NITL, IANA confirm educational sessions

The National Industrial Transportation League and the Intermodal Association of North America will hold freight transportation events November 11-13, 2012 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim CA.

This year, attendees will have 15 timely educational sessions to choose from while at the NITL’s TransComp Exhibition and Annual Membership Meeting, and IANA’s Intermodal Expo. Here is the confirmed slate of roundtables, workshops, and concurrent educational sessions for 2012:

Pre-Conference Attendee Roundtables

November 11

•Establishing Benchmarks and Best Practices for an Effective/Efficient Logistics Department

•The Essential “Check-list” for a Successful Transportation Contract

•Customs Conventions and International Intermodal Containers

Workshops on the Tradeshow Floor

November 12

•North American Nearshoring—Mexican Sourcing Alternatives and Best Practices

•The “Why, When, and How” to Using 3PLs

•New HazMat Regulations and Building an Effective Compliance Plan

•Business Valuation and the Exit Planning Process

November 13

•Southern California Freight—America’s Benchmark

•Second Annual Intermodal Industry Challenge—An Academic Competition

•Is the Market Still Bullish on Intermodal?

•Shipper Responsibilities and Potential Liabilities under the New CSA

Concurrent Educational Sessions

November 12

•Posturing for Future Growth—Cargo Flows through Canadian and Mexican Ports

•The New Technologies Shaping Freight Transportation

•How Worldwide Transportation Markets Influence Supply Chain Strategies

•Industry Solutions to the Chassis Provisioning Issue

Additional information about the NITL TransComp Exhibition and the IANA Intermodal Expo is available at www.nitl.org and www.intermodal.org/expo. Exhibitor information is also provided at www.freightexpo.net.