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TIME (CT) LOCATION FORMAT TOPIC SPEAKERS
6:30 AM Skyline 375D Breakfast
6:30 AM W176b Classroom SONAR Summit
6:30 AM W175b Classroom Futures Forum
7:30 AM Skyline 375E Future of Freight Media Emily Szink, News Director & Anchor, FreightWaves; Ellis Smith, General Manager of Media, FreightWaves; Tim Dooner, SiriusXM Podcast Host, FreightWaves; Craig Fuller, Founder & CEO, FreightWaves
8:00 AM Skyline 375E Fireside Chat Keynote Ben Mezrich, Best-Selling Author; Craig Fuller, Founder & CEO, FreightWaves
8:40 AM Skyline 375E Fireside Chat Building a FreightTech Company Lidia Yan, CEO, Next Trucking; John Engstrom, Chief Strategy Officer FreightWaves
8:40 AM Skyline 375C The FORUM: Fireside Chat Building a Forwarder in the Middle of the Country Mike Powell, CTO, Seko Logistics; Henry Byers, Freight Forwarding Market Expert
9:00 AM Skyline 375E Town Hall Brokering in 2025: The Future of Brokerage Andrew Silver, CEO, Molo Solutions; Matt Pyatt, CEO, Arrive Logistics; George Abernathy, President, FreightWaves
9:20 AM Skyline 375E Fireside Chat No Shortage of Trucking Topics Rachel Premack, Transportation Reporter, Business Insider; Craig Fuller, Founder & CEO, FreightWaves
9:25 AM Skyline 375C The FORUM: Fireside Chat Vaporware vs. The Real Thing: Making the Jump Paige Cox, SVP & Head of Digital Supply Chain Networks, SAP; Jett McCandless, CEO, project44
9:45 AM Skyline 375E Industry Keynote Mark Rourke, CEO, Schneider; George Abernathy, President, FreightWaves
9:45 AM Skyline 375C The FORUM: Fireside Chat Future Outlook Matt Bernstein, CEO, HubTran; Lori Ann LaRocco, Sr Editor & Journalist, CNBC
10:00 AM FreightWavesTV Live Set WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Tim Dooner, SiruisXM/FreightWaves Podcast Host; Chad Prevost FreightWaves Broadcast/Podcast Host
10:05 AM Skyline Prefunction Networking Break
10:25 AM Skyline 375E Live Demo SONAR 5.0 Craig Fuller, Founder & CEO, FreightWaves; Nadeen Vawter, Quality Assurance Engineer, FreightWaves
10:25 AM FreightWavesTV Live Set FreightWaves NOW Carrier Update Kyle Cunningham, Freightcaster, FreightWaves
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM Skyline 375E Live Rapid-Fire Demos
10:45 AM FreightWavesTV Live Set FreightWaves NOW Market Update Anthony Smith, Lead Economist, FreightWaves; Zach Strickland, Director of Freight Market Intelligence, FreightWaves
11:20 AM FreightWavesTV Live Set Fireside Chat The Container Lori Ann LaRocco, Senior Editor of Guests, CNBC; John Kingston, Editor-at-Large, FreightWaves
11:40 AM FreightWavesTV Live Set Fireside Chat More Views, More Solutions: The Strategic Advantage of Diversity Laura Ann Howell, COO, Reliance Partners; Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, CITP Supply Chain Media Expert
12:00 PM Skyline 375D Lunch
12:00 PM W176b Classroom SONAR Summit
12:00 PM W175b Classroom Futures Forum
12:00 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Tim Dooner, SiruisXM/FreightWaves Podcast Host; Chad Prevost FreightWaves Broadcast/Podcast Host
12:10 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Shelley Simpson, EVP; Chief Commercial Officer, J.B. Hunt; Tim Dooner, SiruisXM/FreightWaves Podcast Host; Chad Prevost FreightWaves Broadcast/Podcast Host
12:20 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Jett McCandless, Founder and CEO of project44; Franz Hero, Head of Digital Supply Chain, SAP; Tim Dooner, SiruisXM/FreightWaves Podcast Host; Chad Prevost FreightWaves Broadcast/Podcast HosT
