NEWS FROM THE CONFERENCE AND TRADESHOW CIRCUIT roadtrip
go to the mountaintop
THESE DAYS, WE’RE ALL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO THE
promised land of economic recovery. The International Warehouse Logistics
Association is no exception. When it stages its 118th Annual Convention and Expo
next month, the group will try to provide the view from the mountaintop with an event
organized around the theme “Embracing Change and Claiming the Higher Ground.”
The convention’s two keynote speakers will sketch out roadmaps to a better future.
Joseph Sherren, president of Ethos Enterprises, will discuss ways to engage employees
in efforts to create a successful operation that is flexible, customer-focused, and proficient. Charlie Covert, vice president of UPS Customer Solutions, will talk about the
impact of fluctuating fuel costs and economic uncertainty on the third-party logistics
service industry.
The event also includes educational sessions on working with fourth-party logistics
providers, achieving Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) certification, and current legal and insurance issues.
The convention is scheduled for March 8–10 in St. Petersburg, Fla. For more information, visit www.IWLA.com.
March 16–18
Keynote speaker John Stokes, partner with AIG Highstar Capital, will
talk about the global financial crisis
and its impact on international trade
at the Jaxport 2009 Logistics and
Intermodal Conference on Amelia
Island, Fla. For information, visit
www.jaxportconference.com.
March 18–20
The Coalition of New England
Companies for Trade (CONECT)
holds its Trade & Transportation
Conference in Newport, R.I. For
information, visit www.conect.org.
shrink-wrap your way to greatness?
You can’t shrink your way to greatness, as business guru Tom Peters has pointed out. But there’s
a good chance you can “shrink wrap” your way there, says David Abney, chief operating officer
of UPS. During a special presentation at the Warehousing Education and Research Council’s
Annual Conference in Atlanta, Abney will describe how to “wrap” a protective strategic coating
around your supply webs and make them resilient to risk. This act of “shrink-wrapping against risk”
is essential to achieving success, he says.
Abney’s presentation is just one of many sessions at the conference that will focus on how to
survive difficult times. In total, the conference will offer more than 80 sessions, with speakers
from organizations like The Container Store, Kimberly-Clark, JohnsonDiversey, Deloitte, and the
U.S. Army. Attendees can also choose to tour one of six nearby distribution facilities. The
Warehouse Industry Resources Event will showcase the latest warehouse products and services.
Registration is now open for the conference, which runs from April 26–29. Early-bird discounts
are available to those who register before March 16. For more information, visit www.WERC.org.
March 20–24
The Conveyor Equipment
Manufacturers Association’s Annual
Meeting takes place on Marco
Island, Fla. Keynote speaker Alan
Beaulieu of the Institute for Trend
Research will deliver an address
titled “How to Plan For and Prosper
Through the Business Cycle.” For
information, visit www.cemanet.org.
¿habla SCOR?
Supply-Chain World 2009–North America goes bilingual this year. The Supply-Chain
Council’s Latin America Chapter has created a Spanish-language track for this year’s
conference, which will look at how leading companies have slashed costs and cut lead
times by implementing the council’s Supply-Chain Operations Reference (SCOR)
model. Speakers from South and Central America as well as Mexico will be presenting
during the Spanish-language track, which is scheduled for the first day of the conference, March 16.
The conference runs from March 16–18 in Houston and includes keynote presentations from business strategy analyst Thomas Davenport and Steven Melnyk of
Michigan State University. Attendees can also enroll in training sessions on the SCOR
framework, SCOR implementation, and SCOR for risk management. For more information, visit www.supplychainworld.org.
March 23–25
The Transportation Logistics Council
and Transportation Loss Prevention
and Security Association will hold
their joint Annual Conference in St.
Louis. Topics on the agenda include
cargo theft, protecting high-value
shipments, and what shippers need
to know about transportation insurance. For information, visit
www.tlcouncil.org.
April 14–16
The National Logistics and
Distribution Conference will focus
on operational best practices and
strategies for supply chain success.
The event takes place in Atlanta. For
more information, visit www.peach-state.com/nldc/.
