2022 TPMTech Agenda

Thursday
24 February

• 12:00pm - 6:00pm (PST) / 24/feb/2022 08:00 pm - 25/feb/2022 02:00 am

  Registration

  
  
  
  ["Registration", "Registration"]

• 1:00pm - 1:15pm (PST) / 24/feb/2022 09:00 pm - 24/feb/2022 09:15 pm

  Welcome Remarks

  • Session Chair:
  • Eric Johnson Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC S&P Global
  ["Welcome Remarks", "Eric Johnson", "Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC", "S&P Global", "General Session"]

• 1:15pm - 1:55pm (PST) / 24/feb/2022 09:15 pm - 24/feb/2022 09:55 pm

  Keynote Address

  TPMTECH STREAM: BIG THEMES

  On one end of the world of logistics, technology is an explosion of startups aiming to find their niche in the ever-complicated realm of global supply chains. But on the other end are large, all-encompassing software suites seeking to provide global shippers with all the tools they need to manage their end-to-end supply chains. For those large companies, the pandemic has provided a perfect opportunity to double down on consolidation through acquisitions of complementary niche providers and even direct competitors to build scale. This period has seen companies such as Blue Yonder and LLamasoft be acquired for billions of dollars, but no company has been busier than E2open. The Austin, Texas-based software vendor has acquired Amber Road, INTTRA, Cloud Logistics, and, most recently, BluJay Solutions in the last three years. It also went public in the first half of 2021. CEO Michael Farlekas has been at the helm during this phase of massive growth and transformation. E2open now sits atop a portfolio of solutions that were household names in the logistics industry and has a wealth of opportunity in front of it. Farlekas kicks off TPMTech with a keynote discussion and fireside chat to discuss the impact of his company’s recent moves, and why technology is so critical to the future of logistics.

  • Keynote Speaker:
  • Michael Farlekas Chief Executive Officer E2open
  • Session Chair:
  • Eric Johnson Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC S&P Global
  ["Keynote Address", "Michael Farlekas", "Chief Executive Officer", "E2open", "Eric Johnson", "Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC", "S&P Global", "TPMTECH STREAM: BIG THEMES", "TPMTECH STREAM: BIG THEMES"]

• 1:55pm - 2:25pm (PST) / 24/feb/2022 09:55 pm - 24/feb/2022 10:25 pm

  Is Global Multimodal Visibility Achievable?

  TPMTECH STREAM: BIG THEMES

  Real-time cargo visibility is no recent curiosity — companies have been building track-and-trace solutions as long as the internet has existed. What has changed during the pandemic is that predictive visibility and associated analytics have gone from luxury ambition to entry-level expectation. Also new is a more concrete realization that global supply chains are built upon shipments that encompass a number of modal legs, and that visibility of individual legs is far less useful than visibility across those legs. But that doesn’t mean the challenge of stitching together visibility across all modes and geographies has been fully met. Gathering and contextualizing data from every moving vehicle within every origin and destination is no simple task. So, given the demand for true multimodal visibility, it’s time to take stock of where suppliers are in meeting that demand. There is no shortage of capital being funneled into the space, with companies such as project44 and FourKites leading the way, but a host of newer entrants getting funding as well. This session will explore where we are and where the industry will go with an analyst, investor, and leading vendor in the market.

  • Session Chair:
  • Eric Johnson Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC S&P Global
  • Speakers:
  • Charley Dehoney Vice President ZEBOX America
  • Jochen Gutschmidt Vice President, Advisory Services, Global Supply Chain Sea-Intelligence Consulting
  • Vernon O'Donnell Chief Product and Services Officer project44
  ["Is Global Multimodal Visibility Achievable?", "Eric Johnson", "Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC", "S&P Global", "Charley Dehoney", "Vice President", "ZEBOX America", "Jochen Gutschmidt", "Vice President, Advisory Services, Global Supply Chain", "Sea-Intelligence Consulting", "Vernon O'Donnell", "Chief Product and Services Officer", "project44", "TPMTECH STREAM: BIG THEMES", "TPMTECH STREAM: BIG THEMES"]

• 2:25pm - 2:55pm (PST) / 24/feb/2022 10:25 pm - 24/feb/2022 10:55 pm

  Can Technology Help the Industry Realign Its Carbon Footprint?

