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2026 Winter Meeting
MARS 2026 WINTER MEETING
THANK YOU to the nearly 1,100 industry professionals who joined us at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel for our 2026 Winter Meeting over January 13-15, 2026!
Keynote speakers at the MARS Winter 2026 Meeting included:
Keith Creel, President & CEO, CPKC
Janet Drysdale, Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer, CN
Katie Farmer, President & CEO, BNSF Railway
Dr. Christopher Kuehl, Founder/Managing Director, Armada Corporate Intelligence
Jim Vena, Chief Executive Officer, Union Pacific
Additionally, we were joined by:
Chuck Baker, President, American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association
Mike Barth, Vice President, Transportation & Logistics, United Sugar Producers & Refiners Cooperative
Justin Broyles, President & CEO, R.J. Corman Railroad Group
Jon Carnes, CEO, Transtar and Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
Anthony Hatch, Founder/President, abh Consulting
Ian Jefferies, President & CEO, The Association of American Railroads
Katie Beardslee Kloentrup, Senior Digital Mine Engineer, Carmeuse
Michael Miller, President, North America, Genesee & Wyoming RR Services
Joe Parsons, President & CEO, Iowa Interstate Railroad
James Pearce, Vice President, People Solutions, Savage
Alex Peiffer, Chief Operating Officer, Intramotev
Christian Rowe, Vice President – Development, Savage
Lorie Tekorius, President & CEO, The Greenbrier Companies
SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS
The presentations that we have been given permission to post are available in the MARS meeting app in both the speaker’s profile and in the agenda under the corresponding session.
MEETING ATTENDEES
Unfortunately, for security purposes, we are no longer able to share the Attendee list for the Winter 2026 Meeting. Registered attendees can go back to the meeting website through the registration link above to access this information. Please also see the alert below. MARS has not authorized any outside company to contact our meeting attendees about hotel reservations.
HOTEL DETAILS
Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel
1551 N. Thoreau Drive
Schaumburg, Illinois 60173
SPONSORSHIP
Support from MARS sponsors plays a vital role in the success of our meetings! We are proud to offer sponsorship opportunities that showcase your company at North America’s premier transportation events.
For additional sponsorship opportunities, please see below.
MARS 2026 Sponsorship Packages
SCAM ALERT: MARS has not authorized any third party to secure individual hotel rooms on our behalf for our Winter Meeting. We understand there is an organization contacting people by phone to solicit credit card information to secure hotel rooms perhaps even saying they are calling on behalf of MARS. PLEASE do not give them your information. When our room reservation link is available, we will share the link here or you will receive an email from us. We will not call you asking for credit card information.