The Mercury Group

Join us at the Conservatory located within Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot for a night of delicious food, handcrafted cocktails, and good conversation!

Join us for breakfast before we kick off the first full day of content.

Optimizing your transportation network today demands an innovative perspective. Leveraging Breakthrough's data and market insights, this keynote will challenge conventional approaches and highlight practical adjustments to accelerate action across your fuel, freight, and sustainability strategies.

Stay ahead of the curve with expert insights from Breakthrough’s Research & Economics team. In this live session, we’ll unpack the key factors shaping freight, energy, and sustainability markets in 2025 and 2026—including economic trends, geopolitical risks, policy shifts, and market fundamentals.

In today’s competitive environment, improving supply chain efficiency is not just a goal—it’s a necessity. With volatile energy costs, evolving sustainability regulations, and increasing pressure from customers and investors, shippers need data-driven strategies to stay ahead. In this session, we’ll share freight and energy benchmarking information to help your organization make smarter, more sustainable freight decisions.

This networking roundtable offers a focused forum to share insights and explore strategies for creating sustainable and effective network plans. Key topics will include optimizing your transportation network for cost, service, and sustainability, leveraging collective experience to uncover solutions. Participants will gain actionable insights and practical frameworks to enhance their supply chain efficiency and resilience.

Featuring insights and case studies from industry leaders Owens Corning and Unilever, attendees of this session will gain valuable knowledge and practical tools to successfully navigate and thrive in a complex environment.

This session will explore how energy market dynamics and forecasts shape the global transportation landscape. Attendees will learn how Breakthrough can help you navigate energy price volatility on a global scale to create budget stability, decarbonize transportation networks, and foster stronger carrier relationships. Gain the insights needed to transform energy management into a strategic cost and sustainability advantage for your global supply chain.

Shippers face a critical challenge in determining how to strategically integrate alternative energy into their freight networks. This session provides supply chain leaders with the data and information needed to make informed decisions about alternative energy, including Breakthrough’s approach to supporting its adoption.

Discover proven strategies to help you adapt, compete, and thrive in today’s shifting economic landscape. From leveraging new data-driven carrier selection to agile RFP strategies, this session will discuss approaches to move with market dynamics and seize new opportunities to position your organization to sustain success, no matter the challenges ahead.

Discover how Breakthrough’s Fuel Recovery solution delivers lasting value to top organizations. Hear from Stanley Black & Decker and Generac as they share experiences on driving savings, increasing efficiency, and managing strategic change. Gain actionable insights into cost reduction strategies and innovative solutions that optimize your network and deliver measurable results.

Discover how advanced fuel procurement and optimization strategies can empower your private fleet to reduce costs, diversify your energy portfolio, and enable your business to meet both immediate operational goals and long-term sustainability objectives.

Connect, collaborate, and exchange insights with industry peers in this dedicated networking session. Discuss business challenges and strategies in a professional setting while strengthening your connections in the industry.

The world is fast moving and full of uncertainty. No situation demonstrates this like the battlefield, which is why the US military developed VUCA, a framework for understanding - and defeating - chaos. VUCA, representing Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity, helps leaders define the challenges they confront and how best to conquer them. Listeners will learn how Vision, Understanding, Clarity, and Agility interact to help teams thrive in chaos, whether in the boardroom or the marketplace. Wood's experiences as a Marine Sniper in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as an entrepreneur who has built the fastest growing disaster response organization in America, provide him with compelling real-life stories to draw upon that help listeners understand the key lessons of Conquering Chaos.

Join us as we wrap up Day 1 and head to Target Field for an evening of networking.

Join us for an engaging evening networking reception at Target Field, Truly on Deck. Explore the ballpark with guided tours and step into the batting cages to practice your swing. Connect with industry peers in a unique, dynamic setting that blends professional conversation with memorable experiences.

Join us for breakfast before we kick off the final day of content.

Start the day with a look at Breakthrough’s latest innovations, designed to make smarter and more efficient transportation networks. Discover our new tools and product enhancements that reduce costs, improve efficiency, and decarbonize transportation.

Gain actionable insights and proven strategies to optimize your sourcing events featuring expert insights from The Clorox Company. Attendees will leave with valuable knowledge to effectively carry out RFP processes that drive results.

Leading shippers will come together in this panel discussion to explore how strategic optimization has unlocked significant cost savings, streamlined operations, and elevated the performance of their transportation networks. Discover how data-driven strategies and proactive decision-making helped these shippers create long-term resilience, empowering organizations to thrive in an evolving market.

Discover how IFCO is advancing sustainability through their impactful decarbonization journey. Explore critical aspects of emissions accounting, tackle common challenges, and uncover best practices to help you enhance or refine your own sustainability initiatives.

Evolving federal and state regulations are impacting the future of freight transportation, supply chain management, and sustainability. This session will explore key legislative and regulatory developments, focusing on their impact on transportation networks. Attendees will gain valuable insights on how to adapt their strategies to emerging political and regulatory frameworks.

Participate in an interactive fuel market simulation where you'll navigate real-world volatility and put your risk management skills to the test. Discover how energy risk management strategies can stabilize budgets, protect your bottom line, and position your organization for future success.

As the alternative energy market continues to evolve, collaboration is key to success. Join this panel discussion to hear from leaders that have proven success in developing an alternative fuel strategy to power transportation networks.