FourKites Customer Roundtable
+ High Flyer & Golden Kite Awards!

Location

Ignite Glass Studio
401 N Armour Street
Chicago, IL 60642

You’re invited to the FourKites Customer Roundtable where we will also take time to celebrate our High Flyer & Golden Kite award winners!

Join us for a free, in-person event that offers an unparalleled opportunity to connect with peers, share best practices and learn from leading industry professionals.

During the Roundtable, you will have the chance to engage in peer networking, join break-out sessions to delve deeper into specific topics, and learn from your colleagues on how they have achieved success. This event is the perfect platform to ask questions, exchange ideas and bring actionable improvements back to your organization.

By attending, you will have the opportunity to:

• Enhance your FourKites knowledge
• Expand your network
• Gain invaluable insights from fellow industry experts
• Celebrate with others during the awards ceremony

Possible topics to cover:

• ‍Carrier Communication & Scorecarding: Ensuring accurate carrier performance data and scorecards to improve vendor relationships and compliance.‍
• User Adoption: Getting your team to use the platform daily so visibility becomes a habit, not a reactive afterthought.‍
• Customer Visibility: Delivering real-time supply chain data to your customers to improve their experience and satisfaction.‍
• Moving from Reactive to Proactive: Automatically alerting internal stakeholders before supply chain problems escalate instead of responding after the fact.‍
• Use of FourKites: Data Operationalizing platform insights across your organization to drive measurable business results.‍
• Yardworks & Facility Optimization: Reducing dwell time and improving warehouse and yard efficiency using supply chain data.‍
• Supplier Collaboration & Cross-Functional Automation: Automating responses across multiple departments (finance, operations, customer service) when supply chain disruptions occur.‍
• Intelligence & Automation for Track & Trace: Moving beyond manual tracking into intelligent, AI-powered workflows that automate visibility and decision-making.

Agenda at a Glance

Curated to ensure maximum value for attendees, the agenda is driven by you and your peers, with a focus on elevating the discussion beyond just our product offerings.

October 5th
‍Monday

• Arrivals
• Welcome Reception at Guiness Brewery Chicago

October 6th
‍Tuesday

• Welcome & Event Kickoff
• Customer Presentations on Driving Value with Visibility
• Small Group Networking Discussion
• High Flyer and Golden Kite Award Ceremony

Other Information

• High Flyer and Golden Kite Awards
  The High Flyer Award celebrates FourKites Community members who go above and beyond, sharing insights, mentoring others, and driving real impact for their organizations.  
  
  The Golden Kite Award celebrates individuals within our customer organizations who have soared to new heights with their visibility initiatives. This award showcases their achievements in innovation up and down their supply chains.

• Attire: Business Casual
  We encourage you to bring a sweater or jacket for the welcome reception and possible cool conference room temperatures.

• Meals: Starting with dinner on Tuesday, August 4th and concluding with lunch on Wednesday, August 5th, meals will be provided.

• Travel: When booking travel, we encourage you to arrive by 4pm on Tuesday, August 4th so you can attend our evening networking event starting at 6:00pm. The sessions will end at 3pm on Wednesday, August 5th to allow for evening travel home.

Hotel

We do not have a block of rooms reserved but would recommend one of the following options based on general proximity to the event:

• Hampton Inn Chicago West Loop Fulton Market Area: 116 N Jefferson St, Chicago, IL 60661
• Hyatt House Chicago / West Loop-Fulton Market: 105 N May St, Chicago, IL 60607

Register for FourKites Customer Roundtable

Join us in Chicago, Illinois on October 5-6, 2026