Thanks to all who made the 2009 Conference such a wonderful success.

Mark your calendars for next year:

FTR's 2010 Transportation Conference
September 14-16, 2010
Indianapolis, IN

"America's Freight Transportation Through 2014"
Crowne Plaza Downtown-Union Station

Registration and conference information will be posted and available beginning January 2010.

Previous Conference Information:

FTR's 2009 Transportation Conference
"America's Freight Transportation Through 2013"
August 25-27, 2009 - Indianapolis, IN
Crowne Plaza Downtown-Union Station

	Agenda
Hotel Info	Conference Location

 

Sessions for 2009 Conference:

Economic Outlook      Truck Freight Outlook       Truck Equipment Outlook      Rail & Intermodal Freight Outlook      Rail Equipment Outlook      Water Freight Outlook      Air Freight Outlook      Current Shipper Environment

2009 Conference Speakers & Panelists

William A. Strauss, Senior Economist; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago John Barnes, Managing Director, Equity Research; RBC Capital Markets Jason Seidl; Director, Equity Research; Dahlman Rose & Co. Max Fuller, Co-Chairman; U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc. Michael R. McClellan, VP, Intermodal and Automotive Marketing; Norfolk Southern Eli Lustgarten, VP Senior Equity Analyst; Longbow Research Eric Starks, President; FTR Associates Noël Perry, President; Transport Fundamentals LLC Lawrence J. Gross, President; Gross Transportation Consulting Coleman Lawrence, Sr Dir Operations and Locomotive Control; Norfolk Southern Jonathan Starks, Transportation Analyst; FTR Associates Richard Kloster, Senior Consultant; FTR Consulting Group Brian Clancy, Managing Director; MergeGlobal Annette Sandberg, President; TransSafe Consulting, LLC    (Former Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Administrator) John Ficker, SVP- Sales & Marketing; ShipXpress, Inc. Thomas Jackson, Director, Marketing Research & Analysis; Estes Express Lines Darron Ming, Chief Financial Officer; USA Truck, Inc. Baine Adams, V.P. Global Sales and Marketing; Hendrickson Ken Eriksen, Senior Vice President-Transportation & Logistics; Informa Economics John Gentle, President; John A Gentle & Associates, LLC Wayne Johnson, Director of Logistics; American Gypsum Paul Newbourne, Vice President and General Manager;    Leveraged Execution Providers (LXP)  Amy Dugenske, Market Research Manager; Schneider National Thomas Hoback, President and CEO; The Indiana Rail Road Company Robert W. Hart, Senior Vice President & Product Delivery Sr. Officer-Credit    Specialized Industries, Bank of America Paul Will, Vice Chairman and CFO; Celadon Peter Manning, Director of Inbound Transportation; True Value Company Joseph R. Lombardo, Group Manager, Transportation; Nestlé USA Bill O'Donnell, Senior Vice President Sales; Amsted Rail Michael D. Macmahon, Vice President, Mktg and Int'l Sales; FreightCar America John O'Bryan, President; Mitsui Rail Capital Charles M. Patterson, SVP & Chief Commercial Officer; RailAmerica Tom DeLafosse, Director Technical Services; AllTranstek LLC Charles McSwain, AVP Regional Development; CSX Jim McKinstray, Director; The Andersons, Inc. George Macko, Manager, Transportation; USG Corporation Phil Bedwell, Corporate Manager of Rail & Barge Transportation; OmniSource Corp. Mike Stickel, Marketing Manager; Helm Financial Corporation

Who Should Attend?

