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Conference Agenda
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 Registration & Hospitality Suite: New York Central Room 12:00 p.m. Golf Scramble (All Levels Welcome!) - Eagle Creek Golf Club 6:30 p.m. Reception in the Old Union Station Grand Hall Bar Wednesday, September 15, 2010 (two tracks of meetings for part of the day) 6:30 a.m. Breakfast                Full Session   7:45 a.m. Welcome         8:00 a.m. Economic Outlook     William Strauss Senior Economist  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago   9:00 a.m. Transportation Overview     Jason H. Seidl Director, Equity Research  Dahlman Rose & Co., LLC  Noel Perry  Managing Director & Senior Consultant  FTR Associates          Track 1      Track 2 10:15 a.m. Truck Freight Outlook Water Freight Outlook   Noel Perry  Managing Director & Senior Consultant  FTR Associates Max Fuller  Co-Chairman  U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc.  Mike Hinz  Vice President, Driver Recruiting  Schneider National  Scott Arves  President & Chief Executive Officer  Transport America  Donald Broughton  Director, Senior Transportation Analyst  Avondale Partners Ken Eriksen  Senior VP-Transportation & Logistics  Informa Economics, Inc.  Richard F. McCarty Marketing Manager American Commercial Lines Sheila Hewitt Vice President Transplace International Noon - Lunch - Lunch       1:15 p.m. Rail Freight Outlook Air Freight Outlook   Lawrence J. Gross  Senior Consultant FTR Associates John Larkin  Managing Director  Stifel Nicolaus Transportation Research  Jeff Ashcraft  Director of Intermodal Carrier Relations  J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.  David Garin  Group Vice President, Industrial Products  BNSF Railway  Larry Davis  VP Sales & Marketing  Paducah & Louisville Railway, Inc. Brian Clancy  Managing Director  MergeGlobal  John Barnes  Managing Director, Equity Research  RBC Capital Markets        Full Session   3:30 p.m. Transportation Legislative Update     Annette Sandberg  President  TransSafe Consulting, LLC  Former Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Administrator Nicholas J. DiMichael  Of Counsel-Transportation  Thompson Hine LLP   6:00 p.m. Reception   Thursday, September 16, 2010 (two tracks for meetings) 6:45 a.m. Breakfast                Track 1      Track 2 8:00 a.m. Shipper Environment CV Equipment Special Session   Noel Perry  Managing Director & Senior Consultant  FTR Associates  John Gentle  President  John A Gentle & Associates, LLC Wayne Johnson  Manager Carrier Relations  Owens Corning Paul Newbourne  Senior Vice President - Operations  Armada Suppy Chain Solutions dba Hub One Logistics/LXP/BASIX George Macko  Manager, Transportation  USG Corporation    Used Truck Market Steve Clough  President  Arrow Truck Sales    Medium Duty Outlook Jon Starks Transportation Analyst  FTR Associates    Fleet Sentiment Survey Results Chris Kemmer President  CK Marketing    Aftermarket John L. Blodgett Jr.  Sales and Marketing Manager MacKay & Company     10:15 a.m. Commercial Vehicle Equipment Outlook: Railcar Equipment Outlook      Fleet Equipment Panel Noel Perry  Managing Director & Senior Consultant  FTR Associates  Mitch Plaat VP of Procurement Con-way, Inc. Keith Klein  Executive VP & Chief Operating Officer  Transport America  Thomas Jackson  Director, Marketing Research & Analysis  Estes Express Lines    Panel: Buyers, Owners, and                  Financing Richard Kloster Senior Consultant  FTR Consulting Group  Paul Titterton  Vice President and Executive Director of Fleet Portfolio Management  GATX Corporation  Rob Hart  Senior Vice President & Product Delivery Sr. Officer-Credit  Bank of America  Karen Burchfield  AVP Intermodal and Automotive Equipment  BNSF Railway Gregory Lellouche Global Industrials Group UBS Investment Bank 11:45 a.m. - Lunch - Lunch       12:45 p.m. Commercial Vehicle Equipment Outlook: Railcar Equipment Outlook      Suppliers Perspective Merv Dunn  President & CEO  Commercial Vehicle Group    Wall Street Analysts Perspective Kristine Kubacki  Senior Analyst  Avondale Partners    Heavy Truck and Trailer Outlook Eric Starks President FTR Associates    Panel: Manufacturers                  and Suppliers Richard Kloster  Senior Consultant  FTR Consulting Group  Brad Myers  VP Marketing & Sales  Amsted Rail  Dave Turner  Executive Vice President  Watco Companies Inc.  Kirk Knauff  Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Services  RMI Rasesh Shah President The Andersons’ Rail Group    Rail Equipment Outlook Richard Kloster  Senior Consultant  FTR Consulting Gr   * Thursday's sessions will be completed by 3:30 p.m. Both the CV Equipment and Railcar Equipment sessions will begin mid-morning and will break in the middle for lunch. Questions regarding the conference should be directed to: Helen Lile hlile@ftrassociates.com (888) 988-1699 ext. 45