12:30 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Mike Zayonc, Founder, Plug and Play Supply Chain at Plug and Play Tech Center; Tim Dooner, SiruisXM/FreightWaves Podcast Host; Chad Prevost FreightWaves Broadcast/Podcast HosT
12:40 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Mark Yeager, Chief Executive Officer at Redwood Logistics; Tim Dooner, SiruisXM/FreightWaves Podcast Host; Chad Prevost FreightWaves Broadcast/Podcast HosT
12:50 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Tim Dooner, SiruisXM/FreightWaves Podcast Host; Chad Prevost FreightWaves Broadcast/Podcast Host
1:00 PM – 3:40 PM Skyline 375E Live Rapid-Fire Demos
1:00 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set Fireside Chat The Latest in Chicago FreightTech: How One of the Largest Hubs in the Country Is Staying Ahead Matt Silver, CEO & Co-Founder, Forager Logistics; Ty Findley, Vice President, Pritzker Group Venture Capital
1:20 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set Fireside Chat Give Me Speed Michelle Halkerston, President & CEO, Hassett Express; Dean Croke, Chief Insight Officer, FreightWaves
1:40 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Miles English, Chief Information Officer, Echo; Tim Dooner, SiruisXM/FreightWaves Podcast Host and Chad Prevost FreightWaves Broadcast/Podcast Host
2:00 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set Off The Supply Chain Chad Prevost, Off The Supply Chain Host, and Special Guests
2:35 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set Fuller Speed Ahead Lane Kidd, Managing Director, The Trucking Alliance; Craig Fuller, Founder & CEO, FreightWaves
2:55 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set For Freight’s Sake Craig Fuller, FreightWaves CEO; Jon Bradford, Managing Partner, Dynamo
3:25 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set Fuller Speed Ahead Matt Waller, Dean at University of Arkansas, Sam M. Walton College of Business
3:45 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set FW Live: Events Podcast Tim Dooner, SiriusXM Host/FreightWaves Podcast Host & Guest
3:40 PM Skyline Prefunction Networking Break
4:00 PM Skyline 375E Fireside Chat The Amazon Is Burning: The Amazon Effect and Your Business Ryan Rogers, Chief Transformation Officer, Covenant; Matt Waller, Dean, University of Arkansas
4:20 PM Skyline 375E Waves Talk How the Uberization of Freight is Transforming Logistics Bill Driegert, Head of Operations & Co-Founder, Uber Freight
4:40 PM Skyline 375E Fireside Chat Mo’ Mobility, Mo’ Problems…or Not? Rob Wiesenthal, CEO, BLADE Urban Air; Chris Thomas, President & CoFounder, Detroit Mobility Lab
5:00 PM Skyline 375E Debate The Greatest Freight City? Craig Fuller, Founder & CEO, FreightWaves; Matt Silver, Founder & CEO, Forager, Joe Lynch
5:30 PM Skyline Prefunction Networking Reception
6:30 PM Skyline 375C J.B. Hunt 360 Click. Ship. Delivered. Party
TIME (CT) LOCATION FORMAT TOPIC SPEAKERS
6:30 AM Skyline 375D Breakfast
6:30 AM W176b Classroom SONAR Summit
6:30 AM W175b Classroom Futures Forum
7:30 AM Skyline 375E Opening Remarks / FreightTech Award Reveal Emily Szink, News Director & Anchor, FreightWaves; Craig Fuller, Founder & CEO, FreightWaves, Arlen Stark, EVP of Events, FreightWaves, Tim Almack, Partner, Katz, Sapper, Miller
8:10 AM Skyline 375E Industry Keynote Shelley Simpson, EVP, Chief Commercial Officer & President of Highway Services, J.B. Hunt
