The Information Technology & Logistics Council (ITLC) and National Accounting & Finance Council (NAFC) of the American Trucking Associations will hold their 2010 annual meeting from May 3-5 in Amelia Island, Florida. The meeting will combine IT, logistics, and financial sessions focused on strategies and practices shaping the trucking industry. ITLC sessions will cover topics like cloud computing and paperless processes, while NAFC sessions address issues like taxes, regulations, and credit availability. The joint meeting provides a forum for trucking professionals to keep up with technology, legislative, and business issues impacting efficiency and profits.

1. 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 ITLC Information Technology & Logistics Council (American Trucking Associations)
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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 NAFC National Association For Continence (formerly HIP: Help for Incontinent
People)
NAFC National Association of Friendship Centres (Association Nationale des Centres d'Amitié -
Canada)Â . 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 Flow of funds
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between or among  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.

2. 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 (Customer Premises Equipment)
Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises.
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education.
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academic institution to offer such programs (1904). Â 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

3. * ITLC Tech Team Roundtables.
NAFC sessions include:
* The Top 10 Obscure State Taxes That May Cost Your Business;
* CSA (1) (Canadian Standards Association, Toronto, Ontario, www.csa.ca) A standards-defining
organization founded in 1919. It is involved in many industries, including electronics,
communications and information technology. Â 2010 - Risks and Rewards of FMCSA's New Safety
Regime;
* Risky Management in a Risky Business;
* Brokerage Operations in a Developing Environment;
* GAAP GAAP
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 Central: Regulatory Updates on Disclosure, Conversions, Accounting for Uncertainty, Fair Market
Value and Others;
* Critical Developments in FASB FASB
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FASB
See Financial Accounting Standards Board (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 (Logical Link Control) See "LANs"
under data link protocol.
LLC - Logical Link Control ; and
* Managerial Session - Jim Lichtman, Corporate Ethics.

4. 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
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