Academic Challenge (Open to all)

Enjoy presentations from our IANA Scholarship School student teams as they share their solutions to questions raised in a timely intermodal case that they just received the day before! Winning teams are announced on stage during Tuesday’s Opening General session.

Registration & Exhibitor Move-in

M&R Committee Meeting - Updates & Education

Be part of the discussion as industry leaders share progress on key initiatives focused on equipment safety, maintenance best practices, roadability, and dispute resolution. Receive updates on new recommended practices, training resources, and damage prevention efforts, and hear how emerging priorities such as workforce development, driver and mechanic engagement, and artificial intelligence are shaping the future of intermodal maintenance and repair. Plus, learn from NextGen Trucking and industry peers about innovative approaches to recruiting, developing, and retaining the workforce that keeps our industry moving forward.

Safety and Security Committee Meeting - Updates & Education

Stay ahead of the issues shaping the future of safety and security intermodal transportation: hear the latest updates on cargo theft mitigation efforts, emerging autonomous vehicle and terminal safety practices, while learning how industry collaboration is driving meaningful progress. Plus, don't miss an informative presentation on freight fraud prevention and the NFMTA Threat Report Portal—valuable tools helping organizations strengthen supply chain security and risk awareness.

Operations Committee Meeting - Updates & Education

Don't miss this opportunity to hear the latest progress on key industry initiatives, including the NJ/NY Toll Attribution Task Force, SCAC Accuracy Working Group, and the newly formed AI Working Group. Gain valuable insights into practical solutions that are improving efficiency, reducing costs, and addressing operational challenges across the intermodal supply chain. Plus, hear from the Harbor Trucking Association and early AI adopters as they explore emerging technologies that are transforming the movement of cargo and shaping the future of our industry.

Board of Directors Meeting (Closed)

Student / FLIP Tour(s) (Invite Only)

Shipper Facility Tours (Invite Only)

Supply Chain Beach Volleyball League - Beach Party Event

Kick-off IANA by networking, fresh air, and fun with other supply chain folks at Belmont Shores Beach Volleyball courts. Learn more or reserve your spot here.

FLIP Reception (Invite Only)

New Member/ First-Time Attendee / Committee Leadership Reception / VIPs - (Invite Only)

Welcome Reception

Board of Directors Dinner (Invite Only)

Registration

Networking Breakfast

General Session: Welcome and Awards; Featured Speaker

Live Podcast Recordings

Networking Break

General Session: Featured Speaker

Exhibit Hall Open:

Enjoy on-floor education, rail updates, live demos, and networking lounges.

Exhibit Hall Concurrent Sessions

Applied Technologies

AI in Intermodal: From Framework to Field

AI has moved from a question mark to a strategic mandate in intermodal, with organizations now focused on closing the gap between awareness and execution. Since first discussed at IANA EXPO 2024, we have built shared frameworks, including the Four Pillars of AI (GenAI, Agentic AI, Applied AI, and Analytical AI), and the whitepaper Intelligent Container Journey giving the industry its first shared vocabulary for practical AI deployment across the container lifecycle, that are shaping practical adoption. This session provides a 2026 reality check on each pillar and equips attendees with tools to assess readiness, drive adoption, and align internal stakeholders around an AI strategy.

What’s in it for you?

• Understand where AI is actually delivering value today—and where it isn’t
• Get a practical framework to assess your organization’s readiness
• Learn how to align teams and leadership around an actionable AI strategy
• Walk away with clear next steps to move from exploration to execution

Security & Risk

Legal & Regulatory Issues Intermodal Needs to Know

This session explores the fast evolving policies shaping safety, data use, liability, and cross modal operations in today’s intermodal landscape. Hear the most consequential federal and state developments, highlighting where regulatory shifts intersect with technology, equipment, and operational practices. Attendees will gain clear, actionable insight to help their organizations stay compliant, anticipate change, and confidently navigate the legal pressures reshaping intermodal.

What’s in it for you?

