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5th Annual Global Transportation Conference

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Agenda

Wolfe Trahan & Co. Global Transportation Conference
Tuesday, May 22 & Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Fordham University, School of Law at Lincoln Center, 140 W. 62nd Street, New York, New York

 

Monday, May 21
Individual Company Dinners for confirmed clients only
6:00 – 7:30pm: Union Pacific Corporation, Mary Jones, Vice President & Treasurer

6:00  7:30pm: Expeditors International of Washington Inc., Jordan Gates, President & Chief Operating Officer, and Brad Powell, Chief Financial Officer

                                

Tuesday, May 22

Time

Track 1: McNally Amphitheater

Track 2: Room 205

7:15am

Registration

7:55 – 8:05

Opening Remarks: Ed Wolfe, Wolfe Trahan & Co.

8:10 – 8:55

Breakfast Keynote: Framing the Dialogue for Potential Rail Regulatory Change
Linda Morgan, Partner at Nossaman LLP & former Chairwoman of the Surface Transportation Board
Chip Nottingham, Partner at Williams Mullen PC & former Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board
 

9:00 – 9:55

North American Rail Panel
Canadian National Railway Company,
Jean-Jacques Ruest, Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
Kansas City Southern, Brian Bowers, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Norfolk Southern Corporation, James A. Squires, Executive Vice President of Finance & Chief Financial Officer

Domestic Asset-Light Transportation
Echo Global Logistics, Inc., Doug Waggoner, Chief Executive Officer
Forward Air Corporation,
Bruce A. Campbell, Chairman, President, & Chief Executive Officer
RoadRunner Transportation, Mark DiBlasi, President & Chief Executive Officer
XPO Logistics, Inc., Brad Jacobs, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer 

10:00 – 10:55

Domestic 3PL Panel
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., John Wiehoff, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Landstar System, Inc., Pat O’Malley, Vice President & Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer

Airfreight Capacity Panel
AFMS Logistics Management Group, Doug Caldwell, Vice President EMEA & International
Air Transport Services Group,
Joseph Hete, President & Chief Executive Officer
Ansell Healthcare Products LLC, Andrew Gillespie, Director of Global Transportation
The Boeing Company
, Russell Tom, Regional Director of Cargo Marketing

11:00 – 11:55

Global Freight Panel
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., William Flynn, President & Chief Executive Officer
CEVA Logistics, John Pattullo, Chief Executive Officer
DSV A/S, Jens Bjørn Andersen, Chief Executive Officer

Rail Regulatory Panel
Law Offices of Louis E. Gitomer, Lou Gitomer, Principal
Surface Transportation Board, Francis P. Mulvey, Vice Chairman
Thompson Hine LLP, Jeffrey Moreno, Partner
United Transportation Union, Frank N. Wilner, Economist & Director of Public Relations
Van Ness Feldman, Michael McBride, Member

12:00 – 1:15

Keynote Lunch – Stuck in a Soft Patch or Recovery Ahead? Is Recent Volatility a Sign of Impending Doom or an Opportunity for Investors to Reload?
Wolfe Trahan & Co., François Trahan, Vice-Chairman, Chief Investment Strategist
 

1:20 – 2:15

Truck OEM & Dealer Panel
Freightliner Trucks, Brian Cota, Vice President of Sales
Navistar International Corp., James Hebe, Senior Vice President, North American Sales Operations
Rush Enterprises Inc., Rusty Rush, Chief Executive Officer  

Fresh Faced Growth Companies
Coyote Logistics LLC, Jeff Silver, Chief Executive Officer
The Evans Network of Companies, Bo Bates, President & Chief Executive Officer
GENCO ATC, Herb Shear, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer 

2:20 – 3:15

Auto & Truck Supplier Growth Panel
BorgWarner, James Verrier, President & Chief Operating Officer
Cummins Inc., Ed Pence, Vice President & General Manager of Heavy Duty Engine Business

Rail & Truck Equipment Panel
ACT Research, Kenny Vieth, President
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc., Merv Dunn, President & Chief Executive Officer
Greenbrier, Tom Jackson, Vice President of Marketing
IHS Automotive, Mike Wall, Director of Automotive Analysis
Wabtec Corporation,
 Tim Wesley, Vice President of Investor Relations 

3:20 – 5:15

Cocktail Reception: Companies & Investors 

 

Individual Company Dinners for confirmed clients only
5:30 – 6:45pm: CSX Corporation, Fredrik Eliasson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
6:30 – 7:45pm: Swift Transportation Company, Jerry Moyes, Founder & Chief Executive Officer; Richard Stocking, President & Chief Operating Officer and Ginnie Henkels, Executive Vice President & CFO


Wednesday, May 23

Time

Track 1: McNally Amphitheater

Track 2: Room 205

7:15am

Breakfast & Registration

7:45 – 8:00

Opening Remarks: Ed Wolfe, Wolfe Trahan & Co.

