26 AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 Southeast Freight Conference and Memphis Port Night logistics facility Windshield Tour, sponsored by the Port of Memphis
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 8:00 A.M.: REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
9:00 A.M. – 9:15 A.M.: WELCOME REMARKS
9:15 A.M. – 9:45 A.M.: OPENING KEYNOTE • Erxin Yao, President, OOCL (USA)
9:45 A.M. – 10:15 A.M.: U.S. SOUTHEAST ECONOMIC & TRADE OUTLOOK
Scheduled Speakers: • David Altig, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Charles Clowdis, Managing Director, IHS Global Insight
10:15 A.M. – 10:30 A.M.: MORNING BREAK
10:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.: SOUTHEAST CARRIER SESSION PART I (Rail representatives)
Speaker Types: Senior executives and related
Session Breakdown: 5 minutes formal presentation for each speaker, followed by topical conversation steered by moderator and ending with audience Q&A
Session Leader: • Peter Hurme, Publisher/Senior Editor, Cargo Business News
2:00 P.M. – 2:45 P.M.: SOUTHEAST CARRIER SESSION PART II (Air, Ocean, Trucking)
Speaker Types: Senior multi-modal executives and related
Session Breakdown: 5 minutes formal presentation for each speaker, followed by topical conversation steered by moderator and ending with audience Q&A
Scheduled Speakers: • Joel Haka, Chief Commercial Officer, Florida East Coast Railway
• Ed Elkins, Director International Intermodal, Norfolk Southern
• Carl Warren, Director, International Sales, CSXT
11:30 A.M. – 12:15 P.M.: SOUTHEAST SHIPPER SESSION (Importer, Exporter) – One moderator, two speakers
Speaker Types: Logistics Directors
Session Breakdown: 5 minutes formal presentation for each speaker, followed by topical conversation steered by moderator and ending with audience Q&A
Speaker Leader: • Session Leader: Scott Sigman, Transportation Lead, Informa Economics
Scheduled Speakers: • Tom Carpenter, Director – Logistics, North America International Paper
• John Matters, Vice President of Transportation, Williams-Sonoma, Inc
12:15 P.M. – 1:45 P.M.: LUNCH AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER • Claude Mongeau, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian National Railway Company
September 2011 www.cargobusinessnews.com