• Stay ahead of policy changes that directly impact your operations
• Learn how to avoid costly compliance gaps across safety, data, and liability
• Understand how regulations intersect with technology and personnel decisions
• Gain clarity so you can plan confidently in a shifting regulatory environment

Tools for Growth

Strengthening the Port-Rail Connection

International freight has fueled intermodal growth for 40 years and strengthening the port‑rail interface is a major opportunity to unlock even greater efficiency and reliability. This session brings together leaders from marine, rail, and road to highlight collaborative solutions that are already improving fluidity and setting the stage for long‑term resilience. Attendees will gain a constructive, multi‑stakeholder view of how the industry can turn today’s challenges into a more synchronized and competitive gateway ecosystem.

What’s in it for you?

• Identify bottlenecks impacting speed, cost, and reliability
• Learn how better coordination across modes improves performance
• Understand what leading ports, railroads, and carriers are doing differently
• Walk away with ideas to improve fluidity across your own network

BCO Luncheon (Invitation Only)

Exhibit Hall Concurrent Sessions

Applied Technologies

EV Reality Check: Is the Industry Shifting & Why?

EV adoption is accelerating, but the pace and direction vary widely across operations and regions—raising real questions about what’s driving the shift and where it’s actually taking hold. Our panel examines the operational, regulatory, and economic forces reshaping equipment strategies, separating hype from measurable progress. Attendees will gain a grounded view of where electrification is truly viable today, what barriers remain, and how intermodal stakeholders can prepare for the next wave of zero emission innovation.

What’s in it for you?

• Separate hype from reality on EV adoption in freight
• Understand where electrification makes operational sense and realistic challenges
• Identify risks, limitations, and infrastructure gaps
• Prepare your fleet strategy for near- and long-term transitions

Security & Risk

Cargo Theft: What’s Next and Why It Matters

Cargo theft is evolving in both scale and sophistication, creating new vulnerabilities across our intermodal landscape. Join us as we examine emerging tactics, shifting criminal networks, and the operational and financial risks they pose to intermodal stakeholders. Attendees will gain a clear understanding of the latest threat patterns and proactive measures that can strengthen security, protect assets, and keep freight flowing.

What’s in it for you?

• Learn how cargo theft tactics are evolving—and where you’re most exposed
• Understand financial and operational impacts to your business
• Get actionable strategies to strengthen security and reduce risk
• Protect your freight, customers, and reputation

Tools for Growth

Expand Your Leadership Range: Six Avatars that Drive Real Results

In today's complex intermodal environment, your default leadership style isn't enough. Growing operations, emerging leaders, and uncertainty demand versatility. In this session, you'll discover the Six Leadership Avatars, a framework that reveals your natural strengths, exposes your blind spots, and most importantly, gives you the tools to shift your style based on what your team and situation actually need. You'll leave with a clear understanding of how each avatar shows up, what drives their decisions, how they communicate, and the impact they have on your team's trust, alignment, and results.

What’s in it for you?

• Identify your leadership style—and its blind spots
• Learn how to adapt your approach based on people and situations
• Improve team alignment, trust, and performance
• Leave with practical tools to lead more effectively in a complex environment

Exhibit Hall Happy Hour

VIP / BCO Reception (Invitation Only)

IANA After Dark - Join us for an evening party to remember - NEW!

Registration

Networking Breakfast

Live Podcast Recordings

General Session: FLIP Completion Ceremony & Inside Intermodal Panel

Inside Intermodal

Join us as we kick off Intermodal EXPO with this annual favorite. Hear from our panel of experts as they provide their insights on the current state of the intermodal supply chain and where we are headed. With detailed coverage of ocean carriers, truckers, 3PLs, and intermodal, you’ll get the inside view of key topics affecting your operations.

Networking Break

General Session: Closing Keynote Speaker

Exhibit Hall Open:

Enjoy on-floor education, rail updates, live demos, and networking lounges.

Exhibit Hall Concurrent Sessions

Applied Technologies

Collaborative Tech to Combat Fragmented Visibility

Intermodal is entering a new growth window, driven by tighter truckload capacity, elevated operating costs, rising fuel pressure, and renewed shipper interest in truck-to-rail conversion. But growth will not come from capacity alone. It will come from the ability to orchestrate increasingly complex moves across rail, drayage, customer commitments, equipment availability, accessorial exposure, and service expectations. This panel will explore how intermodal leaders are applying technology to move beyond basic shipment tracking and toward better execution: predictive visibility, exception management, automated planning, equipment velocity, multi-leg coordination, and smarter mode selection. Panelists will discuss where technology is creating measurable value, where the industry still struggles, and what practical steps companies can take to make intermodal easier to adopt, scale, and trust. Attendees will leave with a clear model of where intermodal’s service gaps originate, a data-grounded understanding of the operational cost of fragmentation, and a perspective on how the industry should align.

