Venue
The Westin Chicago River North
The Westin Chicago River North, 320 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60654, USA

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Event Date Mon Sep 25 CDT - Wed Sep 27 CDT (about 1 year ago)
In your timezone (EST): Mon Sep 25 1:00am - Wed Sep 27 1:00am
Location The Westin Chicago River North
320 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60654, USA
Region Americas
Details

Let’s prepare together and catch the rebound. We look forward to seeing you as we explore these big-picture issues while drilling down into more granular topics including:

• Risk mitigation for international and domestic shippers
• Outlooks for the economy, trucking and intermodal markets
• Strengthening shipper-service provider relationships
• Increasing transparency in North American supply chains
• Preparing for the next cargo surge
• Regional think tanks
• Inland Academy: an introductory track and instructional overview of key supply chain challenges

Speakers

2023 Speakers

Rachael Acker
Senior Director-Global Logistics, Wolverine Worldwide

Brian Alexander
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Hub Group

Anthony Apa
President, Mark-It Express

Tim Aschoff
President & COO, Crete Carrier Corporation

Ari Ashe
Senior Editor-Intermodal Rail and Southeast Ports, Journal of Commerce, S&P Global

Amy Augustine
Senior Director-Network Supply Chain, US Cellular

Shelli Austin
President, InTek Freight and Logistics

Ben Banks
Vice President-Operations, TCW

Michael Baumgardt
Senior Vice President-Intermodal, Schneider

Martin Bernstein
Senior Director, Global Transportation and Trade Compliance, Hallmark Cards

Tyler Billeg
Director-Safety and Recruiting, Ascent Global Logistics

Paul Bingham
Director-Global Intelligence and Analytics, S&P Global

Jim Blaeser
Chief Procurement Officer, Omni Logistics

Shane Blair
Senior Vice President-Intermodal, Swift Transportation

Dan Bresolin
Vice President, Intermodal, CN

Jonathan Briggs
Vice President, Sales & Solutions, Nimble Autonomous Fulfillment

Nathan Browne
Vice President, Logistics, Werner Enterprises

Ed Burns (Big Ed)
Founder and President, Burns Logistics Solutions

William B. Cassidy
Senior Editor, Trucking, and Domestic Transportation, Journal of Commerce, S&P Global

Melissa Contrevo
Director-International Logistics, Five Below

Keith Crenshaw
Vice President, Transportation, Matson Logistics

Dean Croke
Principal Analyst, DAT Freight & Analytics

Johnny Curiel
Vice President-Mexico Services, J.B. Hunt Transport Services

Anthony (Tony) Darnell
Shipping Manager, Lippert Components

Kristina Deprey
Director-Intermodal Logistics, Paper Transport

Jordan Dewart
President-Mexico, Redwood Logistics

Heather Dohrn
Chief Commercial Officer, Dohrn Transfer

Chris Dombrowski
Senior Vice President-Sales, U.S. Multimodal Group

Katie Drew
Logistics Analyst, John Deere

Karen Duff
Founder, President and CEO, International Express Trucking

Brad Elam
Vice President, Business Development, Gulf Winds

Tim Erion
Sr. Vice President, Operations, Flexi-Van Leasing

Cody Fox
President and CEO, Backyard Discovery

Spencer Frazier
Executive Vice President-Sales and Marketing, J.B. Hunt Transport Services

Curtis Garrett
Founder, Understand LTL

Nicole Glenn
Founder and CEO, Candor Expedite

Nate Graglia
Executive Vice President, The Wallport Companies

Zac Graham
Vice President, Business Development, Velociti

Teri Griffis
Associate Editor-Journal of Commerce, S&P Global

Lawrence Gross
President and Founder, Gross Transportation Consulting

Alexandra Haggerty
Director of Logistics, LKQ Corporation

Mike Hatfield
Senior Manager, Global Logistics, Berlin Packaging

Jason Hilsenbeck
President, Loadmatch and Drayage.com

Jake Hoffman
Chief Technology Officer, Gnosis Freight

Bobby Holland
Vice President/Director of Freight Business Analytics, U.S. Bank

Tim Humbert
Vice President-North American Intermodal, C.H. Robinson Worldwide

Craig Ingram
Owner, Asset Based Intermodal

Chris Jamroz
Executive Chairman and CEO, Roadrunner

Tomasz Jamroz
Head of Technology and Operations, Roadrunner

Reed Janousek
Assistant Vice President - Intermodal Sales, Marketing and Sales, Union Pacific