  TPMTECH STREAM: BIG THEMES

  Decarbonization mandates are coming for parties in the global logistics industry, whether self-imposed or developed by governmental agencies. The question now is how the industry will respond. Do the tools exist to measure and then reduce the impact of the global goods movement? The answer likely lies in tackling the problem on a granular level. In a highly fragmented industry, each party has only so much power to affect the massive change required to get shipping toward net-zero carbon emissions. Technology is clearly a major part of the puzzle, whether standalone solutions that shippers, 3PLs, and carriers can use or data-oriented solutions that plug into systems those entities already use to procure and manage freight transportation. This session will explore the challenge that lies ahead of the industry, the technologies that exist to help tackle the problem, and the role 3PLs can play in helping shippers and asset-based carriers reduce emissions

  • Session Chair:
  • Emma Cosgrove Senior Reporter, Logistics Business Insider
  • Speakers:
  • Elena Craft Senior Director, Climate and Health Environmental Defense Fund
  • Pierre Garreau Co-Founder and CEO SeaRoutes
  ["Can Technology Help the Industry Realign Its Carbon Footprint?", "Emma Cosgrove", "Senior Reporter, Logistics", "Business Insider", "Elena Craft", "Senior Director, Climate and Health", "Environmental Defense Fund", "Pierre Garreau", "Co-Founder and CEO", "SeaRoutes", "TPMTECH STREAM: BIG THEMES", "TPMTECH STREAM: BIG THEMES"]

• 2:55pm - 3:15pm (PST) / 24/feb/2022 10:55 pm - 24/feb/2022 11:15 pm

  Networking Break

  Sponsored By
  
  
  ["Networking Break", "Networking Break"]

• 3:15pm - 3:45pm (PST) / 24/feb/2022 11:15 pm - 24/feb/2022 11:45 pm

  What's More Important, the Plumbing or the Customer Interface?

  TPMTECH STREAM: WINNING CUSTOMERS WITH TECHNOLOGY

  Logistics is an inherently unseen industry. The multitudes working in the background to physically move goods and coordinate the movement of those goods have functioned under a veneer of opacity and complexity. But things have been changing gradually over the past decade, as a horde of technology providers have focused on areas such as transparency, user interface, and overall customer experience. Those modern ideals often run headlong into the existing realities of logistics, whether entrenched legacy software, physical constraints or cultural hurdles around adopting new technology. This panel will explore a key question underpinning this evolution: What is more important to the progression of logistics technology, the user interface or the underlying plumbing that connects modes, regions, internal teams, and external partners? As customer interfaces become more sophisticated, does that mitigate or accelerate the need for investment in the underlying plumbing? 

  • Session Chair:
  • Eric Johnson Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC S&P Global
  • Speakers:
  • Jaakko Elovaara CEO and Co-Founder Youredi
  • James Kwan Commercial Lead, Supply Chain Strategy, Solutions S&P Global
  • Eric Rempel Chief Innovation Officer Redwood Logistics
  ["What's More Important, the Plumbing or the Customer Interface?", "Eric Johnson", "Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC", "S&P Global", "Jaakko Elovaara", "CEO and Co-Founder", "Youredi", "James Kwan", "Commercial Lead, Supply Chain Strategy, Solutions", "S&P Global", "Eric Rempel", "Chief Innovation Officer", "Redwood Logistics", "TPMTECH STREAM: WINNING CUSTOMERS WITH TECHNOLOGY", "TPMTECH STREAM: WINNING CUSTOMERS WITH TECHNOLOGY"]

• 3:45pm - 4:15pm (PST) / 24/feb/2022 11:45 pm - 25/feb/2022 12:15 am

  Making the Connection: Practical Tech Tips for Smaller Shippers and Forwarders

  Being small brings certain advantages when it comes to the adoption of technology. Smaller companies tend to be more agile, contain fewer bureaucratic layers, and have fewer existing enterprise systems to manage. But smaller companies sometimes lack the budget and scale to invest in systems or the internal expertise with which to integrate and fully leverage the array of solutions on the market. This session will dive into the challenges of being a smaller shipper or forwarder, including what service really means to shippers and how service providers can use technology to enable their teams to deliver it in a personal and meaningful way. 

