3rd Annual Northwest Intermodal
Conference Agenda
May 11 - Day One
8:00 a.m – Registration and Breakfast
9:00 a.m.: Opening Remarks:
Bill Wyatt, Executive Director, Port of Portland
Peter Hurme, Publisher, Senior Editor, Cargo Business News
9:15-9:45AM: Opening Keynote: Retail intermodal forecast
Ben Hackett, Hackett Associates
9:45-10:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:00-10:45 a.m.
Northwest Intermodal 2020
Industry experts discuss the challenges and opportunities in the PNW on the road ahead to 2020
Session Leader: Nolan Gimpel, Partner, Mercator International
Speakers:
Bill Payne, Executive Vice President, COO, NYK Line
Ed DeNike, President, SSA Containers
Paul Rasmussen, CEO & President, Zepol Corporation
Paul Borseth, AVP International Intermodal, Union Pacific Railroad
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break
11:00 a.m. - Noon
Asia-PNW Intermodal
From the factory to the end user, this session of intermodal representatives will discuss related developments on both sides of the Pacific that might impact your shipping business.
Session Leader:
Mike Reilly, Director Intermodal Business, Port of Tacoma
Speakers:
Gordon O. Dorsey, Senior Vice President, Maersk Line
David Bennett, Vice President, Global Logistics Sales & China Trade Development, Schneider Logistics
Jeffrey Heller, Group Vice President,
International Intermodal, Norfolk Southern
Fred Malesa, Vice President International Intermodal, BNSF
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Keynote
1:45-2:15 p.m.
Special Presentation #1
David Sanborn, CEO, Senior Port Consultant, Moffatt & Nichol
(Fmr. Senior Vice President and Managing Director at Americas Region DP World)
Topic: A Port and Terminal Outlook
2:15-2:45 p.m.
Special Presentation #2
Sarah Flagg, Senior Environmental Program Manger, Port of Seattle
Topic: Developing the Green Gateway
2:45-3:00 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:00-4:30 p.m.
Ask the Experts
A mix of PNW shipping industry experts respond to your supply chain-related questions.
Session Leader: Barry Horowitz, Principal, CMS Consulting
Speakers:
Bill Burgel, Vice President, Rail Operations, HDR, Inc.
Expertise: Intermodal Rail
Leslie Blakey, Executive Director, Coalition for America's
Gateways and Trade Corridors
Expertise: Federal transport, infrastructure
and stimulus legislative issues
Jeannie Beckett, Principal, The Beckett Group
Expertise: Washington State intermodal and surface transport issues
Michael Schwank, President, Tideworks Technology
Expertise: Technology
Doug Ficco, Director, Project Delivery, Columbia River Crossing project
Expertise: I-5 Corridor
7:30 p.m.: Collaboration Dinners in Downtown Portland
May 12 - Day Two
9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Opening Special Presentation
Speaker: Bill Dewitt, Corporate Security Director, Carrix Group/SSA Marine
Topic: PNW & National Security Issues
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
PNW Breakbulk
An update on the state of various non-containerized business
through the PNW.
Session Leader:Peter Hurme, Publisher, Senior Editor,
Cargo Business News
Speakers:
Michael Pasha, General Manager, Port Development, The Pasha Group
More TBA shortly
11:00 - 11:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Outbound shift? Exporting through the PNW
The U.S. government has announced a new initiative to double exports in the next 5 years. Meanwhile, the outbound container market is tight, rates are going up and services not as plentiful. A session of exporters and experts discuss both near-and-longer-term scenarios shipping out of the Pacific Northwest gateways onto overseas markets.
Session Leader:
Bill Armbruster, Contributing Editor, Cargo Business News
Speakers:
Bob Weiss, Independent Administrator,
Food Shippers Association of North America
Anita Wilkie, Director of Logistics, Cellulose Fibers,
Weyerhaeuser NR Company
More TBA shortly
Closing reception – food and beverages served - immediately following last session
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