RALLYING FOR THE RECOVERY
A Transportation Outlook and Town Hall Forum

Join us and join in, as the CSCMP Chicago Roundtable features a Town Hall program on the top transportation challenges for the coming year. This program will feature industry experts representing manufacturers, carriers and 3PL’s from leading companies across multiple transportation modes.

Each speaker will provide a current overview of their transportation niche and will highlight the current challenges and opportunities facing the industry in 2010.

Each presenter will comment on topics such as sustainability, performance metrics, card check, fuel prices, infrastructure funding, truck size and weight, the current economic realities including new career opportunities and market strategies.

Bring your customers, co-workers and colleagues for an interactive discussion while learning what’s next according to industry experts.

Panelists:

Randy Mullett, Vice President Government Relations and Public Affairs
Con-way Inc.

As Con-way's senior policy manager and executive representative in Washington, D.C., Mr. Mullet is responsible for the company's relationships with national business and trade associations, as well as federal legislative and regulatory advocacy efforts on homeland security, business sustainability, freight transportation and other policy issues important to the enterprise and its employees. He also spearheads the company's program promoting sustainable business practices at Conwayand in freight transportation.

Kevin Soucie, Senior Manager Governmental Affairs
Canadian National Railway Company

Mr. Soucie is currently responsible for governmental affairs with Canadian National Railway Company. Before that, he was a consultant on transportation policy and government affairs with Soucie & Associates, based in Milwaukee. He was elected to three terms in the Wisconsin Assembly from 1974 through 1980, and chaired its transportation committee during his third term. He served as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for Milwaukee County from 1989 through 1992.

Harry Haney, Associate Director Transportation Planning
Kraft Foods, Inc.

Mr. Haney has been with Kraft Foods, Inc over 24 years and has worked in the distribution and transportation functions in roles of increasing responsibility, both in field and corporate locations. He has extensive experience in Private and Dedicated Fleet Management with Kraft. Harry is currently responsible for transportation strategy, planning, and leads the Logistics Operations Environmental Sustainability team.

Vincent Gulisano, Chief Customer Officer
Greatwide Logistics Services

Mr. Gulisano serves as Chief Customer Officer with responsibility for customer relationships and revenue generation. Gulisano joined Greatwide as president of Greatwide Distribution Logistics. Prior to that, Gulisano served as an executive vice president for Eagle Global Logistics. He has also held senior Operations, Marketing and Business Development roles with companies such as Panalpina, APL Logistics and USCO Logistics (now Kuehne & Nagel).

Moderator:
Libby Ogard, President and Principal, Prime Focus, LLC
Ms. Ogard spent 17 years with Burlington Northern Railroad and Conrail and several years at Schneider National Carriers where she was Retail Division General Manager. Prime Focus LLC was established in 2001 as a freight transportation consulting firm specializing in economic analysis, freight transportation research, freight policy issues, transportation facility feasibility studies and public outreach. She is actively involved in Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Research Board and other professional organizations.

Agenda:
5:30PM           Networking
6:30PM           Dinner
7:00PM           Panel Discussion
8:30PM           Close

Location:
Hyatt Lodge
2815 Jorie Blvd
Oak Brook IL 60523
630-568-1234

Cost:

	Till 1/15/09	From 1/16/09 on
Members Non-members & walkins	$50 $55	$55 $60