2026 AGENDA

DRAFT

8:00 am – 9:00 am | Registration & Breakfast

sponsored by Port of Long Beach

9:00 am – 9:30 am | Live Shoe-In Show: Election Day Special: What the Midterms Mean for Global Trade

• Thomas Crockett, Senior Vice President, Government Relations, FDRA
• Matt Priest, President & CEO, FDRA
• Andy Polk, Senior Vice President, FDRA

9:30 am – 10:00 am | America's Trade Gateways: Building Resilient Supply Chains in an Era of Changing Trade
Policy

• Chris Chase, Marketing Manager, Port of Los Angeles
• Cesar Sanchez, Business Development Manager, Port of Long Beach
• Ken Uriu, SVP of Business Development, Pacific Region, IMC Logistics

10:00 am – 10:30 am | Keynote:Organized Retail Crime: Protecting Brands from Port to Store

• Speaker TBA

10:30 am – 11:00 am | Networking Break

sponsored by EFL Global

11:00 am – 11:30 am | Confessions of a Footwear Trade Pro

• Kevin Bruning, Trade Compliance Manager, Clarks

11:30 am – 12:00 pm | Inside U.S. Customs: Enforcement Priorities and What Importers Need to Know

• Eric Batt, Center Director, Apparel, Footwear, and Textiles Center, U.S. Customs & Border Protection

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch & Networking

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Forecasting the Next Global Supply Chain Shock: How Geopolitical Risk Could Reshape
Footwear Sourcing

• Alina Park, Founder, Ekho Labs

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm | The Obligatory AI Panel: How AI is Reshaping Logistics, Warehousing, and Trade Compliance

• Josh Cloer, General Manager – North America, Nomagic
• APL Logistics Speaker TBA
• Speakers TBA

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Legal & Regulatory Update: What Every Company Needs to Know for 2027

• Bao Vu, Partner, Stoel Rives

2:30 pm – 3:15 pm | HTS Classification Workshop: Trends, Mistakes & Testing Tips

• Aliya Grosfeld, Laboratory Director, Tariff Solutions, LLC
• Brand Representatives TBA

3:15 – 3:45 pm | ShoeTrade Jeopardy