8:40 AM Skyline 375E Keynote Jordan Belfort, The Wolf of Wall Street; George Abernathy, President, FreightWaves
9:30 AM Skyline Prefunction Networking Break
9:30 AM FreightWavesTV Live Set FreightWaves NOW Broker Update Kyle Cunningham, Freightcaster, FreightWaves; Donny Gilbert, Market Expert, FreightWaves
9:35 AM FreightWavesTV Live Set FreightWaves NOW Shipper Update Kyle Cunningham, Freightcaster, FreightWaves; Anthony Smith, Economist, FreightWaves
9:40 AM FreightWavesTV Live Set FreightWaves NOW Carrier Update Kyle Cunningham, Freightcaster, FreightWaves
9:50 AM – 12:15 PM Skyline E Live Rapid-Fire Demos
9:50 AM FreightWavesTV Live Set Fireside Chat IMO2020 John Kingston, Editor-at-large & Sirius XM Host, FreightWaves; Scott Susich, Director, Data Analytics & Advisory Services, DTN
10:10 AM FreightWavesTV Live Set WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Tim Dooner, SiruisXM/FreightWaves Podcast Host;Chad Prevost FreightWaves Broadcast/Podcast Host
10:20 AM FreightWavesTV Live Set WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Tim Dooner, SiruisXM/FreightWaves Podcast Host; Chad Prevost FreightWaves Broadcast/Podcast Host, Robin Gregg, CEO, RoadSync
10:30 AM FreightWavesTV Live Set WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Trucking Top Performers Tim Dooner, SiruisXM/FreightWaves Podcast Host; Chad Prevost FreightWaves Broadcast/Podcast Host, Chris Henry, VP of Carrier Profitability
10:50 AM FreightWavesTV Live Set Fuller Speed Ahead Warehousing William O’Donnell, Managing Partner, Prologis Ventures; Craig Fuller, CEO, FreightWaves
11:10 AM FreightWavesTV Live Set On The Spot Zach Strickland, Director of Freight Market Intelligence, FreightWaves; JP Hampstead, Associate Editor, FreightWaves
11:30 AM FreightWavesTV Live Set Port Report Sune Stilling, Head of Growth, Maersk; Tim Dooner, SiriusXM Host/FreightWaves Postcast Host; Laura Fava, Executive Vice President of Global Commercial Development, FreightWaves; Henry Byers, Market Expert, FreightWaves
12:15 PM Skyline 375D Lunch
12:20 PM W176b Classroom SONAR Summit
12:20 PM W175b Classroom Futures Forum
1:05 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set Fuller Speed Ahead Craig Fuller, CEO, FreightWaves; Eric Rempel, Chief Innovation Officer, Redwood Logistics
1:10 PM Skyline 375E Keynote Howard Green, Best-Selling Author; John Engstrom, Chief Strategy Officer, FreightWaves
1:40 PM Skyline 375E Industry Keynote Frank McGuigan, CEO, Transplace; George Abernathy, President, FreightWaves
1:40 PM Skyline 375C The FORUM: Fireside Chat The Impact of Automation on Logistics Alden Woodrow, CEO, Ike; Bill Pescatello, Founder & Managing Partner, Evolv Ventures
1:40 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Henry Poppelwell, CEO, Skybitz; Tim Dooner, SiruisXM/FreightWaves Podcast Host; Chad Prevost, Broadcast/Podcast Host, FreightWaves
1:55 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Grant Crawford, President, Emerge; Tim Dooner, SiruisXM/FreightWaves Podcast Host; Chad Prevost, Broadcast/Podcast Host, FreightWaves
2:15 PM Skyline 375E Fireside Chat Where’s My Truck?! Carrier Tracking Transparency & Ubiquity David Broering, President, NFI; Dean Croke, Chief Insights Officer, FreightWaves
2:15 PM Skyline 375C The FORUM: Fireside Chat Ruthie Amaru, Chief Marketplace Officer, Freightos Marketplace; John Larkin, Operating Partner, Clarendon Group
