Werner Enterprises to Participate in Two Upcoming Investor Conferences

OMAHA, Neb.--(Business Wire)--
Werner Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WERN) ("Werner"), one of the nation's largest
truckload transportation and logistics companies, announced that it will
participate in two upcoming investment conferences during the months of May and
June.

Werner will first participate in the 2nd Annual Wolfe Research Global
Transportation Conference on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at the Fordham University
School of Law in New York City, New York. Werner will be represented at the
conference by Derek J. Leathers, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer, and John J. Steele, Executive Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Leathers will provide a ten-minute presentation on
Werner`s business and operations and participate in a 25-minute Q&A panel
discussion with two other transportation and logistics companies. Following the
presentation and panel discussion, Mr. Leathers and Mr. Steele will host an
informal breakout session with investors. The presentation and panel discussion
will begin at 8:00 a.m. EDT and will be approximately 55 minutes in length. The
30-minute breakout session will begin at 9:00 a.m. EDT.

A live audio webcast of the presentation and panel discussion and the investor
materials provided at the Wolfe Research conference will be available on the
internet and publicly accessible through the "Investor Information" link on the
Werner website at www.werner.com. The investor materials and a replay of the
webcast presentation and panel discussion will then be archived and available on
the website during the 30-day period following the conference date.

Werner will also participate in the 2009 KeyBanc Capital Markets Industrial,
Automotive and Transportation Conference on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at the
InterContinental Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Steele and H. Marty
Nordlund, Senior Executive Vice President, will represent Werner at the
conference. They will present a business overview of Werner to the investment
community during a series of 50-minute small group and general presentation
meetings with investors. The meetings will be conducted from 8:00 a.m. to
approximately 5:00 p.m. EDT.

The materials presented to investors at the KeyBanc Capital Markets conference
will be available on the internet and publicly accessible on the aforementioned
Werner website on the day prior to the conference, Monday, June 1, 2009. The
investor materials will also be archived and available on the website during the
30-day period following the conference date.

Werner Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 1956 and is a premier transportation and
logistics company, with coverage throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico,
Asia, Europe and South America. Werner maintains its global headquarters in
Omaha, Nebraska and maintains offices throughout North America and China. Werner
is among the five largest truckload carriers in the United States, with a
diversified portfolio of transportation services that includes dedicated,
medium-to-long-haul, regional and local van capacity, expedited,
temperature-controlled and flatbed services. Werner`s Value Added Services
portfolio includes freight management, truck brokerage, intermodal, load/mode
and network optimization and freight forwarding. Werner, through its subsidiary
companies, is a licensed U.S. NVOCC, U.S. Customs Broker, Class A Freight
Forwarder in China, China NVOCC, TSA-approved Indirect Air Carrier and IATA
Accredited Cargo Agent.

Werner Enterprises, Inc.`s common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select
MarketSM under the symbol "WERN". For further information about Werner, visit
the company`s website at www.werner.com.

This press release, as well as the investor materials and the oral public
statements made by a Werner representative during the conference presentations
and webcast announced in this press release, may contain forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").Such forward-looking statements are
based on information currently available to Werner`s management and are current
only as of the date made.For that reason, undue reliance should not be placed on
any such forward-looking statement.Actual results could also differ materially
from those anticipated as a result of a number of factors, including, but not
limited to, those discussed in Werner`s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2008.Werner assumes no duty or obligation to update or revise
any forward-looking statement, although it may do so from time to time as
management believes is warranted.Any such updates or revisions may be made by
filing reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, through the
issuance of press releases or by other methods of public disclosure.

Werner Enterprises, Inc.
John J. Steele, 402-894-3036
Executive Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer

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