  • Session Chair:
  • Brian Glick Founder and CEO Chain.io
  • Speakers:
  • Simon Kaye President and CEO Jaguar Freight Services
  • Audrey Ross Logistics and Customs Specialist Orchard Custom Beauty
  ["Making the Connection: Practical Tech Tips for Smaller Shippers and Forwarders", "Brian Glick", "Founder and CEO", "Chain.io", "Simon Kaye", "President and CEO", "Jaguar Freight Services", "Audrey Ross", "Logistics and Customs Specialist", "Orchard Custom Beauty", "TPMTECH STREAM: WINNING CUSTOMERS WITH TECHNOLOGY"]

• 4:15pm - 4:30pm (PST) / 25/feb/2022 12:15 am - 25/feb/2022 12:30 am

  Where Tech and People Converge to Unravel US Import Flows

  TPMTECH STREAM: WINNING CUSTOMERS WITH TECHNOLOGY

  There are broadly two camps when it comes to managing the flow of international cargo: one sees technology as the solution, generally under the guise of automation of a process; the other uses people to manage via a services-based approach. In between is an emerging emphasis on the convergence between “team and technology,” where technology isn't the only answer to all problems, but where scaling across millions of inbound containers worth of cargo is not achievable with people alone. This quickfire chat with EDRAY CEO Reade Kidd, a former logistics executive with The Home Depot, will explore this concept and how it might present a path toward navigating mounting complexity in US import gateways. 

  • Session Chair:
  • Eric Johnson Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC S&P Global
  • Speaker:
  • Reade Kidd CEO and Co-Founder EDRAY Collaborative Port Logistics
  ["Where Tech and People Converge to Unravel US Import Flows", "Eric Johnson", "Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC", "S&P Global", "Reade Kidd", "CEO and Co-Founder", "EDRAY Collaborative Port Logistics", "TPMTECH STREAM: WINNING CUSTOMERS WITH TECHNOLOGY", "TPMTECH STREAM: WINNING CUSTOMERS WITH TECHNOLOGY"]

• 4:30pm - 4:45pm (PST) / 25/feb/2022 12:30 am - 25/feb/2022 12:45 am

  How Can Ports Be Better Digital Nodes?

  As international companies in the container shipping industry merge, reform, and re-create themselves as supply chain operators, rather than dedicated shipping, stevedoring, or logistics groups, the impact on the nature and direction of work itself in these areas is transforming dramatically. We're now at the turning point where workflows in the respective supply chain industry silos are being merged and forced to change. Ports have a responsibility and an opportunity to create the collaborative environments necessary to push for cross-industry standards, allowing exciting innovations happening in agriculture technology, sustainability, smart cities design, and logistics technology to address critical supply chain issues. JOC Senior Technology Editor Eric Johnson will go one-on-one with Peter Creeden, a liner shipping veteran who in 2019 co-founded Future Ports 2050, an initiative to determine where government, universities, and industries could jointly address the problems facing the wider supply chain industry.

  • Session Chair:
  • Eric Johnson Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC S&P Global
  • Speaker:
  • Peter Creeden Managing Director MPC International
  ["How Can Ports Be Better Digital Nodes?", "Eric Johnson", "Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC", "S&P Global", "Peter Creeden", "Managing Director", "MPC International", "TPMTECH STREAM: WINNING CUSTOMERS WITH TECHNOLOGY"]

• 4:45pm - 5:15pm (PST) / 25/feb/2022 12:45 am - 25/feb/2022 01:15 am

  The Next Wave of Forwarding Technology

  When Flexport arrived nearly a decade ago, first with big ideas and then big venture capital investments, it heralded an era in which the world of forwarding started to gather more attention than ever. What has historically been a sector that has thrived on problem-solving, customer service, and surviving in volatile rate environments, is now adapting to a world where technology isn't a catchphrase but a base requirement. Investment into a range of digitally native forwarders such as Flexport, Forto, Zencargo, and Beacon presaged a counterwave of investment into forwarder-enabling technologies, including those focusing on improved user experiences and automation. This session will explore a trio of companies that have focused on empowering existing forwarders with modern technology to adapt and compete in a high-stakes environment. 

