Supply Chain & Logistics Conferences

The supply chain conferences worth knowing

Supply chain events split by which link in the chain you work on. A warehouse operations manager, a freight forwarder and a chief supply chain officer would each pick a different show. Here are the main ones by type, with who each is built for. Dates for all of them are in the list above.

Materials handling & warehouse automation expos

• ProMat (Chicago, April) and MODEX (Atlanta). Best for: anyone buying warehouse and distribution equipment: robotics, automation, conveyors, racking and supply chain software. MHI runs both, and they alternate years, so there's one of the two each spring.
• LogiMAT (Stuttgart, March). Best for: intralogistics and material flow, for buyers covering the European market.
• transport logistic (Munich, April). Best for: logistics, mobility and supply chain IT on a big international trade-fair floor.

Strategy & supply chain leadership

• Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo (Orlando, May). Best for: supply chain executives setting strategy, with Gartner research and peer networking.
• CSCMP EDGE (host city changes each year). Best for: supply chain professionals across functions. The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals runs it.
• Supply Chain USA (Chicago, June). Best for: shippers redesigning their networks. Reuters Events runs it, with a focus on practical AI use cases.
• Manifest (Las Vegas, February). Best for: logistics tech: executives, startups and investors looking at what's next.

Freight, shipping & trade

• TPM (Long Beach, late February). Best for: shippers, carriers and logistics providers in transportation management and container shipping.
• FreightWaves LIVE (Dallas, October). Best for: shippers and carriers following the freight market and freight tech.
• CMA Shipping (Houston, March) and Air Cargo Americas (Miami Beach, November). Best for: maritime and air cargo respectively: ship owners and operators, and air cargo carriers and forwarders.
• NCBFAA Annual Conference (Orlando, April). Best for: customs brokers and freight forwarders keeping up with trade compliance.

Warehousing, parcel & last mile

• WERC Experience (Chicago, April) and IWLA Convention & Expo (May). Best for: warehouse operators. WERC leans to education and research; IWLA is for contract logistics and third-party warehousing.
• DELIVER America (Las Vegas, October) and Home Delivery World (Orlando, May). Best for: retailers and carriers working on parcel and last-mile delivery.
• National Postal Forum (Orlando, May). Best for: mailers and shippers who work with the US Postal Service.

Industry-specific supply chains

• SEMICON West (San Francisco, October). Best for: the microelectronics supply chain: chipmakers, equipment and materials suppliers.
• The Global Produce & Floral Show (Orlando, October). Best for: the fresh produce and floral chain, from grower-shippers to retail and foodservice buyers.
• GS1 Connect (May). Best for: teams working on product data, barcodes and supply chain standards.