Hotel in New York City.   The theme for this year’s event was “Growth Strategies for the Next Golden Age in Rail” and featured speakers included Ed Hamberger, CEO of the AAR, Bruce Calton, President and CEO, The National Industrial Transportation League (NITL), Joseph Szabo, Administrator of the FRA and Michael Haverty, Executive Chairman, Kansas City Southern (KCS).

Oliver Wyman once again was a sponsor of RailTrends and Many Hontoria, a Partner in our Surface Transportation Practice, delivered a presentation entitled “Risk Management for the Growth-Oriented Railroad.”

In his talk, Manny argued that while risk management has long been a high-profile concern for railroads, they may not be getting maximum value from it.  Drawing on the experience of companies in other sectors, Manny will explain how dynamic risk modeling tools can be employed to facilitate growth strategies, by supporting investment decisions, improving the allocation of capital, and creating the transparency over risk and return that capital markets reward.

If you have any questions about Oliver Wyman’s participation in the RailTrends conference, please contact me at kevin.foy@oliverwyman.com.  For general information on the 2011 RailTrends conference, please visit the RailTrends web site.