Leveraging FreightWaves’ world class media and video production capabilities, the F3 Virtual Experience will bring industry leading FreightTech to life on November 9-11, 2021.
Join us to engage with industry leaders, experts and entrepreneurs on our newest virtual presentation platform. We’ll host live, interactive discussions focused around all modes – trucking, air, ocean and rail, along with rapid-fire demos showcasing the technology that is driving the industry forward. Explore the future of freight, key factors impacting freight markets and the latest industry trends ranging from venture capital to drones to autonomous and electric vehicles.
Find out who is actively innovating in freight and disrupting the industry with new approaches as we recognize the most innovative companies in freight with our annual FreightTech 25 Awards, which will be presented in partnership with RyderVentures.
The new F3 Virtual Experience will be the biggest and baddest virtual event that we have ever executed. It’s an experience you don’t want to miss!
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The dilemma of making and using hydrogen as a clean energy source is finally escaping the just-around-the-corner pledge that has plagued nature's most abundant element for decades. Even non-believers in H2 are getting on board as hydrogen-powered fuel cells find investors in all modes of transportation, says Amy Davis, president of engine maker Cummins Inc.'s New Power unit.
Fragmentation continues to impact the supply chain, but technological advancements are providing the tools that will bring the logistics industry together. With an emphasis on real-time visibility, the ecosystems the industry will soon create and acceleration created by data science, J.B. Hunt Chief Information Office and EVP Stuart Scott discusses the future of freight, which is taking shape right now.
Truckstop.com, FleetOps, Redwood, Tai, Turvo, CarrierDirect, Loadsmart
Mark Vickers is the executive vice president of international logistics at Reliance Partners. In this fireside chat, Vickers discusses how coverage of freight moving across the border into Mexico formerly had shipped without insurance coverage because of the tangle of rules on insuring freight into Mexico. But the rise of borderless coverage has been a significant aid to those shippers who are involved in trade between the U.S. and its southern neighbor.
Convoy, Ryder, Expedock, Spireon, TuSimple, project44, SkyBitz
As trucking capacity spares no effort to keep up with consumer demand, experts consider what role autonomous trucking could have in lighting the load. Plus’ COO and co-founder Shawn Kerrigan discusses the timeline of deploying autonomous trucking technology, what logistic providers are currently using driverless trucks and the job impact autonomous trucks will have on the industry in the future.
Jason Gillespie, senior director and head of continuous improvement and innovation for transportation at DHL Supply Chain, the supply chain unit of Deutsche Post DHL, will discuss the importance of Environmental, Social and Governmental (ESG) standards to the company, its customers and the relationship between the two. Gillespie said that ESG has become a priority for its customers, virtually all of whom are multi-national businesses. Gillespie will also discuss the challenges in hitting ESG targets as more goods are ordered on-line and delivered by vans or trucks that are big spewers of carbon emissions.
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In today’s fast-paced market, small fleet owners need to truck smarter, not harder. SmartHop enables small fleet owners to stop living load-to-load and start running their truck with a load strategy that will increase their monthly take-home pay, relieve stress, and give them more quality time to enjoy life OFF the road. Listen to Kendra Phillips, CTO of Ryder, and Guillermo Garcia, co-founder and CEO, discuss building a startup in today’s environment and the way the market is moving.
StratusGrid, TruckerTools, Waymo, Zuum, Loadflex, Hubtek, Emerge, Embark Trucks
Isaac Instruments, Gatego, Platform Science, Melio, Bright Way Vision, Front, PowerFleet
Turvo CEO Scott Lang joins FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller for a discussion about disruption in the industry, the importance of data, investments in supply chain technology and the next killer app in the supply chain.
Join Melissa Forman, Chief Strategy Office and Erin Van Zeeland as they discuss the importance of embracing technology to maximize efficiencies that keep freight moving.
Lawmakers and government executives in the nation’s capital have never been more involved in decisions that affect freight supply chains than they have during the past year. In this fireside chat, top Washington transportation policy analyst Loren Smith, President of Skyline Policy Risk Group, speaks with FreightWaves Sr. Editor John Gallagher on the latest regulations affecting motor carriers and drivers including infrastructure funding, port congestion, and vaccine mandates.
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Alfonso Quijano the CTO from Lean Solutions and Mary O'Connell sit down to talk about the most effective way to harness data for process improvement. Automation is king and they talk about where to start.
Regulations for autonomous trucking likely will be ready when the trucks are around 2024, but avoiding a state-by-state hodgepodge of rules is important, according to Finch Fulton, a former Department of Transportation official and policy and strategy vice president at autonomous convoying startup Locomation. He is watching the progress of five pieces of pending federal regulation.
Ravi Shankar, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, sits with Danny Gomez, Managing Director of Financial and Emerging Markets at FreightWaves, to talk about emerging technologies in freight. The two zero in on autonomous vehicles which address the cost, reliability, efficiency, and sustainability goals in transportation.