| 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | Breakfast | |
| 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM | Opening Remarks | Chad Prevost, Writer, Analyst, Host of FreightWaves Radio, FreightWaves NOW & “What the Truck?!?” Podcast series |
| 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM | Keynote WavesSide Chat | Gary Vaynerchuk, Inventor, Serial Entrepreneur, Five-Time New York Times Bestselling Author, and CEO of VaynerMedia and Craig Fuller, Founder & CEO, FreightWaves |
| 9:30 AM – 9:40 AM | LIVE: FreightWaves Market Experts | |
| 9:40 AM – 9:50 AM | Quantum Leap Into the Future of Freight | Greg Price, CEO, Shipwell—Price founded Shipwell to bring automation, visibility, and artificial intelligence to decisioning within the transportation market to drive impact. |
| 9:50 AM – 10:20 AM | CEO M&A Panel | Renee Krug, CEO, GlobalTranz; Mark Yeager, CEO Redwood Logistics; Doug Waggoner, CEO Echo, John Larkin, Managing Director Investment Banking Transportation and Logistics, Stifel (moderator) |
| 10:20 AM – 10:50 AM | Coffee & Networking Break | |
| 10:50 AM – 12:10 PM | Rapid-Fire Demos | 1. Carggo 2. McLeod 3. KoiReader Technologies 4. KeepTruckin 5. Transflo 6. Full Circle TMS 7. Maven Machines 8. LinkeDrive 9. Coolfire Solutions 10. J.B. Hunt 360 |
| 12:10 PM – 1:20 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:20 PM – 1:40 PM | PowerTalk 2: Building the Marketplace Economy | Scott Shechtman, Head of New Markets, Nasdaq—Schechtman is responsible for strategy and business development in enabling Nasdaq’s marketplace technology offerings to operate in new segments. |
| 1:40 PM – 2:10 PM | AV on the Level | Anthony Levandowski, CEO and Co-Founder, Pronto; John Kingston, Executive Editor, FreightWaves (moderator). Levandowski is a pioneer and leading innovator in the autonomous vehicle industry. |
| 2:10 PM – 3:20 PM | Rapid-Fire Demos | 1. DrayMaster 2. Fraight AI 3. Advent Intermodal Solutions 4. Idelic 5. Truckstop.com 6. Mercado labs 7. Digital Dispatch 8. Trimble MAPS 9. 3Gtms |
| 3:20 PM – 3:50 PM | Coffee & Networking Break | |
| 3:50 PM – 4:20 PM | Trucking Freight Futures | Don Thornton, Senior Vice President, DAT Solutions; Patrick Draut, Principal at K-Ratio; Addison Armstrong, Executive Director, FreightWaves (moderator) |
| 4:20 PM – 4:50 PM | Keynote WavesSide Chat | Andrew Clarke, Former Chief Financial Officer, CH Robinson; George Abernathy, President, FreightWaves (moderator). Clarke previously served as President and CEO of Panther Expedited Services, CFO of Forward Air Corporation, and in investment banking and corporate finance roles. |
| 4:50 PM – 5:10 PM | PowerTalk 3: Megatrends Driving Digitization of the Commercial Vehicle Industry | Sandeep Kar, Chief Strategy Officer, Fleet Complete—Kar brings mission-critical corporate strategy analytics and insights to senior leadership of global commercial vehicle market participants and opens doors to accelerated revenue growth. |
| 5:10 PM – 5:40 PM | The Female Factor: How can it help reshape the industry? | Allison Robinson, CEO, The Mom Project; Ellen Voie, President and CEO, Women in Trucking Association; Blythe Brumleve, Founder, Digital Dispatch and Brumleve Brands; Lisa McGinty, Chief Marketing Officer, FreightWaves (moderator) |
| 5:40 PM – 5:45 PM | Closing Remarks | Lisa McGinty, Chief Marketing Officer, FreightWaves |
| 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM | J.B. Hunt 360 Party | All are welcome to enjoy food, drinks, live music, networking, and more—all courtesy of J.B. Hunt 360! |
| 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | Networking Breakfast/Demo Expo Open | |
| 8:00 AM – 8:05 AM | Opening Remarks | Lisa McGinty, Chief Marketing Officer, FreightWaves |