  • Session Chair:
  • Eric Johnson Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC S&P Global
  • Speakers:
  • Julian Alvarez CEO Logixboard
  • Matt Motsick Co-Founder, and CEO RPA Labs
  • Miles Varghese Co-Founder and, CEO CargoLogik
  ["The Next Wave of Forwarding Technology", "Eric Johnson", "Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC", "S&P Global", "Julian Alvarez", "CEO", "Logixboard", "Matt Motsick", "Co-Founder, and CEO", "RPA Labs", "Miles Varghese", "Co-Founder and, CEO", "CargoLogik", "TPMTECH STREAM: WINNING CUSTOMERS WITH TECHNOLOGY"]

• 5:15pm - 6:30pm (PST) / 25/feb/2022 01:15 am - 25/feb/2022 02:30 am

  Welcome Reception

  ["Welcome Reception", "Welcome Reception"]

Friday
25 February

• 8:00am - 3:00pm (PST) / 25/feb/2022 04:00 pm - 25/feb/2022 11:00 pm

  Registration

  
  
  
  ["Registration", "Registration"]

• 8:00am - 9:00am (PST) / 25/feb/2022 04:00 pm - 25/feb/2022 05:00 pm

  Networking Breakfast

  
  
  
  ["Networking Breakfast", "Networking Breakfast"]

• 9:00am - 9:40am (PST) / 25/feb/2022 05:00 pm - 25/feb/2022 05:40 pm

  3PL Focus: Is Logistics Destined to Be a Fragmented Industry?

  TPMTECH STREAM: 3PL FOCUS

  The third-party logistics industry is awash in potential solutions, a confusing landscape for buyers but also a good gauge for an intrinsic aspect of the industry: inherent fragmentation. There are tens of thousands of logistics providers around the world for a reason: The shippers and transportation providers those 3PLs connect appreciate a local touch and regional expertise. It’s why even the world’s biggest 3PLs, publicly traded companies with multibillion-dollar market caps, have anything but dominant market share positions. It’s also why forwarder alliances thrive, and why there’s little barrier to entry for upstarts. This session will explore whether the global logistics industry will continue to be a deeply fragmented industry and whether the role technology plays is prolonging that fragmentation or helping to consolidate it, with perspective from two forwarders hyper-focused on how technology helps their businesses.

  • Session Chair:
  • Eric Johnson Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC S&P Global
  • Speakers:
  • Thad Bedard President APL Logistics
  • Caitlin Murphy CEO Global Gateway Logistics
  ["3PL Focus: Is Logistics Destined to Be a Fragmented Industry?", "Eric Johnson", "Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC", "S&P Global", "Thad Bedard", "President", "APL Logistics", "Caitlin Murphy", "CEO", "Global Gateway Logistics", "TPMTECH STREAM: 3PL FOCUS", "TPMTECH STREAM: 3PL FOCUS"]

• 9:40am - 10:10am (PST) / 25/feb/2022 05:40 pm - 25/feb/2022 06:10 pm

  What Can 3PLs Do to Differentiate With Technology?

  TPMTECH STREAM: 3PL FOCUS

  The pandemic and subsequent congestion in North American and European ports has brought into stark relief how difficult it is to manage supply chains dependent on containerized freight. That’s been a boon for third-party logistics providers, which have seen shippers large and small turn to them for access to capacity, origin and destination services, and sourcing and modal optimization. But what exactly is it, from a technology perspective, that moves the needle for shippers and the 3PLs that cater to them? Can the market continue to support an industry with tens of thousands of players, or will software and technology platforms start to consolidate functions into fewer ecosystems? At the heart of these questions is the role technology can play in allowing 3PLs to differentiate or in creating common experiences that allow certain 3PLs to get scale.  

