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2009 IANA/NITL/TIA - Educational Super Session Panelists Announced for Anaheim Show

CALVERTON, Md., ARLINGTON, Va., and Alexandria, Va., October 20, 2009 — The slate of panelists has been announced for the three educational Super Sessions at 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 sessions will take place on November 16-17 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. Thanks to the use of a technically-advanced audience response system, the majority of attendees will have the opportunity to participate in each session through real-time opinion polling and other interactive features. The sessions will focus on a variety of critical issues of interest to shippers and carriers alike.

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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 2500 senior freight transportation and logistics executives are expected to attend along with over 200 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.