SCHEDULE at a GLANCE
Time and Place
October 14-15
North Scottsdale
Max Kierland
16220 N Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
October 13
7 AM to 5 PM, Client QBRs
October 14
7 AM to 5 PM, day one with dinner and an activity, stay tuned!
October 15
7 AM to 5 PM, day two
CONFERENCE AGENDA
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TRAVEL and HOTEL
Airports
Phoenix Sky Harbor, 25 minutes away
Mesa Gateway Airport, 45 minutes away
Hotels
Near the Max Kierland with 24-hour shuttle service to the Max:
SCHEDULE at a GLANCE
Time and Place
October 14-15
North Scottsdale
Max Kierland
16220 N Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
October 13
7 AM to 4:30 PM, QBRs for clients
October 14
7 AM to 11 AM, QBRs for clients
12 PM to 1 PM, LUNCH
1 PM to 4:30 PM, INSIGHT Conference
5 PM to 7 PM, DINNER and Top Golf
October 15
8 AM to 3:30 PM, INSIGHT Conference
October 16
7 AM to 4:30 PM, QBRs for clients
CONFERENCE AGENDA
October 13
7 AM to 4:30 PM, QBRs
October 14
7 AM to 11 AM, QBRs
7:30 AM to 9:30 AM, Gateway Pass hike, hikers meet in lobby
12 PM to 1 PM, LUNCH
1 PM to 2 PM, Moving Back to a Bottom-Up Approach to Tech Investment, Eric Johnson
2 PM to 3 PM, Newest Features from 2023-Now, Shannon Vaillancourt
3 PM to 3:30 PM, BREAK
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM, TM Tech Report, Shannon Vaillancourt with Scott Luton
4:30 PM to 5:00 PM, Top Takeaways from Extraordinary Conversations with Supply Chain Leaders, Scott Luton
5 PM to 7 PM, DINNER and Top Golf, shuttle pickup at 4:45 PM in lobby
October 15
7 AM to 8 AM, BREAKFAST
8 AM to 10 AM, Carrier Rates: Emerging Trends and Future Predictions, Dr. Dale Rogers, Dr. Zac Rogers
10 AM to10:15 AM, BREAK
10:15 AM to 11:15 AM, Multicarrier Parcel Savings, Matt Cassano
11:15 AM to 12:15 PM, LUNCH
12:15 PM to 1:15 PM, Product roadmap for ShipLinx TMS and RateLinx Freight Audit & Pay, Shannon Vaillancourt
1:15 PM to 2:15 PM, Client Success Story, Douglas Wilson, Manager Software Product Management, PING
2:15 PM to 2:30 PM, BREAK
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM, Hidden Strategies for LTL RFPs, Devin Strang
3:30 PM, CONFERENCE ENDS
October 16
7 AM to 4:30 PM, QBRs
TRAVEL and HOTEL
Airports
Phoenix Sky Harbor, 25 minutes away
Mesa Gateway Airport, 45 minutes away
Hotels
Near the Max Kierland with 24-hour shuttle service to the Max:
What's new in 2025?
Hands-On Workshops: Small Groups, Big Impact
Gain practical experience in our small-group workshops, designed to help you apply insights directly to your business:
- Parcel Reporting: Master your data for better decision-making
- LTL Reporting Tools: Leverage insights to drive smarter strategies
- LTL RFPs: Build stronger bids and optimize carrier selections
BEST PRACTICES: Workflows and Automations That Work
Featuring Travis Anderson from RateLinx, this session dives into the latest automation strategies to streamline your logistics processes and eliminate inefficiencies.
Optimizing ERP Integration: A Real-World Case Study
Learn how Rosemary Kerby, ERP Analyst at Horizon AG and ShipLinx TMS client, streamlined operations with ERP best practices to improve efficiency and drive results.
BACK AT INSIGHT BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Dr. Dale Rogers and Dr. Zac Rogers! Details coming soon!
Meet the Insight 2025 Speakers
Eric Johnson,
the Journal of Commerce
Eric Johnson is the Journal of Commerce’s senior editor, technology, where he leads coverage and analysis of technology’s impact on global logistics and trade. Johnson regularly reports on how shippers, carriers across all modes, and logistics companies use software, as well as new concepts impacting core freight transportation processes like procurement, execution, visibility, and payment. Johnson is a regular presenter and moderator at industry events and webinars.
Prior to joining the JOC in May 2018, Johnson spent 13 years with American Shipper in a variety of roles, most recently covering logistics technology and leading the production of a series of benchmark studies on the logistics industry. Johnson has a bachelor’s in journalism from the University of Wisconsin and a master’s in international business from the University of Leeds, UK. He has lived and worked in Southern California, the UK, and India, and now resides in the Washington, D.C., area.
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Dale Rogers,
Arizona State University
Dale Rogers is the ON semiconductor professor of business at the supply chain management department at Arizona State University. He is also ASU’s director of the frontier economies logistics lab and director of the internet edge supply chain lab.
He is the principal investigator of the $15 million CARISCA project at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana and a visiting professor there. Dr. Rogers is the principal investigator on the supply chain AI-realized future funded by a consortium of firms including Intel, Applied Materials, and Chemonics International. Dale is the director of global projects for Instituto de Logística e Supply Chain (ILOS) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dale won the Reverse Logsitics Education award from the Reverse Logsitics Association in 2023.
In 2022, Dale was selected as the CSCMP academic “giant.” He is the 2021 CSCMP Distinguished Service award winner and was also inducted into the Supply Chain Hall of Fame. In 2012 he became the first academic to receive the International Warehouse and Logistics Association Distinguished Service award in its 130-year history. Dr. Rogers is a former “rainmaker ” for the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN) which is the economic development arm of Reno, Nevada.
Dale is a leading researcher in the fields of reverse logistics, sustainable supply chain management, supply chain finance and secondary markets, has published in the leading journals of the supply chain and logistics fields. He has been principal investigator on research grants from numerous organizations. He is a senior editor at the Rutgers Business Journal, area editor at Annals of Management Science, and associate editor of the Journal of Business Logistics and the Journal of Supply Chain Management.
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Zac Rogers,
Colorado State University
Dr. Rogers is an assistant professor of operations and supply chain management at Colorado State University. His primary research interests include financial impact of supply chain sustainability, emerging logistics technologies, supply chain cyber security, and other emerging purchasing and logistics issues. Dr. Rogers’s work has appeared in multiple academic journals, corporate white papers, trade publications, and conference proceedings. He is a frequent speaker at academic and practitioner-oriented conferences.
Dr. Rogers earned his B.S. and M.B.A. degrees at the University of Nevada, Reno and his PhD in supply chain management from Arizona State University. Prior to returning to academia, Dr. Rogers worked as a purchasing agent for a large hotel resort and as an operations manager for Quidsi, an Amazon subsidiary.
Email: [email protected]
Moving Back to a Bottom-Up Approach to Tech Investment
Gateway Loop Trail Hike
Experience the beauty of the Sonoran desert by joining RateLinx VP Todd Elliott on a hike in North Scottsdale. Todd is passionate about hiking and has traversed many of the most difficult trails in Arizona.
The Gateway Loop is four miles long and appropriate for all skill levels. Todd will adapt the hike to the skill level of the group and all levels of hikers are welcome!
RateLinx has been recognized as a Top 100 Logistics IT provider since 2010.