  • Session Chair:
  • Sarah Barnes-Humphrey Founder Let's Talk Supply Chain
  • Speakers:
  • James Coombes Co-Founder & CEO Vector.ai
  • Nina Luu Founder & CEO Shippabo
  • Mike Powell Chief Technology Officer SEKO Logistics
  ["What Can 3PLs Do to Differentiate With Technology?", "Sarah Barnes-Humphrey", "Founder", "Let's Talk Supply Chain", "James Coombes", "Co-Founder & CEO", "Vector.ai", "Nina Luu", "Founder & CEO", "Shippabo", "Mike Powell", "Chief Technology Officer", "SEKO Logistics", "TPMTECH STREAM: 3PL FOCUS", "TPMTECH STREAM: 3PL FOCUS"]

• 10:10am - 10:40am (PST) / 25/feb/2022 06:10 pm - 25/feb/2022 06:40 pm

  How Can Technology Resolve the D&D Challenge?

  TPMTECH STREAM: 3PL FOCUS

  The assessment of detention and demurrage has long been a thorn in the side of cargo interests, predating the pandemic but made worse by crippling congestion in key US container gateways. The fees are meant to be sticks, not carrots, to incentivize shippers and their transportation and logistics partners to expedite the pickup of laden containers at terminals and the return of empties to those terminals. But is this process working as it should? Shippers and drayage operators perceive the fees as a revenue stream for shipping lines and terminal operators, while the carriers and terminals see some shippers using terminal space and containers as de facto inventory storage. The fragmented nature of entities and solutions at many US ports doesn’t help, particularly in the vital Los Angeles-Long Beach complex. This session will explore the extent to which technology can resolve these structural problems to make cargo flow more efficient and expedite container returns, especially during critical high-volume periods. Speakers include a drayage transportation management system provider, a visibility provider, and technology vendor that specializes in helping cargo interests find appointments at container terminals.

  • Session Chair:
  • Eric Johnson Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC S&P Global
  • Speakers:
  • Steve Dowse General Manager, International Products FourKites
  • Alexandra Griffon CEO and Co-Founder BlueCargo
  • Mike Mecca CEO & Founder PortPro
  ["How Can Technology Resolve the D&D Challenge?", "Eric Johnson", "Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC", "S&P Global", "Steve Dowse", "General Manager, International Products", "FourKites", "Alexandra Griffon", "CEO and Co-Founder", "BlueCargo", "Mike Mecca", "CEO & Founder", "PortPro", "TPMTECH STREAM: 3PL FOCUS", "TPMTECH STREAM: 3PL FOCUS"]

• 10:40am - 11:15am (PST) / 25/feb/2022 06:40 pm - 25/feb/2022 07:15 pm

  Networking Break

  
  
  
  ["Networking Break", "Networking Break"]

• 11:15am - 11:45am (PST) / 25/feb/2022 07:15 pm - 25/feb/2022 07:45 pm

  Exploring the Common Data Model Concept in Logistics

  TPMTECH STREAM: DATA STANDARDIZATION

  Universal six-digit HS Code or country-specific seven- to 10-digit HTS code? Airport Code PEK or UnLocode CNBJS? Global account or local customer? Questions like this have been the catalyst for academic studies exploring the lack of common data formats in global logistics, but they provide particularly massive challenges for under-resourced IT teams within the global logistics community. Connectivity requests have accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the lack of a common data model is what truly holds back the digital transformation of the logistics industry. The proliferation of different platforms, some developed by independent software providers, and some by container lines, has only underscored the fragmented nature of less-than-perfect models available to logistics professionals. This session will explore how the industry may arrive at a Rosetta Stone for common standards that allow for application across country and industry boundaries, and the benefits of such an approach.
  

  • Speakers:
  • John Berry Senior Vice President OEC Group (Canada)
  • Ruben Huber Director OceanX
  • Dyci Sfregola Founder & CEO New Gen Architects
  ["Exploring the Common Data Model Concept in Logistics", "John Berry", "Senior Vice President", "OEC Group (Canada)", "Ruben Huber", "Director", "OceanX", "Dyci Sfregola", "Founder & CEO", "New Gen Architects", "TPMTECH STREAM: DATA STANDARDIZATION", "TPMTECH STREAM: DATA STANDARDIZATION"]

• 11:45am - 12:15pm (PST) / 25/feb/2022 07:45 pm - 25/feb/2022 08:15 pm

  What Needs to Be Standardized in Global Shipping?