| 8:05 AM – 8:15 AM | LIVE: FreightWaves Market Experts | |
| 8:15 AM – 9:00 AM | Keynote | David Rowan, Editor-at-Large & Founding Editor-in-Chief, WIRED (U.K.) |
| 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Sector Talk 1: Intermodal and Maritime Freight Matching | Martin Lew, Founder and CEO, Commtrex; Matt Tilman, Founder and CEO, Haven; Graham Parker, CEO, Kontainers; Dean Croke, Chief Insights Officer, FreightWaves (moderator) |
| 9:30 AM -10:00 AM | Sector Talk 2: IMO2020 | Scott Susich, Director of Data Analytics, DTN, Matt Muenster, Senior Manager of Applied Knowledge, Breakthrough Fuel; John Kingston, Executive Editor, FreightWaves |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Multi-Modal CNBC-Style Panel | Henry Beyers, Mike O’Brien, Jesse Cohen, FreightWaves Market Experts |
| 11:10 AM – 11:40 AM | Sector Talk 3: Investing/VC | Thiago Olson, Managing Director, Engage Ventures; Brian Yormack, Managing Partner, Story Ventures; James Kuklinski, Growth Investor, Spark Capital; Fergus Caldicott, Chief Technology Officer, FreightWaves (moderator) |
| 11:40 AM – 12:10 PM | Sector Talk 4: Disaster Relief Logistics | Kathy Fulton, Executive Director, American Logistics Aid Network; Bettina Stix, Amazon |
| 12:10 PM – 12:40 PM | Sector Talk 5: Hope is Not a Strategy. Data Benchmarking to Improve Profitability | Chris Henry, Program Manager, TCA Profitability Program; David Roush, President, KSM Transport Advisors; Cathy Morrow Roberson, Founder and Head Analyst, Logistics Trends & Insights, Benjamin Gordon, Founder and Managing Partner, BG Strategic Advisors (moderator) |
| 12:40 PM – 2:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 1: 40 PM – 2:00 PM | The Great Debate: Is the Sky Falling? | Noel Perry, Principal, Transport Futures; Zach Strickland, Director of Freight Market Intelligence, FreightWaves |
| 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Sector Talk 6: The Bull, The Bear and The Other Guy | John Larkin, Managing Director–Investment Banking, Transportation and Logistics, Stifel; Donald Broughton, Managing Partner, Broughton Capital; Thom Albrecht, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, Celadon Group; George Abernathy, Chief Revenue Officer, FreightWaves (moderator) |
| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Sector Talk 7: Consumer Tech Trends Impacting Transportation | Matt McLelland, Innovation Strategist, Covenant Transport; Mario Pawlowski, CEO, iTrucker.com; Randy Mullett, Founder, Mullett Strategies; John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor, FreightWaves (moderator) |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Sector Talk 8: Impact of Emerging Technology on Freight Visibility | Trent Broberg, Chief Operating Officer, Truckstop.com; Grant Crawford, President, Emerge; Kim Larsen, Vice President of Data Science, KeepTruckin; Dean Croke, Chief Insights Officer, FreightWaves (moderator) |
| 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Sector Talk 9: Headwinds Created by FreightTech | Ryan Rogers, Chief Transformation Officer, Covenant Transport; Ken Evans, Konexial, Charley Dehoney, CEO, Manning’s Truck Brokerage; Daniel Pickett, Chief Data Scientist, FreightWaves (moderator) |
| 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Sector Talk 10: Digital Brokers – Who is Winning? | Geoff Turner, President and CEO, Choptank Transport; Shawn Graves, VP JB Hunt 360; Sarah Ruffcorn, Chief Operating Officer, Trinity Logistics; George Abernathy, President, FreightWaves (moderator) |
| 4:30 PM -5:00 PM | Shipper of Choice Award | Grant Goodale, CTO, Convoy; Arlen Stark, Executive Vice President of Research, FreightWaves; Tim Almack, Partner, Katz, Sapper & Miller |
