Panel session proposals should deal with some aspect of transportation policy, issues, controversies, new developments, etc., preferably related to one of the conference themes. Panel sessions should include three or four speakers and a moderator.
Proposals should include:
- The title of the panel session.
- A brief one-or-two-paragraph synopsis of the content of the session.
- A list of the proposed speakers with titles, affiliations, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers.
- Contact information (name, title, affiliation, e-mail address and phone number) for the session organizer who will also serve as the panel moderator.
All panelists should be confirmed before submitting a panel proposal. Also, all panelists must register for the conference.
Proposals should be submitted by December 15, 2009, using the Submission Management Program.
Questions should be addressed to:
Sue Hendrickson
Phone: (701)231-7766
E-mail: info@trforum.org
Alan R. Bender, TRF Program Vice President
Phone: (916)719-9506
E-mail: ProgramVP@trforum.org
KURT NAGEL, president and CEO of the American Association of Port Authorities, will give the keynote address at the TRF’s luncheon on Friday, March 12. Nagle has more than 30 years of experience in Washington, DC, related to seaports and international trade and has been serving in his current position since 1995. He began working at American Association of Port Authorities, the alliance of the leading public port authorities throughout the Western Hemisphere, in 1985. Nagle serves on the Executive Committee of the Propeller Club of the United States and is a former commissioner of PIANC, the International Navigation Congress. He holds a master's degree in economics from George Mason University.