  TPMTECH STREAM: DATA STANDARDIZATION

  Three years ago at TPM, Mediterranean Shipping Co.’s Chief Digital & Information Officer Andre Simha laid out a vision for the container shipping industry to adopt common processes and data format standards to clear a path for digital innovation. The thinking was that if shipping lines made those foundational elements of their business common across all competitors, it would make them all easier to work with, and allow the industry to flourish through the development of new solutions, whether built by the lines themselves, 3PLs, or standalone software providers. Where does the industry stand three years later, and two years into a pandemic that has seen an acceleration in the uptake of digital solutions? The results are mixed. The Digital Container Shipping Association, where Simha is chairman, has been steadily releasing a range of standards through an open-source approach, but not all lines, including its own members, have fully embraced those standards. What’s holding the industry back, and in what functional areas will adoption of standards bring the industry closer to the vision that Simha described? In this session, Michele Sancricca, head of worldwide technology for supply chain and logistics at Amazon Web Services, is joined by Bill Dobie, CEO of the communication software provider Sedna Systems, to discuss the constraints and opportunities of driving true standardization in an industry that has long fought such initiatives.

  • Session Chair:
  • Eric Johnson Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC S&P Global
  • Speakers:
  • Bill Dobie Founder & CEO SEDNA
  • Michele Sancricca Head of Worldwide Tech Solutions, Supply Chain and Logistics Amazon Web Services
  • Andre Simha Global Chief Digital and Information Officer MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co.
  ["What Needs to Be Standardized in Global Shipping?", "Eric Johnson", "Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC", "S&P Global", "Bill Dobie", "Founder & CEO", "SEDNA", "Michele Sancricca", "Head of Worldwide Tech Solutions, Supply Chain and Logistics", "Amazon Web Services", "Andre Simha", "Global Chief Digital and Information Officer", "MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co.", "TPMTECH STREAM: DATA STANDARDIZATION", "TPMTECH STREAM: DATA STANDARDIZATION"]

• 12:15pm - 1:15pm (PST) / 25/feb/2022 08:15 pm - 25/feb/2022 09:15 pm

  Networking Lunch

  
  
  
  ["Networking Lunch", "Networking Lunch"]

• 1:15pm - 1:45pm (PST) / 25/feb/2022 09:15 pm - 25/feb/2022 09:45 pm

  Digitization and a Path to Less Fragile Supply Chains: A Fireside Chat With Slync.io CEO Chris Kirchner

  TPMTECH STREAM: CHANGING OCEAN FREIGHT

  After a tumultuous 2021, there was a rush to suggest that supply chains needed to trade a focus on efficiency for a focus on resiliency. Essentially, supply chains needed to be less “just in time” and more “just in case.” That’s too simplistic a view, and also minimizes the importance of running lean. Three decades of supply chain management have honed the ability to be efficient, and the need of the day is also to be resilient — not in lieu of being efficient but in addition to being efficient. The path to managing that balancing act lies in digitization and the ability to accurately and quickly capture data to make decisions. This fireside chat with Slync CEO Chris Kirchner will discuss this balancing act, and how shippers and forwarders should view technology in a market where they seem to have waning leverage.

  • Keynote Speaker:
  • Chris Kirchner Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO Slync.io
  • Session Chair:
  • Eric Johnson Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC S&P Global
  ["Digitization and a Path to Less Fragile Supply Chains: A Fireside Chat With Slync.io CEO Chris Kirchner", "Chris Kirchner", "Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO", "Slync.io", "Eric Johnson", "Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC", "S&P Global", "TPMTECH STREAM: CHANGING OCEAN FREIGHT", "TPMTECH STREAM: CHANGING OCEAN FREIGHT"]

• 1:45pm - 2:15pm (PST) / 25/feb/2022 09:45 pm - 25/feb/2022 10:15 pm

  Will Shipping Lines Start Requiring Online Quotes?

