ITLC/ NAFC Annual Meeting Offers Single Forum for Trucking's IT, Finance Professionals

ARLINGTON, Va., March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Information Technology & Logistics Council (ITLC) of American Trucking Associations will hold its 2010 Annual Meeting – along with the Trucking Industry's IT Exhibition – in conjunction with ATA's National Accounting & Finance Council on May 3-5 at the Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, Fla.

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The meeting theme, "Integrating Business and Technology, A Force for Success in the Trucking Industry," will be highlighted through a combination of technical and educational sessions offered by both ITLC and NAFC. The sessions are designed to provide valuable insight into the IT strategies and financial management practices that are currently shaping the trucking industry's rapidly changing technology and business environment.

A Comprehensive Forum for IT, Logistics and Finance Professionals

The meeting kicks off the first-ever joint conference combining the trucking industry's IT, logistics and financial decision makers.

The proper use of technology gives carriers a decisive edge in today's increasingly complex freight environment. Stringent shipper demands are forcing carriers to deploy best practices that provide supply chain visibility, as well as coordinate the flow of funds and information associated with the movement of freight.

Of equal importance are the legislative, tax and financial considerations which shape the business environment for carriers. This year's ITLC/NAFC Conference is the most complete forum in which motor carriers may keep abreast of these and other developments critical to a trucking company's efficiency and bottom line.

ITLC/ NAFC Sessions

ITLC's technical sessions are focused on the role of information technology in the trucking industry, and will emphasize the value of automated processes now and in the future, as well as the successful approaches used by industry leaders to manage and develop their own IT strategies.

NAFC sessions will cover risk-management in a recovering economy, state tax issues and the credit landscape while also allowing attendees an opportunity to earn CPE continuing education credits.

ITLC sessions include:

• Driving Transportation Efficiencies Through Service Oriented Architecture;
• Cloud Computing for the Trucking Industry;
• Pick-up Processing For the Future;
• A Look at Future Technologies Applicable to Trucking;
• Going Paperless in a Digital World;
• Implementing Server Virtualization Strategies;
• Managing Customer Websites and Portals; and
• ITLC Tech Team Roundtables.

NAFC sessions include:

• The Top 10 Obscure State Taxes That May Cost Your Business;
• CSA 2010 – Risks and Rewards of FMCSA's New Safety Regime;
• Risky Management in a Risky Business;
• Brokerage Operations in a Developing Environment;
• GAAP Central: Regulatory Updates on Disclosure, Conversions, Accounting for Uncertainty, Fair Market Value and Others;
• Critical Developments in FASB Leasing Rules; and
• Finding & Keeping Credit in Today's Financial Market.

Combined Sessions include:

• Keynote Address – Max Fuller, U.S. Xpress;
• Legislative Update – Tim Lynch, American Trucking Associations;
• Economic Update – Noel Perry, Transport Fundamentals, LLC; and
• Managerial Session – Jim Lichtman, Corporate Ethics.

Meeting and registration information is available online at http://itlc.truckline.com.

The Information Technology & Logistics Council, a technical council of American Trucking Associations, is North America's premier information technology and logistics forum for truck IT and operations professionals. ITLC features a diverse membership of industry IT and logistics managers and executives. ITLC member companies represent the broad range of the trucking industry, including truckload and less-than-truckload fleets as well as technology providers. Find out more about ITLC online at http://itlc.truckline.com.

The National Accounting & Finance Council is dedicated to supporting the interests of the trucking industry's accounting and finance professionals. In addition to educating members, NAFC provides legislative and regulatory advocacy programs in the areas of finance, accounting, federal and state taxation and risk management. NAFC member companies include the trucking industry's taxation, finance, accounting and risk management executives. Find out more about NAFC online at http://itlc.truckline.com.

American Trucking Associations, the national trade association for the trucking industry, is a federation of affiliated state trucking associations, conferences and organizations that includes more than 37,000 motor carrier members representing every type and class of motor carrier in the country.  ATA serves the interests of more than nine million people and 420,000 companies involved in trucking before Congress, the courts and regulatory agencies. http://www.truckline.com

SOURCE American Trucking Associations