John Janson
Vice President of Global Logistics, SanMar

Andrew Johnson
Head of Domestic Intermodal, CSX Transportation

Eric Johnson
Senior Editor, Technology, Journal of Commerce, S&P Global

Kate Jostworth
Head of Strategy and Product Development-First Mile, North American Logistics and Services, Maersk

Annmarie Kerr
Chief Operating Officer, Kansas City Drayage

Lee Klaskow
Sector Head and Senior Analyst-Freight Transportation and Logistics, Bloomberg Intelligence

Jennifer Kobus
Vice President, Transportation & Logistics, Ulta Beauty

Donna Lemm
Chief Commercial Officer, IMC Cos.

Keith Lewis
Vice President-Operations, CargoNet

Brian McKiernan
Senior Vice President-Development, CenterPoint

Jennifer McNeill
Senior Vice President-Supply Chain, True Value

Walter “Mitch” Mitchell
CEO, Tai Software

Jim Monkmeyer
President-Transportation and LLP North America, DHL Supply Chain

Robert Morris Jr.
Director-Supply Planning, The Kellogg Co.

Cathy Morrow Roberson
Trade Analyst, Journal of Commerce, S&P Global

Geoffrey Muessig
Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, PITT OHIO

Alyssa Myers
Vice President Brokerage Technology, RXO

Tom Nightingale
CEO, AFS Logistics

Val Noel
Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, TRAC Intermodal

Lisa Obecny
Transportation Manager, Winland Foods

Chadd Olesen
Founder and CEO, AVRL

Desiree Paoli
Senior Manager-Reverse Logistics Supply Chain, Walgreens

Holly Pearce
Director of Logistics, C+D Technologies

Craig Pettit
Executive Director-International Logistics and Trade Compliance, Bridgestone Americas

Emily Petway
Founder, and Executive Director, GiveNKind

Derek Poole
Sr. Manager, Transportation Procurement, W.W. Grainger

Scott Pruneau
CEO, ITS Logistics

Mike Regan
Chief Relationship Officer, TranzAct Technologies

John Roetter
President, International Transload Logistics & Owner, Transport One

Dawn Salvucci-Favier
CEO and Chief Product Officer, Greenscreens.ai

Ryan Schreiber
Chief Growth Officer, Metafora

Scott Shannon
Vice President-Cross Border Solutions, C.H. Robinson

Adam Shumake
Sr Manager International Logistics, Nissan North America

Matt Silver
Vice President-Cross-Border Solutions, Arrive Logistics

Ryan Soskin
Co-Founder and CEO, GoodShip

Paul Svindland
CEO, STG Logistics

Mark Szakonyi
Executive Editor, Journal of Commerce, S&P Global

John Tozer
Chief Operating Officer, newtrul

Jason Traff
President and Co-Founder, Shipwell

Shawn Tureman
Vice President-Intermodal and Automotive Marketing, Norfolk Southern

Douglas R. Waggoner
CEO, Echo Global Logistics

Jonathan Wahba
Vice-President Sales & Marketing - Intermodal and Automotive, Canadian Pacific

Thomas G. Williams
Group Vice President-Consumer Products, BNSF Railway

Michael B. Wilson
President and Chief Executive Officer, Consolidated Chas

Vince Zuppa
Vice President, Property Management, Prologis

Sponsors & Partners

2023 Partners

HOST PARTNER:
• Center Point

GOLD:
• C&K Trucking
• SMC3

SILVER:
• BlackBerryRadar
• DCLI
• Gulf Winds
• Its Logistics
• The Port of Virginia
• STG Logistics
• TRAC Intermodal
• US Bank

BRONZE:
• CDL
• Nokia
• North Carolina [Ports
• Port of New York & New York Jersey