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6 M E A M T B U E R ’ E S A D D R E S S FE Dear CLDA Members, CLDA is thirty years on and thirty years strong. It is traditionally the Pearl Anniversary and although pearls aren’t much in our style, the gift we can give best to you the members is the best educational and business opportunities throughout the 30th year of CLDA. JOHN BENKO CLDA PRESIDENT By the time you are reading this issue either in Orlando at the conference or at home in your business we’ll have held three educational webinars in the first quarter of the year. While you are in Orlando, you will experience the most educational session options in Annual Meeting history. Along with our Keynote speaker Satish Jindel and the general session panel on the future of logistics technology, we’ve brought something new to the mix: dual tracks. On Friday morning there are two 1-hour blocks. SHAWN SWEARINGEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Each block will have two different sessions at the same time. Included in these blocks are two “Ask the Expert” sessions, where we’ve brought in experts on IC compliance and change man- agement. Bring your questions and prepare to participate in open formats. So if there are Customized Logistics and Delivery Association | Summer 2017