The Shippers Voice: NASSTRAC Spring Meeting 2019

June 10-11, 2019 | Mayflower Hotel | Washington, D.C.

Join your colleagues in Washington, D.C., on June 10-11, 2019, to learn the importance of how regulatory and legislative issues affect your supply chain and transportation operations. Discover the importance and value of lending your voice to let legislators know your views and help shape future discussions.

This two-day event features one full day of education sessions covering topical issues affecting transportation. Sessions such as "Tariffs and their impact on supply chain" and "Why shippers should care" will provide important information you can take back to your company to help develop strategy. Attendees will also be able to meet and interact with presenters who are working every day to promote transportation productivity issues and fight against federal overreach into shipper operations.

The second day will be spent up on the Hill meeting with congressional representatives and providing the opportunity to share your views on issues like:

• Highway Infrastructure Funding
• Twin 33 Initiative
• National Motor Carrier Hiring Standard
• Meal and Rest Break State Regulations
• Proposed changes to hours of service

Keynote Speaker

Bob Costello
Chief Economist - American Trucking Associations

As Chief Economist, Bob manages all of ATA's collection, analysis and dissemination of trucking economic information. This includes several monthly trucking economic indicators, motor carrier financial and operating data, an annual freight transportation forecast, driver wage studies, weekly diesel fuel price and economic reports, and a yearly trucking almanac. Bob also conducts economic analyses of proposed regulations and legislation affecting the trucking industry.