  TPMTECH STREAM: CHANGING OCEAN FREIGHT

  We are well into the era of online rate ubiquity, an environment in which ocean rates of all types and structures are discoverable and bookable through numerous platforms. As well as neutral platforms, instant rates and — sometimes — dynamic quotes are on offer from a bevy of forwarders, container lines, and even terminal operators. If access to online quotes is now a given, the question then becomes: What happens next? Does online quoting become a direct replacement for a spot? Or does it become a tool to drastically reshape procurement behavior for both forwarders and shippers? Maersk Line, for instance, has indicated it will begin to route any non-shopper volume through its online guaranteed tool Maersk Spot. JOC editors heard chatter at various points in 2021 that certain carriers were essentially shuttling volume toward their online quoting engines. If that wasn’t exactly a mandate, given this past year’s supply crunch, it effectively became one. This session will explore where the ocean freight marketplace concept goes in 2022 and beyond, with perspective from a neutral platform, and a rate marketplace operated by one of the world’s largest forwarders.

  • Session Chair:
  • Cathy Morrow Roberson Research Analyst, JOC S&P Global
  • Speakers:
  • Hemang Kapur Chief Marketing Officer Shipa Freight & iContainers
  • Zvi Schreiber Founder and, CEO Freightos Group
  ["Will Shipping Lines Start Requiring Online Quotes?", "Cathy Morrow Roberson", "Research Analyst, JOC", "S&P Global", "Hemang Kapur", "Chief Marketing Officer", "Shipa Freight & iContainers", "Zvi Schreiber", "Founder and, CEO", "Freightos Group", "TPMTECH STREAM: CHANGING OCEAN FREIGHT", "TPMTECH STREAM: CHANGING OCEAN FREIGHT"]

• 2:15pm - 2:45pm (PST) / 25/feb/2022 10:15 pm - 25/feb/2022 10:45 pm

  Can Global Logistics Reach Electronic Documentation Nirvana?

  TPMTECH STREAM: CHANGING OCEAN FREIGHT

  For an industry that has struggled to shed the notion that documents are still sent by fax, the long-rumored progression from paper documents to electronic versions has been painfully slow. At a time when multimillion-dollar homes can be bought and sold via DocuSign, it's hard to imagine that basic shipping and customs documents still change hands in paper format. For many, a move to email attachments — digital versions of paper documents — is an aspirational state. The pandemic, and the remote work it forced upon the global logistics industry, has not yet been the catalyst for major change. That’s not to say progress isn’t underway. An array of technology providers, incumbent, and startup alike, is guiding the industry toward digitization. And there is progress in areas such as electronic bills of lading, where Mediterranean Shipping Co., Zim, and ONE have all invested. But what will be the catalyst to push the industry at large toward more adoption of electronic documentation?

  • Session Chair:
  • Eric Johnson Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC S&P Global
  • Speakers:
  • Jenna Brown Co-Founder & CEO Shipamax
  • Christian Hammer Chief Technology Officer TradeLens
  • Rick Tellez Co-Founder KlearNow
  ["Can Global Logistics Reach Electronic Documentation Nirvana?", "Eric Johnson", "Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC", "S&P Global", "Jenna Brown", "Co-Founder & CEO", "Shipamax", "Christian Hammer", "Chief Technology Officer", "TradeLens", "Rick Tellez", "Co-Founder", "KlearNow", "TPMTECH STREAM: CHANGING OCEAN FREIGHT", "TPMTECH STREAM: CHANGING OCEAN FREIGHT"]

• 2:45pm - 3:30pm (PST) / 25/feb/2022 10:45 pm - 25/feb/2022 11:30 pm

  Networking Break

  
  
  
  ["Networking Break", "Networking Lunch"]

• 3:30pm - 4:00pm (PST) / 25/feb/2022 11:30 pm - 26/feb/2022 12:00 am

  Fireside Chat: Logistics as a (Shared) Service

  TPMTECH STREAM: MAKING THE FUTURE REAL

  It’s fair to say that, for better or worse, logistics operations have historically functioned on a proverbial island. As the function of managing logistics operations has evolved from a cost center to value driver, the way logistics teams procure and use technology still tends to be isolated from other departments. That even goes for those departments where there is a tangible connection, from finance to customer service to sourcing to customs compliance. But there’s a line of thought that says this will change over the next decade, that logistics will be seen as part of a bigger whole in ways that allow for investment in technology that logistics operations personnel alone don’t always have the leverage to execute. This one-on-one discussion with Matt Tillman, CEO of accounts payable automation startup OpenEnvoy and previously the founder of Haven, will focus on what this process will look like, how buying personas in logistics may change, and the role that automation and minimally disruptive technology plays in this evolution.

