2023 Arkansas Trucking Association Conference & Vendor Showcase
Don't miss the 2023 Arkansas Trucking Association Business Conference & Vendor Showcase. Registration is available on-site. See you there!
Join us on May 15-17 for insightful forums, networking with some of trucking's premier executives as well as the chance to promote your business to this elite group at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, AR.
Monday, May 15
2:00 pm | ATA Board of Directors Meeting (by invite only) |
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4:00 pm | ATA-PAC Appreciation Happy Hour (by invite only) |
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5:00 pm | Member Mixer |
Tuesday, May 16
7:30 am | Registration Opens | |
8:00 am | Vendor Showcase Opens | |
8:30 am | Lattes with Law Enforcement | |
9:30 am | General Session | |
11:00 am |
Where We're From, Where We're Going: Arkansas' Place in the Supply Chain and Impact on Local Communities with Shelley Simpson, J.B. Hunt Transport president |
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12:00 pm | Luncheon with Bryan Day, Little Rock Port executive director | |
2:00 pm |
What Makes Places Successful: Priorities for Arkansas in Post-COVID Regional Economic Development with Ross DeVol, Heartland Forward president and CEO |
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3:30 pm |
Who's at the Table and Your Role in Getting Them There with Featured Speaker Gina Radke, Galley Support Innovations owner and CEO |
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5:00 pm | Chairman's Reception Live Music. Rocktown Distillery Tasting & Specialty Cocktails . Gina Radke Book Signing |
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6:00 pm | Gold Sponsor Reception (by invite only) |
Wednesday, May 17
7:30 am | Silver Sponsor Breakfast | |
8:00 am | Registration & Vendor Showcase | |
9:00 am | State of the Industry Address with Chris Spear, American Trucking Associations president and CEO Chris Spear is president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, the nation’s leading organization representing the interests of the trucking industry. As president and CEO, Spear leads ATA’s efforts to advocate and educate on behalf of the trucking industry. Employing more than seven million people and moving more than 10 billion tons of freight annually, trucking is the industry most responsible for moving America’s economy. |
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11:00 am | The Litigation Threat with Doug Marcello, Bluewire chief legal officer Douglas Marcello is a member of Saxton & Stump’s trucking and commercial transportation group, defending trucking companies in both Pennsylvania and throughout the country. A trial counsel in 35 different states, Marcello handles all aspects of the trucking industry’s legal needs, from immediately responding to accidents to working with businesses to mitigate risk and litigating cases through a jury trial. |
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12:00 pm | Awards & Recognition Luncheon with Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders |
THANK YOU TO OUR GOLD SPONSORS
THANK YOU TO OUR SILVER SPONSORS