• Emcee: Brent Kinnaird, Partner, Inspire Marketing

• Terence Bowles, President & CEO, St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation
• Bruce Hodgson, Director of Market Development, The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation

Module 1: Cargo Market Update – Economic impacts for future prosperity

The ebb and flow of commodities and major cargo sectors are impacted each day by global economic conditions, trade patterns and the rise of economic regions around the world. Join leaders representing prominent Hwy H₂O cargo commodities in looking at the short and long term horizon prospects for goods movement centres throughout the System.

• Aron Gampel, VP & Deputy Economist, Scotiabank
• Mark Hemmes, President, Quorum Corporation

• Hilary Goldenberg, President, Thunder Bay Terminals
• Richard H. Sawall, Director of Business Development – Crude Oil, U.S. Oil

Keynote Speaker

• Colin Angus, Adventurer, Author & filmmaker

Module 2: Operational Impact – Carving growth from challenges

Internal and external forces exert pressure on stakeholders across the supply chain. Advances in fleet technology, changing regulatory environments and Seaway System upgrades are some of the ways operations are affected. A comprehensive group of transportation insiders will share new ways to leverage programs and find new growth within the framework of Seaway infrastructure.

• Joyce Hammock, Publisher & Editor, Canadian Sailings (Moderator)
• Alden Evans, Business Director of Ports & Marine Terminals, WorleyParsons and Mike Warren, Business Development Manager, WorleyParsons
• Jim Athanasiou, General Manager, Business Improvement, St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation

Module 2: Operational Impact – Carving growth from challenges

• Robert Lemire, CEO, Great Lakes Pilotage Authority
• Caroline Gravel, Director Environment Affairs, Shipping Federation of Canada
• Panel Discussion

Cocktail Reception
Quebec Alberta British Columbia Rooms

Opening Remarks

Cargo owners, ports and terminals look for new ways to connect the System to global customers. Finding new efficiencies through emerging routes and vessel services is supported by North American nations coming together to reduce congestion, optimize cargo flows and bring more carrier options to the market. Interact with panelists driving forward the next generation of Hwy H₂O traffic.

• Jim Frost, Marine Transportation Specialist, MariNova Consulting Inc. (Moderator)
• Robert Lemm, Design & Construct, Aerolift Industrials B.V.
• Hazem Ghonima, President, TAF Consultants

Module 3: Service Delivery – Broadening the transportation mix

• Marc-André Roy, Vice President, North America,  CPCS
• Bruce Hodgson, Director, Market Development, St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation
• Discussion

Lunch
Quebec, Alberta, British Columbia Rooms

Module 4: Supply Chain Case Study – Demonstrating opportunity through sharing success

Using emerging cargo sectors and innovative thinking to highlight growth potential for Great Lakes/Seaway stakeholders, the panel will outline the process, pitfalls and tricks to building new markets within the System.

• David Walker, Director, Project Cargo, Canadian Pacific (Moderator)
  
  
• Case A) Port of Duluth – Power Energy Business Case
• Jonathan Lamb, Vice President & General Manager, Lake Superior Warehousing co. Inc.
• Shane Barraclough, Manager Railway Line Clearances, Canadian Pacific
• Keith Guiochet, VP Operations, Mammoet Canada Western Ltd.
• Brandon Strange, Assistant Manager-Transportation & Logistics, Mitsubishi Power Systems
• Panel Discussion

Module 4: Supply Chain Case Study – Demonstrating opportunity through sharing success

Using emerging cargo sectors and innovative thinking to highlight growth potential for Great Lakes/Seaway stakeholders, the panel will outline the process, pitfalls and tricks to building new markets within the System.

• Case B) Port of Thunder Bay – Wind Energy Business Case
• Guy Jarvis, Director of Engineering & Harbour Master, Thunder Bay Port Authority
• Curtis Doiron, General Manager-Sales, Logistec Corporation
• Shane Barraclough, Manager Railway Line Clearances, Canadian Pacific
• Dallas Sherwood, General Manager, TransMark Ltd.
• Panel Discussion

Closing Remarks

• Bruce Hodsgon, Director of Market Development, St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation
• Draw for iPad, Errol Francis, VP of Operations, Canfornav Inc.

Depart