11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
GENERAL SESSION: THE VIEW FROM WALL STREET: A CONVERSATION WITH GOLDMAN SACHS
LOCATION: Chicago Ballroom
What is the truck and rail pricing environment in the last couple months of 2014 and into 2015? Will trucking capacity continue to tighten? How is the economy, hours of service, CSA regulations and driver recruitment and retention playing into that? How is e-commerce impacting transportation? What trucking and logistics models are gaining the most traction and what logistics strategies are gaining momentum. These and many other questions will be posed the lead Goldman transportation analyst, Tom Kim, and will focus on a range of issues spanning, trucking, rail and international logistics.
PETER TIRSCHWELL
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER, JOC GROUP INC.
-MODERATOR-
TOM KIM
VICE PRESIDENT, GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
24 October
8:30 – 9:30 AM
GENERAL SESSION: A VIEW FROM THE TOP: A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS
LOCATION: Chicago Ballroom
As the U.S. economy picks up, transportation operators will have opportunities to finally put the recession and slow recovery behind them, improving profitability and service. But there will be challenges too — rising operating and regulatory compliance costs; congestion and bottlenecks at major hubs; more complex supply chains and customer demands; and, on highways, a chronic shortage of truck drivers. In this session, senior executives from major ocean, trucking rail and logistics companies discuss what they see ahead.
PETER TIRSCHWELL
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER, JOC GROUP INC.
-MODERATOR-
JEFF SILVER
CEO, COYOTE LOGISTICS
ROBEY (ROB) W. ESTES, JR.
PRESIDENT AND CEO, ESTES EXPRESS LINES
THOMAS FINKBINER
CEO, TIGER COOL EXPRESS
TIMOTHY O’CONNELL
VICE PRESIDENT, INLAND DISTRIBUTION, MAERSK LINE
