Speakers

David J. Baldwin, Partner, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Delaware, will be speaking about US Bankruptcy law and how it applies to transportation companies.
Silvy Wright, President, Markel Insurance Company of Canada (Toronto), which is Canada's only national trucking insurance company who will be addressing recent developments in the area of risk management of motor carriers.
Richard Kunst and Mariela Castano, President and Vice President of Kunst Solutions Corp, Toronto, will be addressing the subject lean logistics from an operational perspective.
Robert Lande ,CFO, FXCM, Forex Capital Markets, New York, will be speaking about Foreign Exchange Markets, and in particular, Canada-U.S. currency.
George Magliano, Sr. Principal Economist, IHS Global Insight, New York, will address the issues involving the significant automotive haulage changes which have occurred since March 2011, in North America.
Mike Riggs , Chairman, Jack Cooper Holdings Corp, Atlanta, has expanded the operations of this auto-hauler in Canada. The company has approximately 2500 employees and $500 million in North American revenues.
Eric Zalud, Partner, Benesch Friedlander, Cleveland, who will be speaking about the increased liability for brokers and shippers when engaging carriers in the United States, according to the new CSA safety monitoring standards.
George Stalk, Senior Advisor and a BCG Fellow of the Boston Consulting Group, will be addressing the issue of the inadequacy of both rail and truck infrastructures in North America in the next decade.
Martin Colbeck, Regional Sales Manager, Auto Warehousing, Michigan, who will be addressing the issue of surviving the volatility of increasing volumes in the auto industry.
Mark Feduke, Director, Trade Compliance, VLM Food, will be addressing the new Food Safety Modernization Act and E-manifest as it pertains to the future licensing of food importers.
Patrick Ostrowski, Supply Chain Specialist, Buffalo CTPAT, who will be speaking on cross border issues.
Dr. Kenrick Jordan, Senior Economist, Industry & Country Analysis, BMO Capital Markets, Economic Research, will be speaking on the Economic Outlook for Canada in the next year.
Guillermo Schible, Hodder Barristers, Toronto, who will be discussing the five hot topics in transportation litigation;
Stephen Leopold, Chairman, Avison Young, Quebec, will be addressing strategies to rebound from negative economic volatility within the transport industry.
Andrew Lloyd, Associate, Davis LLP, Calgary, will be analyzing frequently used clauses in transportation contracts.
Ted Janeway, Senior Manager, Automotive, NYK Line, will be addressing ocean carrier capacity and the impact of emerging markets on worldwide volumes.
Bill Greenizan, Senior Advisor, Oil, Ontario Ministry of Energy.