Northeast Trade & Transportation Conference

Please join us for the 27th Annual Trade & Transportation Conference

April 11-13, 2023, at Hotel Viking, Newport, RI.

Registration is open! Register by February 28 for the Early Bird Rate:

Members: Full Conference $799

Early Bird Rate $699

Non-members: Full Conference $849

Early Bird Rate $749

The Trade & Transportation Conference features three days of informational and networking opportunities, including:

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

1:00 PM to 6:30 PM

• CBP and Partner Government Agency Trade Day

• Peter Friedmann's "Off the Record"

• Networking Reception

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

8:00 AM to 9:30 PM

• The Future of US / China Trade Relations in 2023

Amy Celico, Principal, Albright Stonebridge Group

• Managing the Demands of ESG in Your Supply Chain

• Economics 2023

• Lunch Keynote Address: The State of the Ocean Shipping Industry in 2023

• FMC Update – Ocean Transportation, the latest on OSRA22, and the Data Sharing Initiative

Jen Morrissey, Sr. Manager International Logistics & Customs Compliance,

Ocean Spray International Services, Inc

• Forced Labor & Implementation of UFLPA

Elizabeth Chiavetta, Auditor, STR Forced Labor Group

John Leonard, CBP DEAC for Trade

Amy Morgan, Head of Trade Compliance, Altana

• Air Transportation Trends 2023

Brandon Fried, Executive Director, Air Forwarders Association

• Networking Reception and Dinner

Thursday, April 13, 2023

8:00 AM to 12:00 PM

• Breakfast Keynote Chris Connor, President & CEO, American Association of Port Authorities.

• Compliance 2023: Developing an import compliance manual, completing a risk assessment

and audit-proofing your First Sale program.

Tammy Hetrick, Senior Trade Advisor, A.N. Deringer

James Mulvehill, Managing Director, KPMG; CONECT Director

• Trucking 2023

CONECT has a room block offering a discounted room rate; please use this reservation link.

Rates: $165/night, plus fees and taxes. Please see the hotel site for the reservation details and policies.

This room block is available only to attendees of CONECT's Trade & Transportation Conference.