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2011 Fall Symposium Presentations
October 19-21
Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Morning Sessions
- Federal Policy Toward Investment in the Waterways
- Steve Little, Chairman, Inland Waterways Users Board, Moderator
- Mark Mazzanti, Director, Programs Integration Division, Civil Works Directorate
- Dr. Larry Bray, Research Professor, University of Tennessee, author of the study, "Toward a Full Accounting of the Beneficiaries of Navigable Waterways"
- John Anderson, Majority Staff Director, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
- Navigating the Global Economic Environment
- Tom Scott, President and Cheif Operating Officer, Informa Economics
- Transportation Forcast: Are Commoditiy Movements Clicking on All Cylinders?
- Ken Eriksen, Senior Vice President, Informa Economics, Moderator
- Petroleum: Robert McCormack, Vice President, SeaRiver Mairitme
- Coal: Betsy Monseu, Vice President, Transportation, Alpha Coal
- Grain: Gary Anderson, Vice President, Grain Operations, North America, CHS, Inc.
- Steel: Malisa Sommers, U.S. Steel, Managing Director of Transportation & President, Transtar
Afternoon Sessions
- Issues Up Close: Mississippi Valley Division
- Merritt Lane, President, Canal Barge Company, Moderator
- Sean Duffy, Administrator, Big River Coalition
- Steven L. Stockton, Director of Civil Works, USACE
- The Economic Outlook for Business
- James Rohr, Chairman and CEO, PNC Financial Services Group
- Issues Up Close: Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
- Peter Stephaich, Chairman, Campbell Transportation Company, Moderator
- James McCarville, Executive Director, Port of Pittsburgh Commission
- Col. Margaret Burcham, Division Commander, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, USACE
- Rich Hancock, Regional Business Director, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, USACE
- William T. Harder, Navigation Business Manager, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, USACE
- National Media Panel: Challenges and A-Ha! Moments in Covering the Waterways
- Debra Colbert, Director, Communications and Media Relations, Waterways Council, Inc., Moderator
- Jennifer Levitz, Reporter, Wall Street Journal
- Carol Wolf, Reporter, Bloomberg
- Jon Schmitz, Transportation Reporter, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Friday, October 21, 2011
Morning Sessions
- The Honorable Tom Corbett, Governor of Pennsylvania
- Matt Woodruff, Chairman, Waterways Council, Inc.
- Navigating the Political Landscape
- Surface Freight Tranportation: A Comparison of the Costs of Road, Rail, and Waterways Freight Shipments That Are Not Passed on to Consumers
- Phil Herr, Director, Physical Resources, U.S. General Accountability Office
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