Agenda
Monday, August 5
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Welcome Reception
Please join us for a pre-event gathering at the Hotel on Monday evening for an opportunity to network with other attendees and speakers in a relaxed and casual environment, before the forum kicks off on Tuesday morning.
Tuesday, August 6
7:00am - 8.30am
Breakfast
7.30am - 8.30am
One-on-One Meetings with Speakers
8.30am - 9.00am
Welcome & Introduction
Tim Feemster, Managing Principal, Foremost Quality Logistics
9.00am - 9.45am
Ben Conwell, Senior Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield
Ben is Senior Managing Director and Practice Leader for Cushman & Wakefield’s eCommerce and Electronic Fulfillment Specialty Practice Group for the Americas. His responsibilities include counsel on strategy, site selection, design and execution for leading retail and logistics occupiers and investors, intellectual property presentation and business development. As leader of the Special Practice Group, Ben provides Cushman & Wakefield clients the most up to date market-leading counsel to effectively plan and execute their supply chain and fulfillment and real estate strategies. He is a Senior Certified Supply Chain Professional and a member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. Ben serves on the C&W Industrial and Logistics Services Leadership Team and its Executive Committee.
9.45am - 10.30am
Community Readiness to Win:Communications, Workforce, and Infrastructure
Benton Blaine, Vice President, McGuireWoods Consulting
Benton Blaine is a vice president on McGuireWoods Consulting’s national infrastructure and economic development team. As a site selector, he specializes in U.S.-based aerospace, food manufacturing and utility projects.
10.30am -10.45am
Break
10.45am - 11.30am
Speaker to be announced
11.30am - 12.15pm
Chad Redfern, Strategic Markets and Analytics Management, Mohr Partners
Chad is an experienced Managing Partner with a demonstrated history of working in the venture capital and private equity industry. Prior to joining Mohr Partners, Chad was the Founder of several extremely successful technology and service-based businesses with outstanding exits. Chad has been in the commercial real estate industry for over 10 years, with a long track record of success in representing office and industrial tenants on both a local and national level. He is an experienced C-Level Executive and Managing Partner with a demonstrated history of working in operations, negotiation, business planning, turnarounds, cutting-edge robotics, technology disrupters, blockchain, logistics, and marketing. Extremely strong understanding of global business operations, business development, planning, and execution.
12.15pm - 1.00pm
Lunch
1.00pm - 5.00pm
One-on-One Meetings with Speakers
6.00pm - 8.00pm
Group Networking Dinner
Wednesday, August 7
7:00am - 8.30am
Breakfast
7.30am - 8.30am
One-on-One Meetings with Speakers
8.45am - 9.30am
Amy Gerber, Executive Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield
Amy Gerber brings over 19 years of industry experience and is an Executive Managing Director in our Business Incentives Practice at Cushman & Wakefield. The practice helps companies negotiate with state and local governments to mitigate both up-front costs and on-going taxes and expenses. Ms. Gerber specializes in state incentive and tax negotiation and implementation. Ms. Gerber utilizes her state and local tax background when working with economic development teams to interpret and amend tax statutes that generate significant operating and tax savings for her clients.9.30am - 10.15am
Speaker to be announced
10.15am - 10.30am
Break
10.30am - 11.15am
Speaker to be announced
11.15am - 12.00pm
Speaker to be announced
12.00pm - 12.15pm
Closing Summary
Tim Feemster, Managing Principal, Foremost Quality Logistics
12.15pm - 1.00pm
Lunch
1.00pm - 4.00pm
One-on-One Meetings with Speakers
5.30pm - 7.00pm
Closing Networking Reception
Media Partner
Conference Sponsors
Golf Sponsors
