Save the date for Jump Start 2022 January 24-26 in Atlanta!
Intelligence Gathering 
A Virtual Event
Jump Start explores emerging trends, current challenges and new innovations in the supply chain. It touches virtually every aspect of today’s modern, complex supply chain. This year’s event will be held virtually, and has been specially tailored to fit into the afternoons of your remote workday. As the definitive supply chain intelligence gathering of the new year, Jump Start is a one-of-a-kind experience that blends informative panels from industry experts with the information you need to propel forward your supply chain into 2021. This year, we’re tackling the information you need to know about coming off of a historic, disruptive year for the supply chain and what the road to recovery looks like.
Conference Chair
Ramona Hood
President & CEO | FedEx Custom Critical
Keynote
Larry Sabato
Professor | The University of Virginia
Dr. Larry Sabato, founder and director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, will provide his predictions and insights on the 2020 presidential race. What are the key issues voters care about and how do new transportation regulations and legislature factor in? Author of more than two dozen books and essays on politics, Sabato, also edits the political website Sabato’s Crystal Ball.
Keynote
Alec Ross
New York Times Best-Selling Author and Former Senior Advisor for Innovation, State Department
Alex Ross, best-selling author and former senior advisor for technology and innovation at the state department, will address the industries and business that will shake up the marketplace in the next ten years. He will describe the changes that will impact our future, examining the cultural, political and demographic contexts of which these changes are emerging.
Industry Keynote
Brad Jacobs
Chairman & CEO | XPO Logistics
Join Brad Jacobs, Chairman and CEO of XPO Logistics, as he presents Jump Start 2021’s industry keynote, tackling the challenges the industry faced in 2020, and providing insights into the road to recovery.
Jason
Bergman
Chief Customer Officer | YRC and President | HNRY Logistics
Bill
Cassidy
Senior Editor | Journal of Commerce
J. Bruce
Chan
VP & Senior Analyst – Global Logistics Equity Research | Stifel
Russ
Felker
Chief Technology Officer | GlobalTranz
Joe
Finney
COO | Dependable Supply Chain Services
Daniel R.
Furth
Consultant | Veedon Fleece Partners LLC
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