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16th Annual Symposium Topics Morning Keynote: Tom Capozzi on "Sustainable Stability" The Port of Virginia’s Chief Sales Officer Tom Capozzi discusses how the Port is managing its growth through its historic $700 million expansion projects – and providing ocean carriers, BCOs, truckers and other transportation intermediaries with long-term solutions that allow them to make decisions and conduct their business with confidence.

Speaker: Thomas Capozzi, Chief Sales Officer, Virginia International Terminals, LLC

Tariffs and Their Impact on Global Supply Chains Today’s global economy is truly intertwined, with billions of dollars of goods and services flowing across borders around the clock. As every action has an equal and opposite reaction, tariffs and other restrictive trade measures can reroute the flow of commerce from one country to another, or even halt it completely. As companies are looking for predictability how are the current trade wars impacting global supply chains?

Speakers: Scott Robbins (Mod), Vice President , U.S. Brokerage at Livingston International | Mark Champagne, Director, Americas Supply Chain, HysterYale Group David Feinstein, Director, Global Trade and New Market Access, Tesla Automotive | Leonard Fleisig, Attorney, Willcox & Savage, P.C. | Lisa Gelsomino, President-CEO, Avalon Risk Management

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Disruptive Technology Industries across the globe are being impacted by emerging technologies, and the maritime industry is no exception. The Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), block chain, and cyber security are now common language and already permeate today’s maritime supply chain. If these disruptive technologies are here to stay, how can early-adopters leverage them to gain market advantage?

Speakers: Mike Simon (Mod), Partner and Principal Consultant, Defined Logic | Eric Klien, CEO & Co-Founder, Crux Systems | Rob Garrison, CEO & Founder, Mercado Labs | Graham Parker, Chief Executive Officer, Kontainers

Luncheon Keynotes: Kate Ballengee, Esq and Peter Friedman on "Demurrage and Detention" Join us for a different kind of lunch program this year! Two well-known proponents will represent opposite sides on the “Detention and Demurrage” issue. Kate Ballengee, Esq. of Metro Group Maritime will deliver a pointed discussion of the rationale for the charging of detention and demurrage. Following her presentation, Peter Friedman of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition will inform the attendees of the cargo owners’ perspective on this highly debated issue affecting the industry at large. These two are sure to make lunch a program you won’t want to miss.

Speakers: Kate Ballengee, Esq., Counsel, Metro Group Maritime | Peter Friedmann, Executive Director, AgTC Agriculture Transportation Coalition

Reservation Systems Are reservation systems a panacea for terminal congestion woes? Bigger ships and growing container volumes are causing congestion problems at ports throughout North America, while truckers, the linchpin for clearing this congestion, have become increasingly frustrated by long wait times at the terminals. This panel will explore the benefits and challenges of

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reservation systems, which are designed with the intent to facilitate a more efficient experience between motor carriers and our nation’s container terminals.

Speakers: Marguerite Frier (Mod), Regional Vice President, XPO Logistics, Mark Bartmann, Sr. Director, Seafreight Drayage Solutions- NA, Kuehne + Nagel Inc. | Anthony Berritto, CEO & President, Salson Logistics | Julia Pasternack, Founder, Komodal | Kevin Price, Sr. Vice President of Operations, Virginia International Terminals, LLC

99th Annual Banquet Keynote Speaker

Speaker: The Honorable Michael A. Khouri, Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission

For Questions about the International Trade Symposium, please contact:

Jennifer Parham, Event Manager

Virginia Maritime Association

757-628-2663

jennifer@vamaritime.com

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