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October 5

Southeast Freight Conference and Memphis Port Night logistics facility Windshield Tour, sponsored by the Port of Memphis

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 minute 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

Scheduled Speakers:
Joel Haka, Chief Operating 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 minute formal presentation for each speaker, followed by topical conversation steered by moderator and ending with audience Q&A

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

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 minute formal presentation for each speaker, followed by topical conversation steered by moderator and ending with audience Q&A

Session Leader:
Mark George, Chairman, IMC Companies

Scheduled Speakers:
Gene Seroka, President, Americas, APL
Phil Wojcik, President, Consolidated Chassis Management
Tommy Barnes, President, Con-way Multimodal

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Afternoon Break

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Southeast Port Session - (Coastal and Inland Ports)
Speaker Types: Senior level port executives, experts and related

Session Leader: Martin E. Lipinski, P.E., Ph.D., PTOE,
Professor and Director, Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute, University of Memphis

Scheduled Speakers:

Jim Newsome, President & CEO, South Carolina Ports Authority

Gary LaGrange, President & CEO, Port of New Orleans

Russell Held, Deputy Executive Director, Development,
Virginia Port Authority

Clifford Pyron, Chief Commercial Officer, Georgia Ports Authority

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Closing Special Presentation

Speaker: Rodolfo Sabonge, Vice President, Market Research & Analysis, Panama Canal Authority

6:00 p.m.

60th Port Night

6:00 cocktails
7:00 dinner
Special performance by Memphis Symphony
Dancing with Soul Shockers
Great Door Prizes

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