Atlanta, Georgia
Discover How to Thrive in the Southeast’s Freight Epicenter.
Join industry leaders, local executives, FreightTech innovators and FreightWaves experts for a mix of data-driven insights, interactive discussions and networking with peers who operate in your market—every day.
What You Can Expect
Our multi-city tour features two back-to-back event days in each region:
- Day 1 – Shipper Exclusive
- This focused program delivers tactical strategies for securing capacity, mitigating disruptions, integrating technology for visibility, and navigating economic shifts.
Shipper Day includes lunch, a networking happy hour, and a live taping of What the Truck?!?.
- This day is reserved exclusively for shippers.
If you’re a shipper interested in attending, email events@freightwaves.com.
- This focused program delivers tactical strategies for securing capacity, mitigating disruptions, integrating technology for visibility, and navigating economic shifts.
- Day 2 – Freight Industry
- Industry Day is engineered for Brokers & Carriers navigating the market every day. The content will focus on operational efficiency, fraud prevention, and competitive advantage in a rapidly changing freight environment. Hear from FreightWaves experts and market practitioners delivering insights you can act on immediately.
- Industry Day includes lunch, a networking happy hour, and freight market updates to help navigate the next month & quarter.
- Industry Day is engineered for Brokers & Carriers navigating the market every day. The content will focus on operational efficiency, fraud prevention, and competitive advantage in a rapidly changing freight environment. Hear from FreightWaves experts and market practitioners delivering insights you can act on immediately.
Across both days, we’ll dig into the most critical topics shaping the market today, including:
Key Themes & Sessions
- Fraud Prevention
Learn the latest strategies to detect and combat double brokering, identity fraud, cargo theft and other threats costing the industry billions.
- AI & Technology Integration
Explore how AI, automation, predictive analytics and TMS innovations are driving stronger, more resilient decision-making.
- Economic & Industry Trends
Understand how reshoring, infrastructure investment and manufacturing growth are reshaping supply chains and logistics opportunities.
- Multi-Modal & Partnership Strategies
Dive into trends across LTL, truckload, parcel, air, ocean and rail—and discover how to build resilient relationships that hold up under volatility.
Next Stops

Feb. 26-27, 2026
Memphis, Tennessee
Home to FedEx World HQ and America’s busiest cargo airport

March 2-3, 2026
Charlotte, N. Carolina
Where Lowe’s, Honeywell, and major Southeast distribution hubs converge.