2008 Ohio Conference on Freight Agenda

Monday, September 15, 2008

5 p.m. - 9 p.m.              Registration – Lobby Outside Hall A

4:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.      Vendor Displays – Hall A

6:30 p.m.                       Dinner in conjunction with the TMACOG Transportation Summit – Hall A
Keynote Speaker: Mortimer L. Downey, Chairman of the Board – PB Consult, Inc.
“Federal Reauthorization: Will it Carry the Freight”

Dinner sponsored by Parsons Brinckerhoff

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.      Vendor Displays – Hall A

7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.      Registration and Continental Breakfast – Lobby Outside Hall A

8:45 a.m. - 9 a.m.          Opening and Welcoming Remarks – Hall A
Anthony L. Reams, President – Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments

9 a.m. - 10 a.m.             Plenary Session – Hall A

“Melford International Terminal Logistics Opportunities for Ohio”
Paul Martin, President; and Robert (Bob) Stevens, Chief Executive Officer – Melford (Nova Scotia) International Terminal 

Plenary session sponsored by TransSystems

10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.       Break Vendor Displays - Hall A

10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.  Workshop Sessions

Room 304 – Transportation’s Impact on Economic Development
Ohio’s Logistics Stimulus Package – Mark Barbash, Chief Economic Development Officer – Ohio Department of Development
Leads and Location – Kay E. Reiter, Executive Director – Sandusky County Economic Development Corporation

Room 306 – Great Lakes Dredging and the Impact on Shipping
Dave Knight, Great Lakes Commission

Room 314 – Ohio Intermodal Transportation System Overview
Howard Wood, Deputy Director, Division of Planning – Ohio Department of Transportation; Kelly Brooker Scocco, ODOT planning; and Lou Jannazo, Chief rail Planner - ORDC

Room 316 – Texas Supply Chain and Advanced Manufacturing Cluster
Rick Askew– Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center; Ruben Johnson – Dallas County Community College; Leo Reddy, Chief Executive Officer – Manufacturing Skill Standards Council; and Angela Traiforos, Executive Director – Community Learning Center, Fort Worth, Texas

11:30 a.m. - noon           Break – Vendor Displays – Hall A

noon - 1:30 p.m.            Lunch – Hall A

“Ohio’s 21st Century Transportation System – It’s Ours to Create!”
Jolene M. Molitoris, Assistant Director – Ohio Department of Transportation

“The Logistics Supply Chain from a Canadian Perspective”
Dr. Hokey Min, James R. Good Chair in Global Supply Chain Strategy – Department of Management, Bowling Green State University; and Matthew Diesch, Manager Logistics Systems & External Affairs – Chrysler LLC

Lunch sponsored by Eastman & Smith

1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.      Break –Vendor Displays – Hall A

1:45 p.m. - 4 p.m.          Optional Tours

Meet in lobby of SeaGate Centre – Jefferson Ave. entrance

                                    Tour 1 – American Maritime Officers International Training Facility

                                    Tour 2 – EXEL Logistics – “Just in Time” Logistics Center Serving the Jeep Toledo North Assembly Plant

1:45 p.m. - 3 p.m.          Workshop Sessions

                                    Room 304 – Private Sector Recruitment of the Freight Workforce
James Cowper, Vice President – TAC Transportation

                                    Room 306 – Freight Trends and Rail Capacity
Lance R. Grenzeback, Senior Vice President – Cambridge Systematics, Inc.

                                    Room 314 – Ambassador Bridge/Gateway Project - Connecting Neighborhoods and Driving the Economy
Andrew J. Zeigler, RLA, Region Planner – Michigan Department of Transportation, Metro Region

    
Room 316 – Workforce Development in the Transportation Logistics Field from the Regional Perspective
Wesley Hong- Southern California Association of Governments

3 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.          Break

3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.      Workshop Sessions

Room 304 – Critical Skills for Public Sector Freight Staff - Selling the Importance of Freight to Decision Makers and Financing Freight Projects
Suzann Rhodes, Regional Director – Transportation Policy and Planning – Wilbur Smith Associates; Ernest F. Wittwer, Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research – University of Wisconsin-Madison

The FHWA Office of Freight Operations’ Freight Professional Development (FPD) Program Frank Burkett, Air Quality Specialist – Federal Highway Administration, Ohio Division Office
 

Room 306 – Wins-Wins - Benefits of Regional Marine Transportation Partnerships
Gary Magnuson, Senior Policy Advisor-Committee on the Marine Transportation System(CMTS); Barbara Nelson, Principal Planner – Richmond Regional Planning District Commission; Doris Bautch, Director – Great Lakes Region, U.S. Department of Transportation - Maritime Administration

Room 314 – Detroit River International Crossing
Mohammed Alghurabi, Senior Project Manager – Michigan Department of Transportation

4:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.      Transportation to reception (shuttle)

Meet in lobby of SeaGate Centre – Jefferson Ave. entrance

5 p.m. - 7 p.m.              Reception – Toledo Zoo

Reception sponsored by CSX

5:45 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.      Transportation back from reception to SeaGate Centre (shuttle)

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

7:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.          Vendor Displays – Hall A

7:30 a.m. - 9 a.m.          Registration and Continental Breakfast – Lobby Outside Hall A

9 a.m. - 10 a.m.           Plenary Session – Hall A

The National Gateway: Rail Solutions and America's Future Prosperity
Lisa Mancini, Senior Vice President for Strategic Planning – CSX Intermodal;
Adam Bridges, Assistant Vice President for Strategic Planning – CSX Intermodal;
Matt Dietrich, Executive Director – Ohio Rail Development Commission
Plenary session sponsored by HNTB

10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.       Break –Vendor Displays – Hall A

10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.  Workshop Sessions

                        Room 304 – Compete Columbus – Central Ohio’s Logistics Roadmap
Benjamin J. Ritchey, Vice President – Battelle Institute

                                    Room 306 – The Corps of Engineers’ Role in Ohio River Navigation
Mark R. Hammond, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Huntington District

Room 316 – Current Research in Transportation Logistics 
Richard Martinko, Director – University of Toledo Intermodal Transportation Institute

11:30 a.m. - noon           Break –Vendor Displays – Hall A

noon - 1:30 p.m.            Lunch – Hall A

“Securing America’s Energy Future”
Frederick C. Smith, Vice President – Institute for 21^st Century Energy – U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Lunch sponsored by BP

1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.      Break –Vendor Displays – Hall A

1:45 p.m. - 3 p.m.          Workshop Sessions

Room 306 – Maritime Training for the International Freight Industry
American Maritime Officers 

1:45 p.m. - 4 p.m.          Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway Presentation

Rooms 314-316 – Charting Our Course: Using Zero Based Thinking to Guide the Future of the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway System
Presented by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority and the Great Lakes Seaway Review
Moderated by M. John Vickerman, President – Vickerman and Associates