What’s in it for you?

• Understand why visibility gaps persist—and what they cost you
• Learn how leading companies are improving execution, not just tracking
• Identify technologies that deliver measurable operational improvements
• Discover practical ways to simplify and scale intermodal adoption

Security & Risk

Smart Insurance Strategies for Intermodal Operators

Smart insurance planning is essential as intermodal operators face rising risks, tighter contracts, and more complex liability exposures. This session breaks down the coverage gaps, policy structures, and risk transfer practices that most directly affect day to day operations and long term resilience. Attendees will leave with practical ways to strengthen protection, reduce avoidable losses, and align insurance decisions with the realities of modern intermodal networks.

What’s in it for you?

• Identify gaps in your current coverage before they become losses
• Better understand liability exposure across your network
• Learn how to structure policies that align with real-world operations
• Gain strategies to reduce risk while controlling insurance-related costs

Tools for Growth

Fostering Intermodal Growth

What does it truly take to convert the current intermodal moment driven by fuel costs, truck capacity, and rate spread into a new era of prolonged intermodal growth? Join us for a candid conversation across the modes as we look at the real opportunities for intermodal to be the foundation of a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable freight ecosystem. Also discussed will be the present challenges we as an industry need to collaboratively address head on to accurately position intermodal as the strategic advantage driven by cost stability, network resilience, sustainability, service reliability, and scalability.

What’s in it for you?

• Understand how to turn current market conditions into sustained growth
• Learn what’s needed to make intermodal more competitive vs. truckload
• Gain cross-industry perspective on shared challenges and solutions
• Walk away with strategies to position intermodal as a long-term advantage

Exhibit Hall Concurrent Sessions

Applied Technologies

Elevating & Expanding Core Operational Systems

Strengthening core operational systems is critical to keeping pace with customer expectations, data demands, and network complexity. Explore how your company can upgrade legacy processes, integrate smarter technologies, and build more resilient, scalable operational foundations. Attendees will gain practical insight into prioritizing investments, improving system weak points while rethinking current safety, compliance, and productivity measures, and positioning their organizations for long term operational strength.

What’s in it for you?

• Identify weak points in your current systems and processes
• Learn how to prioritize technology and infrastructure investments
• Improve efficiency, safety, and scalability across operations
• Build a stronger operational foundation for future growth

Security & Risk

Cyber Security: Mitigating Operational Risk for Intermodal Networks

Cyber threats are escalating across transportation, making cybersecurity a core operational risk rather than an IT only concern for intermodal networks. This session tackles how attacks can disrupt terminals, rail operations, and container flows—and the practical defenses that strengthen resilience. Attendees will gain clear strategies for reducing exposure, improving response readiness, and protecting the integrity of increasingly connected intermodal systems.

What’s in it for you?

• Understand how cyber threats can disrupt real-world operations
• Identify vulnerabilities across terminals, systems, and data flows
• Learn practical steps to reduce risk and improve response readiness
• Protect your network as operations become more connected

Tools for Growth

Marketing Tool Kit for Intermodal

The marketing landscape for transportation and logistics companies is shifting faster than ever—cold calling is ineffective, buyer behavior has transformed, and the market is being flooded with generic content. This session provides practical strategies for modern lead generation, including how to purposefully use email, content, social media, and AI to build authority, spark real engagement, and stay visible in an era where “no click” AI search increasingly shapes discovery. Attendees will learn how to rise above the noise with credible, community driven visibility strategies that work even as traditional websites and SEO lose influence.

What’s in it for you?

• Learn how to generate leads in a changing buyer landscape
• Use content, email, social, and AI more effectively
• Stand out in a crowded market with credible, differentiated messaging
• Build visibility and demand even as traditional tactics lose impact

Farewell Reception

Exhibitor Move-out

HTA Meeting & Reception (invite only)

Connie Awards (invite only)

Exhibitor Move-out