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OTA Seminars: Register Now for Jan/Feb 2008 Seminars!

(January 21, 2008) – OTA seminars bring together leading experts in their fields who deliver information that can be put to work when you get back to the office! Check out this impressive list of seminar offerings for January and February 2008. * Register: http://www.ontruck.org/education/seminar/

Seminar Offerings – Jan/Feb 2008:

A Carriers Guide to Freight Claims (January 30)
Come to this seminar to learn and be updated on how your company should implement a freight claims policy that mitigates corporate exposure. Speakers include Carole McAfee Wallace, Weir Foulds; John McNeil and Charlie Chang, Goldman, Sloan Nash & Harber

Border Update and OTA Issues Update (January 31)
This two part OTA event will feature a seminar updating the carrier community on cross border customs programs and on-road enforcement issues. The second part of the event will feature an overview and update from OTA staff on the non-border related issues the association is currently working on. The event will be held in Brockville with similar events to be held in Niagara Falls and Windsor later in the year. Pricing packages will allow you to attend the OTA staff update only.

Third Annual Transportation Law Forum (February 13)
This seminar will address a variety of issues: Labour & Employment Law Developments that Affect You and Your Business: John Mastoras, Ogilvy Renault; Conducting Workplace Investigations: Deborah Douma, Director, Employee Relations, Gap, Barrister & Solicitor; Transportation Contracts & Other Hot Topics: Francois Rouette, Cain Lamarre Casgrain Wells; and Independent Contractor Agreements and Employment Terminations --- How to Do Them Right: Carol McAfee Wallace, Weir Foulds.

Transportation Crime Conference (February 27)
Whether it happens on the road or in your yard, cargo theft is a very real and growing problem. Cargo theft not only hurts carrier’s bottom lines but exposes their drivers and other employees to potential injury or death. On February 27th, 2008, from 8:30 to 4:00 at the Toronto Congress Centre (650 Dixon Road) the Ontario Trucking Association and MARSH Canada are co-hosting a full day conference on the issue of vehicle and cargo theft. We’ve assembled a panel of leading experts in the field on transportation crime who will discuss the best strategies carriers can employ to help stop cargo theft from hurting their business.

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