Charlotte, N. Carolina

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?!?.
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  • This day is reserved exclusively for shippers.
    If you’re a shipper interested in attending, email events@freightwaves.com.
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• 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.
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  • Industry Day includes lunch, a networking happy hour, and freight market updates to help navigate the next month & quarter.

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.
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• AI & Technology Integration
  Explore how AI, automation, predictive analytics and TMS innovations are driving stronger, more resilient decision-making.
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• Economic & Industry Trends
  Understand how reshoring, infrastructure investment and manufacturing growth are reshaping supply chains and logistics opportunities.
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• 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.