SMC³'s Winter Meeting to Feature Yellow Roadway CEO
Meeting focuses on business strategies and industry consolidation
Williamsburg, Va. - June 18, 2004—At the conclusion of its 49th Annual Summer Meeting in Williamsburg today, SMC³ announced that its next meeting will feature guest speaker William D. (Bill) Zollars, chairman, president and CEO of Yellow Roadway Corporation. SMC³'s 50th Annual Winter Meeting is scheduled to take place January 25-26, 2005 in Atlanta.
Zollars, the leader of one of the largest and most recognizable global transportation service providers, will discuss the changing industry dynamics resulting from last December's acquisition of Roadway Corporation by Yellow Corporation.
"The 2005 Winter Meeting will be a must attend event for every executive in the transportation industry," said John C. Rader, SMC³'s Directorof Industry and Educational Services. "Our featured speaker, William Zollars, will give his views on consolidation in the transportation industry and the integration of two $3 billion organizations."
The two-day Winter Meeting program, "Shifting the Balance: Predicting the Impact of Industry Change," concludes a two-part educational initiative that analyzes transportation industry consolidation. The upcoming meeting will feature presentations by leading transportation experts on future opportunities and challenges within the industry. A key portion of the event will examine business strategies for managing the effects of consolidation.
“Each SMC³ meeting contains an educational program that is geared toward transportation professionals in all facets of the industry,” said Jack E. Middleton, president and CEO of SMC³. “Bill Zollars is a superb addition to our Winter Meeting program, and I am thrilled that he will be in attendance.”
Other speakers slated for the SMC³ Winter Meeting include Satish Jindel, principal consultant, SJ Consulting Group Inc. Jindel will discuss the competitive make-up of the industry and the competitive strategies being used to alter the future of transportation. Nationally-recognized transportation attorney John R. Bagileo, principal, The Law Firm of John R. Bagileo; energy expertMichael J. Economides, professor, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston; and renowned economic forecaster Donald Ratajczak will predict how economic trends, energy costs, political factors and legislation will affect operations within the transportation industry.
SMC³ offers its annual winter and summer meetings to transportation industry professionals as part of the company's commitment to industry education; every meeting is open to both SMC³ members and non-members. For more information on SMC³ and its 50th Annual Winter Meeting, please visit www.smc3.com, phone 800.845.8090 or e-mail info@smc3.com.
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