Thursday, November 16
8:00 AM
Welcome
8:05 AM
Fireside Chat: State of the Industry
Chuck Baker, President ASLRRA / Ian Jefferies, President & CEO, Association of American Railroads / Marc Brazeau, President & CEO, Railway Association of Canada
8:45 AM
Rail's Path to Green Propulsion —
Challenges and Opportunities
Adriene Bailey, Partner, Oliver Wyman
9:30 AM
2023 Railroad Innovator of the Year
Alan Shaw, President & CEO, Norfolk Southern
10:00 AM
Networking Break
10:30 AM
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
Keith Creel, President & CEO, Canadian Pacific Kansas City
11:00 AM
Analyst Panel
Tony Hatch, Senior Transportation Analyst, ABH Consulting / Rick Paterson, Managing Director, Equity Division Loop Capital Markets / Lawrence Gross, President & Founder, Gross Transportation Consulting
11:45 AM
Lunch
1:15 PM
Industry Association Viewpoints
Patty Long, President, RSI / Urszula Soucie, President, REMSA / Ashley Wieland, President, NRC / Rob Cannizzaro, COO, IANA
2:00 PM
CN
Patrick Lortie, Senior Vice-President and Chief Strategy Officer, CN
2:30 PM
Railcar Market: Trends and Impacts
Paul F. Titterton, Executive Vice President, President Rail North America, GATX
3:00 PM
STB Update
Martin J. Oberman, Chairman, Surface Transportation Board
3:30 PM
Networking Break
4:00 PM
BNSF & J.B. Hunt
Thomas Williams, Group Vice President, Consumer Products Business Group, BNSF Railway / Darren Field, EVP and President, Intermodal, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
4:45 PM
Strategic Digitalization: Pioneering Real-Time Visibility in Rail
Ken Mannka, EVP Operations North America, Nexxiot
5:15 PM
RJ Corman at 50
Ed Quinn, CEO, RJ Corman
5:30 PM
Cocktail Hour
Friday, November 17
8:00 AM
Welcome
8:15 AM
Nearshoring, Trade and the USCMA
Pat Ottensmeyer, Senior Advisor to President & CEO, Canadian Pacific Kansas City
8:45 AM
Genesee & Wyoming
Mike Miller, CEO North America, Genesee & Wyoming Inc.
9:15 AM
Short Line Perspective
Ryan Ratledge, CEO, Gulf & Atlantic Railways / Henry Posner, III, Chairman, RDC / Dean M. Piacente, CEO, OmniTRAX
10:00 AM
Networking Break
10:30 AM
Union Pacific
Beth Whited, President, Union Pacific
11:00 AM
CSX
Joe Hinrichs, President & CEO, CSX
11:30 AM
Fast-Tracking Innovation: A Discussion of Digital Foundations and Accelerators
David Schaar, Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group / Rajeet Mohan, Partner, Technology Strategy - Travel & Transportation, PwC
12:00 PM
Railcar Counts
Richard Kloster, President, Integrity Rail Partners
12:30 PM
Conclusion