International Summit on Ag and Food Transportation

Preliminary Agenda

The agenda was last updated on Oct. 2, 2008.

Tuesday, Dec. 2 – Ballroom II
7:30 - 8:00 a.m.	Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.	Keynote Address — Hon. Ed Schafer, Secretary, USDA*
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.	Panel Session — Global Agricultural Trade and Transportation Opportunities in the 21st Century Presenter: Hon. Clayton Yeutter, Senior Advisor for International Trade, Hogan & Hartson, LLP; Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and Former U.S. Trade Representative Panel Reactors: Jolanta Iwanicka, First Secretary, Embassy of Poland, Washington D.C. Yoichi Watanabe, Counselor, Embassy of Japan
9:30 - 9:45 a.m.	Break
9:45 - 10:45 a.m.	Panel Session — New Opportunities for Commercial Agricultural Transporters and Agriculture in the 2007 Energy Bill and 2008 Farm Bill Panelists: Ann Hazlett, Minority Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture Panel Reactors: Elizabeth Jones, Agricultural Transportation Specialist, American Farm Bureau Federation Russell Laird, Executive Director, Agricultural & Food Transporters Conference, American Trucking Associations Robert L. Guenther, Senior Vice President Public Policy, United Fresh Produce Association
10:45 - 11:45 a.m.	Feature Session — Food vs. Fuel, The Real Story Presenter: Dr. Wallace E. Tyner, Professor Agriculture Economics, Purdue University, Author: "What is Driving Food and Fuel Prices."
Noon - 1:00 p.m.	Keynote Lunch — Food, Politics and Business Issues (Colonnade) Speaker: Paul S. Speranza, Jr., Vice Chairman & General Counsel, Wegman's Food Markets, Inc., Immediate Past Chairman and Chairman of the Executive Committee, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.	Feature Session — Safety, Food and Hazardous Materials Challenges in Commercial Agricultural Transportation Presenters: John Conley, President, National Tank Truck Association David Parker, Senior Vice President, Great West Casualty Company
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.	Panel Session — Energy Challenges and Opportunities in Transportation and Agriculture Panelists: Dr. David Kreutzer, Senior Policy Analyst, Energy, Economics and Climate Change, Center for Data Analysis, Heritage Foundation Charles "Shorty" Whittington, Chairman of the American Trucking Associations
3:00 - 3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15 - 4:15 p.m.	Feature Session — Food Safety, Defense and Transportation Initiatives Presenters: Maianne Albertson, Senior Food Defense Analyst, Food Safety and Inspection Service - USDA Representative, Produce Marketing Association
4:15 - 5:15 p.m.	Feature Session — Renewable Fuels - 2009 And Beyond Presenters: Toni Nuernberg, Executive Director, Ethanol Promotion and Information Center Frederick C. Smith, Vice President, Institute for 21st Century Energy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday, Dec. 3 – Ballroom II
7:30 - 8:00 a.m.	Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.	Keynote Address — Agriculture, Rural Development and BioEnergy Presenter: Lt. Governor/Secretary of Agriculture – Indiana*
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.	Congression Panel Discussion Panelists: Senator Charles Grassley – Iowa Congressman Brad Ellsworth – Indiana Congressman Dennis Cardoza – California Congressman Earl Pomeroy – North Dakota (All invited subject to November 2008 General Elections)
9:30 - 9:45 a.m.	Break
9:45 - 10:45 a.m.	Feature Session — The 2009 Highway Reauthorization Bill, What to Expect Presenters: Janet Kavinoky, Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Tim Lynch, Senior Vice President, American Trucking Associations Richard L. Lewis, President, Forest Resources Association
10:45 - 11:30 a.m.	Panel Session — Technology in Ag and Food Transportation - Essential to the Food Chain Panelists: Cyndi Brandt, UPS Logistics Tom Smith, President, Countermind Larry Blue, Hi-G-Tech, Inc
11:30 - 12:00 p.m.	Feature Session — Legal Issues Confronting Commercial Agriculture and Transportation Presenter: James Hanson, Esquire, Scopelitis, Garvin, Hanson, Light & Feary
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.	Keynote Lunch — Speaker: Mike Townsley, President, Bob Evans Farms Food Products Division (Colonnade)
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.	Panel Session — Agriculture Implications for Transportation and Highways Panelists: David R. Shipman, Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA Tony Furst, Director, Office of Freight Management and Operations

* Invited