  • Session Chair:
  • Eric Johnson Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC S&P Global
  • Speaker:
  • Matthew Tilman CEO OpenEnvoy
  ["Fireside Chat: Logistics as a (Shared) Service", "Eric Johnson", "Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC", "S&P Global", "Matthew Tilman", "CEO", "OpenEnvoy", "TPMTECH STREAM: MAKING THE FUTURE REAL", "TPMTECH STREAM: MAKING THE FUTURE REAL"]

• 4:00pm - 4:30pm (PST) / 26/feb/2022 12:00 am - 26/feb/2022 12:30 am

  No-Code and Low-Code: The Future of Logistics Applications?

  TPMTECH STREAM: MAKING THE FUTURE REAL

  If there’s a single development that may impact the breadth of how logistics software is used over the next decade, it’s the rise of low-code and no-code applications. Simply put, no-code and low-code tools are designed to give average users — those without any training in programming or coding — the ability to customize workflows, processes, and outputs in a way that hasn’t been possible in previous generations of enterprise software. This is primarily done by putting a visual skin on complex systems and system integrations that put powerful tools in the hands of novice users. The logistics industry is at the early stages of this shift, and this session will explore practical ways that such tools are likely to impact areas such as freight procurement and transportation management, among other possible use cases.

  • Session Chair:
  • Eric Johnson Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC S&P Global
  • Speakers:
  • Akshay Dodeja CEO Terminal49
  • Austin McCombs Co-Founder and CEO Gnosis Freight
  • Sunil Sharma Chief Product and Technology Officer Cargomatic
  ["No-Code and Low-Code: The Future of Logistics Applications?", "Eric Johnson", "Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC", "S&P Global", "Akshay Dodeja", "CEO", "Terminal49", "Austin McCombs", "Co-Founder and CEO", "Gnosis Freight", "Sunil Sharma", "Chief Product and Technology Officer", "Cargomatic", "TPMTECH STREAM: MAKING THE FUTURE REAL", "TPMTECH STREAM: MAKING THE FUTURE REAL"]

• 4:30pm - 5:00pm (PST) / 26/feb/2022 12:30 am - 26/feb/2022 01:00 am

  Fireside Chat: Mapping the World's Supplier Relationships

  Every global supply chain relies on an intricate web of suppliers, partners, and commercial counterparts, from the procurement of raw materials and outsourced manufacturers to logistics and transportation providers. Maintaining a detailed database of these connections is complicated, especially as new partners are added, depending on new products, new markets, or sourcing shifts. But shippers need to understand this web of connections to comply with customs regulations. Forwarders need to understand their own connections, as well as those of their customers, and customs agencies need to understand risk on a real-time basis. This session will explore the perspective of one of a handful of technology providers tackling this challenge, and what it may mean to the world of global trade. 

  • Session Chair:
  • Eric Johnson Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC S&P Global
  • Speaker:
  • Evan Smith CEO and Co-Founder Altana Al
  ["Fireside Chat: Mapping the World's Supplier Relationships", "Eric Johnson", "Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC", "S&P Global", "Evan Smith", "CEO and Co-Founder", "Altana Al", "TPMTECH STREAM: MAKING THE FUTURE REAL"]

• 5:00pm - 5:15pm (PST) / 26/feb/2022 01:00 am - 26/feb/2022 01:15 am

  Closing Remarks

  • Session Chair:
  • Eric Johnson Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC S&P Global
  ["Closing Remarks", "Eric Johnson", "Director/Senior Technology Editor, JOC", "S&P Global", "Closing Remarks"]

• 5:15pm - 6:00pm (PST) / 26/feb/2022 01:15 am - 26/feb/2022 02:00 am

  Networking Reception

  ["Networking Reception", "Networking Reception"]