Description:

Six early-stage AI companies — Augment, Fleetworks, GenLogs, HappyRobot, Qued and Vooma —are coming together with the Northwestern University Transportation Center at the Spring 2025 Industry Technical Workshop to show “how AI is moving freight.”

The Workshop will explore the growing role and potential of AI in automating communication, streamlining workflows, and improving overall efficiency in logistics management. The panelists will discuss actual applications of how AI-powered automation is improving task efficiency, reducing operational costs, enhancing service reliability, and potentially reshaping the industry.

Workshop Agenda

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2025

2:00 PM              Welcome / Opening Remarks

Hani Mahmassani | Director | NUTC

Bret Johnson | Sr. Associate Director | NUTC 

2:10 PM              Presentations

Harish Abbott, Founder, Augment LLC

Jesse Buckingham, Co-Founder, Vooma

Kris Forrest, Head of Sales, GenLogs

Prasad Gollapalli, CEO and Chairman, Qued

Pablo Palafox, Co-founder & CEO, HappyRobot Inc.

Paul Singer, Co-founder & CEO, FleetWorks

3:15 PM              Networking Break

3:45 PM              Panel Discussion

Moderator - John Larkin, Strategic Advisor & Chair of Advisory Board, Clarendo Capital LLC

4:45 PM              End of Program