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Last Mile Delivery Conference Provides Industry Connections
August 26,
2025 by Karen Parrish in Business Strategy, Industry 
The 5th Last Mile Delivery Conference & Expo is the annual meeting where last‑mile deals get made. The Conference & Expo will take place in Las Vegas Oct. 16-17. The event is designed to bring together academia, industry, e-commerce, retailers, transit and fleet operators, insurers, and legislatures to discuss the progress to date of parcel delivery technologies, their plans for last-mile delivery, and to address the challenges related to required support structure, warehouse locations, and effects of these disruptive technologies on delivery, warehousing and customer service.
From global giants like TikTok, Walmart, Amazon, Nordstrom, Grainger, MillerKnoll, and Staples to fast‑growing brands like Nothing Bundt Cakes, FreshDirect, and AWAY — B2B and B2C companies of all sizes will be in attendance find suppliers and sign contracts.
At the conference, 1‑to‑1 meetings with pre‑qualified decision‑makers (first come, first served) are available, direct access to executives controlling fleet, delivery, warehousing, automation, robotics, and supply chain budgets, and an environment built for closing deals and not just networking
Discussions about short-term and long-term capabilities development can take place with important industry and government speakers who can give accurate industry reports, Identify and monitor the capabilities and required technologies, including identifying those in progress, those planned, and those for which no current plans exist.
Included will be education about US and European programs, learning about what has been done and what is being planned. Connect and share knowledge with peers, meet and build relationships with official, policy makers and regulators from federal, state and local governments.
Find out what is needed to successfully compete for hundreds of millions of dollars available in business opportunities to help research and development and participate in forums with high-level industry participants.
Presentations and Panel Discussions Include:
Algorithms and Analytics
Autonomous Cars
Autonomous Pods
Delivery Drones
Delivery Robots
Autonomous Cars
Autonomous Delivery Vehicles (ADV)
Autonomous Ground Vehicles (AGV)
Autonomous Pods
Robotics
Same – Day Delivery
On – Demand Delivery
Drones, Remote Locations
Self – Driving Cars, Remote Locations
Robots, Gated Communities and Closed Campuses
Storing Packages for Buyers to Pick Up
Maximizing Delivery
Not – At – Home & Failed Deliveries
The summit is aimed at a high-profile audience from industry including e-Commerce, Retailers, Fleet Managers, as well as courier, express, parcel companies and fleet operators, logistics service providers, insurers, academia, and government, specifically for senior executives responsible for, and who influence, logistics and delivery, scientists and researchers who are working on near-term solutions to immediate operational needs.
Also, events are aimed at program managers who are working on long term required key capabilities, engineers who will update attendees on the progress and solutions in progress to resolve long-standing challenges.
Additionally, in attendance will be legislatures from federal, state and local governments, senior executives from the industry who are looking for solutions and partners, technological disrupters and innovators in last – mile delivery.
Registration is available on-line, and you can visit the website to see confirmed speakers and company attendees.