2:15 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set WHAT THE TRUCK?!? John Golob, Chief Marketing Officer, Winmore, Tim Dooner, SiruisXM/FreightWaves Podcast Host; Chad Prevost, Broadcast/Podcast Host, FreightWaves
2:40 PM Skyline 375E Fireside Chat Matt McLelland, Innovation Strategist, Covenant; Emily Szink, News Director & Anchor, FreightWaves
2:40 PM Skyline 375C The FORUM: Fireside Chat Wally Devereaux, Managing Director, Southwest Airlines; Brandon Fried, Executive Director, Airforwarders Association
2:40 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set Fuller Speed Ahead Craig Fuller, CEO, FreightWaves; Tyler Harden, President, TTN
3:00 PM Skyline Prefunction Networking Break
3:00 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set Fuller Speed Ahead Craig Fuller, CEO, FreightWaves; Paris Cole, CEO, Truckstop.com
3:20 PM Skyline 375E Fireside Chat Industry Keynote Graham Parker, CEO, Kontainers; Brian Aeoah, Co-Founder & General Partner, REFASHIOND
3:20 PM Skyline 375C The FORUM: Fireside Chat Will It Ever Stop? The Chinese Trade War and Its Impact on Global Freight Stephen Dedola, COO, Dedola; John Kingston, Editor-at-large & Sirius XM Host, FreightWaves
3:20 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set WHAT THE TRUCK?!? FreightWaves LIVE Chicago Recap Tim Dooner, SiruisXM/FreightWaves Podcast Host; Chad Prevost FreightWaves Broadcast/Podcast Host; Arlen Stark, EVP Of Events, FreightWaves
3:35 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Tim Dooner, SiruisXM/FreightWaves Podcast Host; Chad Prevost FreightWaves Broadcast/Podcast Host; Stephen Bindbeutel, Director of Product Solutions & Strategy, Truckstop.com
3:45 PM Skyline 375E Waves Talk Lee Klaskow, Senior Analyst, Transportation and Logistics, Bloomberg
3:45 PM Skyline 375C The FORUM: Waves Talk Shawn Cole, Vice President, Delta Cargo
3:50 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set Fireside Chat Adam Robinson, VP Marketing, Cerasis; Jenny Xu, CEO, Carggo
4:10 PM Skyline 375E Town Hall Peter Rentschler, CEO, Carrier Direct
4:10 PM Skyline 375C The FORUM: Fireside Chat IMO2020 John Kingston, Editor-at-large & Sirius XM Host, FreightWaves; Scott Susich, Director, Data Analytics & Advisory Services, DTN
4:10 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set Fuller Speed Ahead Craig Fuller, CEO, FreightWaves; Ruthie Amaru, Chief Marketplace Officer, Freightos
4:30 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Tim Dooner, SiruisXM/FreightWaves Podcast Host; Chad Prevost FreightWaves Broadcast/Podcast Host
4:35 PM Skyline 375E Waves Talk Making or Breaking Your Business with Machine Learning Ryan Rusnak, CTO, Airspace Technologies
4:35 PM Skyline 375C The FORUM: Fireside Chat Sune Stilling, Head of Growth, Maersk; Laura Fava, EVP of Global Commercial Development, FreightWaves
4:50 PM FreightWavesTV Live Set Night Shift SONAR 5.0 Kyle Cunningham, Night Shift Host; Scott Ausland CSCO, Gulf Relay; J.D. Redmon, VP of Marketing, TTN Fleet Solutions
5:00 PM Skyline E Fireside Chat Scott Ausland, COO, Gulf Relay; John Engstrom, Chief Strategy Officer, FreightWaves
5:00 PM Skyline 375C The FORUM: Fireside Chat Adam Robinson, VP of Marketing, Cerasis; Jenny Xu, CEO, Carggo
5:20 PM Skyline 375E Closing Remarks Emily Szink, News Director & Anchor, FreightWaves
5:20 PM Skyline 375C Closing Remarks George Abernathy, President, FreightWaves


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