Emerging Tech Lab: Supply Chain
Agents are placing orders. Robots are running the floor. Digital twins are making calls planners used to make.
Emerging tech is rewriting how the world's goods move. Most people will read about it later. This room gets there first.
Join the founders building it, the operations leaders putting it to work and the investors backing it for one afternoon on what's changing now, what's coming next and who's building it.
What to expect
See what's coming before everyone else Hear from the leaders and founders reshaping how the world's goods move, and debate the questions supply chain can't stop asking. Past speakers: Lior Ron, CEO and founder, Uber Freight · Jodi Larson, VP of Cloud Supply Chain Strategy and Transformation, Microsoft · Felipe Capella, CEO and co-founder, Loadsmart · Jett McCandless, founder and CEO, project44
Meet the startups building it Supply chain founders putting emerging technology to work from the warehouse floor to the global network, seed through Series A.
Learn from the people moving it forward Operations leaders implementing it, investors funding it and policymakers rewriting the rules on trade and tariffs.
Leave with the right connections Corporate leaders, investors and founders in one room, with introductions made before, during and after the Lab.
Who you're around changes what you believe is possible.
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Agenda
11:30 AM · Invite-only pre-event Separate registration required
CorpInno Exchange - Supply Chain For senior supply chain, operations and innovation leaders. One leader walks through a real implementation: what they set out to do, what it took to get through the building, and where the plan changed. Then the room takes it apart.
Supply Chain Investor Insider Seed-stage and Series A founders raising capital pitch for 60 seconds to a room full of supply chain investors actively writing checks. Then the real conversations start.
12:30 PM · Startup Alley Expo: corporate and investor preview Invite-only Corporate leaders and investors get first access to the startups, before the doors open.
1:00 PM · Doors open · Startup Alley Expo opens to all
1:30 PM · Welcome from 1871
1:40 PM · Opening keynote One of supply chain's most influential leaders on where emerging tech is taking the industry, and what to do about it now.
2:00 PM · Tech on the Edge Three to four rapid-fire 15-minute conversations with the people closest to the work.
Sample topics might include:
When AI buys from AI, who's accountable for the deal?
Lights-out logistics: five years away, or already here?
Your digital twin says you're fine. Is it lying?
Tariffs change overnight. Can AI reroute a global supply chain by morning?
Humanoid robots are walking onto the warehouse floor. Whose job goes first?
Autonomous trucks are hauling real freight. What happens to the millions who drive for a living?
3:00 PM · Networking and facilitated breakouts Pick a table, pick a topic, led by industry experts. Past tables: resiliency and business continuity · data foundations for GenAI · the future of logistics · plugging startups into the corporate tech stack
3:50 PM · Founder pitch showcase The supply chain startups to watch, pitching to the corporate leaders and investors who can move them forward. Past winners: Kadeya · Agtools · Pollen Returns
4:30 PM · Emerging leaders keynote A founder who built one of logistics' fastest-growing companies, on the decisions behind the growth.
5:00 PM · Happy hour in Startup Alley Drinks with the startups, and the introductions we lined up for you.
Tickets: Pre-sale $150 · Free for 1871 members