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2009 IANA/NITL/TIA - Anaheim Opening Session to Feature Wall Street Freight Forecast

CALVERTON, Md., ARLINGTON, Va., and Alexandria, Va., September 29, 2009 — Three of Wall Street’s most sought-after analysts will provide an eye-opening revised outlook on freight transportation during the Opening General Session of the co-located 2009 conferences and trade shows of the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA), The National Industrial Transportation League (NITL), and the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA). The session will take place November 16 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA.

The economy unleashed its wrath on the freight transportation sector again this year and Wall Street has a new forecast for freight service providers in 2010 and beyond. Freight Transportation One Year Later: The New View from Wall Street is a follow-up to last year’s record-setting session, Wall Street’s View of Transportation. This important session will address and answer many critical questions as a volatile economy continues to bewilder the entire supply chain.

The town hall-style session will kick-off the event’s joint educational program, and will once again be moderated by noted transportation editor Peter Tirschwell. Thanks to the use of a high-tech audience response system, the majority of attendees will have the opportunity to participate in the session through real-time opinion polling and other interactive features.

The session will feature three of Wall Street’s most noted transportation analysts:

• John L. Barnes III, Managing Director Equity Research – Transportation, RBC Capital Markets;
• Jason H. Seidl, Director, Dahlman Rose & Company; and,
• Thomas R. Wadewitz, Analyst – Airfreight & Surface Transportation, J.P. Morgan.

Additional educational sessions to be held November 16-17 include:

• Economic Turmoil in a Sea of Financial Changes (Super Session)
• Is Your Motor Carrier on the Highway to Health in 2010? (Super Session)
• Where Will We Be “Tracking” in 2010 With Our Rail Partners?
• Going Down the Road Feeling Better: FMCSA Explains New Roadability Regulations (Industry Forum)
• Clearing the Air: How Environmental Issues in Southern California Will Impact Intermodal (Industry Forum)

The overall 2009 event combines IANA’s Intermodal Expo, NITL’s TransComp Exhibition and TIA’s Fall Meeting – all at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. It also includes IANA and NITL’s annual membership meetings. Over 3,000 senior freight transportation and logistics executives are expected to attend along with over 250 exhibitors.

Additional information about the organizations is available on their respective Web sites — IANA’s at www.intermodal.org/expo, NITL’s at www.nitl.org and TIA’s at www.tianet.org — while information about the trade show, including exhibiting opportunities, may be found at www.freightexpo.net.