TUESDAY APRIL 27TH, 2021
09:00 AM INTRODUCTION AND OPENING REMARKS Dennis Wilmot, President Iron Horse Logistics Group
09:30 AM POST-COVID RAILROADING – WHAT TO EXPECT Michael Miller, President North America Genesee & Wyoming Inc Introduction by Dennis Wilmot
11:00 AM INTERMODAL – DELIVERING TO YOUR DOORSTEP Cara Costa, Sales Director CSX Intermodal Marcus Tyrance, Director Private Assets & National Acct. Sales CSX Transportation Introduction by Donald Cameron
12:30 PM LUNCH BREAK
01:30 PM SHIPPING BY RAIL IN A POST-COVID WORLD Denise Kopko, Senior Vice President Operations Veolia North America Introduction by Erica Breiterman
04:00 PM VIRTUAL RECEPTION – VIRTUAL HOSPITALITY SUITES WEDNESDAY APRIL 28TH, 2021
09:00 AM INTRODUCTION AND OPENING REMARKS Dennis Wilmot, President Iron Horse Logistics Group
09:30 AM RAIL SHIPPERS PANEL Wes Adkins, CEO US Rail & Logistics Dwight Price, Category Manager, Rail & Equipment DuPont Moderated by Brian Smalley
11:00 AM CP-KCS FIRESIDE CHAT, SPONSORED BY COWEN Keith Creel, CEO Canadian Pacific Railway Pat Ottensmeyer, CEO Kansas City Southern Moderated by Jason Seidl, Managing Director, Cowen
12:30 PM LUNCH BREAK
01:30 PM WOMEN IN LOGISTICS PANEL Kristina Chambers, Chief Data Officer TTX Company Janine Oglesby, Intermodal Manager Mode Logistics Heather Sheehan, Owner and Managing Director Crispy Concepts Candace Palmarozzi, Vice President, Finance & Controller BNSF Railway Moderated by Thomas Coleman
04:00 PM VIRTUAL RECEPTION – VIRTUAL HOSPITALITY SUITES THURSDAY APRIL 29TH, 2021
09:00 AM INTRODUCTION AND OPENING REMARKS Dennis Wilmot, President Iron Horse Logistics Group
09:30 AM RECOVER & THRIVE – CLASS 1 RAILROADING POST-COVID Arthur Adams, Senior Vice President of Sales CSX Transportation Introduction by Dennis Wilmot
11:00 AM SHORT LINE RAILROAD PANEL Michael Smith, President Finger Lakes Railway Eric Monger, Vice President KBX Rail, a Koch Industries Company John McCreavy, Sales/Business Development SMS Rail Lines Introduction by Todd Hunter
12:30 PM LUNCH BREAK
01:30 PM THE TONY AND JASON SHOW Tony Hatch, Principal ABH Consulting Jason Seidl, Managing Director Cowen & Company
04:00 PM VIRTUAL RECEPTION – VIRTUAL HOSPITALITY SUITES PRESENTATIONS AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND
RAILROADING 101 John Schmitter, President KEP LLC Introduction by Dennis Wilmot
FREIGHT AUDITS 101 Niki Bolton, Senior Truck Auditor AMTR Monica Poyner, Rail Audits Manager AMTR John Via, Chief Sales Officer AMTR Moderated by Erica Breiterman
THE STB & THE STATE OF THE RAILROADING LANDSCAPE Daniel Elliott III, VP – Special Projects & Regulatory Affairs, Excel Rail Management, and Former STB Chairman, Founding Partner Daniel Elliott PLLC
BOXCARS – THE PRESENT & FUTURE Paddy O’Neill, AVP, Fleet Planning & Optimization Norfolk Southern
FLEET MANAGEMENT Julie Mink, President Tealinc, Ltd. Introduction by Dennis Wilmot PRESENTATIONS AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND
TECH TALKS WITH THE MULTI-MODAL EXPERTS Alex Lang, Vice President of Equipment & Technology Carload Express, Inc. Christopher Spagnoletti, President US Cargo Systems Jani Koskinen, Strategic Accounts Manager HIAB Sales & Marketing, North Americas Fred Oelsner, Staff Liaison ASLRRA Moderated by Michele Malski, Founder of SPRING LLC
INNOVATIONS IN RAIL TECHNOLOGY: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF FREIGHT Brandon Parker, Vice President Product Management Wabtec Introduction by Dennis Wilmot
THE JOURNALIST CORNER Jim Blaze, Freelance Journalist Railway Age & FreightWaves Joshua Davidson, Editor & Publisher Atlantic Northeast Rail & Ports
SHIPPING CLEAN Abby Swaine, SmartWay & Clean Freight Programs US EPA Region 1 New England