25th Annual Agriculture Transportation
Conference
The Largest Annual Gathering of Ag Shippers Sourcing and Delivering to Foreign Markets
Wednesday, June 20 - Friday, June 22, 2012
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20
- 4:00 PM Board the historic Presidential yacht POTOMAC, for an afternoon cruise and reception on San Francisco Bay, hosted by Port of Oakland. (Limited to first 90 AgTC Members registering for the Annual Meeting)
- 8:00 PM No-Host Early Bird Gathering at Kuletos - 221 Powell Street (2 blocks from Hotel Nikko)
THURSDAY, JUNE 21
- 9:00 AM REGISTRATION OPENS
- 10:00 AM BEST PRACTICES. Allen Clifford, Mediterranean Shipping Company will sit with ag shippers to address booking, fulfillment and documentation practices - what the shipper needs from the carrier and what the carrier needs from the shipper. (This session is off the record, for AgTC member companies only)
- 2:00 PM GENERAL SESSION
- Welcome & Opening Presentation - Peter Friedmann, Executive Director, AgTC. Fast-paced overview of developments impacting dramatic export growth as rail, truck, port, and ocean carriers grapple with the changing direction of our import- export trade - how we can keep US ag exports competitive.
- The Shipper Perspective: Leading ag exporters and importers present experiences and strategies: documentation and carrier service challenges; container availability; rail service; trucking shortages, and more.
- Jeff Siewert, Interra International
- Debbie McMillian, DERCO Foods
- Emily Deng, Davisco Foods International
- Tom Forrester, G3 Enterprises
- Monica Noyes, Cargill Cotton
- Hayden Swofford, PNASA
- The Carrier Perspective. A panel of ocean carrier and NVO experts: projected freight rates; container and vessel availability; surcharges including fuel; reefer equipment
- Juergen Pump, Hamburg-Sud
- Graham Love, Maersk
- Brian Conrad, TransPacific Westbound Stabilization Agreement
- 6:30 PM Wine and Cocktail Reception.
- 7:30 PM ANNUAL DINNER; The President's Export Initiative - Assuring Capacity to Serve US Agriculture Exports.
- Richard Lidinsky, Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission
- Presentation: 6th Annual Ocean Carrier Performance Survey Results & Award. The benchmark by which carriers can determine how they are perceived by agriculture shipper customers.
- 9:30 PM Post Dinner Networking Cocktails
FRIDAY, JUNE 22
- 7:15 AM Town Hall Continental Breakfast - China's Growing Demand for US Agriculture and Forest Products
- 8:15 AM GENERAL SESSION
- Global Economic Trends Stimulating US Agriculture/Forest Products Exports: Insight and forecast on the global economy and demand for U.S. agriculture exports from internationally recognized market and transportation economist.
- Dr. Walter Kemmsies, Moffatt & Nichol
- Chassis- Rapidly Changing Ownership and Responsibility
- Jeffrey Lawrence, Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association
- Truck Transport- New Hours of Service Rules, safety; continuing pressure to ban owner/operator dray truckers at the ports; heavier weight trucks
- Timothy M. Kohl, President, Marten Transport Ltd.
- Jason Wakefield, Central Cal Transportation
- Rail Service for Agriculture - What the Class I Railroads are doing to move ag, in containers or to new transload.
- Protecting Your Ocean Freight Rates- Instruments by which shippers and carriers can avoid ups and downs in freight rates, through new hedging instruments.
- Dave Briggs, The Scoular Company
- Benjamin Gibson, Clarkson Securities Limited
- Michael Rainsford, Morgan Stanley Commodities
- Cherry Wang, GFI Group
- 12:45 PM KEYNOTE LUNCHEON; As export volumes eclipse imports, how will ocean carriers help US agriculture and forest product exporters compete in the global market?
- Gene Seroka, President, APL
- 2:30 PM "SHIPPERS ONLY" CLOSED SESSION
- Roundtable Discussion. AgTC is unique in providing a forum for Ag shippers to interact with other shippers to discuss the most pressing issues. This year's challenges are unprecedented. We meet in roundtable format, without press or carriers (forwarders welcome), to discuss issues openly and informally, with guests:
- PierPass
- Option 4 Export Documentation
- Nick Orsini, US Census Bureau
- Dale Kelly, US Census Bureau
- 4:30 PM Meeting Adjourns
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