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The 254th meeting of the MARS was held at the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center in Lombard, IL
Our conference started with a get acquainted reception at 5:00PM on January 14th. We hosted a full agenda with many keynoters and topic experts. Some of the highlight speakers were (in order of appearance):
- Lance Fritz, Chairman, President and CEO, Union Pacific Railroad
- Lorie Tekorius, President and Chief Operating Officer, Greenbrier
- Eric Starks, Chairman, CEO, FTR
- Mark Yeager, Chief Executive Officer, Redwood Logistics
- Adam Nordstrom, Principal, Viking Navigation
- Patrick Ottensmeyer, Chairman, President & CEO, Kansas City Southern Railway
- Kate Kaufman, Director Account Operations, Uber Freight
- Darrell Wallace, Executive Director, North American Freight Car Association
- Jean-Jacques Ruest, President and Chief Executive Officer, CN
- Anthony Hatch, President, ABH Consulting
In addition to all those headliners, there was recognized subject matter experts presenting on various topical subjects A full schedule with eleven hours of informative presentations and eight hours of organized networking time plus free time. We also hosted a full day of the popular supply side exposition from 9:00am to 5:00pm on Wednesday.
This January we hosted six breakout sessions suitable for transportation executives as well as people new to the industry:
Railroading 101, Railroading 201 (Commercial Side), Intermodal 101, Railcar Fleet Management, Transloading 101 and Regional State Rail Assistance