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2008 NARS Annual Meeting
May 18-20, 2008
Parc
Fifty-Five Hotel
San Francisco, CA
Meeting Description
The theme of the 2008 NARS Annual Meeting is “An Evolving Rail
Landscape.” Featured speakers and panelist will be Chairman
Charles D. Nottingham of the Surface Transportation Board, Michael
J. Ward, Chairman, President & CEO of CSX Corporation and Chairman
of the AAR Board, Robert R. Smith, President, USS-POSCO Industries,
Daniel Wong, Vice President Logistics, North Pacific Group, Inc.,
Anthony B. Hatch of ABH Consulting, Thomas R. Wadewitz of JP Morgan
Chase. Plus, eight Chief Marketing Officers, including all Class I
Railroads in North American will be participating in the popular Chief
Marketing Officer Forum.
The 2008 event will also feature segments on Shipper Commodity
Associations Key Initiatives & Concerns, Our Ports: Security,
Congestion and Infrastructure, Intermodal – A change in Directions?,
and Rail Transportation Policy by lead Democratic & Republican
candidates transportation policy advisors. The segments will have
speakers from the American Chemistry Council, National Coal Transportation
Association, American Forest & Paper Association, Norfolk Southern
Corp., Port of Tacoma, James J. Flanagan Shipping Corp., Virginia
Port Authority and Wal-Mart.
Again included in NARS San Francisco 2008 will be the Association
of American Railroads North American Customer Forum on Monday afternoon
May 19, 2008, with bilateral Break Out Sessions for Railroad Customers
with Individual Railroads hosted by Senior Railroad Personnel.
Schedule of Events
For information about the schedule, download the Meeting
Agenda  .
Meeting Registration
Register online today for the 2008 Annual Meeting.
You can pay with your American Express, Mastercard or Visa OR complete
registration and mail your payment in.
To register by mail or fax, download the registration
form.
Meeting Registration
Hotel Reservations
Please make your hotel reservations direct
with the Parc
55 Hotel, 800-595-0507 or 415-392-8000. Group rate: $195.00
S/D. Rates are good Friday, May 16 through Wednesday, May 21.
Hotel rate cut off date: Thursday April 24, 2008.
The Parc 55 will provide airline mileage points to our attendees
frequent flyer accounts upon request at check in.
NARS Spouse/Guest/Children Event
Monday, May 19, 2008 - San Francisco, California
Destination: Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art And Culture
* 200 Larkin Street, San Fancisco, CA
www.asianart.org
(reopened in its new location, March 2003)
- 10:00am - Guided tour of one of the following areas:
museum’s collection galleries, special exhibits, or the
building’s architecture …
- 11:00am - Shop in museum store
- 12:00 - Lunch in the Asian Art Café
- 1:00pm - Self guided tour of other parts of museum or walk
around the Civic Center Square, or return to hotel/shop/rest/etc.
*The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is one of the largest museums
in the Western world dedicated to Asian art. Their renowned collection,
special exhibitions, and diverse programs are a wonderful gateway
to the many cultures of Asia. Adults and children of all ages
are welcome.
Rail Business’ 11th Annual Win-Win Awards
Argus Rail Business’ 11th annual Win-Win
Award gives transportation executives the opportunity to let their
success stories be seen and heard by the entire rail industry.
What are the Win-Win Awards? Shippers and carriers work together
every day, often hammering out creative solutions that lead to better
service, better rates and other mutually beneficial improvements.
But for years, these “win-win” innovations went virtually
unnoticed, except in small circles. That is why, in 1998, we instituted
the annual Win-Win Awards: to honor the best railroad-shipper partnerships
in the industry.
The winning shipper-carrier partnership will be formally honored
at the North American Rail Shippers Association’s annual meeting
in San Francisco on May 19. We also will profile the winning entry
in a newsletter(s) read by thousands of the industry’s top
executives. And we will post the award announcement on PR Newswire,
giving you free nationwide publicity.
This year we have simplified the application process. There are
no complicated forms to fill out. Just give us a call and tell us
about your project. We will take it from there. Contact editor Abby
Caplan by April 30 at (202) 349-2869 or at abby.caplan@argusmediagroup.com.
READ COMPLETE NOTICE
Contact:
E. Leo Mountjoy, 972-690-4740 (F) 972-644-8208
Email: Nars@railshippers.com
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