Insights - July/August 2017 - 4

IANA NEWS
FreightCast and Uber Freight
to Headline at EXPO
The popular Intermodal FreightCast,
moderated by John Larkin, managing director, research at Stifel Financial
Corporation, opens Intermodal EXPO on
Monday, Sept. 18. This year's FreightCast
speakers are: Lee Clair, managing partner
of Transportation and Logistics Advisors,
LLC; Larry Gross, president and founder,
Gross Transportation Consulting; and
Alan Murphy, chief executive officer and
partner of SeaIntel Maritime Analysis.
On Tuesday morning, appearing
at his first
transportation
association
conference, is
Bill Driegert,
director of
Uber Freight.
IANA Chair
Adriene Bailey
will join him for
a one-on-one
Driegert
conversation
to explore Uber Freight's business model
and the increasing use of technology in
intermodal freight services.
EXPO's 18 educational sessions
appear in five separate tracks, including:
Economics and Environment, Operations,
Sales and Service, and Technology. The
fifth track, Intermodal University, offers two hands-on learning experiences
that bookend the Monday and Tuesday
programming. Intermodal 101 - Getting
Started in Intermodal explains the fundamentals of the intermodal business, and
the Terminal Automation Learning Lab will
provide insight into the impacts of facility
automation.
The EXPO Academic Challenge Annual Student Competition, now in its seventh year, will once again feature IANA's
scholarship schools going head-to-head
to solve a current industry challenge. The
case competition will be held on Sunday
afternoon, Sept. 17. Since its inception,
IANA's Scholarship Program has contributed over $1.8 million towards the education of the next generation of intermodal
executives.
For additional programming information, visit www.IntermodalEXPO.com.
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Nominees Sought for IANA Board
IANA has issued the Call for Nominations for individuals to run for its 2018 board
of directors. Nominations must be submitted no later than Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.
The nominations/elections to the board of directors will be conducted via
"Simply Voting," a secure web-based election management system. Visit the Member
Center of the IANA website to find details and instructions regarding the nomination
process.
Nominations will be accepted for the following Directors' seats, for 3-year terms:
Incumbent Director

Category of Board Seat

Jeffrey R. Brashares, SunteckTTS

3PL

James I. Newsome III, South Carolina Ports Authority

Marine

Garry Old, COFC Logistics

Supplier

David W. Manning, TCW, Inc.

At-Large

Jim Newsome and Garry Old are eligible for re-election. Dave Manning, while
eligible to be nominated, has decided not to stand for re-election. Jeff Brashares
has served two consecutive terms and is not eligible to run for the board in the 2018
election.
For more information, contact Mindi McGrath at 301-982-3400, ext. 335 or
mindi@intermodal.org.

Robert Huffman, Retired NS Vice President,
Is Silver Kingpin Award Recipient
Robert Huffman, a retired vice president of intermodal operations at Norfolk
Southern Corp., has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the prestigious Silver
Kingpin Award presented by the Intermodal Association of North America.
Huffman, who began his 41-year railroad career at Conrail, was instrumental in
enhancing Norfolk Southern's intermodal operations during nearly 15 years at that
carrier. He will receive the award at the 2017 Intermodal EXPO on Sept. 18 in Long
Beach, California.
Initiated in 1977, the Silver Kingpin Award recognizes an individual's long-term
contributions to the industry and is one of intermodal's highest honors.

Insights EXPO Issue
Announced
A special EXPO issue of Intermodal
Insights will be provided in print to all attendees at the event, with digital distribution to over 5,700 members. Coverage
includes interviews with EXPO speakers
and the Silver Kingpin Award recipient,
and feature articles on the ELD mandate
and mega vessels.
The deadline to reserve space is Aug.
17; to receive artwork is Aug. 21.
Insights advertising discounts of 10
percent are available to Program Guide

advertisers. For more information, contact
Maggie Miller at 301-982-3400, ext. 350 or
maggie.miller@intermodal.org.

National Truck Driver
Appreciation Week Request
National Truck Driver Appreciation
Week is Sept. 10-16, and over the next two
months IANA will be recognizing intermodal drivers through various forms of
media. Motor carrier members are urged
to share stories of what they are doing
to recognize drivers or photos of drivers
either "in action" or in informal natural

http://www.IntermodalEXPO.com

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