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ALK Announces Fifth Annual Transportation Technology Summit
John White, President of U.S. Xpress, Inc. to Provide Keynote Address
Princeton, New Jersey - February 5, 2009- ALK Technologies, Inc. today announced that John White, President of U.S. Xpress, Inc., will deliver the keynote address at the 2009 ALK Transportation Technology Summit. The event brings together senior transportation executives and industry thought leaders to share the latest strategies on how to leverage technology to continue to move transportation forward.
Now in its fifth year, the ALK Transportation Technology Summit will be held April 20-22 in Princeton, New Jersey. The three day event includes a golf outing at the prestigious Tournament Player's Club - Jasna Polana in Princeton, and a dinner reception on the Princeton University campus. The conference, themed Driving Cost Control and Safety through Technology, will provide transportation, logistics and manufacturing companies valuable guidance on how to maximize operational efficiencies in this difficult economy.
ALK Founder and Chairman, Dr. Alain Kornhauser, will lead off the program. Kornhauser is a Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, as well as the Director of the Transportation Program at Princeton University. He is a pioneer in GPS navigation and routing technology for consumers, mobile professionals and motor carriers. This year, ALK Technologies celebrates thirty years of developing innovative transportation and navigation software solutions.
John White, President of U.S. Xpress, Inc., will provide the keynote assessing the trucking industry outlook: "One Year Later." U.S. Xpress, Inc. is a subsidiary of U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc., the nation's sixth largest truckload carrier. Mr. White has more than 20 years of experience in the transportation industry.
This thought leader symposium will offer rewarding discussions with senior executives and customers of leading industry providers. Presentations and roundtables will address key challenges facing the industry today. Topics include driver performance and operating cost management, improving safety and supply chain efficiency, as well as innovations in wireless technology and in-cab solutions.
With a format consisting of expert seminars, case studies, facilitated roundtables and unparalleled networking, participants will receive the opportunity to debate, benchmark and learn from other leaders. Sponsors of the ALK Transportation Technology Summit include Cadec, DriverTech, EBE Technologies, Innovative Computing Corporation, Intermec, Oracle, PeopleNet, Qualcomm, SMC3, TMW Systems, TransCore Link Logistics, and Xata Corporation. This unique forum of leading transportation management and mobile communications systems suppliers, offers a wealth of information for transportation and information technology companies seeking to survive the recession - and emerge from it stronger.
For more information, visit www.alk.com/techsummit2009.
About ALK Technologies
Since 1979, ALK Technologies has developed innovative mobile navigation and transportation technology solutions. ALK's award-winning CoPilot Live GPS software is the navigation based services platform of choice for mobile operators, hardware OEMs and systems integrators globally. ALK's PC*MILER routing, mileage and mapping solutions are used by over 22,000 transportation, logistics and manufacturing companies worldwide.
For more information on ALK Technologies, visit: www.alk.com or www.alk.eu.com.
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