The Port of Houston and our entire logistics infrastructure plays a major role in our region's economy and real estate development. How do global shipping trends impact us? Where is the Port of Houston relative to its global competition? What steps need to be taken to ensure Houston continues to reap the benefits of its critically important role in logistics?

Our October luncheon features Mr. Curtis D. Spencer, President of IMS Worldwide, Inc. (IMSW), headquartered in Houston, Texas. Mr. Spencer is a nationally-regarded expert on matters of logistics and intermodal shipping trends, including inland ports and rail-served logistics centers, as well as on the development and utilization of Foreign Trade Zones, all of which are so crucial to the strength of our Houston region’s economy. IMSW provides logistics trend analysis to the real estate community, enabling members of the real estate community to be in front of new logistics locations. IMSW also specializes in the marketing, development and tenanting of logistic parks, airports, seaports and private industrial parks.