Georgia Foreign Trade Conference > Agenda > CONFERENCE DAY ONE: Monday 6th February 2012

Monday 6^th February 2012

7:30 am to 2:00 pm	GFTC Registration & Delegate Assistance Conference, Golf, Tennis, and Social Activities Cloister Foyer II
Registration for special activities should be made at the GFTC Registration Desk. Registration is $25 per event. Registration fees are non-refundable.
7:00 am to 9:30 am	Breakfast Buffet Cloister III Breakfast Sponsored by CSX Transportation Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics
8:00 am to 8:30 am	Opening of the 44th Annual GFTC The Cloister Ballroom Craig Lesser, Master of Ceremony Managing Partner Pendleton Consulting Group, LLC Invocation Rev. Michael Jennings, First Baptist Church, St. Simons Island Presentation of the Colors Brunswick High School NJROTC Color Guard Alec Poitevint, II, Chairman, GPA 2012 GFTC General Chairman The Honorable Nathan Deal Governor, Georgia
8:30 am to 9:00 am	The Honorable Jack Kingston U.S. Representative, Georgia
9:00 am to 9:30 am	Alberto Alemán Zubieta, Administrator Panama Canal Authority
9:30 am to 10:00 am	Rick Gabrielson, Director, International Transportation Target
10:00 am to 10:10 am	Coffee Break Coffee Station Sponsored by B-H Transfer Company Hapag-Lloyd (America) Inc. Howard Sheppard, Inc.
10:10 am to 11:15 am	Breakout 1 – Issues & Challenges 2012 and Beyond Conference Room Adjacent to The Cloister Ballroom Moderator – Gary Hurley, Vice President, RORO Division, NYK Line (North America) Inc. Tom France, Director, Logistics &Transportation Management, Caterpillar Logistics Services Peter Bresnee, Department Manager National Import & Domestic Logistics, Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC Ray Fitzgerald, President, WWL Americas Paul Carlton, President, Mitsui O.S.K. Bulk Shipping (USA) Inc. Questions + Answers Door Prizes (Tickets will be issued at the door.)
10:10 am to 11:15 am	Breakout 2 - Carrier & Shipper Perspectives-- What’s Important to Me? The Cloister Ballroom Moderator – Peter Tirschwell, Senior Vice President for Strategy, UBM Global Trade Dean Tracy, Director of Import Logistics, Lowe's Doug Connell, Export Analyst, Logistics, Buckeye Rick Wen, Vice President of Business Development, OOCL Grethe Hoyvik,Vice President & General Manager, Grieg Star Shipping (USA) Inc. Bill Woodhour, Senior Vice President, Maersk Line Questions + Answers Door Prizes (You must be present to win. Your delegate number is located on the back of your registration badge.) Door Prizes Sponsored by Grieg Star Shipping Pasha Automotive Ranitz Mahoney and Pace, Attorneys At Law Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics
11:15 am	Golfers depart for Sea Island’s Plantation Course 12:15 shot-gun start Lunch will be served at the course. Players must furnish transportation. From The Cloister, follow Sea Island Road. Turn “left” on Frederica Road. Follow Frederica for 3 miles, driving past the airport runway. For the Plantation Course, continue driving straight toward The Lodge. Security will direct you to parking.
11:15 am to 11:45 am	Pre-Luncheon Reception Cloister Foyer II Sponsored by Guy M. Turner, Inc. Parsons Corporation
11:30 am to 1:00 pm	Lunch for non-golfers Cloister III Sponsored by International Longshoremen’s Association Local #1414 The Waggoners Trucking
12:15 pm	Golf (shotgun start) Golf Lunch Sponsored by Norfolk Southern Corporation Hole in One Plantation No. 3, $40,000 Prize Sponsored by Georgia Foreign Trade Conference Plantation No. 7, $30,000 Prize Sponsored by Coastal Logistics Group, Inc. Plantation No. 11, $40,000 Sponsored by Pasha Automotive Plantation No. 15, $40,000 Prize Sponsored by The Waggoners Trucking Closest to the Pin Plantation No. 3 Sponsored by A.W. Banister Co., Inc. Plantation No. 7 Sponsored by CSX Transportation Plantation No. 11 Sponsored by Grieg Star Shipping Plantation No. 15 Sponsored by Logistec Stevedoring Longest Drives Plantation No. 8 Sponsored by Konecranes Plantation No. 9 Sponsored by Konecranes Plantation No. 18 Sponsored by Konecranes Straightest Drives Plantation No. 4 Sponsored by Konecranes Plantation No. 5 Sponsored by Konecranes Plantation No. 13 Sponsored by Konecranes Beverage Stations Sponsored by Cargo Group, LLC Crescent Towing Company CSX Transportation International Longshoremen’s Association Local #1414 Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm	Tennis (round-robin tournament) Courts located adjacent to the spa. Sponsored by Hydrotex Savannah Traffic Club, Inc.
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm	Buffalo Bill + Annie Oakley Shoot-out Space limited to 20 people. Participants meet at the St. Simons Shooting School. Advance registration required. Dress is weather-appropriate. Shooting School Sponsored by Musco Lighting Savannah Maritime Association TIC - The Industrial Company Vopak Terminal Savannah, Inc.
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm	Sea Island Signature Wine Seminar Space is limited to 18 people per day. Guests will meet in the hotel lobby. Advance registration required. Dress is casual. Sponsored by TOTE, Inc.
6:30 pm to 7:15 pm	Reception The Cloister Ballroom Sponsored by Container Maintenance Corporation RBW Logistics
7:15 pm to 10:30 pm	Dinner + Casino Night The Cloister Ballroom Dress is business casual. Casino Night Sponsored by CH2M HILL Georgia Power International Tables “Germany” Sponsored by International Longshoremen’s Association Local #1414 “India” Sponsored by iTech for Business “Italy” Sponsored by International Auto Processing, Inc. “Japan” Sponsored by Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc. “Southeast Asia” Sponsored by Ports America “United Kingdom” Sponsored by CSX Transportation “United States” Sponsored by Norfolk Southern Corporation Dinner Wine Sponsored By iTech for Business Cocktail Stations Sponsored by Bentley World-Packaging, Ltd. Damco Distribution Services, Inc. Distribution Services International, Inc. Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics Matson Logistics, Inc. International Longshoremen’s Association Local #1414 JIT Warehousing & Logistics, LLC RBW Logistics Dinner Music Sponsored by Bromma Dessert Table Sponsored by Brunswick Bar Pilots Association, LLC Grieg Star Shipping Volkswagen of America, Inc.
7:15 pm to 10:30 pm	2012 Commemorative Photo The Cloister Ballroom Sponsored by The Georgia Ports Authority
10:00 pm until	Cash Bar The River Bar Located near the hotel’s lobby.

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