McLeod Software has announced that Bill Graves, president and chief executive officer of American Trucking Associations (ATA), will serve as a keynote speaker at its 16th annual Users’ Conference.

The conference will be held Sept. 20-23, 2006, at The Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham, Ala.
The ATA is the national trade and safety organization of the United States trucking industry. Graves will address many of the issues impacting trucking, how the challenges facing the industry will grow over the next several years and what steps the industry can plan to take to address those challenges.
He will speak at the opening general session on Thursday, Sept. 21, and his comments will underscore the conference's theme, "The Power to Do More!” Now in its 16th year, McLeod’s Users’ Conference attracts more than 500 attendees representing several hundred trucking companies across the nation. The event features free training and support, leadership and management sessions, panel and roundtable discussion as well as a vendor tradeshow.
For more information on attending the 2006 Users’ Conference, visit www.mcleodsoftware.com.
Specifically tailored to the trucking industry, McLeod Software's management solutions and services enable transportation companies to increase efficiencies while reducing costs. McLeod Software's software products include LoadMaster, LoadMaster Brokerage/Logistics, LoadMaster Document Imaging, LoadMaster EDI and Internet applications.