Wolfe Trahan & Co. Global Transportation Conference

Tuesday, May 25 & Wednesday, May 26, 2010

 

Fordham University, School of Law at Lincoln Center, 140 W. 62nd Street, New York, New York

 

Monday, May 24

                6:00 – 7:30pm: Company Dinner (for confirmed clients only)

                Canadian National Railway Co., Keith Creel, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

 

Tuesday, May 25

Time

 

 

7:15am

Breakfast and Registration

7:30 - 7:45

Opening Remarks: Ed Wolfe, Wolfe Trahan & Co. – A Look at Recent Freight Trends

7:50 - 8:20

YRC Worldwide, Inc., William Zollars, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

 

8:25 - 9:05

Arkansas Best Corporation, Judy McReynolds, President & Chief Executive Officer

Saia, Inc., Richard O’Dell, President & Chief Executive Officer

 

9:10 - 9:50

Celadon Group, Inc., Stephen Russell, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Werner Enterprises, Inc., John Steele, Executive Vice President, Treasurer & Chief Financial Officer

9:10 - 10:05:

Truck & Rail Equipment Panel

Wabash National, Richard Giromini, President & Chief Executive Officer

Wabtec Corporation, Alvaro Garcia-Tunon, Chief Financial Officer

FreightCar America, Inc., Michael MacMahon, Vice President, Business Development and Strategy

9:55 - 10:50

Con-way, Inc., Stephen Bruffett, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc., David Congdon, President & Chief Executive Officer

Ryder System, Inc., Robert Sanchez, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

 

10:55 - 11:50

Truckload  Panel

CRST International, Inc., John Smith, President & Chief Executive Officer

Covenant Transportation Group, Inc., David Parker, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Rusty Rush, President & Chief Executive Officer

Ansell Healthcare Products, Andrew Gillespie, Director of Global Logistics & Transportation

Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Todd Spencer, Executive Vice President

 

11:55 - 1:10

Keynote Lunch

Wolfe Trahan & Co., François Trahan, Vice-Chairman, Chief Investment Strategist

Wall Street’s top ranked strategist will provide an update on the direction of the U.S. and international markets; what indicators should investors look for to gain conviction that recent market gains are sustainable?

1:15 - 2:10

Deutsche Post DHL, Lawrence Rosen, Chief Financial Officer

TNT N.V., Peter Bakker, Chief Executive Officer

United States Postal Service, Bob Peterson, Treasurer

Fresh Faced Companies

OHL, Scott McWilliams, Chief Executive Officer

Echo Global Logistics, Doug Waggoner, Chief Executive Officer

Panther Expedited Services Inc. Andy Clarke, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director

2:15 -  3:10

Forward Air Corporation, Bruce Campbell, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

Landstar System, Inc., Henry Gerkens, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

Universal Truckload Services, Inc., Don Cochran, President & Chief Executive Officer

Wolfe Trahan & Co., Tim Denoyer, Auto & Truck Manufacturing Analyst will provide an update on factors driving performance within the sector as cyclical tailwinds taper off.

3:15 - 4:10

Private LTL Panel

A Duie Pyle, Steve O’Kane, President

Henry Schein, Inc., Doug Kowalchuk, Director of Transportation

Pitt Ohio Express, Charles Hammel, President

SJ Consulting Group, Inc., Satish Jindel, President

Tyco International, James Hickey, Tyco Flow Control

 

4:15 - 5:50

Cocktail Reception: Companies & Investors

 

Tuesday, May 25

6:00- 7:30pm: Company Dinner (for confirmed clients only)

UPS, Alan Gershenhorn, Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing

 

Wolfe Trahan & Co. Global Transportation Conference

Tuesday, May 25 & Wednesday, May 26, 2010

 

Fordham University, School of Law at Lincoln Center, 140 W. 62nd Street, New York, New York

 

        Wednesday, May 26

Time

 

 

7:15am

Breakfast & Registration

7:30 - 7:55

Opening Remarks: Ed Wolfe, Wolfe Trahan & Co.

8:00 - 8:55

Union Pacific Corporation, Rob Knight, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President Finance

Kansas City Southern, Patrick Ottensmeyer, Executive Vice President Sales & Marketing

8:00-8:30:

Kirby Corporation, Joe Pyne, President & Chief Executive Officer

9:00 - 9:55

Short-Line Railroad Panel

Genesee & Wyoming Inc., Jack Hellmann, President & Chief Executive Officer

Indiana Rail Road Company, Thomas Hoback, President & Chief Executive Officer

RailAmerica, Inc., John Giles, President & Chief Executive Officer

Watco Companies, Inc., Rick Webb, Chief Executive Officer

 

10:00 - 10:55

Shipper and Railroad Issues:  A Different Perspective Panel

Consumers United for Rail Equity, Robert Szabo,  Executive Director

Law Offices of Louis E. Gitomer, Louis Gitomer, Principal

National Industrial Transportation League, Bruce Carlton, President & Chief Executive Officer

Dry Bulk Shipping Panel

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., Alan Ginsberg, Chief Financial Officer

New Lead Holdings, Ltd , Allan Shaw, Chief Financial Officer

11:00 - 11:55

Norfolk Southern Corporation, Wick Moorman, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

CSX Corporation Inc., Derrick Smith, Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis

 

Liquid Tanker Panel

General Maritime Corporation, Jeffrey Pribor, Chief Financial Officer

TORM, Sune Mikkelsen, Vice President Corporate Finance & Investor Relations

Omega Navigation Enterprises, Gregory A. McGrath, Chief Financial Officer

12:00 - 1:15

Keynote Lunch Shipper Panel

BASF Corporation, Michael Vogt, Procurement Manager, Bulk Transportation

Estee Lauder Companies, Peter Goulding, Executive Director-Global Transportation

Johnson & Johnson Sales & Logistics Company, LLC, George Harry, Director, Global Transportation

Wal-Mart Transportation,  Kelly Abney, Vice President, Corporate Transportation

Honeywell International, Inc, Brian Simons, Senior Director, Transportation & Logistics and Supply Chain Planning

1:20 - 2:15

Intermodal Panel

Hub Group, Inc., David Yeager, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., Kirk Thompson, President & Chief Executive Officer

Pacer International, Inc., Dan Avramovich, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Schneider National, Bill Matheson, President, Intermodal

 

2:20 -  3:15

Kuehne + Nagel International AG, Gerard van Kesteren, Chief Financial Officer

Panalpina World Transport Ltd., Marco Gadola, Chief Financial Officer

Expeditors International of Washington Inc., Peter Rose, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

 

Rail Union/Rail Regulatory Panel

Surface Transportation Board, Francis P. Mulvey, Vice Chairman

Thompson Hine LLP, Jeffrey Moreno, Partner

United Transportation Union, Frank Wilner, Economist & Director of Public Relations

U.S. House of Representatives, Michael Meenan, Republican Counsel Subcommittee on Railroads

3:20 -  4:15

Global Trade Panel

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. William Flynn, President & Chief Executive Officer

AlixPartners LLP, Paul Svindland, Managing Director

CEVA Logistics, John Pattullo, Chief Executive Officer

Hanjin Shipping, William Rooney, President Hanjin Shipping America

NYK Line, Gregory Tuthill, Vice President, Trade Management