MODEX: 8 Reasons to Attend

MHI has shared eight reasons why you should attend MODEX, which takes place March 11-14 at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center.

As the speed of manufacturing, transportation, and supply chain operations continues to accelerate, building a more agile, efficient supply chain depends on today’s forward thinking decisions.

MODEX 2024 will be held March 11-14 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

MODEX 2024 brings together the entire industry to provide end-to-end solutions for your operations.

With less than two weeks until MODEX, here are the top eight reasons why you can’t afford to miss the biggest supply chain event of 2024:

1. See The Latest Equipment and Technology

Discover over 1,175 of the leading providers and experience in person how their efficiency enhancing, cost‑cutting equipment and technology solutions can futureproof your supply chain.

2. Experience Unsurpassed Educational Opportunities

Choose from over 200+ free education sessions conveying a broad array of supply chain, material handling and logistics topics. MODEX offers nine seminar tracks to improve your knowledge of cutting-edge technologies and emerging trends across the industry.

3. Get Inspired by 5 Powerful Keynotes

Learn from the industry’s best minds how key industry trends and innovations can transform your manufacturing and supply chain operations. Meet your MODEX keynote speakers:

• Lessons Learned From the Supply Chain Frontlines with Bill Seward
• Keynote Panel: Charting the Course for Smarter Ports
• Exponential Change In the Age of AI: Digitization, Decarbonization and Reformation by Gerd Leonhard
• 2024 MHI Annual Report Keynote Panel: The Collaborative Supply Chain
• The Heart of an Avenger: A Conversation with Jeremy Renner

4. Find Your Next Big Idea at the StartUp Pavilion

The StartUp Pavilion is a specialized area on the MODEX show floor where companies showcase emerging supply chain tech and innovation. You won’t want to miss our exhilarating live StartUp Pitch Contest taking place on Tuesday, March 12 from 3:00 to 4:00 pm in the StartUp Theater.

5. Make Lasting Peer to Peer Connections

Connect with 45,000 manufacturing, supply chain and transportation professionals who will attend seeking solutions for their operations from traditional equipment to sustainability to automation, robotics, and emerging tech. Learn more and view all MODEX networking opportunities.

6. Network and Laugh at MHI Industry Night with Comedian Colin Jost

MHI is throwing an Industry Night party with comedian Colin Jost and a $30,000 trip of a lifetime door prize – ideal for more relaxed networking. Join us for live music, food and drinks!

MHI provides educational, business development, networking and solution sourcing opportunities.

7. Discover The Lastest Trends In Sustainable Supply Chains

MODEX will feature an educational theater dedicated to this topic hosted by leading supply chain sustainability authority Guidehouse. The Sustainability Theater will feature education  focused on achieving net-zero by identifying and implementing sustainable operations including reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Scope footprinting, target setting, reporting and abatement planning.

8. Empower Your Last Mile Success

MODEX will feature the first-ever theater dedicated to solutions and trends for last mile logistics. Learn the innovative trends and tech that are increasing the speed, visibility and accuracy for this growing supply chain segment at the Last Mile Logistics Theater.