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Program


Additional Speakers will be added to the Program as they are confirmed.
7:00 am       Registration, Networking, & Trade Show
 
8:30 am       Welcome and Opening Remarks
                        John Greuling - President & CEO, Will County Center for Economic Development
 
8:45 am       Opening Plenary Session: “State of the Industry”
                     A report on the state of global logistics today and where it is headed, including the
                     state of the global supply chain in today's economy and future growth opportunities
                     for the future

      Speaker: Rick Blasgen - President & CEO, Council of Supply Chain
                                    Management Professionals

9:30 am       Inland Port Impact Study:  Executive Summary & Local Implications 
                         Speakers:  John Greuling - President & CEO, Will County CED
                                           David L. Ruttle - Chair, Inland Port Impact Study Steering Committee
 
10:00 am     Networking & Trade Show
 
10:30 am     Multi-Modal Freight Transportation:  Challenges & Opportunities for Water, Air
                      & Trucking
                        Panel Moderator:  Chuck Clowdis - Managing Director, IHS Global Insight
                        Panelists:   Paul Kearns - Sr. Director of Logistics, RR Donnelley
                                          Gary R. Meden, PE, PMP - Deputy for Programs and Project Management, 
                                                US Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District
                                          Jeff Neely - Vice President of Business Development - Automotive &
                                                Industrial Sector, UPS                                          
 
11:15 am     Logistics Industry Employment:  Trends, Demands and Solutions
                        Panel Moderator:  John Greuling - President & CEO, Will County CED 
                        Panelists:   Tracey Hyatt-Bosman - Director Strategic Consulting Group, Grubb & Ellis 
                                           Ed Morrison - Economic Policy Advisor, Purdue Center for
                                              Regional Development
                                           Mike Steinmetz - VP / GM Midwest Division, Manpower
 
12:00 pm    Lunch, Networking, & Trade Show

 
12:30 pm     Federal Transportation Update
                         Speaker:  James P. Smith - President, Smith, Dawson & Andrews

12:45 pm     Luncheon Keynote Speaker
                          Brian G. McDonald - Vice President Intermodal, Union Pacific Railroad
 
1:30 pm       Networking & Trade Show
 
2:00 pm       End of Summit
 

 

 

       

 
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For more
information, contact
Alicia Hanlon
at (815) 774-6064
or
at (815) 774-6068
 

 

 
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