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Agenda


 
7:00 am       Registration, Networking, & Trade Show
 
8:30 am       Introduction of Event
                        John Greuling, President & CEO - Will County Center for Economic Development
 
8:45 am       Presentation 1 -   Chicago as the Premier Inland Port during this Recession:
                           An Update on Inland Intermodalism 2008
                        Tim Feemster, Sr. Vice President & Director of Global Logistics - Grubb & Ellis
                        Curtis D. Spencer, President / CEO - IMS Worldwide, Inc.
 
9:30 am       Presentation 2 - Life of a Box - What's in it for me?
                        Leslie Blakey, Executive Director - Coalition for America's Gateways and Trade Corridors
 
10:15 am     Networking & Trade Show
 
10:45 am    Presentation 3 - U.S Supply Chain Challenges in an Energy Challenged World
                        John P. Lanigan, Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer -
                           BNSF Railway Company
 
11:30 am     Lunch, Networking, & Trade Show
 
12:15 pm     Lunch Speaker - Will County Center for Economic Development and
                        Will County Transportation & Logistics Council
                        Curt Lawson - Chairman, Will County Transportation & Logistics Council
                           General Manager - Interstate Warehousing Joliet
 
12:45 pm     Keynote Speaker - Caught in the Middle
                        Richard C. Longworth, Author - "Caught in the Middle:  America's Heartland in the
                           Age of Globalism" and Senior Fellow - Chicago Council on Global Affairs
 
1:30 pm       Networking & Trade Show
 
2:00 pm       End of Summit
 

 

 

       

 
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