- Railroads - Truck Fleets - Truck & Trailer Manufacturers and Suppliers - Rail & Truck Equipment Lessors - Shippers - Intermodal Marketing Companies - Logistic Companies & 3PL's - Rail Car Manufacturers and Suppliers - Banks and Finance Companies - And anyone who deals with forecasting freight or equipment demand

Past Participant Companies Accuride Corporation ● ALCAN ● Alcoa ● American Gypsum Company ● Amsted Rail Group ● Axia Limited ● BACK Aviation Solutions ● Bandag, Inc. ● BB&T Capital Markets ● Bear Stearns ● BNSF Railway ● Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire ● Bridgestone Bandag ● BTMU Capital Corporation ● Center for Econometric Model Research ● CH Robinson ● Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC ● Celadon ● Chevron Phillips Chemical ● Chicago Freight Car Leasing ● CIT ● CIT Rail Resources ● Citadel Investment Group ● CK Marketing & Communications ● CN ● Con-way Inc. ● Corning Incorporated ● CSX Transportation ● CTLC - Cooper/Consolidated ● Dart Transit ● DSM Capital ● DTE Rail Services Incorporated ● DVB Transport (US) LLC ● Eaton Corporation ● Estes Express Lines ● Everest Railcar Services ● Exel Transportation Services ● Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago ● FedEx Express ● FedEx Service ● Fidelity Investments ● First Union Rail ● Fleischmann’s Vinegar ● FreightCar America, Inc. ● Freightquote ● GE Equipment Services Rail Services ● GE Transportation ● General Electric ● General Mills ● General Motors Corporation ● Georgia Pacific LLC ● Getloaded.com, LLC ● Greatwide Logistics Services ● Greif Protective Packaging ● Gross Transportation Consulting ● GROWMARK, Inc. ● Gully/ICX ● Heil Trailer International ● Hendrickson ● Hendrickson Trailer Suspension Systems ● IANA ● IMMI, LifeGuard Technologies ● Impala Asset Management ● Indiana University ● Informa Economics, Inc. ● Informa ShipNet Services ● International Paper ● International Truck and Engine ● J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. ● John A. Gentle & Associates ● KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. ● Lafarge North America ● Landstar Global Logistics ● LaSalle Bank NA ● Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. ● Logistic Management Services ● Logistick, Inc. ● LXP ● Macquarie Capital ● Macquarie Rail ● Mack trucks Inc. ● MacKay & Company ● Magnum Logistics, Inc. ● Masco Corporation ● Matson Integrated Logistics ● Merge Global Inc ● Mitsui Rail Capital ● Miura Global Management ● Morgan Keegan ● National Steel Car N.A., Inc. ● Navistar ● New York Air Brake ● Norfolk Southern Corporation ● North American Transport Solutions ● North American Wholesale Lumber Assoc. ● Nussbaum Transportation Services, Inc. ● OMCO ● Owens Corning ● Pacer Stacktrain ● Pacer International ● Penske Truck Leasing ● Plastics Logistics Group, LLC ● Ports of Indiana ● Procter & Gamble Distributing LLC ● Professional Logistics Group, Inc. ● ProLogis ● Prudential Capital Group ● Prudential Equity Group ● Quebecor World Logistics ● Raider Trucking, Inc. ● Railroad Industries Incorporated ● Robert W. Baird ● Rockland Flooring ● Rohm and Haas ● Roquette America ● Schneider National Inc. ● Silver Eagle Manufacturing ● SMC3 ● Southern Illinois Railcar ● Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. ● Temple Inland Corp ● The Carlyle Group ● The Dow Chemical Company ● The Greenbrier Companies ● The Indiana Rail Road Company ● The Proctor & Gamble Company ● Tom Joy & Son Inc. ● Tractor Supply Company ● Transplace ● Transport America ● Transport Canada ● Transport Fundamentals ● TransSafe Consulting, LLC ● Trinity Rail ● Triple Crown Services ● TTX Company ● Tucker Company, Inc. ● U.S. Department of Transportation ● U.S. DOT/FHWA ● Union Pacific Railroad ● Univ of Memphis ● University of Minnesota, Morris ● USA Truck ● USDA ● Vanguard Services, Inc. ● Ventura Transfer Company ● Volvo Trucks North America ● Wabash National Corp ● Wachovia Securities ● Wal-Mart Stores Inc ● Weiss Multi-Strategy ● Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, Inc. ● Werner Enterprises ● WESTAC ● Yellow Transportation

Agenda - Hotel Info - Conference Location - Registration

Questions regarding the conference should be directed to:
Helen Lile
hlile@ftrassociates.net
(888) 988-1699 ext. 45