March 15, 2023 • VIRTUAL EVENT

SUPPLY CHAIN MEETS FINTECH summit

For the past decade, FinTech has been the hottest startup sector with innovations in payments, insurance and markets. Five years ago, FreightTech and supply chain technologies took off and are experiencing the same momentum today. In the past year, we've seen companies that are both FinTech and FreightTech emerge – which could create a big bang-level event for the innovation ecosystem. Even more exciting is that the two worlds are coming together – FinTech companies are being created to solve supply chain issues and emerging supply chain tech startups are using payments, transactional insurance and other financial services to monetize their solutions. Join us virtually on March 15 as FinTech experts will discuss the intersection of financial and supply chain innovation.

AGENDA

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Welcome

3/15/23 9:00 am

Anthony Smith
Chief Economist
FreightWaves
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Thomas Wasson
Enterprise Trucking Carrier Expert
FreightWaves
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Keynote: Assessing Appetites: How VC's change their strategy in a down market

3/15/23 9:05 am

Lauren Morton from QED Investors leads our SCMF keynote speech, explaining how shifting market conditions have changed the fund's approach to investing both domestically and in emerging markets like Latin America.

Lauren Morton
Partner
QED Investors
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Kaylee Nix
Reporter
FreightWaves
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Fireside Chat: The role of FinTech in enhancing trade finance

3/15/23 9:30 am

Grace Sharkey speaks with Sean O’Malley, co-founder and board member of BlueXTrade, to discuss the recent enhancements in fintech on a global scale. O’Malley discusses the past challenges of trade finance and how emerging technologies can help open up more safe and efficient global trade.

Sean O’Malley
Chairman & Co-Founder
BlueX Trade
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Grace Sharkey
Staff Writer
FreightWaves
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Fireside Chat: Optimizing Cash Flow and Mitigating Risk: Insights into Supply Chain Financing

3/15/23 9:50 am

Supply chain financing allows buyers to extend payment terms to suppliers while ensuring that suppliers get paid early. Daniel Son discusses the benefits of supply chain financing for both buyers and suppliers, in regards to improved cash flow and reduced financial risk.

Dan Son
SVP, Head of Global Banking Division
U.S. Bank
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Mary O'Connell
Freight Broker/3PL Expert
FreightWaves
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Fireside Chat: Using Fintech to build level playing fields for SMBs in emerging economies

3/15/23 10:10 am

Grace Sharkey sits with Natan Reddy, an investor at Ironspring Ventures, to discuss how financial tools can help small businesses compete. They focus their discussion on emerging economies in Latin America, which will need participation from all logistics companies no matter their size, to sustainably grow and meet economic goals.

Natan Reddy
Investor
Ironspring Ventures
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Grace Sharkey
Staff Writer
FreightWaves
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Fireside Chat: Fintech in the Oil Patch

3/15/23 10:25 am

Tim Buttrill from Eagle Field Tech sits down with editor at large John Kingston to discuss how what might seem like a simple task--counting gallons of water in the oil fields--has been made far more efficient by using IoT technology.

Tim Buttrill
General Manager
Eagle Field Tech
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John Kingston
Executive Editor and Oil Market Expert
FreightWaves
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Fireside Chat: Empowering Enterprise Shippers to Meet ESG Regulations

3/15/23 10:45 am

With increasing pressure from investors, customers, and governments to meet environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards, accurate emissions reporting has become a critical component of supply chain management. Josh Bouk, President of TRAX joins us to dive into how FinTech is a gateway to sustainability goals.

Josh Bouk
President
Trax Technologies
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Mary O'Connell
Freight Broker/3PL Expert
FreightWaves
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WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

3/15/23 11:00 am

Tim Dooner
Host of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?
FreightWaves
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Krishnan Kandasamy
CEO
ZenHedge
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Dan Curtis
EVP, COO & Chief Relationship Management Officer
TriumphPay
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Steve Kochan
Founder & CEO
ComFreight & HaulPay
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Rachel Premack
Editorial Director
FreightWaves
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Fireside Chat: Uncovering the Underinsurance Crisis

3/15/23 12:30 pm

Grace speaks with Johnny McCord, founder and CEO of insurance solutions provider Loadsure, about the industry’s current underinsurance crisis. McCord explains how this phenomenon has come to exist and the fintech solutions available today to avoid large cargo risks and enable carriers and logistic services providers to go after high-value, lucrative shipments.

Johnny McCord
CEO & Founder
Loadsure
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Grace Sharkey
Staff Writer
FreightWaves
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Fireside Chat: Payment prioritization depends on capacity constraints

3/15/23 12:50 pm

Kaylee Nix sits down with Jake Dettmer from Max Services to talk about when and how to change up your payments strategy depending on how the market is treating your carrier capacity.

Jake Dettmer
President
Max Services, Inc.
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Kaylee Nix
Reporter
FreightWaves
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Fireside Chat: How the supply chain and fintech converge in Latin America

3/15/23 1:05 pm

Thomas Wasson is joined by Jamie Tabachnik, CEO and Co-Founder of Solvento. They discuss ongoing challenges and opportunities for payment processing and how the supply chain and fintech converge in Latin America.

Jaime Tabachnik
CEO and Co-Founder
Solvento
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Thomas Wasson
Enterprise Trucking Carrier Expert
FreightWaves
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Closing Remarks

3/15/23 1:25 pm

Anthony Smith
Chief Economist
FreightWaves
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Thomas Wasson
Enterprise Trucking Carrier Expert
FreightWaves
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