2021 Conference Agenda
Monday, October 18
12:00 - 5:00 PM |
Registration |
Sweetgrass Pavilion |
12:00 - 5:30 PM |
Exhibits |
Hallway outside of the Palms Ballroom |
2:00 PM 2:15 PM |
Opening Remarks Michael Hunt, S.C. International Trade Conference General Chair 2021 Welcome Remarks The Honorable Jimmy Carroll - IOP Mayor |
Palms Ballroom |
2:30 PM |
Opening Keynote Speaker Pete Mento - "Supply Chains in the New Economy: How the Pandemic Accelerated Innovation" |
Palms Ballroom |
3:15 PM |
Overcoming Transportation Challenges Moderator – Nick Wong, Executive Director Maritime Association of SC Panelist – Jeff Barkley, Commercial Supply Chain Manager, SELEE Corp Panelist – Karl Laufer, VP, USA Eastern Region, Vanguard Logistics Panelist - Eric Hansel, Regulatory Compliance Manager, CH Powell Co. |
Palms Ballroom |
4:00 PM |
Customs Update Melvin Moreland, Central Director, US Customs & Border Protection |
Palms Ballroom |
4:30 PM |
Welcome Remarks Jim Newsome, President & CEO SC Ports Authority |
Palms Ballroom |
5:00 - 7:00 PM |
Welcome Reception (Business Casual Attire) |
Osprey Terrace |
Tuesday, October 19
7:00 - 8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
Osprey Ballroom |
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
Registration |
Palms Ballroom |
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM |
Exhibits |
Hallway outside of the Palms Ballroom |
8:15 AM |
Welcoming Ceremony Michael Hunt, Forward Intermodal: 2021 General Chair Jim Newsome: President & CEO SC Ports Authority *Tuesday Presentations Moderator: Peter Tirschwell, Vice President, Martime & Trade, JOC/IHS Markit, Founder & Chairman of TPM* |
Palms Ballroom |
8:30 AM |
Economic Outlook Joseph C. Von Nessen, Ph.D., Research Economist Moore School of Business University of South Carolina |
Palms Ballroom |
9:15 AM |
Container/Port Industry Outlook Lars Jensen, CEO & Partner Vespucci Maritime |
Palms Ballroom |
10:00 AM |
BREAK |
Palms Ballroom |
10:15 AM |
Ocean Carrier Panel Uffe Ostergaard, President Hapag-Lloyd America, LLC Narin Phol, Regional Managing Director Maersk North America |
Palms Ballroom |
11:15 AM |
Federal Maritime Commission Perspective Rebecca F. Dye, Commissioner Federal Maritime Commission |
Palms Ballroom |
12:00 PM |
Osprey Ballroom |
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2:15 PM |
Intermodal Railroad Perspective Alan Shaw, Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer Norfolk Southern Railroad |
Palms Ballroom |
3:00 PM |
Retail Supply Chain Perspective Ken Braunbach, Vice President, Transportation Walmart R. Thomas Morton, Vice President, Global Supply Chain & Quality Eastman Chemical Company |
Palms Ballroom |
3:45 PM |
Closing Thoughts & Wrap Up of the Day Peter Tirschwell, JOC Jim Newsome, South Carolina Ports Authority |
Palms Ballroom |
4:15 PM |
Business & Leisure Break |
Attendee Preference |
6:30 PM |
EVENING RECEPTION ON THE ROOF |
INDIGO ROOM/TERRACE |
Wednesday, October 20
7:00 - 7:45 AM |
Breakfast |
Osprey Ballroom |
7:45 AM |
Welcome Introduction of 2022 Conference General Chair |
Osprey Ballroom |
8:00 AM |
Keynote Speaker First Lieutenant Patrick Cleburne McClary, III, USMC, Retired Click here for more information on keynote speaker |
Osprey Ballroom |
8:45 AM |
Airfrieght Growth in SC Moderator, Steve Schellenberg, Vice President, IMS Worldwide Panelist, Nathan Garner, Director of Aviation Service, Cerulean Aviation Panelist, John Lummus, President, Upstate SC Alliance |
Osprey Ballroom |
9:30 AM |
Route to 2025 Moderator – Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, Economic Development Advisor, Presidents Office, Trident Technical College Panelist - Tom Schmitt, Chairman & CEO, Forward Air Corporation Panelist – Phil Byrd, CEO, Bulldog Hiway Express Panelist – Rick Todd, President, SC Trucking Association Panelist – Jarrett Cooper, President, Charleston Motor Carriers Assoc. |
Osprey Ballroom |
10:30 AM |
Manufacturers Panel Moderator, Suzanne Dickerson Panelist, Lu Reckman, President & CEO, IFA-Rotorion Drew Bailey, Manager, Trade Services, American Honda Motor Co. Panelist, Bob Edwards, General Manager, Bicycle Corporation of America |
Osprey Ballroom |
12:30 PM |
Golf *Separate registration required* |
Wild Dunes Resort |
1:00 PM |
Tennis & Pickleball *Separate registration required* |
Wild Dunes Resort |
6:30 PM |
BEACH PARTY AT THE PAVILION *Cruise Drawing will take place at this event. MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN* |
Grand Pavilion |
