Innovators, Investors, Colleagues, Community Trailblazing Catalysts,

🚀💫🍀 Are you ready to revolutionize the logistics industry? The Center for Advancing Innovation (CAI), in collaboration with the University of North Texas (UNT) and the Frisco Economic Development Corporation, is thrilled to present an unprecedented opportunity: the Texoma Logistics Innovation Engine Investor Forum! 

Join us for an electrifying event where innovation meets transformation. We're on a mission to reinvent, innovate, and revolutionize value chains and supply chains in the logistics sector across North Central Texas and Southern Oklahoma. This is your chance to be at the forefront of change and shape the future of the industry!

At the Texoma Logistics Innovation Engine Investor Forum, we're bringing together visionary startups, seasoned investors, and industry leaders to fuel inclusive innovation and drive economic development. As a privileged partner, CAI is dedicated to fostering an inclusive innovation ecosystem that empowers entrepreneurs to thrive and succeed.

Why should you attend?

✨Unveil and showcase your revolutionary startup

✨Discover groundbreaking startups that are reshaping the logistics landscape

✨Connect with forward-thinking investors eager to support disruptive ideas

✨Explore cutting-edge technologies and transformative solutions

✨Team up with driven visionaries, igniting the spark of transformation

This isn't just another investor forum – it's a catalyst for transformation. Together, we'll unlock new opportunities, ignite creativity, and propel the logistics industry into a future of endless possibilities.

Don't miss your chance to be part of something extraordinary. Secure your spot at the Texoma Logistics Innovation Engine Investor Forum, and join us on the journey to reinvent, innovate, and transform the logistics industry!

STARTUPS WILL PITCH
Time: Sept 13 1:30-5pm Central

Location: University of North Texas: UNT at Frisco, Room 130, 12995 Preston Rd, Frisco, TX 75033

Parking: We will send you a permit after registration

FRISCO EDC AFTERPARTY RECEPTION
Time: Sept 13 5:30-8:30pm Central

Location: City Works – Frisco at the Star, 3680 The Star Blvd #1300, Frisco, TX 75034

Parking: Silver Garage

Let's seize the moment, rewrite the rules, and carve out a future that shines brighter than ever before! #NSFEngines #InnovationEcosystem #LogisticsTransformation 🌟

 

All our very best,

Terrance L. Pohlen, PhD, CTL

Professor

Senior Associate Dean

Director, Jim McNatt Institute for Logistics Research

University of North Texas G. Brint Ryan College of Business

Clinton Purtell, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management and Aviation Logistics

Assoc Director, the Jim McNatt Institute for Logistics Research

University of North Texas G. Brint Ryan College of Business

Jason Ford

President

Frisco Economic Development Corporation

Jeremiah Anderson

Director of Innovation

Frisco Economic Development Corporation

Nick Donofrio

Chairman, The Center for Advancing Innovation (CAI)

Board of Trustees, National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC)

Rosemarie Truman

Founder and CEO

The Center for Advancing Innovation (CAI)

Cody Locke, PhD

Chief Innovation Officer

The Center for Advancing Innovation (CAI)

 

COMPANIES PRESENTING

ALTOR-GRC:
• Empowering all industries with Cyber Resiliency thru Integrated Automation of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)

BLOCKTICITY:
• Providing end-to-end certificate of authenticity security & transparency

BYTETRAIL:
• Delivering the world’s first Industrial IoT software supply chain

CEREBRO SPORTS:
• Making it possible to evaluate all global basketball talent – youth, college, and pro – within a unified, trusted hub

EYEKONECT:
• Maximizing human connection in video communications

FETCHGOAT:
• Creating the world's largest delivery network using a comprehensive software solution that enables enterprise shippers to manage and monitor their delivery partners effectively

KEYPONENTS:
• Unlocking significant construction challenges through Digital Productization, Factory Automation, Sustainable Materials, and Process Methodologies to reduce the carbon footprint, calendar time, and overall operating costs in construction

QCHARGE:
• Offering affordable fast-charging solutions for residential and commercial properties, ensuring an efficient and seamless charging experience

TRUCKL:
• Making it ridiculously easy to manage freight using blockchain technology that frees freight movements from errors, exceptions and miscommunication

UKNOMI:
• Helping the quick service industry to recognize all guests and deliver a fast, frictionless and personalized experience that increase traffic and sales

WORLDS:
• Building the industrial metaverse, where large industrial companies can measure, analyze, and build AI-based automation directly into the ground floor operations of their businesses, using a new 4D infrastructure