Ingersoll Rand’s Cold Chain Group EVP, Dennis Gipson, is Keynote Speaker at the First Cool Cargoes Conference, May 12-13, in Portland, Oregon

NEWARK, N.J. April 13 /PRNewswire/ — Dennis G. Gipson, Executive Vice President, Cold Chain Group, Ingersoll Rand, Climate Control Technologies, will be a keynote speaker at The Journal of Commerce Conferences’ inaugural Cool Cargoes Conference (http://www.joc.com/conferences/CoolCargoes/ ) taking place May 12 and 13 at The Nines Hotel in Portland, Oregon.

The theme of the conference is “Linking Up the Cold Chain” and the event is hosted by Pacific Northwest Port of Portland, a fast-growing port for refrigerated and frozen cargo. Gipson’s address, titled “What Your Ultimate Customers Expect in the Cold Chain,” takes place at 9 a.m. on May 13.

Dennis Gipson has spent more than 37 years in the food distribution, processing and retailing industry, at Ingersoll Rand. He launched his career as an hourly employee at the Ingersoll Rand-owned company Hussmann, the world’s largest provider of refrigeration solutions and services to the retail food industry.

Gipson’s management experience with Hussmann and Ingersoll Rand includes sales, marketing, manufacturing operations, engineering and business development. He was President of Hussmann’s North American business unit from 2000 to 2005 and previously was President of Ingersoll Rand’s Asia Pacific Climate Control Technologies business unit.

As Executive Vice President of the Cold Chain Group, Gipson and his team launched a new business unit focused on food safety intervention technology. The unit recently developed and deployed an Environment Management System for food processing, storage and retail. Central to the EMS is a patented surface and air sanitation technology that uses oxygen ions to cleanse the ambient environment, killing bacteria, viruses and molds that reduce the quality, safety and shelf life of perishable products. EMS sanitizes the surfaces of food, food-handling or processing equipment, and the air itself, but is harmless to people, animals and the environment.

Gipson and his team have also developed and deployed a strategic framework for Ingersoll Rand’s initial entry into the RFID business segment, and published a Cold Chain Encyclopedia that documents best practices in cold chain logistics for fruits and vegetables.

An Executive Board member of the Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute, and an Advisory Board member of the University of Florida Cold Chain Associates, Gipson also serves on a Cold Chain Development task force established by India’s Ministry of Agriculture.

About the conference

The Journal of Commerce Conference’s Cool Cargoes event will be of particular interest to shippers, carriers, 3PLs, government officials, attorneys and key supply-chain providers involved in the transportation and storage of perishable items such as foods, pharmaceuticals and medical supplies.

Leading industry expert speakers and panelists will discuss the trends and significant developments in the refrigerated and frozen cargo supply chain; the expanded role of public refrigerated warehouses; challenges facing pack houses, carriers, handling facilities and end-clearing agents; the latest technology advancements; and how ports, shippers, carriers and intermediaries are improving efficiencies in transportation as well as distribution and logistics systems.

Session titles include:

• Cool cargo opportunities in emerging markets
• Trade barriers in the cold chain
• The future of reefer cargo on rail
• Best practices for food handling
• The shrinking world of reefer trucking
• Breakbulk vs. container – which way does the tide flow?

For the latest details on the Cool Cargoes Conference, visit http://www.joc.com/conferences/CoolCargoes/. To register, contact JoC Conferences at (760) 294-5563 or events@joc.com. For sponsorship opportunities, contact Anne Morris at (818) 341-3585 or amorris@joc.com.

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