8:00 – 8:55

Public Truck Panel
Ryder System, Inc., Art Garcia, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Swift Transportation Company, Jerry Moyes, Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Werner Enterprises, Inc., John Steele, Executive Vice President, Treasurer, & Chief Financial Officer  

Kirby Corporation, David Grzebinski, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

9:00 – 9:55

Public LTL Carrier Panel
Arkansas Best Corporation, Michael E. Newcity, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Con-way Inc., Stephen Bruffett, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Saia, Inc., Richard D. O’Dell, President & Chief Executive Officer 

Truckload Capacity Panel
Avon Products, Inc., Everton Moore, Manager, Domestic Transportation of North America
Covenant Transportation Group Inc.,
David Parker, Chief Executive Officer
MillerCoors, Erik Given, Director of Logistics & Transportation
Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association,
Rod Nofziger, Chief of Staff
U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc., Max Fuller, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer 

10:00 – 10:55

Intermodal Panel
Florida East Coast Railway, James Hertwig, President & Chief Executive Officer
Hub Group, Inc., David Yeager, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., Terry Matthews, Executive Vice President & President of Intermodal
Pacer International, Daniel Avramovich, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Schneider National, Inc., Bill Matheson, President of Intermodal  

Private LTL Panel
A. Duie Pyle, Steve O’Kane, President
New England Motor Freight, Thomas Connery, Chief Operating Officer
NorthAmerican Terminals Management LLC, Robert Fordi, President & Managing Partner
PITT OHIO, Charles L. Hammel III, President & Owner
TranzAct Technologies, Inc., Michael A. Regan, President

 

11:00 – 11:55

Natural Gas Technology Panel
Clean Energy Fuels Corp., Don Horning, Vice President of Sales
Navistar, 
Jim Hebe, Senior Vice President, North American Sales Operations
Swift Transportation Company,
Jerry Moyes, Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Westport Innovations, Inc., Clark Quintin, President of Westport Heavy Duty
Shipper 1 

Allegiant Travel Company, Andrew Levy, President
Spirit Airlines, Ben Baldanza, Chief Executive Officer
Kirstein & Young, PLLC, Joanne Young, Managing Partner 

12:00 – 1:00

Shippers Lunch Panel
Chrysler Group LLC,
 Russ Airey, Transportation Purchasing Manager
Estee Lauder Companies Inc., Peter Goulding, Executive Director
MillerCoors, Erik Given, Director of Logistics & Transportation
NYK Line,
Gregory Tuthill, Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Tyco International,
 Chris Corrado, Senior Director of Global Logistics

Airline Policy & Labor Lunch Panel
Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l, Captain Tim Canoll, Executive Administrator
Airlines for America, Sharon Pinkerton, Senior Vice President of Legislative & Regulatory Policy
Allied Pilots Association, Captain David Bates, President

1:05 – 2:00

Delta Air Lines, Paul A. Jacobson, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
United Continental Holdings Inc., 
Jim Compton, Executive Vice President & Chief Revenue Officer
US Airways Group, Inc., 
Scott Kirby, President 

YRC & LTL Industry Discussion
SJ Consulting Group, Satish Jindel, President & Principal Consultant
YRC Worldwide Inc., James Welch, Chief Executive Officer

2:05 – 3:00

Alaska Air Group, Inc., Brandon Pedersen, Vice President of Finance & Chief Financial Officer
JetBlue Airways, Robin Hayes, Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer

Short-Line Rail Panel
Genesee & Wyoming Inc., Jack Hellmann, President & Chief Executive Officer
The Indiana Rail Road Company, Thomas G. Hoback, President & Chief Executive Officer
RailAmerica, Inc., John Giles, President & Chief Executive Officer
Watco Companies, Rick Webb, Chief Executive Officer 

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