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" V ision 20/20: Strategy & Operations" is the theme for NWPCA's Annual Leadership Conference (ALC) from March 4-6 in Naples, Florida. The conference brings together some visionaries from the business, economic and advocacy communities to highlight hot topics and best practices in the wood packaging industry today. Learn top-level strategies and operational solutions to implement into your business. From feature speakers, panel discussions, expo hall, and social networking events, ALC Vision 20/20 focuses on how to grow your business amid all the challenges that impact the industry. 36 PalletCentral • January-February 2020 palletcentral.com 2020 Elections & The Political Landscape Award-winning journalist A.B. Stoddard headlines the conference, offering her nonpartisan insight on the top political news of the day and outlook on 2020 elections. Super Tuesday is March 3, where 15 states, and more than one third of the U.S. population is expected to vote. Stoddard's timely insights provide critical clarity for what to expect in the 2020 presidential election and how the outcome could impact your business. A.B. Stoddard is an associate editor and columnist with political news site and polling data aggregator RealClearPolitics. She appears regularly on Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, CNN, and MSNBC for her expertise as a political commentator. She is a former associate editor and columnist for The Hill newspaper, where she won first place Dateline Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists' in 2010 and 2011. Stoddard has covered the U.S. Congress since 1994 as a reporter at The Hill and a Senate producer for ABC News. An ALC Preview The Economic and Financial Market Outlook in a Time of Uncertainty A leading futurist and top-ranked financial forecaster and economist, Jason Schenker, president of Prestige Economics, presents a timely discussion of headline and trendline topics of importance to the wood packaging industry. Headline topics include labor markets, recession risks, global and national growth, e-commerce, automation and jobs, material handling and supply chain trends, and tax policy risks. Bloomberg News has ranked Schenker the #1 forecaster in the world in 25 different categories. He has also written twenty books, including ten about disruptive emerging technologies. Mr. Schenker founded, and is chairman of The Futurist Institute which helps analysts and economists become futurists. iStockphoto.com/Hakinmhan