12/01/08

Monday - March 23, 2009

8:00am - 9:00am

Pre-Meeting Breakfast

7:30am - 4:00pm

Registration

7:30am - 5:00pm

Exhibits

8:30am - 10:00am

General Session I

The Crystal Ball - What's Ahead for the Transportation Industry?

Leading representatives of the trade press and industry give their views on what the future holds for truck, rail, air and ocean transportation and how shippers and carriers will have to deal with the issues - infrastructure, fuel costs, global security measures.  

10:00am - 10:30am

Mid-Morning Break

10:30am - 12:00pm

Workshop 1

Loss & Damage - A Short Course

Panelists will cover the basic principles of carrier liability -- burden of proof, measure of damages, liability limitations, time limits, the NMFC and carrier rules tariffs; Filing claims and supporting documentation; Thorny issues - - concealed damage, SL&C, shortage from sealed trailers or palletized shipments, contamination of food products, salvage.

Workshop 2

Forwarders, Brokers, 3PL's and Other Intermediaries

Similarities and differences; Legal requirements, licensing; Liability of shippers, inintermediaries and carriers for:  Loss & damage claims; Freight charges and PPersonal injury claims -- highway accidents, etc.

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Luncheon- Guest Speaker

To Be Announced

1:30pm - 3:00pm

General Session II

Law of the Land v. Law of the Jungle

A the Ever-Popular Annual session in which "Lawyers Explain the Law, and Businessmen Tell it Like it is".

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Mid-Afternoon Break

3:30pm - 4:30pm

General Session III

Annual Membership Meeting

Transportation Consumer Protection Council, Inc.

Transportation Loss Prevention & Security Association

4:45pm - 5:45pm

CCPAC Annual Meeting

7:00pm - 10:00pm

Carrier/Supplier Hospitality Suite

7:00pm - 10:00pm

Exhibits