Warehouse operations have spent the past decade moving from mechanization to automation. Generative AI and agentic AI promise a further step: systems that draft procedures, answer questions about operational data in plain language, and increasingly take action on their own – rerouting orders, resolving exceptions, and rebalancing inventory. Industry claims about these technologies are running ahead of the evidence. Many organizations report advanced adoption; far fewer can document what it has delivered.
This roundtable brings together senior leaders from shippers, third-party logistics providers, and warehouse operators for a day and a half of structured discussion on three questions: where generative and agentic AI deliver measurable value in warehouse operations today, where they remain experimental, and what it takes to move from pilot to production. The roundtable is hosted by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) and facilitated by Dr. Matthias Winkenbach, Director of the MIT Intelligent Logistics Systems Lab.
The roundtable is built on participants’ own experience. Each session produces a concrete output: a catalog of documented use cases, post-mortems of stopped initiatives, rules for how far AI agents may act on their own, and a go-live checklist. Together they form a report shared with all participants after the event. Results from the 2026 MIT–Mecalux global survey of nearly 2,000 warehouse and logistics leaders provide the context, and early findings from a forthcoming MIT CTL white paper on digital twins are previewed during the roundtable. Day 1 focuses on what is working in practice today. Day 2 looks ahead to agentic AI and to the conditions for scaling it.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
Registration and lunch begin at 12:00 p.m. The roundtable runs from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., followed by a reception.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
Breakfast begins at 8:30 a.m. The roundtable runs from 8:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., followed by a closing lunch.
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Registration Note: This event is exclusively for members of the MIT CTL Supply Chain Exchange and invited guests. Please register using your work email to confirm eligibility. Upon registering, you will receive a “pending approval” status. Your request will be reviewed, and you will receive a confirmation email once approved.
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