The Center for International Trade & Transportation is
conducting a free town hall-style meeting Wed., Oct. 15 on changing trends and
the future of the maritime shipping industry in Southern California.
The CITT is a collaborative effort dedicated to the
development, distillation and broad dissemination of objective information
about the goods movement industry. It’s based at California State University,
Long Beach.
The latest in its annual town hall meeting events on the
maritime industry is scheduled for 6 pm to 8 pm in the Carpenter Performing
Arts Center at California State University, 6200 Atherton Street, Long Beach,
Calif. Admission and parking are free.
This year’s theme is “Global Trends, Local Impacts, Big
Decisions,” and scheduled panelists for the roundtable discussion include: Jon
Slangerup, the newly installed chief executive at the Port of Long Beach; Peter
Friedmann, Washington DC, on behalf of three organizations: the Pacific Coast
Council--Customs Brokers & Freight Forwarders Associations, Coalition of
New England Companies for Trade, and Agriculture Transportation Coalition; and
Bobby Olvera Jr., president of International Longshore & Warehouse Union
Local 13.
The scheduled panel moderator is Port of Hueneme CEO Kristen
Decas.
For more information on the event, call the CITT office at
(562) 985-2872 or visit www.ccpe.csulb.edu/townhall.
